We have a freshman 2023 (class of 2027) engineer (who is auto MEEN, so he had a successful ETAM). The Spring 2024 ETAM data came out
For whatever reason, I looked at the Class of 2028 ETAM requirements and, while this is not true for Class of 2027 or Class of 2026, part of the automatic entry requirements includes:
Students must be named a National Merit Scholar (i.e., semifinalists or finalist) or have a 3.75 cumulative GPA or higher at the conclusion of the semester the application is submitted.
Interesting change! Our son is a National Merit Finalist. Seems like incoming finalists or semifinalists with a 2.0 GPA with 2 math and 2 science courses will be considered auto. Now, to keep the President’s Endowed Scholarship, the finalist/semifinalist has to maintain a 3.5, so this is all likely a fairly small group of students who wouldn’t have a high GPA, but would still auto ETAM, but this is still an interesting change.