1) What are the dorms like there? How about off-campus housing?
The dorms are pretty nice. All the buildings are very nice looking, so I
like them. The off campus housing really sucks though. At least the
houses near campus. They really look like slums.
2) How hard are the classes compared to high school?
The classes are not bad, I imagine they are pretty difficult, but I don't
really pay attention in class, and learn from the book. Right now Im just
taking basic classes. Of course, nobody gets all A's in the engineering
program. Its really impossible.
3) What is your average workload?
My workload is less than it should be, because I don't follow the
reccommended "read the section before class" assignment. Of course, my
grades reflect this, but what can I say, I'm lazy. However, it is feasible,
if you use a little bit of time management, to pull off an "all nighter"
every night, and get all the graded homework turned in on time. This of
course, does not include the weekend. Friday and Saturday nights are spent
staying up until all hours b-s'ing with your pals instead of getting ahead
on your HW.
4) How open are your professors for extra help?
Professors can only confuse you. In fact, don't listen in class at all.
Talk to the T.A.'s. The prof's are too smart, and will go into
theoretical stuff that will completely baffle you. I like my T.A.'s. They
are very helpful. If you dont understand something, you just go to them during
their office hours, and they will explain everything.
5) What are the sports at your school like?
I don't play sports. They have cool club sports though, like ultimate
frisbee, and fencing.
6) The extracurricular activities?
I'm in the Gaming Club (Role Playing) and the Anime club (watching Japanese
cartoons), but for other people, there are clubs for everyone, and if you
dont find any you like, you can form your own. You can get school money for your
club, if you do this.
7) What is there to do besides schoolwork (i.e., for entertainment)?
Lots of stuff, but I don't really do anything like that. I'm busy enough as
it. But they are fun. Of course, the really cool things, like the New
York philharmonic symphony orchestra, are reserved for really rich people
who dontate lots of money to the school. I really wanted to watch them
perform live when they came here. Of course, I could have watched them
through a television in packard lab, and known they were playing live a
few buildings over, but I decided not to, it just wouldn't be the same.
8) What made you decide to go there?
Umm, I didn't really apply to enough colleges, and its a good engineering
school.
9) What did you do to cover the costs of a college education?
I'm transferring to University of Delaware, because my SAT math score was 20
points too low to get me the non-need based scholarship, and I can't afford
to attend all 4 years. (my parents make too much money for me to qualify
for financial aid, but they aren't helping out at all, and the money I have
for college will only buy me 3 more semesters)