How selective is the Texas A&M College Station General Engineering program?

FriscoDad
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:10:55 +0000

Yes I believe GT (if getting into CS) will be top choice. A few years back CM transfer to CS in GT was very easy, hopefully nothing change but you may still want to reach out to GT CM advisors to see if it is still the case.

GT CS is top notch (in the same rank as MIT and CMU) so if there is a path it is a no-brainer.

As for your questions

Chemistry is for the ETAM process, which some students may choose other engineering fields. But then the question of why picking chemistry and not biology, discrete math, IOS/Andriod programming…That for sure TAMU will change throughout the time.

ENGR 102 (Freshmen Fall semester) is Python programming. This is not an easy coding class. In US, most students have computer science in high school and students are very versed at Java (a C/C++ variant) and C# so TAMU try to challege students with another programming language instead of repeating Java and C/C++ programming. Also Python is widely used in all engineering fields for quick scripting.

Your son will definitely need more catch up to do. If possible try getting an AP Computer Science A workbook to see if he can comfortably answer the questions. US students have two years of computer science (AP computer science Principles and AP computer science A) in high school. AP CS A classes projects are already quite sophisticated. If your son finds the questions challenging, use this summer to enroll in C/C++/any object oriented programming classes.

You may find some students in TAMU or GT discussions claiming the programming classes are easy and some claim to have no experience but still doing great. Those are very rare and extraordinary smart students. Coding needs time to develop skills and style. Students good in discrete math can understand the logic faster but coding still need a lot of practice.