Transfer to college of engineering?

maraudersrule
Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:54:05 +0000

Hey, I’m an incoming freshman, currently undeclared in the College of Letters & Sciences. I’m absolutely sure I want to transfer to an engineering major(EE or biomed, to be specific). I heard a couple of things:


I can’t transfer at orientation: My parents insist that I start out as an engineering major, and I’m currently panicking. I had no clue about what I wanted to study, and picked Undeclared L&S just to be safe(!?).
I can transfer after one term: I’m alright about this, but I am worried about the GPA requirement! I heard GPAs tend to go down in the beginning, and I don’t want this to be a hindrance.


My parents say that they don’t want to pay a huge tuition for something that isn’t guaranteed. I’m pretty much losing peace over this, because I don’t have a backup plan that I want to follow.
For the record, I’m OOS, living abroad, and we pretty much study physics/math/chem courses that are first year level(from what I’ve heard). But I don’t want to take a chance…

It’d be great if I could have a few opinions on this! Thank you!