Exception throw will not execute?

[gmenfan83]

Ok, I am trying to throw an exception if the user enters in 0 for their major, for some reason my exception will not execute if 0 is entered in for the major though. I cannot seem to figure it out, any ideas are appreciated, thanks in a advance.
Here is my code:

void getStudents(Student *students)
{	

	int index; //loop control
	
	//loop for info
	for(index = 0; index < 2; index++)
	{	

		//prompt user for name
		cout << "\n";
		cout << "Enter the name of student # " << (index + 1);
		cout << ":" << endl;
		cin.ignore();
		cin.getline(students[index].name, 30);
		

		//prompt user for major
		cout << "Enter the major for student # " << (index + 1);
		cout << ":" << endl;
		cin >> students[index].gpa;
		
		
		//prompt user for GPA
		cout << "Enter the GPA of student # " << (index + 1);
		cout << ":" << endl;
		cin >> students[index].major;
			
			//throw exception
			if(students[index].major == 0)
			{
				string exceptionString = "Bad Major, Major cannot be zero!\n";
				throw exceptionString;
			}
			else	
	
		cin.ignore();
	}

}

Part of my main()

//try & catch
	try
	{
		getStudents(students);
	}
	catch(string exceptionString)
	{
		cout << exceptionString;
	}


	printStudents(students);

return 0;

[cire]

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[gmenfan83]

Geez, im getting tired lol, Thanks for pointing that out @cire!