<p>I only had a 3.2 technical GPA my first semester (last semester, had only 3 technical classes plus one writing class but that class’s isn’t technical and is not factored in) at Cal and I switched from BioE to EECS without problems. They did make me write a statement of why I wanted to switch but other than that it all went smoothly. I turned in the change of major app in January and it was approved in early February. I was also afraid that I would not get my major change after hearing TONS of posts in these forums about needed a 3.8+ to switch and other things like that. Don’t be discouraged. As long as you’re in COE, you can switch to another major in COE if you’re GPA is good (good being greater than 3.5, but as I am an example, sometimes you may just get lucky perhaps with a lower GPA)</p>