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[quote=Anonymous]Here's the way it works.  All 1st year COE students take a general eng curriculum.  The students will then select (apply) to their major of choice during the 2nd semester.  If the student's GPA is below 3.0 (I think it's 3.0, someone keep me honest here) then they are not guaranteed their choice.

If a student has below a 3.0 during their first year, then they really need to re-think why they want to be an engineer.  Are they in the right major?

To me, the big downside to this is for someone who wants to major in CS.  Because CS is in COE, a student interested in CS may not have another option if they do not have the grades after their first year (although VT offers other majors similar to CS).  At UVA for example, they have a BA and BS in CS.

I was a Computer Engineering major at VT, but at the time, CS was in the College of Arts and Sciences.  Even though I was mostly interested in the CS side of CpE, if I just wanted to focus on CS, I would have an option to not be in the COE.  Now, students must be in the COE to major in CS.[/quote]

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