So funny Much2learn my son decided the same thing after getting accepted at several large state engineering programs as a FYE student. The schools he got into required 3.0 or a 3.2 to guarantee your major. Many of the students on campus talked about how difficult it was to even get those GPA’s their first year. One student even said that it was common to require 5 years to graduate. I think a 3.8 requirement would be really difficult.