<p>OneProudDad, I wish I could be more helpful here, but my son transferred after his sophomore year. He did like UD. He was a mechanical engineering major with an aerospace concentration. Although they had the true aerospace courses “on the books,” they were not being offered on the schedule, and had not been for a while. I’m not sure how it is now. He is very happy at his new university and will graduate in May. </p>
<p>UD’s winter session is unique and it made it possible for him to do a study abroad, which I don’t think he would have been able to do where he is now.</p>
<p>Regarding free time, my son has done A LOT of studying all four years, but he did have time to have a job on campus at UD, and he is involved with Engineers Without Borders. One thing that has worked for him is to keep on top of his problem sets and labs. He starts working on them as soon as they are assigned rather than waiting until the night before. Same thing with studying for tests. He rereads his notes and the textbook. Very helpful for the GPA.</p>
<p>He loved UD from the moment he first saw it and it was his first choice. However, he initially applied under a different major, and only decided on engineering in April of his senior year of high school. So he chose the college, and then chose the major.</p>