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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Oh completely, individual strengths play in.
But, I think that there are more people who have the background skill, aptitude, and interest to be competent English majors than can pull the same grades in engineering. Some of it may be the way the disciplines typically approach grading and instruction.
ETA: or that students typically get better preparation for the skills in English than they do in higher level math and science before they get to college.
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OH how I wish that were true!!!  You would not believe some of the papers I have received from students who assure me they were A or B students in high school. . . the "B" must have been for breathing!
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