<p>My son is a BSE student at Princeton. It is easy to transfer into engineering IF you have the required courses to do so. You must be able to start at MAT 103 and PHY 103 at a minimum (calculus 1 and physics 1). To be successful the candidate will need a high school calculus and a senior physics. All that is required is approval from your academic advisor and the ENG department. This can happen during course selection right at the beginning of first year.</p>
<p>After first year transferring becomes more complicated as there are a large number of required courses for first year BSE. It is not impossible but extremely challenging. First year BSE students take MAT 103/104, CHM, PHY 103/104, COS 126, writing sem, and two electives (a total of 9 courses). Most AB students take only 8 courses first year so there is also the factor of being one course behind if making the change from AB to BSE after first year. </p>
<p>If you have AP AB or BC math you can place out of the first MAT courses and go straight into MAT 104 or multivariable calculus. Be cautious however since the AP courses are not nearly as in depth as Princeton courses are. The best idea is to work some of the previous years’ final exams (do them - don’t just read them) to see where you should place and discuss the results with your academic advisor. They really do want you where you should be but they also want you to succeed so I would heed their advice. </p>
<p>One more thing about transferring between AB and BSE - if you decide to go from BSE to AB you will need to consider the foreign language component - all Princeton AB graduates are required to achieve a designated level of proficiency in a foreign language to graduate. But changing departments is definitely possible. </p>
<p>Females are sought in all STEM areas at Princeton - I would encourage you to simply apply where you are most interested. For someone who likes math and physics, you may want to consider MAE or CEE. ELE tends to be a lot of computer programming.</p>