<p>How much easier will it be for me to get into engineering than the college? Is it difficult to switch out of I decide its not for me? </p>
<p>my essay is about my summer spent doing cancer research on a rare form of cancer found in china at yale and how it brought me to china, and how i love chinese culture</p>
<p>Caucasian female</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
APs: Chem 3 Bio 5 stat 5 english 5, physics, calc bc, english to be taken
SAT I: 2200, Critical Reading: 700, Math: 740, Writing: 760
SAT IIs: Chemistry: 710, Biology: 750, Math IIC: 800</p>
<p>Academic Achievements:
Cum Laude
Won High School Scholarship
Commended Scholar
book award from a renowned college
science and technology award from another university
Participated in IBM Math and Science Honors Program
Placed 8th, then 3rd in state national spanish exam
Honor Roll Througout high school
Various Achievement Awards and Recognition of Effort Awards
Participant of Yale Discovery to Cure Internship Program</p>
<p>Extracurricular
Four year science research program
worked doing research at yale lab
volunteer for leukemia/lymphoma society
peer leader
editor in cheif of lit mag
editor of yearbook
model un
piano for 8 years- charity events
volunteer at nursing home and hospital
led program to teach inner city teenagers about violence
member of community service club
member of gaelic american club
recreational squash player
recreational irish step dancer
went on community service trip to france
eucharistic minister
spent a month abroad every year since freshman year</p>
<p>I think you have an excellent shot at both, but your scores show you’re strong at M and S, and you’re a girl. I hear it’s not terribly difficult to switch OUT of pratt…so what do you have to lose really.</p>
<p>theres really no advantage in applying to the college or egr. do whatever you like best. Once your in, you can switch from trinity to pratt or vice versa without too much red tape which is nice.</p>
<p>Is it possible for Engineering students to take FOCUS classes? Also, how long do you have to wait to switch out of engineering- a semester? a year? any info would be great.</p>
<p>yes, it is possible for egr students to take FOCUS, though you have to come in with a lot of AP credits in the sciences/math to do so b/c the FOCUS classes dont really overlap with the egr curriculum as much as it does with the trinity curriculum. YOu have to wait a yr to formally switch from trinity to pratt or vice versa, but u can take egr classes even if u arent in pratt and take a&s classes if u aren’t in trinity. What matters is the eventual requirements u must meet for graduation - honestly, the first yr curriculum is broad enough that it doesnt really matter whether u r in pratt or trinity.</p>
<p>Can Pratt School of Engineering students participate in the FOCUS Program?
Yes. Due to different curricular requirements in the Pratt School of Engineering, Pratt students must have AP credit in either math or chemistry to be eligible to enroll in FOCUS. You may still apply to the program even if you are unsure of your AP scores at the time of application. Questions about FOCUS and Engineering can be directed to Assistant Dean Connie Simmons or Associate Dean Linda Franzoni in Pratt School of Engineering.</p>
<p>By the way, since you participated in the Yale program, you might be interested in Duke’s new Global Health FOCUS.</p>
<p>We have a son in engineering, who is not in a FOCUS group as they almost all have a humanities leaning to them. We were at a gathering of engineering parents last weekend and had an opportunity to talk with Dean Christina Johnson about several things, including the small number of engineering students who register for FOCUS. She said they are working to broaden the FOCUS topics so as to include more that would appeal to, and work well for, the freshmen in engineering. Part of the problem with FOCUS for engineering students is trying to fit in the courses you need, when you basically have only one elective choice for that semester. Even if you come in with AP Calc or Chem, which our son did, you still have many other courses to fit into the freshman year. Only about 30-40 of the 375 or so freshman engineering students are in a FOCUS group.</p>
<p>That’s not a major issue. Three of the four most popular FOCUS clusters are science-oriented. As you said, it’s the fact that FOCUS eats up so much of your schedule that engineering students tend to shy away from it</p>