Should I declare a major?

arcadefire1027
Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:50:40 +0000

I’m currently enrolled in UCR as Undeclared-CHASS for Fall of 2008. UCR is divided into different colleges, CHASS- (college of humanities arts and sciences), some environmental college, and something else.

However, I’m starting to become interested in engineering, because it’s something my dad does and loves, and I feel like our interests are pretty similar so I’d probably enjoy it too. I was never too great in the sciences, but I feel like if I really put an effort into I might enjoy it. Then again, I only made this decision last night so it’s really just an impulse.

My orientation for the school is this thursday, and I can change my major before then. If I’m going to wind up in engineering (which is a different college), but I pick my classes based on being in CHASS, then I really might be wasting my time with a few classes. Then again, I’m really not sure if I want to be an engineer.

Is it a smarter idea to just stay undeclared in the college of CHASS, or to take the risk for engineering and if I don’t like it switch out?