<p>What is considered a "good" freshman GPA for engineering majors?</p>
<p>I would suggest to shoot for a 3.5+. You’re not yet in your major coursework so you should be able to pull out some high grades. Plus, you need a competitive GPA for internships and one that will provide a buffer in the future. </p>
<p>Personally, I’m going for a 4.0; but I know this is not possible due to calculus.</p>
<p>The best you can get. Some departments have requirements on minimum GPA to stay in the given program too, which is important to keep in mind. A lot of the engineering programs I’ve looked at requires a minimum 3.5 to get in, and a minimum 3.25 to stay in.</p>
<p>Do your best and don’t worry too much about it. I’d personally say anything above a 3.0 would be good. In some engineering schools, the curves get less harsh as you move onto upper-level courses, as the gen ed courses (Physics, Chem, Math) courses have harsh curves since there’s many people and then they could be weed-out courses as well. Avg engineer’s GPA here is like 3.1, but of course there are kids who pull off a 3.9+. The higher the better though, but don’t overstress yourself.</p>
<p>It should differ between schools but my college consider 3.2 as doing well.</p>
<p>Though the higher the better, anything over a 3.0 is good in my opinion. Try to stay in the upper half of the class. Stay focused and do the best you can. When applying for internships, they do like to see higher GPAs. All internships son applied to asked for transcripts.</p>