UT Austin vs. Ohio State

eyemgh
Sat, 03 Apr 2021 04:50:15 +0000

The UT way is how Cal Poly does it. You’re in the one you apply for if you get in (which is awesome IF you don’t want to switch), but switching can be a matter of either space availability restrictions or being held to the standard of having been able to get into the destination major in the first place. At CP, a school I know a significant bit about, it actually happens both ways. Based on space, only CS, SE and Computer Engineering can switch around among one and other. No other engineering majors can move into those majors, ever. Within the other majors it’s a matter of how hard they were to get into in the first place. ME which is a tough admit can pretty much have pick of the litter, whereas IE, a relatively easy admit might have a challenge moving to anything else. It all depends on how strong the student’s stats were in the first place. Essentially, you can generally get into any major you would have gotten into in the first place after jumping through the right hoops. Not sure if UT is that specific or not, but CP does it to keep less competitive students from backdooring into tougher admit majors.

The wau OSU does it is like Purdue. It’s nice because you get to choose after you have a better foundation. The risk is getting locked out. I can’t help but think that if most Purdue students get their first choice that most OSU students wouldn’t too.

There’s uncertainty either way.

Always amazed that @ucbalumnus knows these important details about SO MANY schools! Props!