<p>Hello, I’m a freshman in California who’ll be stepping into college campus for the first time in the Spring and I really hope to transfer to 4 year university in 2012 fall to join class of 2014.</p>
<p>As the title says, I’m planning on transferring as a BME. I noticed that some schools require BME majors in CCC to complete General Chem I&II and Organic Chem I&II, which would take 4 semesters. I only have 3 semesters (spring 11’, fall 11’, spring 12’) to complete all the courses in CCC to meet the goal. Would it be possible to transfer without completing those and finishing those up at the 4 year? Should I just switch to different engineering? For courses like math and physics, I think I can manage to meet the prerequisites. Thanks for reading this!</p>
<p>Some engineering programs want to see an Associates degree for transfer students, while others will allow you to transfer after only 3 semesters of work. Most BME programs want to see you ready to take courses in their discipline, and that generally means having a year of General Chem, a year of O-Chem, a year of Calc, and probably a year of Physics. Assuming that you can start out in General Chem during Spring Semester (many CCs only start a new Gen Chem sequence in the Fall) and complete it during the following Fall Semester, you will then be faced with trying to take half of the O-Chem sequence before trying to transfer. That will probably not go over well, as most schools will want to see you take the whole O-Chem sequence in one place (either CC or Uni). If you really want to be a BME, I’d suggest completing the O-Chem sequence at your CC and then be faced with perhaps having to wait a semester before transferring.</p>
<p>Other Engineering disciplines don’t require O-Chem, but instead require more Calc (plus Linear Alg and Diff EQ), more Physics, and ‘core’ Engineering courses such as Statics, Dynamics and Strength of Materials. I’d suggest comparing the requirements of various Engineering disciplines with the courses available at your CC, and to also see how hard it is to transfer into each discipline. For example, in my state of Washington, it is super tough for transfer students to get into ME, while it is much easier to get into EE.</p>