<p>Im a high school junior that is interested in applying for chemical engineering at Vandy, but am also interested in possibly going to med school. Is it possible to get a 3.5-3.7 Gpa at Vandy in engineering.</p>
<p>I'm a parent. As I remember a talk I was at last fall, one of the engineering deans said the average engineering gpa at graduation was about 3.3-3.5. Remember, that is the average. A lot of students are way above, a lot are way below.</p>
<p>If you want to know the exact number, contact Senior Associate Dean Overholser (dean of undergraduate engineering). Send him an e-mail, and I bet an assistant or junior dean will send you a response. You might even ask specifically about the gpa for chem. engineers.</p>
<p>My son is a bme freshman and his first semester he made a 3.5 and this semester he will be right at that mark again. He also aspires to go to med school.</p>
<p>My daughter is a sophomore ChE major. It it kicking her butt. She's stressing over 2nd semester Orgo after squeaking by the first semester. Her GPA is a 2.7 at this point. She's very bright but it is a tough school. Unless you are a savant just be willing to work hard and you should be able to do find there. You won't be able to skate by at Vandy in ChE. She commented to me that it seems like the professors not only want you to know what you need to know but why you need to know it.</p>
<p>This is a very intense school, especially for Engineering. All the students at Vandy know that engineers work very hard for their grades, which are lower than the rest of the student body.</p>
<p>The school's newspaper did a report on average GPA's at Vandy and at 40 peer schools from around the country. Using official published GPA's from all those schools, Vanderbilt had the second lowest overall average GPA of the group, with a 3.20 GPA. Even lower than MIT and UChicago, who are notoriously rigorous graders.</p>
<p>As far as I know, average GPA in Engineering is around a 2.9. My roommate was a ChemE and graduated with a 3.7... but he was literally one of the top 5 ChemE's in the class. If you want a med-school worthy GPA, prepare to work harder than you ever have in your life. But I can assure you that no matter what GPA you acquire, if you pursue the journey it will be worth it.</p>
<p>i am a current chemE at vandy. rising senior. It is definitely possible to get that high of a GPA in engineering. Depends on the individual. I had to study for it a lot. I pretty much gave up parties and sophomore and junior years to work on hw sets. pmrlcomm, sophomore year in chem E is hard. It definitely gets a little "easier" ( in some ways) junior year. I can speak for the chem E department: junior-level professors grade on a bell curve but the average is usually set to a B or a B+. Therefore, the direct competition is not too fierce.</p>