Current Hokie Willing to Answer Questions About Admissions

Question about applying to engineering as a high school senior coming in as a freshman.

  1. Is a candidate completely rejected from university if not accepted into engineering, or are they put in the general university pool for acceptance?
  2. If I were to apply to the general university and admitted, could I then begin to take engineering classes as a freshman and apply to the engineering school as a enrolled student. In other words, is there any way to get into the engineering program other than directly as a high school senior?
    Hope that makes sense. Thanks for your feedback.