<p>I will be completing my diploma in Mechanical Engineering this year…Due to unavoidable reasons I couldnt do my Diploma in Civil Engineering… I wish to do my Undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering… But here in India no college or university is allowing me to do undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering saying that it is against the rules as i should have done my Diploma in Civil Engg instead of Mechanical Engg… It is close to impossible to make everyone understand my interest in Civil Engg… I have keen to score above 85% in my diploma…</p>
<p>I would like to ask if the admission rules are so stringent in the US???</p>
<p>I don’t understand how things work in India. Here in the U.S., nobody gets a high school diploma in any kind of engineering. The most qualified students applying to engineering programs are kids who have taken advanced (for example, AP or IB) programs in math through calculus, and science including at least physics. If your MechE program includes that type of background, you would be an equally good candidate for any kind of engineering program here, including Civil.</p>
<p>You could DEFINITELY major in Civil Engineering. Heck, you could major in English if you wanted to. Undergrad prereqs in the US are much less stringent when it comes to specialization. A lot of Civil Engineers in the US probably came into college with NO experience. The fact that you have any type of engineering experience probably gives you a leg-up the first couple years of undergrad.</p>