<p>I like Northwestern a lot, and I think it would be my first choice if I were to somehow get accepted and the financial aid was enough, but the thing that makes me wary is having to apply directly to one school within Northwestern. I don't really know what I want to do yet, but the three main programs that interest me are all in three different school. (Econ, Journalism, Engineering). Ideally I would like to be able to take a year to try to figure out what I want to do so I have a couple questions.</p>
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<li><p>How hard is it to transfer between schools at Northwestern? </p></li>
<li><p>How far would it set me back if I were to change schools after a quarter, semester or even a year? Is the first year mostly just gen eds?</p></li>
<li><p>I think regardless of which major I did I would want to do a Kellogg certificate. I know it is common among economics students, but would I still be able to do the program if I were in engineering? Would it still have the same impression on employers in the business field if combined with engineering as if it were combined with economics?</p></li>
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<p>Well, if this helps at all, my daughter applied to Comm as a dance major, and transferred to McCormick in her sophomore year. She had always planned to double in dance and math, seeing as .000023% of dancers can actually earn a living wage, and that’s only for about 10 years, so she took math (she was in MENU for 2 quarters) all of freshman year. It’s been hard cramming 4 years of engineering into 3, but the transfer was no problem.</p>
<p>Thank you very much. I hoped that Northwestern would make the transfer process relatively easy, because based on what they sent me it really seems like they want the first year to be about finding what you want to do. It is good to know I do have options no matter what if I were to go to Northwestern. Now I just have to figure out which program to apply to.</p>
<p>Transferring is relatively easy; but if you intend to be in engineering, it’ll be less “convenient” transferring sophomore year as you’ll be taking core classes with freshmen. Also the majority of kids in managerial analytics are engineering. Go through Kellogg CPU’s info presentation - I think it breaks out class composition by major. Industrial engineering + economics + Kellogg certificate is a very popular combo, and graduates do very well in the job market.</p>
<p>So when you say Industrial Engineering + Economics + Kellogg Certificate do you mean a double major + the certificate or a major, minor, and certificate? If it is a double major that sounds perfect as long as it is a reasonable course load.</p>
<p>I’m IE/ECON, Kellogg Certificate, and have room for another minor if I decide I want one. The quarter system makes it easy to do a lot (although it can be stressful), especially if you are willing to take 5 classes</p>
<p>That is great to know. Probably just made Northwestern my first choice. Does that only work well with industrial engineering? Also does it matter which program I apply to initially?</p>
<p>EnoughAlready,
I am curious; was she exempt from Engineering First?</p>
<p>nickps,
It works better for IE because of what IE is about and they allow some double-counting between IE and Econ. You’d need to spend couple hours to research the requirements (they are all on the web) and figure it out. My guess is it’s doable especially if you come in with some APs.</p>
<p>Thank you all very much for this information. After looking into it more the IE+Econ program looks great, and it sounds like it gives you flexibility after graduation. The last question I have is does it matter if I apply for econ or IE originally?</p>
<p>Sam Lee asked: “I am curious; was she exempt from Engineering First?” </p>
<p>I don’t actually know. She is not around right now (still off at her internship), but I will ask if I remember when she comes home for all of 3 days.</p>
<p>Sometimes you can pass out of 1 or 2 engineering first classes, but there are a lot of sophomores who take it with the freshman who transferred</p>
<p>Depends on how good your application shows you are at math/engineering. Also, if in your why northwestern essay, you mention ie/econ and kellogg, you will impress them</p>