Possible to change from MCS to CIT after freshman year?

snowylan
Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:04:56 +0000

I will be a freshman of MCS this upcoming fall, with a major in Chemistry (although I don’t have to officially declar my major in MCS till the end of freshman year, I am pretty much sure that this will be the major that I am most interested in while in MCS).

When I applied for CMU last year, I thought that I am more interested in science rather than engineering, so i put chemistry as my first choice and engineering the alternative. After I did my senior capstone project on the participation of girls in STEM (science, math, engineering, and technology), I figured that engineering interested me a lot more, but it was too late to change the application, and I was accepted by the chemistry major but waitlisted by ChemE.

So does anyone know that if it’s ever possbile to go from MCS to CIT after a year, and how big a chance there will be? Do i need to try taking some engineering courses to make myself more qualified for engineering majors?

Plus, when do you guys suggest is a good time to tell my conselor that i wish to change my major? Does right after school starts sound too early to you?

Thanks a ton for your suggestions and helps!