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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have heard that VA Tech engineering students select their major based off of GPA after sophomore year which means they may not get the major they want or even get to stay in engineering.  Is this common?  DC is interested in VA Tech, Duke, Carnegie Mellon and UMD[/quote]

Yes, this is correct.  My DC is at Purdue and they have a similar thing, except that it is after freshman year. In practice, if your DC cannot get into the major because of a poor GPA, then it is better for him to find a major in which he can be more successful. [/quote]

Schools do this at different rates. As far as the "in practice" part goes: NOT TRUE.

Yes, some kids should move on (engineering isn't for everyone), but sometimes schools use the GPA as a gate keeping strategy and the GPA is above the threshold of what makes for a good engineer.

They also differs in how they treat kids that don't get into their major.

OP, time to do some research. You will find a difference in how the privates handle this versus the publics.  You will also see a ton of variation among the public schools.  For what its worth, VT has a reputation for this. Purdue does weed people out, but when we called and asked, the percentages who don't land where they want were fairly reasonable.[/quote]

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