C- now a failing grade in engineering

Dr.Horse
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:06:31 +0000

Sakky I must say that I don’t agree with you on the notion that undergrad admission committees should have more rigorous screening. When you do that you rule out possible successful students. I was one of those students. My U took a chance on me, and I did pretty well. While my HS gpa and stuff were pretty decent 93% and NHS, my Sat’s were horrible. I got like a 480 of 800 on math. But then I went and took Calc and did great. Moved up in math and have done pretty well. So in all instances I was the student to rule out of the engineering program. But in my undergrad experience, the students who may have seemed more likely to succeed are the ones who actually dropped out. Not the top ones, but the ones who were a step above me with higher sat marks. One thing engineering is pretty good at bringing out is the people who work hard. You have to be pretty committed to sit and do a single problem for hours or a project for 20+ hours.