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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry for my slowness to understand but "pre-engineering" is just a weed-out factory?  where do these students end up who get weeded out>[/quote]

Hi. Me again, who wrote that.

Engineering school admissions is very complicated and differs greatly across schools so you do have to ask your questions.  Weeding out rates also differs.

As I understand it, CU had an unusually high attrition rate from engineering that they were hoping to remedy.  We were initially enthusiastic about this because from the material I read in a CU magazine, it looked like they would be improving advising resources etc.  Instead what they were doing was giving only the tippy top students a direct admit and giving the rest the opportunity to enter a structured "pre-eng" program that has almost all of the same classes etc but from what I gather, most kinds in it don't make the cut.  I don't know if that is because they are admitting those who are not qualified or if they are setting the bar to control numbers.  Now, I'm not going to say my kid could have gone to MIT, but he was more than solid for a place like CU.

My kid also thought the gap between the quality of the eng students and the L&S students was too big and he was worried about not liking it there if eng didn't work out.

The kids who get weeded out wind up in Liberal Arts.  They can still major in physics or get a BA in comp sci, but they won't be in the engineering school.  Given his other options, this one seemed like a poor bet.

If your kid is interested in engineering and Colorado's outdoor opportunities, I strongly advise looking at Mines.  It has fewer rich easterners, for sure.  We were seriously impressed when we toured it.[/quote]

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