Which top 30ish engineering programs are known for less of a weed-out mentality?

[ucbalumnus]

@Gator88NE

CS, and engineering in general, is not “limited access” at USF. It’s also fairly easy for first time in college (freshman admits) to switch majors, as long as they have the required GPA. They do require a 3.0 GPA in their core classes (English, Calc and Physics). In addition, they may also require a minimum grade of a B in two intro to programming classes.

Requiring a GPA higher than 2.0 or grades higher than C means that the majors are “limited access”, in that they are not accessible to many students who pass the prerequisites.

Or is this an implicit message that C is now what D used to mean (barely passing, rather than solidly passing and ready for the next course that C used to mean)?