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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You're probably better off having your DC pose the question to an admissions rep rather than looking for anecdotal evidence here.

One of DD's friends was accepted to VA Tech and other engineering programs and had no STEM-related ECs.  I'm not sure she even took any AP science classes.

My DC might apply to VA tech engineering next year.  All of his ECs are music related and he's not interested in the academic math/science teams.  If he doesn't get in to VA Tech, he'll just go somewhere else. [/quote]

Musical aptitude is a highly prized asset in engineering recruiting.  I know that sounds dumb, but it's true.   [/quote]

My son isn't applying to VT engineering (that I'm aware of anyway) but from an anecdotal perspective I've noticed a correlation between his mathematical and musical aptitude.  He one day figured out how to read sheet music and that was that.  From there on out he could read music and he seems to have a decent ear for it.  It's the same sort of thing with math, once he figures it out (decodes it?) he's got it.  He scored really high on some sort of spatial aptitude test in elementary school, so it seems to be an innate ability on his part.  I think he's only beginning to discover where this is going to take him.

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