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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter will be attending UVA this fall and plans on earning the BACS in CS. [i][b]First of all CS in Arts&Sciences is not a direct admit so he wouldn’t need to declare a specific major. He would just be evaluated the same as anyone else applying to the College of Arts & Sciences. [/b][/i][/quote] Can someone please elaborate on this? Does it mean that the GPA in both your college freshman and sophomore year must meet the threshold in order to be evaluated and accepted into the CS program of college Arts and Sciences? What will happen when there are more qualified candidates than the number of slots available? I attended UMDCP many years ago in Electrical Engineering and I was accepted directly into the program from high school. Because of that, I just needed to maintain a 2.5 GPA or higher to stay in the program. Students who didn't get accepted directly into the engineering program had to maintain at least a 3.7 GPA in the first two years and there were limited slots for these students. There were many applicants for a small number of available slots. Is that how that works with UVA CS in the College of Arts and Sciences today? Am I reading it right? [/quote] CS from Arts and Science is a different process than your experience at UMD. From the UVA site: “To declare the BACS, you must have completed the prerequisites at the time you submit your major declaration. They are: CS1110 or equivalent with a C+ or higher, and CS2110 or CS 2100 or equivalent with a C+ or higher. All College students who meet the prerequisites will be allowed to declare. Currently there are no “caps” or limits on the number of College students who can declare the BACS. So it is not a competitive admissions situation.“ CS at the Engineering school is a different story. CS is one of the most popular majors (along with CPE and Systems Engineering, at least when I was there many years ago). There are a limited number of spots, so students who do not get accepted will have to declare for another major.[/quote]
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