Engineering: Georgia Tech vs Duke vs Cornell

ucbalumnus
Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:26:46 +0000

Sam Lee:

Much of the attrition is due to engineering being too hard. The national SAT average for prospective engineering students is proably in the low 600s.



If that is the case, then high attrition is not surprising. A study at the University of Oregon found that students with SAT-R Math scores under 600 had very little chance of success majoring in math or physics; although engineering was not included (due to University of Oregon not having engineering majors), the authors hypothesized that engineering would be similar in this respect.