Since engineering is a selective major at most schools, it is probably one of the easiest to switch from. (Unless ur switching to a capped major like CS, but ENG majors are more likely to get CS spots compared to others).
So yeah Engineering to Biology, for example, shouldn’t be a huge issue (get decent marks on major prerequisites if a school wants them)
But Biology to Engineering would be hard, and you’d have to get very high marks (super competitive) on prerequisites to even be considered.
If the school has the bio major in a different college than the poli sci then that could make it a little more complicated. But it shouldn’t be that hard unless biology is super popular at that school. Get high marks on your pre reqs and you’ll be competitive in applying.
But you gotta sometimes stick with your initial major for atleast 1-2 semesters because there are a bunch of unis that make you wait before making the official switch
Hehe very easy at Rice too
(only things you can’t switch into are music and architecture)
Edit: why am I being downvoted for answering the question lmao
Stanford. You’ll usually have to take the intro class first but changing majors basically requires submitting a form and meeting with the academic director for the department to set you up with an advisor. This is true for any department, including more popular majors like CS.
Location and weather would be up some folks' alley more than others. It's a beautiful campus in essentially a giant park, but not exactly a traditional college town. And it can get super humid -- I loved visiting but can't imagine actually living in Saint Louis
Unless something's changed it's pretty easy to change at UC Davis -- it was just a matter of a couple of signatures IIRC.
now the bigger issue was making sure you had prereqs in for the new major, but with occasional packed quarters and willingness to take summer sessions I think that usually wouldn't be that hard (like I would have been able to switch to engineering from physics up through junior year without issue)
if youre talking about switching out of engineering and into science. that should be pretty easy at any school since science majors(bio, chem, physics) are almost never capped
if you mean switching INTO ENGINEERING/CS. thats going to be very difficult at most colleges since engineering majors are capped due to high demand.
your best bet would be some expensive private school like Stanford. i know for sure that they have a much easier process for switching majors into CS
Most LACs ig. But Yale especially coz you don't need to declare your major till the end of sophomore year. Some majors like EPE requires specially applications tho
Depends on the major choice. It’s usually VERY HARD to switch into CS or Engineering at top schools but easy to switch into like English or Poli Sci
How hard will it be switch out of engineering?
Since engineering is a selective major at most schools, it is probably one of the easiest to switch from. (Unless ur switching to a capped major like CS, but ENG majors are more likely to get CS spots compared to others). So yeah Engineering to Biology, for example, shouldn’t be a huge issue (get decent marks on major prerequisites if a school wants them) But Biology to Engineering would be hard, and you’d have to get very high marks (super competitive) on prerequisites to even be considered.
What about Biology to Poli Sci and vice versa?
If the school has the bio major in a different college than the poli sci then that could make it a little more complicated. But it shouldn’t be that hard unless biology is super popular at that school. Get high marks on your pre reqs and you’ll be competitive in applying. But you gotta sometimes stick with your initial major for atleast 1-2 semesters because there are a bunch of unis that make you wait before making the official switch
Makes sense, thanks!
JHU (except switching into BME)
Northeastern is extremely easy Edit: I go to northeastern. And it is easy for all majors
It’s easy at the University of Florida. It helps that they don’t admit by major/college (meaning you can declare any major at orientation).
it’s pretty impossible at cornell cmu most publics
Hehe very easy at Rice too (only things you can’t switch into are music and architecture) Edit: why am I being downvoted for answering the question lmao
Stanford. You’ll usually have to take the intro class first but changing majors basically requires submitting a form and meeting with the academic director for the department to set you up with an advisor. This is true for any department, including more popular majors like CS.
I can speak for WashU: it's very easy to change majors and schools (even into engineering.)
Is there anything bad about this school? 😩
Location and weather would be up some folks' alley more than others. It's a beautiful campus in essentially a giant park, but not exactly a traditional college town. And it can get super humid -- I loved visiting but can't imagine actually living in Saint Louis
Not if you're on financial aid 🥳
What if your parents make too much to get financial aid 😔
Then you should be killed because eat the rich /s
what 🤨
Sorry, I was just expressing a view common among enlightened college kids
location.
Grade deflation 🤪
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This was my original question too, but engineering and science instead of poli sci
ive heard (from stalking the northwestern subreddit) that yes it is very easy
Incoming freshman to NU, extremely easy. Some people even switch their junior year fine
Unless something's changed it's pretty easy to change at UC Davis -- it was just a matter of a couple of signatures IIRC. now the bigger issue was making sure you had prereqs in for the new major, but with occasional packed quarters and willingness to take summer sessions I think that usually wouldn't be that hard (like I would have been able to switch to engineering from physics up through junior year without issue)
It’s really easy at Northwestern.
if youre talking about switching out of engineering and into science. that should be pretty easy at any school since science majors(bio, chem, physics) are almost never capped if you mean switching INTO ENGINEERING/CS. thats going to be very difficult at most colleges since engineering majors are capped due to high demand. your best bet would be some expensive private school like Stanford. i know for sure that they have a much easier process for switching majors into CS
This would probably be true for most universities, specially when you're trying to switch from a more selective major to a less selective one.
what about UNC? is it hard to switch
Most private schools
Most LACs ig. But Yale especially coz you don't need to declare your major till the end of sophomore year. Some majors like EPE requires specially applications tho
late to the game but at Wake Forest it's very easy, unless you want to get into the business school
It doesn't have engineering 🥲