How Important Are Grades Related To Your Desired Major

Caruso707
Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:22:45 +0000

Suppose you want to major in some sort of engineering field, and you meet the grades, scores and EC’s of the average student at a school, however you have a few bad marks (2 or 3 in your freshman and sophomore year of high school) in science and math classes. Lets assume they are C’s and are in honors courses.

Just to let you know i am applying to schools like UConn, Boston U, Rutgers, Clemson, etc.

3 questions:
-Even though you meet the standards of the average student, would you be less likely to get in because you performed poorly in your freshman and sophomore year in classes that pertain to your major?
-Would you still be just as likely to get in, but not get into the engineering department, or would you be less likely to get into the school in general?
-If I was applying to a school, have above average math SAT scores, and had a solid junior year in math and science, would they overlook the bad freshman and sophomore year?