<p>If you apply to engineering and enroll, then at the end of you 1rst semester or year or whatever, can you easily transfer into the college?</p>
<p>Very easily.</p>
<p>thanks iv4me. is there any chance that engineering has a higher acceptance rate or is it all the same?</p>
<p>Given the fact that the vast majority of freshmen change their minds at some point in the year, the acceptance rate is almost definitely the same.</p>
<p>also, you are not accepted to the engineering school or the humanities school at princeton; you are accepted to the university and then you can decide what you would like to concentrate in.</p>
<p>Wouldn't you fall behind in courseload by the end of your first year though?
BSE kids are supposed to take 4/5 courses (first/second semesters), and there's not very much leeway for these courses...wouldn't that affect the ability of one to transfer to engineering?</p>
<p>EDIT: never mind, I see it's the other way around.</p>
<p>AB considering to switch to BSE: you dont really fall behind on courseload by the end of 1st year coz BSE students have to take fewer distribution courses. As long as you take some of the BSE required courses as freshman, you're probably ok.
That being said, BSE = 36 courses minimum = squeeze all the fun out. I actually wonder if anyone would take Computer Science BSE when Computer Science AB is essentially the same, as long as the employer is concerned.</p>
<p>I'm taking computer science BSE... how is that going to squeeze out all the fun?</p>
<p>plus, my distribution / engineering requirements go into premed courses so I kill two birds with one stone.</p>
<p>plus, with an AB, you have to take a language! :p</p>
<p>I'm doing exactly what you are, amnesia! :)</p>
<p>what exactly do you mean by squeeze all the fun out? do engineering studnets (financial engineering specifically) have less fun/do less socially than AB studets?</p>
<p>No, BSEs have 5 more required classes than ABs do. That means BSEs are taking 5 classes almost every semester up to senior year, (because you really don't want 5 classes on top of writing your thesis) while ABs are taking only 4 course every semester but one. That extra space could be used for (1) taking random fun oddball classes (2) pursuing a certificate (3) pursuing more extracurriculars (4) doing nothing at all and partying the time away.</p>
<p>i highly doubt im gonna be swamped at princeton with computer science. in fact, i could probably teach an intro class.</p>
<p>at princeton i decided i will learn WHY i am using the hash or encryption rather than HOW to use it since i've practically coded since i got on a computer 7 years ago.</p>
<p>if computer science is something you love 1AmongMany, like it is for me, those classes won't be work since i leave and breath programming every day.</p>
<p>AND, if i can't party and chill with friends then I'm going to have to make some decisions since socializing is extremely important.</p>
<p>basically, with my BSE while some ppl in the AB are trying to learn some foriegn language im off taking some computer science class that i love</p>
<p>You know, Amnesia, being good at something doesn't mean you can teach it well. Communications skills and maintaining good interpersonal relations are important to a good teacher -- he might not be the most brilliant, but he is better able to get his ideas across.</p>
<p>I would go so far as to say no freshman at Princeton could teach an intro class. To think you can is ridiculous, regardless of how proficient you are in the subject. Teaching is 40% what you know and 60% how you communicate it to students, if not weighted more toward communication. There are some award-winning professors at Princeton whom students don't flock to simply because their lectures suck.</p>
<p>And considering that BSEs are still required to fulfill four of the six distribution requirements (meaning you're going to have to do something out of the LA, HA, EM, EC, and/or SA requirements), I'd say you'll have plenty on your plate. Even the geniuses here are working hard.</p>
<p>"squeeze all the fun out": haha, sorry, perhaps I was a bit hyperbolic. I was trying to solicit opinions from BSE majors regarding courseload coz I'm juggling bw AB and BSE. (I sent in the AB program sheet though, not the BSE one)</p>