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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son is a junior in HS and also wants to do civil engineering. He took 3 pre-engeneering courses in his HS but he did not take any AP courses other than history. Does that mean he stands no chance at getting accepted into a civil engineering program?[/quote]

He won’t get into VA Tech without some AP math and science (as well as good grades and SAT) but there are plenty of lower ranked engineering schools that will still be good. I’d just warn you about those pre engineering classes. My kids HS offers them but the honors students don’t take it because it’s more like “build a bridge with marshmallows and spaghetti” type projects and not the physics, chemistry and calculus that better prepares them. I saw you said the teacher was hard, and a letter of recommendation from that teacher might be valuable, but you shouldn’t think those classes will be necessarily give him an edge, depending on your school and how well the admissions rep knows what the class actually is. [/quote]

Are you FCPS?  My DS did the 4-year sequence and took HN Engineering in 12th.  He graduated with a basic CAD certification, and they dove pretty deep into the engineering design process.  It was a grind for a bit to get the portfolio together with stuff like explaining the science behind your design.  While it wasn't a college level course, he learned a lot about what being an engineer meant and the whole sequence was certainly not “build a bridge with marshmallows and spaghetti” type stuff.  If anything, it made him want to pursue it more.  Like the PP said, we scare kids off from engineering because they don't really know what they are getting themselves into.  They just hear that the math is hard and think it's not for them.  It could be right up their alley. [/quote]

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