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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is old post, but I have an old question.

I was an engineering major, and I got Cs and Bs in most of my engineering classes at an elite school.

Was I supposed to be weeded out?

I was ill prepared from my rural high school that had 0 AP courses, so I think I started behind and never could catch up (and I was too embarrassed to meet with my professors, I felt like I had never worked “enough” to earn the right to bother them).

I graduated and now work as an engineer at a gov contractor and it’s okay — I do think my career and college experience would have been better had I pivoted to something I was good at, but passion careers and all that were the rage and my whole life had been to identify myself as a STEM person.

So by weed out, does that mean C? Actual D, F ? ( I don’t believe they actually gave Fs)[/quote]

It depends on the school, but at DS's college, Bs and Cs are not weed out, it's 'you passed and get to stay.' The weed outs actually fail or have to repeat for a second try. My DS just has this conversation with his advisor because he got a C in an upper level course. He thought it meant he wasn't good enough for the field and went in to discuss whether or not he should change majors. The advisor set him straight and said nearly eveyone gets a C, it means you passed. Passing means you can do it. They don't really give As and don't report a GPA to anyone unless specifically asked for a particular grad program. He said, in essence, engineering thinks in terms of pass/fail, but they have to do grades anyway. Kids who get Cs are actually chosen as TAs and research assistants. Grades apparently do not really mean anything.[/quote]

C in engineering is below par and can’t be relied on for engineering design/analysis in the real world. No wonder the poster works for the govt..( that typ contracts out engineering work to private firms)[/quote]

You know nothing. [/quote]

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