<p>Basically, I’m looking into transferring into Georgia Tech. I’m currently a freshman attending a four-year school where I am dual-majoring in aerospace engineering and applied mathematics, and I intend to do the same if I get accepted as a transfer at GT.</p>
<p>So here’s my dilemma: as stated above, I intend to major in aerospace engineering. However, I don’t have the chemistry requirement: I am not taking it this semester, and it isn’t offered next semester.</p>
<p>However, I DO meet the requirement for majoring in mathematics (I’m assuming it’s the same requirement for both discrete and applied mathematics), so technically, I think that I COULD apply as an applied mathematics major (which requires a PHYS 1 and a lab science requirement, which I intend to fill with PHYS 2 next semester).</p>
<p>So would this be possible? If I do this, will it be difficult to add an aerospace engineering major in the future? Should I play it safe and stay for another year in the college that I’m at right now, and maybe transfer next year? (I don’t really want to do this because it might interfere with the things I might want to do at GT, esp. undergraduate research, and courses get more and more specialized as you go along, so it might be difficult for me to transfer all/most of my credits).</p>
<p>You can’t double major at Tech but you can do the second undergraduate degree. I don’t really know how it differs. Either way, you would need to be admitted for one of the two degrees you’re seeking and submit a form to do the second degree. I assuming based on the little reading that I did that it’s not guaranteed and you would go through the same process other students at Tech would go through. </p>
<p>As far as your Chem/Phys problem, I’m not sure I fully understand what you’re saying. How can you fill the Phys 1 req with Phys 2? Don’t you have to take Phys 1 to do Phys 2? Are you sure taking Phys 2 will take care of the Phys 1 req? I feel like I read somewhere that if you skip Calc 1 and go into Calc 2 somehow, you still need to do Calc 1. If you tested out of Calc 1 but it wasn’t through a testing system that GT recognizes (CLEP, AP) you’re still on the hook for Calc 1. I don’t know where I read this and can’t provide the link, however. What kind of school doesn’t offer General Chem every semester?</p>
<p>Ah, I wasn’t aware that GT didn’t offer double majors - I guess that it would be a double degree then. No biggie.</p>
<p>Also, I wasn’t saying that I could fill the PHYS I requirement with PHYS II, there is an additional lab requirement for applying as a math major which can be fulfilled with PHYS II, which was what I was referring to.</p>
<p>What I meant was that I don’t meet the CHEM requirement for aerospace. So basically, I was wondering if I could submit my transfer app for mathematics, complete chem at GT, and then submit the request for the second degree, possibly? If not, I guess that I would have to complete the second requirement next year, but that would entail me staying put for another year.</p>
<p>I think it would be safer for you to come here now and do a dual degree than to postpone an entire year just for one class. You can acclimate yourself to the GT environment and do research with a professor or team that you will spend a longer time with. You won’t get first dibs on classes as a math major so you might have to watch for open seats when people drop it. You can ask a professor to advise you on what to learn and do undergraduate study with if you get here, I haven’t had much problems with that.</p>