What students report
Review sample
- Freshman17%
- Sophomore857%
- Junior321%
- Senior214%
What stands out
- Stronger career outlook. Career prospects is 0.4 points higher than the same major at other schools.
- Higher enjoyment. Enjoyment is 0.3 points higher than the same major at other schools.
Student voice
Why students feel that way
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Lars WustThe most challenging part has been the class work and balancing it between everything I do outside of class. The most rewarding part has actually been applying it during internships as well as feeling more confident in my…
Difficulty & workload
I've enjoyed the hands on work and being able to turn my ideas into physical products and be able to size and choose components based on MechE knowledge
Enjoyment & fit
Definitely join a team where you build something! Math isn’t everything.
Advice & things to know
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Student reviews
14 reviews
The most challenging part has been the class work and balancing it between everything I do outside of class. The most rewarding part has actually been applying it during internships as well as feeling more confident in my engineering capability.
- Interested in Entrepreneurship · Tech & software +2
Lars Wust · SophomoreMechanical EngineeringI've enjoyed the hands on work and being able to turn my ideas into physical products and be able to size and choose components based on MechE knowledge
- Interested in Engineering
Definitely join a team where you build something! Math isn’t everything.
- Interested in Tech & software · Research & academia
- Unsure about grad school
How has Mechanical Engineering prepared you for what you want to do next?
I’ve been given the tools to be an engineer, but practical application is on the student to pursue.
- Interested in Engineering
Sebastian Ochoa · SeniorMechanical EngineeringIt is hard to understand some concepts, but when you do, you feel like you understand the world around you and why it behaves the way it does better.
- Interested in Engineering
Anderson Stansberry · SophomoreMechanical EngineeringThe interdisciplinary work allwos to get a sense of different fields and the interfaces with other majors. I can narrow my career interests and choose what is most appealing to me.
- Interested in Engineering · Entrepreneurship
Montserrat Diaz Botello · SophomoreMechanical EngineeringIt has prepared me to do the design and development of components in machinery and devices.
- Interested in Engineering
Adrian Yordanov · SeniorMechanical Engineeringall of it. especially the club that i am in, mit motorsports.
- Interested in Engineering
- Planning a master’s
Lots of coursework but generally manageable with collaboration
- Interested in Engineering
- Unsure about grad school
Take the time to learn the why behind absolutely everything; it pays dividends
- Interested in Entrepreneurship · Engineering +1
- Planning a master’s
Which parts of Mechanical Engineering have been challenging but rewarding?
Learning to to make choices and assumptions as an engineer.
- Interested in Engineering
There is a lot of intricacies to analyzing static and dynamic systems, and being meticulously is crucial to proper analysis and understanding of your system
- Interested in Engineering
- Unsure about grad school
I feel like mechanical engineering is the most broad major you could choose, and I'm indecisive.
- Interested in Engineering
- Unsure about grad school
Meche is a very complicated subject; the physical world is messy!
- Interested in Engineering
- Unsure about grad school
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