Will applying to UVA Engineering hurt overall chance of admittance?

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Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Doing CS at UVA is a terrible idea. Most UVA CS grads end up working for the local/regional companies such as Capitol One etc. Very few end up at top tier tech firms.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Doing CS at UVA is a terrible idea. Most UVA CS grads end up working for the local/regional companies such as Capitol One etc. Very few end up at top tier tech firms.

Stop talking badly about Capitol One. They employ 1/3 of the UVA CompSci grads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD from FCPS was waitlisted for UVA engineering: 720 Math SAT, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry. overall 3.8 unweighted gpa. President Science Honor Society, Homecoming Court, 2 Varsity Sports.

Makes me think they aren't really sincere about wanting more female engineers. Discouraging anyway.

Did she get accepted into the regular school?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Doing CS at UVA is a terrible idea. Most UVA CS grads end up working for the local/regional companies such as Capitol One etc. Very few end up at top tier tech firms.

According to College Scorecard the UVA major with the highest average salary after three years is Computer Science.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD from FCPS was waitlisted for UVA engineering: 720 Math SAT, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Chemistry. overall 3.8 unweighted gpa. President Science Honor Society, Homecoming Court, 2 Varsity Sports.

Makes me think they aren't really sincere about wanting more female engineers. Discouraging anyway.

What on earth is "Homecoming Court" doing on that list?

I wondered the same thing!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Doing CS at UVA is a terrible idea. Most UVA CS grads end up working for the local/regional companies such as Capitol One etc. Very few end up at top tier tech firms.

According to College Scorecard the UVA major with the highest average salary after three years is Computer Science.

Yes - working for local companies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

True. My DD was accepted at UVA for aerospace engineering. It was tough. She switched to ARts & Sciences in spring of first year.

They weren't accepted for aerospace engineering. You can't declare a major until second semester.

They were indeed accepted for aerospace engineering. They were even advised by the woman astronaut who runs the program.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DD would like to attend UVA and is not sure about her major but is leaning towards the BS in science in the department of engineering.
More than anything she just wants to get into UVA. Would it be safer for her to just apply to the college of Arts & Sciences or is there no extra risk in applying to engineering because if rejected they could still offer general admittance to the university?

I've been told that UVA's A&S is the more selective school. Their Eng. programs are not ranked as high. Your DD would have better odds of getting in the Eng. school vs. A&S. I'm sure she could apply to switch out of Eng. to A&S after she gets in.

Not at all true. You need higher scores to get into Engineering. The average SAT score was 1464 for engineering in 2021 and 1447 for the college

Plus you need MUCH more rigorous math and science courses in HS with good AP scores.

Also, for OP's consideration. Does her daughter like calculus? Because that's what the first year at UVA in engineering is all about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Doing CS at UVA is a terrible idea. Most UVA CS grads end up working for the local/regional companies such as Capitol One etc. Very few end up at top tier tech firms.

False.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Whether or not she wants CS or engineering, the real question is does she like calculus - because that's where they all start first year. . And it's a tough course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t do that.

You apply to the school you’re interested in, and you get into that one or none. But it’s really not any harder to get into the engineering school than the arts & sciences school anyway. It’s not like Tech - it’s a tough admit all around.

The good thing is that girls apply to engineering in smaller numbers so that could actually help.

That wasn't true when I was there. Average SATs for the e-school was about 120-150 points higher. The average HS GPA was also higher too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Doing CS at UVA is a terrible idea. Most UVA CS grads end up working for the local/regional companies such as Capitol One etc. Very few end up at top tier tech firms.

False.

I'm sure some do, but as a UVA CS grad who has worked at several top-tier companies in the valley, this is false.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Doing CS at UVA is a terrible idea. Most UVA CS grads end up working for the local/regional companies such as Capitol One etc. Very few end up at top tier tech firms.

According to College Scorecard the UVA major with the highest average salary after three years is Computer Science.

My biggest complaint with UVA CS was all the engineering BS they made me take. I loved UVA but if I had it to do over again I'd go to a school where CS didn't require 12345 unrelated engineering classes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your daughter wants to go to UVA even more than their engineering school, she doesn’t want to an engineer. Engineering is too difficult to have such an ambivalent attitude.

She specifically wants to major in CS. UVA offers a degree through the school of engineering and school of arts and sciences.
She would rather do it in the engineering school, but would be ok doing it through arts and sciences as well.

Whether or not she wants CS or engineering, the real question is does she like calculus - because that's where they all start first year. . And it's a tough course.

OP - if she wants computer science, you should also look into the computer science program in the Arts & Sciences side of UVA. There are two - engineering, which is very touch - and the parallel Arts & Sciences course. The latter may better suit your DD. But she will still have to take calculus. My DS took a Game Design and a Coding course at UVA and enjoyed both - he was in ARts & Sciences

[Anonymous]

News flash: some people don't want to move far away when they graduate. There is nothing wrong with working for a local company. YOU work for a local company or organization, after all.