Why does my old college want to make everyone into an overacheiver?

Question

I used to attend engineering school, and will be returning part time this coming school year. However, I am not sure I will finish because of the senior design course. In that course, they push EACH and EVERY person there and interfere unduly in people's lives in order to make everyone into overacheivers. I was rejected from the engineering honor society for not being part of the "in crowd" and for having a life outside of the engineering college. I feel that they are going too far to increase their ranking and make themselves look good. It also seems like they are only trying to get more funding because of severe budget reductions, and are using students to achieve that goal. They constantly say "teamwork, teamwork, teamwork" in the first part of their brochure and the majority of the second part only cites internship/co-op statistics. The right hand side features more of the same from one of the overachievers. How can I get more comfortable with this so I can graduate?

Answer 1

Sounds like you definitely picked the wrong school. They want leaders and kids who are driven to do their best, and you want to take it easy.

Why don't you look for some lower level school where you can laze around and get the degree that will show how you really feel about your profession..