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Originally Posted by Faith4Keep
Oh wow, I would never recommend that. Maybe I come from a different school or different opinion, but it has ALWAYS been recommended that we spread out or general education classes, so that you take one or two a semester instead of a full year or two of them. In fact, if you only took general eds your first year in engineering at my university, you would graduate a year later that scheduled. It's impossible.
Not to mention that, as much as I hate writing papers for my GED classes, it's a relief to take 4 engineering and 1 GED- one time I took 5 engineering and it nearly killed me. I think that most groups (scholarships, special awards on your campus, and even greeks) DO take into account that you are in a more demanding major when they look at your GPA. At my school, a *stellar* GPA for an engineering student is a 3.5; a good GPA is a 3.3 or above. This is common knowledge here.
Either way, it sounds like you are going to rush as a freshman, so I don't think it will matter....!  |
Ditto to that! Unless you're a transfer student like me who's force to take my gen eds the first two years in a community college. I've seen seniors have a really light load because they know how to spread out gen eds so they can end up taking 3 engineering courses and 1 gen ed the 2 sememsters before they graduate.
Also depending what your major is, some majors may require you to take the Fundenmental (sp? too early in the morning) Exam before you graduate, which is a 8 hour long exam that covers all the things you learn during your 4 year college career. It is required if your career requires a Professional Engineering license. And that test itself can take TONS of time to prepare during your senior year.
So do spread our your gen eds, it'll benefit you in the long run. Also depending what you do in summer, the first 2 summers would be the best time to take summer school at your local community college. They offer gen physics/chemistry/ general classes, or excel courses that cramp an entire year of material into one summer. So for a summer, you can get 2 semester courses out of the way. It is intense, but if you have the strength, you can definitely do it. In that way, it also lightens your load quite a lot during your normal school years so you can participate in more Sorority Activities. Also it can allow you to graduate in 4 years instead of 5 years
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