(UDayton) I just wanted to write a review for anyone

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Date: Nov 29 2014
Major: Chemical Engineering (This Major's Salary over time)
I just wanted to write a review for anyone considering engineering—Please do not come to UD. It is so cut throat and professors will LOOK for reasons to throw you out and fail you. I came from high school where all my teachers taught the material and wanted me to do well. Engineering in Dayton is the complete opposite. Professors do not teach. If they don't think that you're brilliant then they'll make you feel so stupid and will give Fs on all their tests. My last test average in one of my engineering classes was a 60%. When the average ACT score for engineering students is a 29, a 60% is way too low. We're all really smart students yet the professors continue to make us feel like idiots. They're no help what so ever for students. To make it worse Dayton is a very heavy drinking school. Which may sound appealing to the average high school kid who looks forward to being able to party in college but if you want to major in engineering THINK AGAIN. You will absolutely in no way be able to drink on the weekends if you don't want to fail out of this major. This can be really frustrating because while you are staying in every weekend studying, you will be constantly surrounded by drunk idiots. Its very distracting. Overall, I would recommend not coming to Dayton if you care about your future because Dayton will in now way prepare you to do anything in life except become an alcoholic. ESPECIALLY please please rethink coming here if you want to major in engineering. I promise you are going to be so much more successful and happy going pretty much anywhere else. I highly regret my decision.

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Is this a general feeling of all the engineering students. My son was seriously looking at this school, but your review now has given him second thoughts. Can you elaborate more

No, it is not the general feeling of all engineering students. I am an engineering student at Dayton and I am entering my junior year. I absolutely love it! Teachers do care about you but they are not handing out A's. You do need to work hard, but that should be expected for any school. Like any school, you have some bad teachers and some good ones. "RateMyProfessor.com" should help with that. I still have fun on the weekends, too. Occasionally, I will need to stay in for a night. I am friends with plenty of people who do not drink here and they still have a great time. Everyone is very friendly and welcoming. Incase your son wants to compare himself to me- In high school I had a 3.8 GPA and a 28 ACT and rarely studied. Now, I have a 3.4 GPA and study for each of my tests for a few hours. I realize that I may be too late in seeing this since students already needed to commit to their University by now, but I hope that if your son did choose UD, you both are reassured that he made an excellent choice. Regardless of his decision, I wish the best of luck to him!

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