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Originally Posted by kaszeta
You have a source on that?
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I don't have a resource for the national average, or one that only includes students from the US (deleting foreign students from the percentages).
It depends on what engineer degree you are after, and what school you attend. Many students switch engineering degrees (some are easier than others). Some university's will let in just about anyone and take their money for a year or two, then flunk out (weed out) many of the students. Other schools are more realistic about who they admit, to ensure they are not wasting resources on students who are not prepared or up to the challenge.
I know my post sounds discouraging, that was not my intent. I have found that most people, if they know what they want to do and are willing to work for it can accomplish almost anything. Its the ones who don't really know where they want to go, and who think the can drift along and magically end up somewhere wonderful, who don't make it.
When I got to see Dean's house at the Manchester kickoff meeting a few years ago, he had a poster hung up in his 'lookout tower' - a picture of a lighthouse in a storm. The caption says "All the lights in the world cant guide you, if you don't know where you are going.".
Engineering is a tough degree to achieve. You gotta want it, and you must work hard to earn it. Thats part of the reason engineers are paid so much. When you walk out of a university with that degree in hand, you have proven you are able to take on a difficult task, and to work independently to succeed.