Northeastern or UVM honors college

hornetdad
Sun, 29 Dec 2013 17:12:12 +0000

My son started out in Mech Eng at UMass Amherst and after 3 semesters switched to math with a minor in economics. It was partly a subject-matter issue, he found he didn’t really like the course material, and partly a “lifestyle” decision, he wanted more time for other activites (he plays club lacrosse). He was Dean’s List in both Eng and math, so it wasn’t an academic issue. He found that his Eng math courses counted towards his math major but he had to take a different computer science course. Overall, it was a smooth transition. It would have likely been more difficult switching to the business school, which has the option to accept or reject transfers into the program. So yes, if you think you might like Eng, by all means try it, but pick a school where it will be easy to change majors if you find out you don’t.