Anonymous wrote:The thing to keep in mind is any ABET accredited school is going to have the same baseline required classes and they are hard. Getting into a program is one thing. Staying in it is another.

Maybe one thing for your son to look into is an Engineering Technology degree. The classes are less abstract. More hands on. It’s not the same as an engineering degree and will lead to different job opportunities, but it may be a better fit

People say this all the time. Engineering classes are hard, but they are also frequently curved. The curve would of course depend on who is in the class.

The thing to keep in mind is any ABET accredited school is going to have the same baseline required classes and they are hard. Getting into a program is one thing. Staying in it is another.

Maybe one thing for your son to look into is an Engineering Technology degree. The classes are less abstract. More hands on. It’s not the same as an engineering degree and will lead to different job opportunities, but it may be a better fit

Anonymous wrote:WPI

WPI’s high acceptance rate is a little misleading as when you look at the gpa breakdown of admits, 80% have a 3,75 uw or higher. Only 2% have between a 3.0 and 3.25.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern

Seriously?

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a "smart kid 3.0" but the opposite of your kid, OP. Solid test taker, disengaged student. Wants to go to Embry Riddle, which might be attainable. SAT scores will be well above average, GPA below average. I think he's an admissions officer's least favorite applicant.

I have a family member like this. He's the same as an adult. Doesn't work that hard at work but incredibly smart. Reads more than anyone I know and knows more about anything than anyone I know, but he doesn't use it to translate to real world success. He's ok with it, but I don't think his wife is!

I'm scared for my kid's future wife as I think his home life will take the hardest hit. I think he'll be okay financially though. He can hyperfocus on things he enjoys, and he happens to enjoy trading, and has my quite a bit of money in his Greenlight account on day trades. I think he'll figure out how to make money because he likes money and risk. He'll do it in the way that requires the least amount of effort possible. I'm not sure how marriage will go for him, though.

Anonymous wrote:Look at the medium-sized SUNY schools and the less selective SLACs, some of which have pre-engineering programs. SUNY Oswego and SUNY New Paltz, for example, both have engineering majors and are open to 3.0 students, but still offer real academics.

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Oswego and New Paltz, with their liberal arts and humanities focus, are kind of an odd suggestion for a 3.0 student interested in engineering. UAlbany would be a better option. It has more of a focus in tech/engineering fields.

Anonymous wrote:My kid is a "smart kid 3.0" but the opposite of your kid, OP. Solid test taker, disengaged student. Wants to go to Embry Riddle, which might be attainable. SAT scores will be well above average, GPA below average. I think he's an admissions officer's least favorite applicant.

I have a family member like this. He's the same as an adult. Doesn't work that hard at work but incredibly smart. Reads more than anyone I know and knows more about anything than anyone I know, but he doesn't use it to translate to real world success. He's ok with it, but I don't think his wife is!

My kid is a "smart kid 3.0" but the opposite of your kid, OP. Solid test taker, disengaged student. Wants to go to Embry Riddle, which might be attainable. SAT scores will be well above average, GPA below average. I think he's an admissions officer's least favorite applicant.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just wondering how a "smart" kid has a 3.0 and "bad" test scores. Just saying. Sounds like an average kid, not a smart one, which is just fine except average kids don't become engineers.

A 3.0 kid can still be a smart kid. Everyone has areas of expertise. The kid could have extensive knowledge in things that are not school course related - Movie buffs, Civil War Buffs, Historians, Geography, Pop culture nerds. They aren’t only taking classes on those subjects that they have specialized knowledge in.

Smart is subjective and doesn’t mean you know ever since thing known to man.

Sure buy c'mon. We're talking about engineering. None of the stuff you just mentioned has any relevance to that. But decent grades and test scores do. That's why I asked what "bad" test scores mean. If they're "DCUM bad" he probably has a 1400.

Engineering doesn’t mean that’s his only interest in life is how I would interpret it.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just wondering how a "smart" kid has a 3.0 and "bad" test scores. Just saying. Sounds like an average kid, not a smart one, which is just fine except average kids don't become engineers.

A 3.0 kid can still be a smart kid. Everyone has areas of expertise. The kid could have extensive knowledge in things that are not school course related - Movie buffs, Civil War Buffs, Historians, Geography, Pop culture nerds. They aren’t only taking classes on those subjects that they have specialized knowledge in.

Smart is subjective and doesn’t mean you know ever since thing known to man.

Sure buy c'mon. We're talking about engineering. None of the stuff you just mentioned has any relevance to that. But decent grades and test scores do. That's why I asked what "bad" test scores mean. If they're "DCUM bad" he probably has a 1400.

UMaine would accept such a student into engineering but their easy acceptance = many drop out after one year unable to pass the classes.

UMBC has a strong engineering program

Anonymous wrote:I'm just wondering how a "smart" kid has a 3.0 and "bad" test scores. Just saying. Sounds like an average kid, not a smart one, which is just fine except average kids don't become engineers.

A 3.0 kid can still be a smart kid. Everyone has areas of expertise. The kid could have extensive knowledge in things that are not school course related - Movie buffs, Civil War Buffs, Historians, Geography, Pop culture nerds. They aren’t only taking classes on those subjects that they have specialized knowledge in.

Smart is subjective and doesn’t mean you know ever since thing known to man.