flopsy

I'm going to be honest. No, it is not realistically possible to double major in any engineering discipline together with Economics. You actually have to petition the HSSEAS in order to declare a second major (you must also make Economics your "ancillary" major, so that you're a Mechanical Engineer first and foremost on your diploma). To be approved, you need a pretty good established GPA (~3.30) in Engineering... You also don't stand a realistic chance of graduating in four years if you choose to follow through, because then you've got ~250 units to cover.

Actually, the Accounting minor is only available to Economics/Business Economics majors, so it's not really an alternative to double majoring in Economics to begin with. Also, the prerequisites for the upper-division Accounting courses involve a full load of Economics lower-division courses, so it's not like you'd be avoiding a lot of coursework anyways...

An engineering degree from a top school like UCLA would improve your chances. For instance, about 15-20% of admits to the Anderson MBA program are Engineering majors, which is pretty astounding given engineering applicants' lower average GPAs and lesser business experience compared to, say, an applicant with a B.S. in Political Science.

concretewave805

Thanks so much.

One more thing: Is a minor in Economics moe practical/feasible?

flopsy

There is no Economics minor.

concretewave805

Touche.

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sooskay

Hi flopsy, I was admitted in the college of L&S (undeclared) but was wondering if it's possible to switch to an engineering major during orientation? or do I have to go through and application process and risk getting rejected? Thanks!

flopsy

Yes, it's possible, but I think you still have to go through an application process -- even during your Orientation session. You have to wonder how many students will be doing the same...

UCLA Band Mom

sooskay, there is similar discussion going on in this thread as well, in case you didn't see it.

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/...72#post3994572

BoelterHall

flopsy:

I looked at Prof. Tao's Math 33A midterm and it was so much easier than the other professors!

Plus he let you guys use notecards!

hiker

In the last week we've been to open houses at UCSD, UCLA and UCB.

UCSD gave tours of 3-4 engineering labs. Our guide was not wildly impressive, but hey, he and the school tried.

UCB opened 7-8 labs in the ME building (I assume other eng depts were also open) and staffed them with profs and grad students explaining their work. Rather over my head at this point, but all very impressive. They also gave general tours of the engineering bldgs (which we couldn't stay for).

After seeing the UCB facilities at Cal Day today I realized we didn't see any of that at the open house especially for UCLA engineering prospects. While students clubs and their projects were proudly displayed in a quad (really nice some of them), we saw no labs or anything inside any of the engineering buildings. Did we just miss it in the program? The ME talk wasn't in the ME building (prolly needed a bigger hall to hold us all).

What ARE the eng labs/equipt/buildings like (ME in particular if anyone knows)? We heard a new HSSEAS building is going up. Do you know when it'll be ready and what'll be in it?

Thanks.

Citan

hiker: there are a LOT of labs at UCLA especially in the Engr IV building (the one next to Boelter. In fact, I discover new ones every time I am in that building.) I have no idea why you didn't get to see them, but here's a list if you are curious:

http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/research/labs.html

And here are the centers:

http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/research/centers.html

I believe the new HSSEAS building you are talking about is the California Nanosystems Institute...it's a state of the art research facility dedicated to nanotech research or,

"The work conducted at the CNSI represents world-class expertise in five targeted areas of nanosystems-related research including Renewable Energy; Environmental Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology; NanoBiotechnology and Biomaterials; NanoMechanical and NanoFluidic systems; and NanoElectronics, Photonics and Architectonics."

I believe it will be ready next year....but I am not sure, although I think part of the building is already fuctional. If you choose UCLA, you will be acquainted with them all. Good luck.

flopsy

Disclaimer: the new Engineering I Replacement Building going up at the beginning of next year is not for Mechanical Engineering. It's for Bioengineering and Materials Engineering. Half of Engineering IV is for Mechanical Engineering though.

brunelicsb0018

im planning on transferring to UCLA and major in engineering and i have to take math all the way to linear algebra and differential equations. my question is, will the school accept if i take multiv calc and differential equations in different community college or do i have to finish the sequence at the same school?

UCLA Band Mom

Hiker Part of the reason why you didn't see anybody in the UCLA buildings might have been due to the fact that many of the students were attending the Civil Engineering Society meeting being held at UCSD that same week. This is sort of a college version of Science Olympiad, and they have annual events like competitions to build concrete canoes and bowling balls, steel bridges, and earthquake proof structures

http://scse.ucsd.edu/Pages/pswrc07/index.html

http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/new...1m15canoe.html

brunelicsb0018, They will probably accept the math units. If they were taken in California, they are supposed to be transferable to any 4 year UC or state university within the state. I know that classes required within the engineering major must be completed at UCLA, but since the math classes are only prerequisites to the major, then it is most likely okay.

MadeInChina

Yup, UCLA Band Mom is correct. Your math units should be accepted if taken at a community college in Cali.

flopsy

What MadeInChina said.