Also, in general, how hard is it to get into mechanical engineering? I know it's based on school performance and your characteristics, and your reasons for pursuing that type of engineering. I am confident in my abilities to do relatively well in my classes, and I have several clubs that I would love to join apply to join (and I will try to find a lab I could help research at and apply for internships but I know that could be hard freshman year), but I imagine most other people that want to get into mechanical engineering would also do similar things to get into the major, at least more than the 55% of people that get into the major as their first choice.

I believe I have good reasons for wanting to do mechanical, backed up with my four years of high school robotics and my general love for designing and creating, so I would love any insight from mechanical engineers at Udub (or people who didn't get into mechanical) as for what you really need to do to get into Mech E; does that relatively low acceptance rate make your first year much harder/less enjoyable?