McCormick Sophomore - Ask me anything!

thatrunnerkid
Wed, 25 Mar 2015 04:27:42 +0000

@dopamine17‌

Glad to help!

I’m not sure if you could get a good picture of what engineering is like from only the first quarter classes or not in a general sense, but for me, it was enough. I took the freshman design class, DTC, Math 234 (not an engineering class), and EA 1 as well as a class in the German department in my first engineering quarter, and the combination of the “this is what you’ll actually be doing” of DTC and the cool math stuff in EA 1 convinced me. A lot of people found the EA 1 and DTC material be boring, however, even though I didn’t. Boringness depends on interest, and can thus be a good gauge of if the subject is the right one for you.

Another guy I know dropped engineering after his first quarter, too, fyi. I guess the first quarter was enough for him, too. However, I know a couple people who wished they switched early on because they hadn’t got it figured out earlier, and now they’re unhappily marching toward engineering degrees. So it really depends.

Engineering forces you to make tough decisions sometimes, but I suppose that’s just life.

Because its easier to do a non-McCormick degree in less time than a McCormick degree, it might be a better idea to start in McCormick if you’re truly on the fence, as it would be easier to graduate on time going out of McCormick than coming in. However, I strongly suggest consulting an adviser or two about what you should do if you’re still on the fence. Advisers at NU (at least in McCormick and the German department in Weinberg) are amazing and there to help.