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OsakaDad
Mon, 23 Dec 2013 10:32:07 +0000

@eyemgh – My kid got 5’s on many of his AP courses and decided to retake some of the math and physics courses anyway. In fact, he only used AP classes that were non-STEM (science, math, engineering and technology) at Cal Poly. In his opinion retaking these classes reinforced his foundation. As a result it made it far easier to get top grades in some of the most failed classes at Cal Poly such as statics, dynamics and fluids, etc. It is your choice, my kid took a more conservative route and it has paid off.

@Baileyj57 – To the contrary of many rumors that you may have heard, changing majors is entirely possible and fairly common at Cal Poly. As a general rule it is much easier to change majors within a college than between different colleges. My kid switched from General Engineering to Mechanical Engineering quite easily. Both majors exist in the College of Engineering. Changing majors between different colleges is a little more complicated, but still common. I know of some kids that have switched majors two or three times. ralph4 has his kids at Cal Poly and I recall some of them have changed majors several times. Bottom line, to change majors you must be in good academic standing and the earlier the better. The school wants you to graduate on time.