{"id":70389,"date":"2017-09-26T08:28:51","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T13:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=70389"},"modified":"2017-09-28T14:27:09","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T19:27:09","slug":"engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Engineering Fall Enrollment Includes Inaugural Biomedical Engineering Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_70528\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/fall-enrollment-photo\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-70528\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-70528\" class=\"wp-image-70528 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fall-Enrollment-Photo-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fall-Enrollment-Photo-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fall-Enrollment-Photo-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fall-Enrollment-Photo.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-70528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New School of Engineering students attend the Engineering Freshmen Convocation. Submitted photo by Ryan Upshaw<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Mississippi is off to a successful start. Approved last November by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, the inaugural class consists of 37 new freshmen and 17 internal transfers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new freshmen have an average ACT score of almost 31 (30.9) and GPA of 3.92,\u201d said Alex Cheng, dean of the School of Engineering. \u201cSeventy-three percent of them have at least a 30 on the ACT. We anticipate a great success for the program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This fall also marks the first time the engineering school raised its admission requirements to reorganize the student body and better develop underprepared students. Incoming freshmen in every UM engineering degree program except general engineering are required to have an ACT math score of 25 and high school GPA of 3.00 to be admitted. Students with an ACT of 22-24 and a GPA of 2.80-3.00 are admitted to the general engineering program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese students are in Math 125, EDHE 105 and three sections of Introduction to Engineering classes,\u201d Cheng said. \u201cOnce they finish Math 125 with a B to qualify for calculus, and have a 2.50 GPA, they will be moved to the department of their choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This new policy has caused a small decline in new freshmen enrollment (337 versus last year&#8217;s 349), but the overall quality continues to improve, Cheng said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe whole new freshman class has (an average) 27.7 ACT (+0.4), 3.73 GPA, and 35 percent have at least a 30 on the ACT,\u201d he said. \u201cAs the underprepared students (start in) general engineering, each department also sees improvement in student quality. We hope that this new admission policy can help us to continue our path to an elite program, (and) at the same time to take a firm control of less-prepared students to make them successful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Mississippi is off to a successful start. Approved last November by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, the inaugural class consists of 37 new freshmen and 17 internal transfers. \u201cThe new freshmen have an average ACT score of almost 31 (30.9) and GPA<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the story &#x2026;<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1325,765,1288,178],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Engineering Fall Enrollment Includes Inaugural Biomedical Engineering Class - Ole Miss News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Engineering Fall Enrollment Includes Inaugural Biomedical Engineering Class - Ole Miss News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Engineering program at the University of Mississippi is off to a successful start. Approved last November by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, the inaugural class consists of 37 new freshmen and 17 internal transfers. \u201cThe new freshmen have an average ACT score of almost 31 (30.9) and GPARead the story &#x2026;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ole Miss News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-09-26T13:28:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-09-28T19:27:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fall-Enrollment-Photo-300x225.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@OleMissRebels\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OleMissRebels\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/\",\"name\":\"Ole Miss News\",\"description\":\"The official source for University of Mississippi news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fall-Enrollment-Photo-300x225.jpeg\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/\",\"name\":\"Engineering Fall Enrollment Includes Inaugural Biomedical Engineering Class - Ole Miss News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-09-26T13:28:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-09-28T19:27:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/6f4ed6d2875ea26cc820d0eb0568d652\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/engineering-fall-enrollment-includes-inaugural-biomedical-engineering-class\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/6f4ed6d2875ea26cc820d0eb0568d652\",\"name\":\"esmith\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/47640a561d7e19d1e29d52a4797cff04?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"esmith\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70389"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70766,"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70389\/revisions\/70766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}