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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are weedouts and grade curves necessary? The curve was what I hated most about law school. Why would I volunteer my kid for that, especially when I know my kid will learn the material? Doesn’t need fake accommodations or anything to finish homework on time or get to subject matter mastery. [/quote]

Weed outs are not necessary. We are avoiding those programs. ([b]VT is not on our list)[/b] Other students will make different choices and that is fine.

Our DC will only be applying to engineering programs with a high rate (90+%) of students who start in engineering graduating with an engineering degree within 5 years.

We also will be looking closely at programs where the initial engineering core courses are pass/fail  [/quote]

VT is a weedout program for engineering? If possible, can you share more details. We are considering the school for our child and have already applied EA there. Thank you.[/quote]

VT has the "highest ranked" engineering program in VA.

We do not think rank matters as much in engineering because ABET sets the minimum / floor pretty high. Any ABET engineering program will be rigorous.

Some other VA public engineering programs have visibly higher 5 yr graduation rates of students graduating with an engineering degree of those who started in engineering.  Look into those numbers.

Colleague with a Eng degree from VT tells the story that his cohort (pre-pandemic) were told by VT during orientation to expect drop outs / transfers from engineering to other colleges at VT, that many who start in engineering at VT do not graduate with an engineering degree. He is proud he made it through and says VT's approach prevents marginal students from designing bridges that might fail.

Choose whichever program both offers the desired specific engineering degree and also is the best fit for your student.  Different students will have different "best fit" universities. [/quote]

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