Can you switch schools within USC?

blueskies2day
Wed, 10 Jul 2013 20:17:57 +0000

If USC makes it easy to change from some degrees into an engineering degree there goes the reputation of Viterbi. So anyone can register for engineering classes at orientation? It should be difficult to get into engineering from another school like it is everywhere else. You shouldn’t be able to apply to an “easier” major and then easily switch to engineering. If USC wants to retain any credibility for the strength of their engineering program, the criteria to switch needs to be strict. The people that applied to get in had to compete with others applying to get into engineering and achieved something by getting accepted. It shouldn’t be open to anyone that changes their mind before orientation. I hope it is more demanding than that. Or if so, why apply to engineering ever? I would think scholarships are more easily gotten in the other schools as well rather than competing with the engineering crowd for them.