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[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]

There's a lot of overlap freshman year between the engineering and pre-med students. And I think every university goes hard on these students in the introductory classes. Doctors and engineers are crucial for modern civilization. Those are fields that can't afford mediocrity and people gliding through. So the introductory classes are specifically designed to weed out the people that really should change majors. But a B or C isn't disqualifying at all. It's just a reality check. These are tough majors, and better to understand that early rather than later. [/quote]

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