<p>"I agree that Smith’s engineering program is quite renowned, but I doubt that ending auto-admit partnerships is beneficial for Smithie engineers.</p>
<p>No one is saying that ending the partnership conferred a benefit on Smith engineering students; but since students had to present a 3.5 gpa to qualify for auto-admit, the partnership didn’t provide much of a boost - - except when the Smith egr program was new and untested. Once the program was fully establshed and obtained accreditation, egr grad schools were more than happy to admit a female from a top LAC with a 3.5+ gpa.</p>