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

Eggscapgoats
Mon, 04 Apr 2022 13:16:58 +0000

cool1bdp:

Why should Chem be required for a CS major?

Nothing in 1st year Engineering gives students a feel of coding, which means he’ll have to wait till the sophomore year at least

And of course the uncertainty
My son has some experience in robotics but very limited programming (started self-learning C++ a couple of months back) and is nervous about making it at GT. What would you do?

Being an engineer means a person is well rounded. So all engineers take classes in chemistry, electricity, statics, dynamics, coding, regardless of their specialty. Of course, I am not familiar with all colleges degree plans but this is the case with the few I am familiar with.

There is lots of coding in eng 101 and eng 117 (eta 116, not 117), both freshman engineer classes that all general engineers take at tamu. Those without coding experience have to learn lots, quickly.

Eng 101 gives the freshman an overview of all the different types of engineering degrees offered. Many come in thinking they know what they want to do, and then change their minds when they learn of all the possibilities. Since your son has just started coding, how does he know for sure that thats what he wants to do??

If he is going to a top rated competitive engineering school like GT or tamu for computer science, many of his classmates will have been coding for years. He can catch up and thrive, if driven.

Regarding Chem 107 - I am not familiar with the hs chem class you took, but my son says that chem 107 was mainly review since he took AP chem. You could study the AP chem test guide to be prepared for chem107 at tamu, or any freshman chemistry at any university

Looking forward to friscodads answers…