<p>cool beans - that was not my point at all. I was just merely passing on something my advisor has pointed out to me. I was in his office last semester with a typical scheduling meeting and he asked how I was doing, and said that about 50/50 freshmen have above a 3.0 for first semester. Of those, 1/3 will drop by the end of their first year, and of those left, around 50% will have above a 3.0. It was by accident that he even mentioned CC students, as he advises first-years and transfer students only.
And frankly, I don’t think I, or any other 4-yr, is more “qualified”. I just think that a 3.0 is low for automatic admission to the E-school at VT. The level of work is just not the same, and I don’t believe that allowing students to enter at such a level is setting them up for tough times. And since a previous poster (SuperNova, pg 5 I believe) pointed out [with numbers] that GPAs for CCers on average drop atleast some. If those CCers are entering with 3.0s, it seems silly that on average, they’ll have below a 3.0 by the end of the year. And VT likes to pride itself on a great percentage of its graduates receiving job offers in engineering, yet most firms wont hire an engineer with below a 3.0. So, before you go bashing me for simply pointing out what could be a serious problem for CCers, think a bit of where i’m coming from. </p>
<p>And yes, I see them, and every other E-school transfer as competing for my spot. I don’t mind the equal level playing field. What I don’t agree with is if they made an agreement for the E-school, because that would mean that the CCers are more “qualified” than me, even if we have the same GPA, even if I am coming from an engineering program.</p>