<p>“Maybe, the model should be hard classes that are manageable by smart hardworking students, rather than chew you up and spit you out. Now, it is not such a surprise to me why there is a shortage of engineering graduates in this country. HMC is not the only engineer school with the chew them up model; many are worse from what my engineering friends tell me now. Too bad, they did not tell me 6 months ago.”</p>
<p>Well, engineering is one of the few professions where if we don’t do our job correctly, people die… sometimes in large numbers. I surely don’t want to drive on bridges or fly in airplanes designed by people that just skated through school. That’s why I’ll never fly in a 787 :P</p>
<p>In four years, you go from oblivious HS graduate to someone who is expected to make tough decisions that can give or take life away. That is a lot of power and responsibility that must be acquired through rigorous study.</p>