<p>Hello all, I have a little bit of a dilemma. I am currently serving in the military and my contract will be over in fall 2012. I would like to transfer to a 4-year university for computer engineering major; however, most if not all the schools I'm interested in applying to have course pre-requisites that need to be done before I'll be admitted. My main concern is that most need calculus 1 and 2 done. I am just now taking precalculus at my local CC. I plan to take calc 1 in the spring of 2012 and calc 2 during summer of 2012. Here are my questions: Do I have any shot at all if I dont have those classes done by the time I apply (january-february 2012)?
If I dont get accepted into their engineering school, should I enter with a general studies major and then transfer into computer engineering? Has anyone had any experience with this? Easier/harder? Or should I just bite the bullet and continue going to my CC and then transfer again next year when I have all the pre-requisites done? I'm really confused as to what would be the best course of action. I really cant imagine myself majoring in anything other that computer engineering or maybe electrical engineering. These are the schools I'm interested in applying to if anyone's curious:</p>
<p>I assume you are applying as a transfer student. You should be able to apply before your prereqs are complete, but your application won’t be complete (and the schools won’t be able to make a decision) until they receive your prereq grades. Needing summer grades for fall admission is cutting it very close - too close i expect for the schools on your list. As for entering as general studies, it might be better to check with the individual schools on how they recommend you handle that.</p>
<p>You didn’t ask about your college list, but please make sure you apply the ‘reach/match/safety’ test to it. If you don’t know what I mean, then google for “college confidential reach match safety’” and you’ll find plenty of info. </p>
<p>I have a very similar situation to yours. I got out of the Air Force in fall of 2010. The highest math that I completed was Pre Calculus at my local CC. I separated and applied to the University of South Florida. There how it works is you apply to the University and get accepted. Then, once you meet the pre-requisites for your desired major, you apply to that specific college within the university. For example, I was accepted to USF and have been attending there for three semesters. I am currently taking my last pre-requisites for computer engineering (Calculus III, Physics II, and Differential Equations). At the end of this semester I will apply to USF’s college of Computer Science & Engineering, then continue from there. Schools differ in their administrative policies, but basically you should be able to apply to the school of your choice and finish your pre-requisites there then apply to your college/major within the university. You shouldn’t have to wait to transfer, though they may recommend it for a smoother transition.</p>
<p>I don’t know about those schools but I just transferred after being in exactly the same prereq situation with the same major. At my new school they didn’t seem to care I was finishing Calc 2 in the summer before transferring. I got accepted in the spring long before Summer semester even started. Only 1 of the 6 or so schools I applied to tried to push back their decision til I got spring grades: Drexel. By then I’d already been accepted at my much better current school and with much better FA so I ended up not bothering to send them my last grades anyway!</p>
<p>I will add that I would’ve, but didn’t, apply to one school(UF) because their prereq rules were so strict I would’ve had to wait and be a spring transfer.</p>
<p>Take home message: it entirely depends on the schools. For me it was important to transfer this fall so I made sure that was a possibility at the schools I applied to and didn’t apply to schools where it wasnt.</p>