Help with college decisions [engineering or computer science]

ucbalumnus
Fri, 05 Jan 2024 05:18:59 +0000

MYOS1634:

Pitt and VTech are similar in quality:

In both, frosh who applied as engineering and are admitted and matriculate enter as undeclared engineering. However:

Pittsburgh allows declaration of major with a 2.0 college GPA: https://www.engineering.pitt.edu/first-year/advising/choosing-a-major/ . But note that while computer engineering is in the engineering division, computer science is in the computing division. Changing into computer science in the computing division is a competitive admission process with a minimum 2.75 college GPA (meeting the minimum does not assure admission): https://www.sci.pitt.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions

Virginia Tech allows declaration of major with a 3.0 college GPA; those below face competitive admission to the majors: Change of Major Policies and Deadlines | Engineering | Virginia Tech . Both computer engineering and computer science are in the engineering division.