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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are weed out courses and programs for certain. It is unfortunate, but most convey that information up front, so it is on you to research when choosing a school.

For example, Wisconsin, Florida and others all post that certain GPA's are needed after certain courses or at the end of each year. You can even go on sites like madgrades to see that a portion of students do not make the cut in various courses and therefore are not likely going to make it in - though some offer a grace semester to recover.

We chose a school where a C- or better is a pass for the course (some are of course curved). Our student has not needed it, but he likes that he does not have anything hanging over his head - the work is hard enough as it is.

Engineering is hard for most students and requires a lot of study - if your student made it through with some C's, I would definitely still congratulate them - most students around the country and world cannot do it. [/quote]

+1000.  The Dean at one of the Top Engineering Schools my kid attends made that clear in a meeting with parents on Move-in day.  Letting us know that all of our kids probably never had a B to get admitted there, but made it clear that those days of them no getting B's or C's  is over.  Most of the kid's must accept that.   [/quote]

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