Aerosion

I'm in my freshman (first semester) year at college right now and I want to transfer from the school I'm in in the Spring 2006 semester.. I live in Long Island, and I want to go to an engineeering school in the city.

Right now, I am not majoring in Civil Engineering because my school does not offer that. I'm majoring in Physics instead. The problem is that the only schools in the city that offer Civil Engineeering (or Environmental Engineering, for that matter) are Columbia, Cooper Union, CUNY City College, Manhattan, and Polytechnic University. Columbia is an Ivy League (way out of my league right now), Cooper only takes Fall transfer students, Manhattan is Roman Catholic (I'm Presbyterian, and my family is strictly against Roman Catholics), Polytechnic only accepts 24 credits or more, and I wouldn't want to go to a CUNY college right now.

I was wondering what engineering major would be most like Civil Engineering (what major offers similar classes to it, etc), such that I can have an as smooth as possible transfer into a school that actually offers Civil Engineering in the fall. I was thinking of Mechanical, which alot more schools offer, but I would love your opinions. Thank you.

dr_reynolds

If you are transferring I would not worry about the major. I would just focus on getting your math, chemistry, physics, and gen eds. Find the program you want to transfer to and make sure you are lining up closely with their program.

im_blue

If you're transferring after freshman year, it doesn't really matter what major you did, since you'll be taking the same calculus, chemistry, physics, CS, and gen eds as every other engineering major.

aibarr

Mechanical's probably the closest you'll get. See if there are any schools in the city that have architecture programs, since you might be able to get some structural analysis courses in there, if you've finished all the typical engineering prerequisites.

Keep in mind that though you're not Catholic, you can still go to Manhattan College and keep your religion... There are lots of students going to Catholic universities that aren't Catholic themselves. Manhattan College has an admirable civil engineering program.

nic767

ME and architecture are good suggestions, but as pointed out, your freshman courses are going to be the same general classes no matter what your major is usually. Get the sciences and math that you need