<p>Does anyone know how selective the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is? More specifically, the pre-vet/animal science majors </p>
<p>Are you asking about initial freshman admission to these majors or transfer into these majors from another major or University Studies once you have already started at UD?</p>
<p>I’m actually interested in that info as well but for food science which is my next Ds major.</p>
<p>The pre-vet/animal science and food science majors are all “Restricted Majors” at UD. This means that they have limited capacity. Therefore all of these types of majors are competitive to varying degrees for admission. It would be most efficacious to get accepted into these types of majors as a freshman as compared to trying to transfer into these majors from other UD majors or University Studies. The following are the minimum transfer criteria for these majors:</p>
<p>Agriculture and Natural Resources:
Animal & Food Sciences – Internal transfers must have a 2.5 GPA.
Landscape Horticulture & Design (Landscape Design concentration) - Internal transfers will be considered for admission upon successful completion of 45 credit hours, a 2.5 GPA, and submission of an acceptable portfolio of their work. The following courses must be completed before the portfolio review course (PLSC 203): PLSC 103, PLSC 202, PLSC 232, and one approved ART course.
Pre-Veterinary Medicine & Animal Biosciences - Internal transfers must have a 2.5 GPA.
Wildlife Conservation – Internal transfers must have a 2.25 GPA.</p>
<p>These of course are minimum requirements and most students who are successful in transferring into these majors have much higher GPA’s. It is my understanding that the competition transferring into these majors is pretty intense but certainly is not at the same level of trying to transfer into some other majors at UD (It is almost impossible trying to transfer into certain majors such as chemical engineering or nursing). Hope this info is helpful. </p>
<p>Thanks mwallenmd! If D2 were to apply as an entering freshman…would it be as difficult to get into as say nursing? Do you know the typical range for SAT scores and ACT scores a food science major should have? </p>
<p>Nursing and chemical engineering are the two most competitive majors for admission to UD as freshman. It is my understanding that food science is also a competitive major for freshman admission but is no where near as competitive as these two. Unfortunately I don’t know the specific stats for individuals accepted into food science ( I don’t think UD publishes stats for specific majors). My best guess would be that an applicant would want to have an SAT score of 1200 (for math and reading combined-it is my understanding that they will no longer be giving a writing component in the SAT exam) or an ACT of 28-29 to be competitive for this major (again this is just a guess-obviously the higher the better). However the most important thing UD utilizes in its admission decisions is rigor of HS classes, GPA and grades in major academic courses (Math, Lab Sciences, English, Social Sciences, History, and Foreign languages). UD actually recalculates an applicant’s GPA looking just at these types of courses for most majors (and I suspect food science would be one of these). Also they look especially the grades a student gets in Honors/AP classes as they like to see that students are willing to challenge themselves by taking such courses and can do well in them. They also like to see students take 5 major courses in both semesters of their senior year of HS. They take a dim view of applicants who decide to “coast through” their senior year of HS. The essay is also is very important. UD does actually read these and they certainly can be a deciding factor for some students. I understand UD got a record number of applications this year and I suspect that part of the reason that decisions appear to be delayed for some students is that they are doing all of these things to make sure the process is “fair” to all applicants. Alumni/sibling involvement with UD “may” also be a factor considered. While none of these things can guarantee admission to UD it is my perspective that these things would place an applicant in the best possible position for acceptance. Good luck to your D2. </p>
<p>thanks that sounds good!</p>
<p>My son was admitted as University Studies but would really like to pursue Chemical Engineering. I realize that it a ultra competitive major at UD. What qualifications would you need to move in to Chem E as a sophomore or junior? Is it even possible to do when you start as “undeclared”. Any help would be appreciated!!!</p>
<p>Chemical Engineering at UD has a very rigid and intense curriculum so starting out in University Studies would place a student at a great disadvantage in trying to catch up (check out the curriculum online and you will see what I mean). One also would be competing for transfer with students who are entering UD in the Engineering Undeclared major and I would guess students in this major would be given some degree of preference in transferring into Chemical Engineering. Also, just so you are aware, Chemical Engineering has a reputation of being a “weed out” major at UD. Close to 50% of students admitted as freshman to this major end up leaving due to the intense academic expectations/requirements (and the graduation class size is meant to be this smaller number, so students who leave are not replaced to a great degree). The minimum transfer requirements are the following:</p>
<p>◾Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Restricted for all students due to program capacity limitations. Prospective student applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.2 and a grade of B or better in both CHEM 111 and MATH 242, or equivalent. (to succeed however, probably would require a much higher GPA).</p>
<p>I really would recommend that your son contact the CE Department and speak to someone there about his interests in order to get their advice/recommendations. I suspect he will be told, similar to Nursing, that it is not recommended that a student enter UD in another major with the primary intent of being able to transfer into these majors, as the odds of being successful are so extremely low. While our D was at UD in Nursing she knew students who were unsuccessful in trying to transfer into Nursing and they had 4.0 GPA’s in other majors. I wish I had more positive information to give you. Good luck to your son. </p>
<p>Thank you very much for the detailed answer!</p>