<p>Hello, I'm currently a junior at Univ. of Washington Seattle. I will be a senior after I finish the summer quarter and I'm trying to change my major to engineering. Im currently in the business school and I feel strongly motivated to switch into engineering department. I have started taking pre engineering courses this quarter. But I have a problem in which that other major departments DO NOT let in students with so many credits like me. My credits put me in a Junior class standing and after the summer, to a senior standing and this amount of credit gives a red flag to all other major departments to deny the application. I have asked the Academic advisers (many) and they all told me that I have to expect to be not accepted to the engineering department. I have seen many other undergrad students at my school who tried to change their major in middle of the undergrad years and they were just flat denied, rejected by other major departments. So I'm thinking about going to a community college to get all the pre- engineering courses done and then transfer to different 4 yr university. I am aware of the years that I have to spend in undergrad will be about twice that of others and also the money that will cost me. But I have taken significant amount of classes in this business school and I know im going to hate it. So why did I choose it in the first place? Thats a long story but now I know EXACTLY what I want to do. So I'm trying to see if I can go to CCC first then transfer to one of UCs but I want to know if that is even possible since I have spent 3 full years already at one school and thought this might be get in my way. Does anyone know anything about this kind of situation?</p>
Advise on dropping out of Univ of Washington to go to California Community College to transfer to UC
<p><a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors;
<p>Each UC has slightly different policies regarding transfer unit caps. You could transfer to a UC if you get your engineering pre-reqs done while staying under those maximums but given that you’re already a junior and that engineering is not light on pre-reqs, it’s a tough situation. </p>
<p>With that many units you will probably be declined at engineering for most UCs. Maybe you would have a better chance at the CSUs? Idk there unit cap policies. Most likely you will want to goto a small, less applied to private since they are less strict at transferring in. Realistically I would tell you to just finish business. Engineering takes a long time to get all the pre-reqs done and what if you find out you don’t want to do it? </p>