<p>Some questions to ask about the 3/2:</p>
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<li> Is transfer guaranteed, dependent on GPA, or based on competitive application to transfer?</li>
<li> How does cost and financial aid work at the “2” school?</li>
<li> If a student does the 3/2, will he need to do a lot of catch-up courses at the “2” school because engineering courses commonly taken in sophomore year were not available at the “3” school?</li>
<li> Does he want to risk going through 3 years and then transferring before taking any engineering courses that are commonly done in sophomore year, but not available at the “3” school? If, after transfer, he does not like his first engineering courses, that may not be too good a situation to be in.</li>
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<p>A reason to do a 3/2 is if he wants to take a lot of additional courses or major in a liberal arts subject (humanities, social studies, science) in addition to engineering, where the schedule of a typical 4-year engineering degree program contains insufficient schedule space. But that must be balanced against the questions listed above.</p>
<p>Notre Dame does have more different engineering majors than Portland.</p>
<p>Notre Dame: aerospace, chemical, civil, computer, computer science, electrical, mechanical
Portland: civil, computer science, electrical, mechanical</p>
<p>Was he also accepted to Notre Dame as a regular engineering student?</p>