Why are Purdue's, GA Tech, UW, Va Tech standards COMPARATIVELY low to others?

[Mom2aphysicsgeek]

@io12575 Unless I am confusing schools, I am pretty sure that when my ds applied to GT that the policy was that anyone who was admitted to the university was admitted into any major. The individual colleges within the university did not have separate admission criteria. If I am remembering correctly, they are being upfront.

I did a quick google, I do not think I am remembering incorrectly. According to the ME website:

http://www.me.gatech.edu/undergraduate/ug-curr/change_major
Undergraduate students will be permitted one unrestricted transfer between majors until they have earned 60 credit hours. There are a few departments who have been granted exceptions to that rule, so please contact an advisor in that department to be sure. ME is an exception to the institute policy so see the requirements below…

A student who started at Georgia Tech as a Freshman and has not yet changed majors can change their major to ME within their first 2 semesters in residence without any restrictions. The Change of Major request must be received prior to completion of their second semester.