I know transfering into SCS is hard..but...

mom2012and14
Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:01:03 +0000

Physics MechE double very manageable!

CIT students need 8 GEs (as do most colleges) and they are quirky-- 3 must be in a related (same major). In CS, it’s 8 GEs, but three must be pick one column a, column b, column C.

So it you arlready get credit for the two fine arts classes and are going to be a meche, then take one more art/music class and your depth sequence is done. your pe class is worthless for cmu credit-- doesn’t mean anything. Astronomy will be a free /open elective in every school.

If you are thinking meche/physics/ or cs,
your first semester should be Physics, Intro to MechE (probably will not get a spot), calc (whatever you place in to after the cmu placement test) and CS 15-110 and freshman english (which everyone has to take). It’s the same four courses regardless of which of those majors you are considering. (although if you were going to be a cs major-- then skip physics and take 15-127 concepts --which is required for the CS major but none of the others on your list).

Right now your deposit is for MCS so you’ll be advised to take physics or chem or bio…hold the bio – that is not needed for any major other than the MCS major…so jump into chem or physics. If one of the two is fresh in your mind- take that one.

Don’t blow your calc ap!

Hopefully the key point I didn’t get to here was-- there’s way too much flexibility and you can assume any one of these three majors fairly easily without much difference to your first semester. CS a bit more restrictive-- if that is really of interest, get into 127 concepts of math. otherwise, you could change your mind several times first year and it will be fine.