Will I fit in?

pesky118
Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:23:22 +0000

I think that stigma tends to come from Slivka where all the engineering kids hang out with each other and form a pretty tight community so that not a whole lot of outside people hang out with them.

I know your feeling, I’m going to be in engineering at NU next year… and while I’m definitely slightly nerdy, I understand the need to be around normal people. Or at least people who can talk about football and don’t want to play Halo or whatever all the time. I think living in Elder will help you out a lot with that. I’m pretty sure the only thing that will really tie you in with engineering kids is the Engineering Design and Communication class where you have to work with a group of 3 or 4 other kids on a project. However as I understand it, you can choose your own group, so just find some people who seem socially adept and you should be fine.

I think you’ll find a variety of engineers. Yeah there are always going to be the kids who lock themselves in the rooms, study and play Dungeons and Dragons … but you’ll never see them anyway so it works.