<p>Hi I am an international student who is thinking about these two , I will be majoring in Chemical engineering </p>
<p>First money Is not problem at all ! </p>
<p>I just want to know in which one of these two I can get a higher GPA ?</p>
<p>I will talk 3 summers term and work hard with private lessons </p>
<p>would someone answer please it is really important </p>
<p>You waited 26 minutes after posting to bump your own post. That’s not good forum etiquette. This is the middle of the day here in the states. Most people are at school or work.</p>
<p>At any rate, the question is unanswerable. Which would allow you to get a higher GPA shouldn’t be your primary concern anyway.</p>
<p>I know but I`m just asking in general I want to work really hard to get a higher GPA </p>
<p>so which one would have a better education?</p>
<p>I know but I`m just asking in general I want to work really hard to get a higher GPA </p>
<p>so which one would have a better education?</p>
<p>That goal is fine, in general, but which school offers an easier path to a high GPA should not be the deciding factor on where you carry out your studies. In fact, there really isn’t a good way to measure that anyway. There are simply too many factors, notably your own personality and how comfortable you would be at each school.</p>
<p>Also, in most cases you are better served looking for and participating in internships over the summers rather than staying and taking summer classes. Employers will prioritize that work experience over GPA almost 100% of the time.</p>
<p>Let me guess… wealthy international student considering med school? </p>
<p>No am just sponserd by my government </p>
<p>In my country they don’t care if you internship that much </p>
<p>Am just asking which one of these has a better education and there freshman have a higher GPA</p>
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<p>And I am saying that these are two things that are difficult to quantify and not related in any way to each other. Is the GPA related to maintaining your government funding or something? Otherwise you shouldn’t really worry that much about GPA when choosing a school.</p>
<p>By most accounts, Virginia Tech is the “better” overall engineering school, but Florida isn’t bad either and really choosing between the two may be more of a personal preference than a straight up quality comparison (if such a thing objectively existed).</p>
<p>GPA not related to my government its just i want to cchange my sponser to an oil company and they need a high GPA i will be receiving salary </p>
<p>I have no problem with both university am just asking would virginia tech will be easier or same difficulty ? </p>
<p>And again, I’m felling you that is unanswerable to begin with and that you shouldn’t choose a school based on which is easier.</p>
<p>If a high GPA is all you want, then stay away from Virginia Tech. It is not a program that simply gives out high grades. However, a graduate from VT with a GPA in the low to mid 3’s is a very solid engineer who knows their stuff. I think this is similar to what boneh3ead is trying to tell you - don’t pick an engineering school based on potential GPA. If you are capable of getting high grades, you will do that almost anywhere.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information still waiting for other opinion </p>
<p>For US applicants, final GPA is rarely a concern. That can vary a lot from school to school. Engineering students generally look at the value of time/money investment. If you explain more about your reasoning, we can advise better. </p>
<p>I think you’ll find the average “GPA” for engineers at both schools are comparable, as is the rigor of the programs.</p>
<p>VT does have grade info, but it does require a PID (login) to access. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ir.vt.edu/work_we_do/course_grade/grades_folder/grades.html”>http://www.ir.vt.edu/work_we_do/course_grade/grades_folder/grades.html</a></p>
<p>UF also makes the information available, and it doesn’t require a login.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/degree.htm”>http://www.ir.ufl.edu/factbook/degree.htm</a></p>
<p>UF’s average GPA in the college of engineering was a 3.29 (Fall 2013).</p>
<p>The average GPA at a college would be a function of rigor AND Students academic ability. For example, Purdue University is famous (infamous?) for it’s rigorous program and low student GPA’s. Purdue is also less selective, than say UF. If UF’s GPA is higher, is that because Purdue is more rigorous, or is it because UF is more selective when selecting students (or is it a combination of both?)? NO ONE KNOWS. For that reason, in the US, we don’t focus so much on GPA, as on GPA vs. your peers at the same college, and on the skills developed by the student (which is why internships/co-ops matter so much in engineering). It would not matter to most of us if the average GPA at VT was 3.17(just made this number up!), while it was a 3.29 at UF (unless you’re thinking of med school, hence Colorado_mom’s question above). </p>
<p>Thanks all </p>
<p>I think am going for UF </p>
<p>If you can get in: see GPA and test scores matter for getting admitted into American schools.</p>
<p>I pulled the numbers from VT, just for the sake of completeness in this thread. These numbers are for engineering classes only - i.e. do not include math, physics, english, history, etc. So for the fall of 2013 -
All Engineering - 3.01
Mech Engineering - 2.92
Chem Engineering - 2.97</p>
<p>Similar number to UF. But as was stated earlier, there is no way to compare the two.</p>