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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone in another thread pointed out that weed out classes can be good because they admit a broader range of students and then keep the ones who are successful. That makes sense to me.

But how does having weed out classes impact the culture of the school? When I was choosing a law school, I avoided schools where the 1L year had a reputation for discouraging the lower performing students to drop out because it created a competitive, rather than collaborative, environment. Engineering school is hard enough -- not being able to work with your peers would make it even more difficult.[/quote]

Calculus is calculus. Physics is physics. If you can’t do well in these, don’t pick engineering as a major.[/quote]

If the curve is deliberately set so that x% will fail, that means it is not necessarily an incompetent student or a student who cannot do well objectively. It just means the (school, teacher) wanted to have that percentage fail. [/quote]
I went to an engineering university that had a hard curve and a percentage of the class did fail every year.  Those students moved to other majors, often in the business school. Those who dropped engineering were absolutely the weaker students.  It meant that when you got to the advanced classes, like senior design lab, everyone was truly excellent.  It also meant that employers knew we had smart engineering grads that exceeded our University's rank.

If you're good, then weed out classes are a bit stressful but work out okay.  If you're struggling, they're a clear signal that you're in the wrong major.[/quote]

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