Project Lead The Way is a rigorous engineering program offered at my school. I took Engineering Design freshmen year and got a C, so I just quit taking those classes.
Anyways, the teacher said that getting an A in his engineering class will be like getting an A in an honors English class. The class isn’t weighted nor listed as an honors course on my transcript.
How much will it hurt me in admissions? Do colleges know about PLTW and it’s not just an easy elective?
I’m also curious about this question - I am wondering if I should stay in in PLTW because I don’t seem to have enough time. I’m wondering if I should double up on math next year in math (Algebra 2 BC + fractal/chaos and computer programming) or stay in PLTW. I want to become an engineer, but how much PLTW help me? I am taking DDP this year and I’m doing fine in the course, but I heard that PLTW credit is taken only at one school in my state (NY - RIT).
My daughter is starting the PLTW sequence next year. Her plan is to take what she can fit in to gauge her interest in engineering. Maybe it will also help her demonstrate interest in engineering. But if there are math or science classes that she wants more, or can’t be scheduled along with some PLTW courses, then she will take the math and science. We just met a senior who got a great scholarship for Bucknell for engineering and she never took any of the offered PLTW classes. Additionally, if I read correctly, at RIT you don’t need the whole sequence to get a scholarship… I think it was two classes? That tells me that even they know its difficult to fit the whole sequence in. Anyway, I don’t have first hand experience but I thought telling you what our stance is might help you decide.