Hi everyone, I’m a sophomore majoring in civil engineering. Although civil is my second choice for ETAM. I still want to switch to Mechanical and wonder does anyone have the similar experience on this, how competitive it will be, how should prepare myself for it, etc. I would really make a cake for you if it work out for me eventually.
@Wei_Liu1 - @FriscoDad is the TAMU Engineering expert, he can weigh in.
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Have you looked at the transfer requirements for mechanical to see if you have all the required classes (and hopefully some of the recommended)? More importantly, talk to a mech eng advisor to get their take on your situation. My son transferred into chemical and that advisor was very honest and forthright. Good luck!
If ETAM GPA is 3.75+, talk to MEEN advisor.
If you received second choice major (CVEN) and your first choice was MEEN, it was pretty much a done deal. But you can still talk to an MEEN advisor if there is still a path.
My understanding is, it is really late after passing add/drop week. If you had the plan earlier, you could have planned this Fall taking common courses like MATH 251, PHYS, 207, STAT211, MATH 308 (need special approval as 251 is required), ENGR 217, or a core curriculum. You can apply change of major before September 16 deadline for Spring change of major. You will get your decision by mid December (will likely need straight A this Fall semester).
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A possible creative solution is to go Interdisciplinary Engineering with some type of Mechanical emphasis. For instance if you don’t get into Biomedical Engineering you can do Interdisciplinary and create a Medical Engineering major with a lot of flexibility on how you structure your classes.
Be careful though and make sure to talk to an advisor before you do anything though.
However, check if the upper level courses in the desired area are available to students in other majors – the major that you could not get into is likely filled to capacity, where capacity is determined by the capacity of the upper level courses.
Yep, absolutely work with a counselor and make sure this is the right path for you but it is an option.
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