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[quote=Anonymous]This is half true and half false.

1. The OP's son has just started his sophomore year of HS.  He could easily get his act together and end up with a 3.8 unweighted GPA and a 5 on the BC Calc AP exam.

2. There are LOTS of "average" engineers.

3. While basically all engineering programs try to weed out students who don't belong, mostly that means many snowflakes who are used to getting easy As get Cs and either learn it is ok to just get the job done OR QUIT.

4. Many kids in the second tier in HS have already figured out that Cs on their report card are not the end of the world.

5. The best engineers do not allow perfection to interfere with getting the job done.

6. Engineering school is not really pleasant for ANYONE but it is often harder and more exacting than actual engineering jobs.

"There are no 'average' engineers. The professors, even at a so called 'average' school will brutally weed him out of the program. Engineering is a very exact profession. You HAVE to test well. I honestly predict that this kid will get a report card full of D's and F's freshman year.
It will not be pleasant for him."[/quote]

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