<p>How common is it for an engineering major to fail a class? Do the students who fail a course usually retake it or do they drop out of the program? </p>
<p>Also, there's been talk of "weeding out" on these boards. Do you think the engineering schools hope that these students just give up and that they are not "cut out" for engineering if they don't pass on their first try?</p>
<p>weeder coursers are just a taste of what's coming next....so yea</p>
<p>It really depends upon the school. Some schools are more cut-throat. Some schools are not cut-throat at all. Talk to engineering students at prospective schools and figure out which type the school is.</p>
<p>I went to Rice, and I have memories of our entire class of sophomore civil engineering majors... ALL of us... meeting at the student center and working, en masse, on problem sets. We knew that we couldn't do it alone, so we all worked together. We would all succeed, or we would all fail.</p>
<p>It's not like that everywhere, but there are places like that.</p>
<p>i failed my first class last semester...granted it was pass/fail... it was 4 credits of the 17 i was taking (ouch).</p>
<p>people at mudd fail sometimes. if your gpa falls below 2.0, you are asked to leave for a semester. if it happens again...la boot. this does not happen often though...typically 1 out of 15 students or so.</p>
<p>failing a class is not the end of the world. you just have to get back in there and kick butt next time. </p>
<p>i'm borderline passing vector calc. i messed up the midterm (30% of total grade) as i did not see 40% of the test...and i got a 40%. my final is due by thursday...yet i'm on these CC talking...okay... i gtg.</p>
<p>failing a class does not mean failing at life.</p>
<p>I failed or nearly failed some math/physics classes that were required for my engineering degree. But that was during my last semester at a school that I knew I would be leaving at the end of the semester. So I didn't try very hard and as time went on I gave up. I transferred to a different school over the summer. That was in 2003, and in 11 days I will be receiving my mechanical engineering degree. Failing classes won't prevent you from getting a degree as long as you take the appropriate course of action to correct the failure. That could mean extra time in college.</p>
<p>I've come close to failing. I was failing quizes right and left. It was ugly.
I then went in a had my ass saved by my math prof. Sitting in his office all the time really helped. He saved my ass.
This same prof later became my advisor.
This semester I managed to figure out well before I was starting to drown that it was going to happen and moved right on into his office hours early. </p>
<p>All of my profs have been willing to help, they really dont want us to fail. You just have to make an effort to not want to fail too and things will be ok.</p>
<p>For me, getting a grade of C- or lower is an F, because I need to get a C to transfer the credit to the university I plan to go to. I'm borderline C in precalculus and this is the 2nd time I am taking it. (I'm going for engineering technology, and I never took calculus in HS) If I don't get at least a C, I will have to change majors.</p>
<p>Yeah for some courses like physics if you get a D or lower you have to retake. Also some people keep trying. Maybe just one gave em a hard time. But if they keep trying and failing, it's a pretty good signal to get out. I also just found out from my friend that once you're out, you have to stay out for a whole entire academic year.</p>