<p>It is incredibly easy to get into the College of Engineering now that you have been accepted into Virginia Tech. I applied as a General Engineering major and was also placed into University Studies. That didn’t stop me from working towards my goal. </p>
<p>The chances of you getting into the College of Engineering is very very high. You can take every course that the engineering students are taking except for the Engineering Exploration classes: ENGE 1024 and ENGE 1114/1104.</p>
<p>Those courses are restricted to GE majors only. You can take ENGE 1024 in Spring '12 since it is not restricted. Then you take ENGE 1114/1104 in the summer. You will then be caught up with the student who went into VT as General Engineering and you can declare Computer Science as your major before you go into Fall '12.</p>
<p>The way I did it was different. I lived in Southwest Virginia where there are several community colleges. I took an ENGE 1024 equivalence course at a local community college and received transfer credit for ENGE 1024. I took all of the same classes the GE students took in Fall '10 and transferred to the College of Engineering in December '10.</p>
<p>Pretty much all you need to do is keep a 2.0 GPA and take the courses that are required for the first year of Engineering. Those courses are:</p>
<p>Fall Semester:
Chem 1035 - General Chemistry
Chem 1045 - Gen. Chem. Lab
Math 1205 - Calc 1
Math 1114 - Linear Algebra
Engl 1105 - Freshman English
Some type of Liberal Education elective</p>
<p>Spring Semester:
Phys 2305 - Foundations of Physics
Phys 2305 - Foundations of Physics Lab
Math 1224 - Vector Geometry
Enge 1024 - Engineering Exploration
Math 1206 - Calc II
Engl 1106 - Freshman English II</p>
<p>Summer
Enge 1104 - Engineering Design for CS, CpE, and EE majors.</p>
<p>Then as long as you have the GPA required for CS which is a 2.3, you can go straight into Computer Science like you were in engineering all along.</p>
<p>The best way to go is to try to take the Enge 1024 class in the summer before you go to Virginia Tech for the first time. It makes getting into the major you want a lot easier. Just keep your grades high and you will have no problem getting into the CoE.</p>