Trey
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Hey. I have one more question. There is a 4-year engineering school that I will apply to this summer. I would go there for some of the day and come back to my high school.
This is a long paragraph copied and pasted from the schools website.
The Center for Engineering, located on the campus of the Burton Center for
Arts and Technology in Salem, Virginia represents part of the Roanoke County Public Schools’ exciting,
progressive ‘specialty school’ concept aimed at highly talented and motivated students.
Students who are interested in engineering and related technical fields apply for admission to this
academically rigorous high school program during the spring of their eighth-grade year. Once admitted,
the student begins a four year journey into the fields of engineering, architecture and other related fields.
They are exposed to both the academic and applied concepts of engineering fundamentals, civil,
mechanical and electrical engineering as well as engineering mechanics.
The student takes both Engineering and Math classes during the first two years of study, and
then adds Advanced Chemistry and Advanced Physics in their junior year. The first two years of
Engineering includes units in Engineering Fundamentals, Mechanics, Electrical Theory as well as
Mechatronics, programming and mechanical drawing. Concepts normally not discovered until college
freshman engineering courses are routinely explored and learned during this time. In addition to text
work, projects are routinely worked into the curriculums that help enhance and complement the
academic learning process. The students use their own school-supplied laptops to become familiar with
design and drawing tools such as AutoCAD & Inventor. With access to a precision machine shop, the
students also gain valuable hands-on experience not found in the traditional classroom.
During the junior year, the student takes a dual-enrollment Engineering Methods course, which is
comparable to many universities’ freshman engineering courses. Also, students must take Advanced
Chemistry, Physics and AP Calculus. The dual-enrollment course again emphasizes college-level
engineering principles, introduces object-oriented programming technology (MATLab and Labview) and
team-oriented projects.
Finally, during the senior year, in addition to Advanced Calculus, the students take Engineering
Economy and Engineering Mechanics: Statics for one block of time, and then take the Engineering
Research (professional development) and Engineering Internship program in a second block of time. In
Engineering Research the student develops communication skills (verbal presentation and writing
technical papers). This work leads into the internship which provides the student with training in an
engineering field of their choice at a local firm. This experience culminates in a project report or paper
with a topic usually chosen with the mentor and related to work being done during the internship. This
paper or report is presented in a formal design presentation to a panel of engineers and educators in the
spring before graduation.
Throughout the four-year curriculum plan, emphasis is placed on problem solving skills, critical
thinking skills and both analytical and open-ended design processes. Problem solving is teamed with
communication techniques, including use of the Engineering Method to communicate in technical
journals and analytical problem presentation. Team work is also an important element of the program,
with the students becoming proficient and knowledgeable in all aspects of teamwork design and
implementation.
Ok would this improve my chances on being accepted into VMI with a major of cicil engineering?
This is a long paragraph copied and pasted from the schools website.
The Center for Engineering, located on the campus of the Burton Center for
Arts and Technology in Salem, Virginia represents part of the Roanoke County Public Schools’ exciting,
progressive ‘specialty school’ concept aimed at highly talented and motivated students.
Students who are interested in engineering and related technical fields apply for admission to this
academically rigorous high school program during the spring of their eighth-grade year. Once admitted,
the student begins a four year journey into the fields of engineering, architecture and other related fields.
They are exposed to both the academic and applied concepts of engineering fundamentals, civil,
mechanical and electrical engineering as well as engineering mechanics.
The student takes both Engineering and Math classes during the first two years of study, and
then adds Advanced Chemistry and Advanced Physics in their junior year. The first two years of
Engineering includes units in Engineering Fundamentals, Mechanics, Electrical Theory as well as
Mechatronics, programming and mechanical drawing. Concepts normally not discovered until college
freshman engineering courses are routinely explored and learned during this time. In addition to text
work, projects are routinely worked into the curriculums that help enhance and complement the
academic learning process. The students use their own school-supplied laptops to become familiar with
design and drawing tools such as AutoCAD & Inventor. With access to a precision machine shop, the
students also gain valuable hands-on experience not found in the traditional classroom.
During the junior year, the student takes a dual-enrollment Engineering Methods course, which is
comparable to many universities’ freshman engineering courses. Also, students must take Advanced
Chemistry, Physics and AP Calculus. The dual-enrollment course again emphasizes college-level
engineering principles, introduces object-oriented programming technology (MATLab and Labview) and
team-oriented projects.
Finally, during the senior year, in addition to Advanced Calculus, the students take Engineering
Economy and Engineering Mechanics: Statics for one block of time, and then take the Engineering
Research (professional development) and Engineering Internship program in a second block of time. In
Engineering Research the student develops communication skills (verbal presentation and writing
technical papers). This work leads into the internship which provides the student with training in an
engineering field of their choice at a local firm. This experience culminates in a project report or paper
with a topic usually chosen with the mentor and related to work being done during the internship. This
paper or report is presented in a formal design presentation to a panel of engineers and educators in the
spring before graduation.
Throughout the four-year curriculum plan, emphasis is placed on problem solving skills, critical
thinking skills and both analytical and open-ended design processes. Problem solving is teamed with
communication techniques, including use of the Engineering Method to communicate in technical
journals and analytical problem presentation. Team work is also an important element of the program,
with the students becoming proficient and knowledgeable in all aspects of teamwork design and
implementation.
Ok would this improve my chances on being accepted into VMI with a major of cicil engineering?
