College Help?

[BeQuietandDrive]

Ok I am currently a sophomore in High School and I have some college questions...For a typical public university, would they accept me with a 3.4 gpa(4.0 scale) 23 on ACT and I come from a private catholic high school?

I want to go to college at Iowa State which is one of the best engineering schools in the nation. I want to major in Computer Engineering. Can you get good jobs with that major? I love computers and I am having trouble deciding between Computer Engineering and Computer Science. What are some differences between the two and what should I expect doing in each major and job? Thanks for the help and I went to the website and read everything about it and I still have some unanswered questions.

 

[Regine]

<< Iowa State >>

Hahahhaaha - run, run for your life

With that GPA and the ACT score you shouldn't have a problem getting into ISU. I think my toaster has a higher IQ than some of the students here.

 

[Scrapster]

Yeah, I think state schools require the same GPA as most junior colleges.

 

[SuperGroove]

your school, as well as the college itself, should have a rubric regrading their requirements. Assuming your 3.4GPA is unweighted, you're pretty much set to go to a State college. Since you're still a sophomore, take the ACT and SAT again. Make sure you're not stressed out or anything, as well. Maybe get drunk J/k.

So what you should do is:

1)Talk to your counselor and ask for the in state college rubric
2)Ask Iowa State for information



Good luck to you

 

[KryptiK]

GPA and all that stuff will change every year for a college. You can read all you want on a college, and if they have a &quot;GPA 3.0&quot; requirement, that's bare bones. The real cut off line will depend on the rest of the competition, and how many people they are letting in. I got in to the University of Texas @ Austin last year with a 4.23 GPA (5 point scale) and a 31 on my ACT. I probably couldn't get in with those scores if I had to do it this year becuase they let in 12,000 freshman last year, so they have less room this year. You just have to be lucky and hope that the college isn't full when you try and get in.

 

[BA]

here in kansas, all you used to have to do to get into a state school was graduate from an in-state high school.

 

[Soujiro]

Unfortunatly Toogirl is absolutely right. My toaster oven is one of the newer ones and also quite intelligent. I'm a CS major btw. Which one is hard depends on what you like really. Being a CS major is a lot of straight up programming. You'll spend most of the time coding. Being a Computer Engineering major you spend time on programming, systems, hardware, etc. It's a bit more balanced. Some people say Computer Engineering is easier, but I guess that depends on you.