http://www.enge.vt.edu/_files/undergraduate/pdf_EMP_AverageGPA.pdf
the bigger issue is getting into a degree granting major after first year. I think only difference between coming from GE or other department is that you can still apply for a degree major below 3.0 (probaly not so much) as space available basis but you must be over 3.0 to apply into any engineering major for non majors.
for some majors like Mechanical Engineering, they didn’t accept any applications below 3.0 even from GE department.
bboop is correct. engineering college changes its policies once awhile and it seems like bot every counslors from departments are not aware of all these changes. It is very important that each students are keeping top of these changes. I think it is too much to ask to these 18 year old kids who are just out of their parents’ nests but it is a bug state school. They will learn fast to survive.