<p>For freshman undergrad applications, when they ask you to indicate your intended major or school, are you basically locked in? </p>
<p>Like for USC, Georgetown, and NYU, you have to choose a specific school to apply to. So what happens if I don't know what field I'm interested in or change my mind later? Can I just EASILY switch between schools? For example, switching from an engineering school to business or vice versa? I know it's probably doable, but do colleges make it really hard to do this?</p>
<p>Well, if you aren't sure what field you want to go into, your best bet is the College of Arts and Sciences or the general college. As for transferring between schools internally within a college, it depends on the college/schools. You would have to talk to an administrator from the college in order to find out that information.</p>
<p>So does that mean for some colleges the school you apply to as a freshman would be nearly impossible to switch out of? (Would anyone know the ease of transferring for USC and Georgetown? And for transferring out of engineering if I indicated interest on the Brown app?)</p>
<p>And what if I'm fairly sure that I DON'T want the College of Arts and Sciences? (I'm straddling engineering and business.) Should I still apply to Arts & Sciences because it would be easier to transfer out of it versus out of engineering?</p>
<p>In most colleges, it's easier to switch out of engineering and almost impossible to switch in, because of all the prerequisites required in the first year.</p>
<p>Transferring into the top undergraduate business schools, like Wharton and Stern (NYU), can also be extremely difficult. </p>
<p>And some schools have their business major within Arts & Sciences.</p>
<p>As noted above, you do need to ask these questions of the particular schools you're applying to.</p>
<p>I don't agree with Chedva. Most Engineering programs are made so community college students can transfer in as juniors and still be able to graduate on time. There are usually loopholes. </p>
<p>It is generally not too hard to switch majors in college because most colleges require you to take general requierments for over a year. If you have AP credits, it is even easier to switch majors.</p>
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Most Engineering programs are made so community college students can transfer in as juniors and still be able to graduate on time.
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<p>That may be true for state school engineering programs, but I've never heard that for private schools. Which schools do you know of that do this? (I've actually never heard of private schools being set up specifically for community college students to do anything at all.)</p>