ABOVE: Brenda Simmons and Seminole SECME students
SECME students will be interested to learn about FAU’s Division of Engineering Student Services (DESS). Many SECME “long-timers” will recognize the DESS Director’s name: Brenda Simmons! Formerly on the SECME National staff, she is now sharing her commitment to student academic success with FAU’s College of Engineering and Computer Science. Make sure your SECME students visit DESS’s pre-collegiate/dual enrollment activities page to learn about many outstanding learning opportunities!
Students are generally required to have a 3.0 high school GPA and a 440 on both the math and reading portions of the SAT.
Students with a lower GPA can be admitted if they have higher SAT scores. The average high school GPA for FAU is 3.3, the second lowest of the 11 schools in the state university system. Just 36.5 percent of FAU students graduate within six years, also the second lowest in the state system. While that's partly because the school serves many non-traditional, part-time students who take a long time to graduate, FAU data show some areas of concern among more traditional students. About 16 percent of freshmen in 2000 dropped out within six years. Another 25 percent transferred to two-year community colleges, an indication that university work was too difficult for them.
