@NoVADad99 when talking with admissions, he would probably be better off asking to be put into CoE as he can’t and won’t be put directly into EE. And it likely won’t make a difference at to VT at this point whether he’s interested in EE, AE, ME, etc. As you probably know all freshman engineering students start in CoE and apply to their specific major after they take the appropriate classes and have the requisite GPA, typically after 2 semesters.