@navien Agree about counselors. They are not the best resource many times and expect the student to pretty much figure it out on their own. VT is making it much hard to simply start in GE and transfer to Engineering given the demand. That is why I recommend looking at the link given a lot of advice on CC is based on prior years which may be out of date. (My DS1 started GE in 2011 and it was so easy to transfer then) You are right also right about ME. My son graduates this year in ME and the class size is quite large / the biggest in Engineering and that VT has ever had. Best of luck to all…