As per the information given by one of the Michigan Tech, the academic pressure varies quite a bit depending on your abilities. One example is Chem 1 which is widely known as the freshman weeder class where any underachievers will struggle to pass and will have to drop it, students believe that it was mostly due to the vast amount of material so those with poor study habits failed. There are many people who depending on their major seem to be much more stress-free than others with the engineering majors having a harder workload, especially in the second and third years where most of the engineering coursework is with the last year being dedicated to the senior project.