<p>I was accepted as a biology major into University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, but ultimately decided to choose Mount Holyoke College over it due to significantly better aid. I love my choice, but my interest has shifted away from pre-med and towards engineering. Mount Holyoke has a program that allows you to get your BA here and an engineering degree at Dartmouth College, but I’m also wondering about possibly transferring to UIUC after my sophomore year. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks!</p>
<p>Is financial aid still a factor?</p>
<p>Honestly yes… UIUC would cost me about 30k a year, Mount Holyoke cost me 10k. However, I don’t know how the aid carries over at Dartmouth, so I would be willing to take out loans and make an investment if I was sure…</p>
<p>UIUC has a number of 2+2 (or more like 2+3 actually) so it is certainly possible, but it is probably more efficient to do it at Dartmouth.</p>
<p>I suppose it depends on what you want to do with your engineering degree. To be honest, I have run into few if any Dartmouth engineers in industry or academia, though my personal experience is limited to the aerospace and fluid dynamics communities.</p>