Engineering Academy at Blinn or Different Major and transfer into engineering?

BlakeGrhymes
Wed, 04 Mar 2015 23:57:46 +0000

Oddly enough, I was offered full admission but NOT offered Engineering at Blinn.

As for transferring from physics or geophysics into the COE it depends on your degree, some are more competitive than others, there are also degrees that have VERY few spots. Petro and Mechanical engineering I would say are the most competitive, then there are some degrees like Aerospace Engineering which have a small number of spots, I think the freshman Aerospace class is less than 150 students and then it drops to less than 50 the next year. I would suggest emailing the department inwhich you want to transfer into, that’s what I did for Aerospace.

Another thing, most engineering departments want to see your Calculus and Physics grades, however if you come to TAMU with those already completed they wont be able to see the grade so I would suggest retaking them.

For instance I got a 96 in DC Calculus 1, this is a good grade however the department wont be able to see the grades when I send these credits to TAMU, they’ll just know that I got credit. I’m about 90% sure of this, however I will double check and post again when I get a response.

Overall I think the EAB route is the better option, you’ll have access to the engineering courses that you wouldn’t have in a different major at TAMU.