Timing and circumstances have huge affects on success. When a new technology
becomes available it opens tremendous opportunities. Computers and the internet
are examples. Their becoming practical allowed enormous opportunities to suddenly be available.
Gates and Jobs were maturing just as computers sufficiently low in cost to be purchased by individuals became available. They were young and did not have families to support. They were astute, but if they had been born 20 years later or 20 years earlier their successes would have been very different.
The colleges within UH have their own academic standards which are higher than general admission. Above all, UH must remain friendly to students who continue to work part time or even full time. Being able to connect the classroom theory to the âreal worldâ makes for more successful graduates and provides valuable input back to the University regarding what professors are teaching and how they are teaching it.
This is true, hereâs an example. So this BS reasoning of sending potential students to UHD or HCC is idiotic. UH students arenât some low level academic students, that a few posters here want you to believe.
The year I got accepted, we were told during orientation that out of the over 2000 applications they received, only 180 students across all 3 offered majors (Architecture, Industrial design, and interior architecture) got accepted. This means that in any given year, depending on how many students apply, the acceptance rate of the CoAD is at most 8-9% . This would make it the most competitive college to get into at UH. This is in line with many Architecture programs across the country. However, this number should not discourage you from applying! For this reason
We do ok a few years down the line, but not starting.
One thing to note, as I took my son to visit some Ivy league schools, many of them accept students with no major for their freshman year and allow student to declare after their freshman or sophomore year. Their thought is that they want their students to discover what they truly want to do and this allows them to explore. Certain STEM programs allow a student only their freshman year to explore as their course load is different.
Oh yeah, there is no limit on any of their majors so students do not have to worry about a spot not being available for them once they declare. Some majors at UH are very limited seats and even though that might get better qualified student into more âeliteâ programs, it is not cool if qualified student have to transfer out because their major selection is full.
Purdue, meanwhile, has GPA cutoffs for declaring majors based on their competitiveness. For Computer Science specifically, Iâve been told that you have to have a 4.0.
I dont understand the reasoning behind anyone wanting to cap enrollment at 50k as someone mentioned above, and i have heard other times. If the university has the resources and good students are applying then they should be accepted. Why limit the number of good students that you accept? These students with their college education could someday become very successful and solve world problems or at the very least give back to the university that provided them the opportunity to succeed. The larger your enrollment the larger your alumni base can be, which allows you to pull more resources.
I believe all my upper level (jr/sr level) engineering classes were after 4pm. It fit my schedule pretty well, get out of class at 10pm and start drankin.
