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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So no one in engineering/math classes get A’s?  Sounds like more of a grading issue by professors with no background in education assessment.[/quote]

Most don’t get A’s in the beginning. They are literally trying to get rid of a good 50% of the class. If you aren’t going to work your arse off nonstop they don’t want you. The grading the first two years is crazy harsh. We’re talking failing half a class, lots of D’s and a few C’s, 4 B’s and an A- out of a class of 100+. It’s terrorizing. Some of the kids who get B’s and C’s drop out too because they just aren’t used to that.

I got mostly A’s my junior and senior years, but the most generous those classes ever were was 1/4 A’s in the class. Often just a few were given out each semester.

It’s nothing like being a humanities major. Nothing[/quote]

Stop stereotyping. This completely depends on the school and the child.

Most kids are used to easy A’s with little studying or being hand held by parents. 
Other kids don’t use the resources

There are some great schools out there.

MIT - hard to get into.  Hard to fail out of 
Cornell - easier to get into (for any Ivy) and easy to fail out of

Get the stats for the engineering program up front [/quote]

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