New 'Academic Redshirt' For Engineering Undergrads at UW

vinces99 writes "Redshirting isn't just for athletes anymore. The University of Washington and Washington State University are collaborating on an 'academic redshirt' program that will bring dozens of low-income Washington state high school graduates to the two universities to study engineering in a five-year bachelor's program. The first year will help those incoming freshmen acclimate to university-level courses and workload and prepare to major in an engineering discipline."

So... they get eaten by the salt vampire?

[Kenja]

I just picture some low income student showing up in a red shirt to a room full of grinning SOBs in yellow and blue.

Re:So... they get eaten by the salt vampire?

[iluvcapra]

Not the TVTropes Red Shirt*. The other kind.

*by which we mean "Gold Jumpsuit" to those of us who hold to the TNG/DS9 Order of Things

Some advice

[CCarrot]

Just a word of advice to these engineering redshirts; stay well away from the laser lab...and the biology lab, for that matter.

Really, just don't go there. In fact, try to stay out of those buildings altogether...and make sure everyone knows your last name. :p

Ah, redshirts

[wonkey_monkey]

The away team will consist of myself, Commander Spock, Doctor McCoy, and Ensign Ricky.