<p>How difficult would it be to have a 3.3 GPA by the end of my sophmore year for engineering? I am interested at bioengineering at Penn State, but the major is under enrollment control, so if I don't have a 3.3 there is no guarantee that I will be able to study BME. I love Penn State and would definately want to do Bioengineering, however I have also been accepted at Drexel, where I would already be in the school of Biomedical Engineering and only have to maintain a 3.0 to keep my scholarship there. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>A 3.3 GPA is not tremendously uncommon, I would guess between the 50th and 75th percentile in engineering, but I have not seen a real distribution as yet. How did you do in high school, how dedicated are you (honestly), and how crucial is bioengineering as a field? I think PSU offers more opportunities within and without the major, but it will be harder, and if you were a mediocre high school student or plan on partying hard in school then it may not be your best choice.</p>
<p>Top 10 percent. Im very good with math in science, last semester had a 97 in Physics and a 95 in AP Calc. I definitely want to do some sort of engineering. I obviously want to have a social life, but i dont have a problem with that being limited to the weekends or having to stay in once in a while as the liberal arts majors are partying.</p>
<p>Did you decide yet? My son is deciding between PSU and Drexel, too. BSMS at Drexel is enticing.</p>
<p>not hard at all. I was a top student in HS like you and was concerned at first about the GPA cut offs. If you keep a good work ethic a 3.3 should be a breeze. I’m a sophomore in petroleum and natural gas engineering at penn state with a 3.93. freshman and soph classes are basically the same for all engineering.</p>
<p>^ ohhh that’s nice to know. I was also accepted to BME at Penn state. Good work ethic… I have to hammer that in my head. I’m so afraid that I’ll fall off track like so many freshman.</p>
<p>It’s not like you have to hammer in a hard work ethic in your head. It sounds like you already have it. Remember, it’s not like as soon as you go to college, everyone gets instantly smarter. Penn State is not MIT, requirements for getting accepted here are not that high especially for instate. If you’re in the top 10% in HS, you’re likely to be near that in college. And if you’re afraid of falling of track, that’s a good sign you won’t. It’s the kids that don’t even ask themselves that that are the ones to do bad.</p>