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Originally posted by MrPants
how did you like cornell? do you think their engineering school is really better than others or is it just a name brand kind of thing?
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I'm not a talented genius like nostatic but I like to think I'm pretty smart.
It was farking hard.
I was in no way prepared for the amount of study and work--and never really did get in the swing of it. I'd breezed through high school (classic underachiever) and got my ass soundly kicked by Cornell.
When I graduated it was damn near a miracle, and it took me an extra semester.
I never did develop the study habits one really needs to do well. So, although I'm in a field that pays lip service to additional schooling, I've stuck with my BSE.
One thing that saved my ass was that I developed professional relationships with three professors in my department. This allowed me to get involved in some interesting work...that networking seemed to help me overcome the spectre of my poor GPA in most job interviews.
That said, I've
heard that Cornell has the highest acceptance rate and the lowest rate of returning freshmen. And my freshmen engineering class did receive the old saw: "Look at the person to your left....look at the person to your right.....one of you three won't be here in four years." So I guess I'm not the only one who had a hard time at Cornell.