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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You need to think about whether your kid will make it through engineering school. Seriously.[/quote]

I disagree. But the kid described should avoid an engineering program with deliberate weed-out classes.

That would rule out ODU and VT, in Virginia, for example. Fine schools, but both have intentional weed out classes.

Everyone here will disagree, but I would at least apply to UVa Engineering if in state. UVa would place some admissions weight on those kinds of service projects.   UVa is small and more supportive and has a high graduation rate in engineering for students who start in engineering.

Depending in student's intended major within engineering, consider CNU and GMU and UMBC. [/quote]

Lol “weed out” classes exist to “weed out” kids who can’t be engineers.  And just stop on UVA.  Zero chance.  Zero.  [/quote]
No, they exist because the major is oversubscribed any many schools want fewer students in the high level classes. [/quote]

No, they're not "oversubscribed" because they were admitted to a program which by definition means they have the space.  It's all part of the process.  Not everyone is meant to be an engineering.  And the idea that there are colleges who will admit applicants to engineering programs primarily on the basis of service hours in high school and not academics is laughable and naive.  That's not how the admissions process works for ANY major, and especially STEM majors.  [b]First you have to have the academics, and only then do AdComs look at the ECs. [/b] [/quote]

I don't know what to tell you. My child has completed the application process successfully (not top 20, but her dream engineering schools) with mediocre grades (mostly Bs, with a smattering of Cs and As) and really strong ECs.[/quote]

Not top 20?  I'm betting not top 100.  She didn't get in because of her ECs.  She got into a low ranked school that routinely admits kids with average grades.[/quote]

Luckily, I don't need to prove anything to you. But to the OP, your son can absolutely become an engineer if he wants.[/quote]

You don't have to prove anything because it's not provable.  Your kid got into a less selective engineering school, and that's great.  But it had nothing to do with the ECs and everything to do with the academic profile.  Are you saying that your kid has a lower/worse academic profile than the vast majority of her classmates?  I doubt it.

Also, let's not forget that she's female.  OP's kid is male.  Makes a difference when it comes to engineering school admissions.[/quote]

It's possible you don't know this, but it doesnt matter if a college is "less selective" or not for engineering. this is not law school. engineers are engineers.[/quote]

I agree 100 percent.  My point is just that the school is less selective and great ECs have nothing to do with it. [/quote]

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