CIT ECE - What does it take to transfer in?

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<p>I was wait-listed from CIT ECE. If I go to Carnegie Mellon, I will be a major in Materials Science engineering. However, I don't give a crap about materials science, I want to be in ECE. </p>

<p>What does it take to transfer into ECE within CIT?</p>

<p>Obviously it must be difficult if ECE is completely closed off from the wait-list. They wouldn't reject me from ECE then let me transfer into it after I get to campus, right?</p>

<p>Unfortunately, that's the only thing I can see myself studying at this point, and the only thing that would make me choose Carnegie Mellon over my other schools.</p>

<p>Therefore, it's really important for me to know what kind of prospects I have for transferring (or sneaking) my way into becoming an ECE major.</p>

<p>Do any current students have experiences with this, or know of any such transfers?
If it's possible, what are the kinds of things I would need to do to make it happen? (i.e. GPA/constant pestering/taking certain classes)</p>

<p>I would really appreciate feedback from people who know what they're talking about, as this is important to me. If I decide to go to CMU, I don't want to be stranded from the major I want and live four years of hell.</p>

<p>Thanks so so much,
You can PM me your response if you'd like too!</p>

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<p>Do you know for a fact ECE does not take kids from the wait list? If not, write them a letter or call expressing your interest. Maybe you’ll get in before the year starts. But, I don’t know much about this, but isn’t ECE at CMU like BME at JHU? If that’s the case, it would be very difficult to transfer in. Where else did you get in? I think it would be a little risky betting on transferring into something like ECE. Because if you just happen to not get it, you’d probably enjoy your time doing exactly what you want at another school. I also have doubts about CMU for transferring reasons (though it’s not something like ECE or SCS which would be hard to transfer into).</p>

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<p>I heard it was easy because Introduction to Electrical Engineering is a big weeder class.</p>

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<p>Like I said, I am interested in responses from people who know what they’re talking about, not mere speculation. Thanks though!</p>

<p>Also, I was wondering a few things about the ECE program itself.</p>

<p>1) How hands-on is the educational process (i.e. labs, projects, research etc…)</p>

<p>2) Are most classes taught by TA’s or professors?</p>

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<p>You are in CIT - there would be no transfer - you are in the college. You will have to take two intro to eng courses as a freshman. The key for those restricted from ECE is to take the intro to ece, do well in all courses (list is prioritized by 2x 1st semester grade + 1x midterm 2nd semester grade). Then depending on how many ECE openings there are the college starts on the list. Check out the CIT web page. There are a lot of answers to how this works.</p>

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<p>bosssr, thank you so much! I found the info on the CIT websit and this was exactly the information I was looking for. </p>

<p>Although if anyone has input on my other questions, I’d still like to know about those!</p>

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<p>hello, could u pls tell me where on the CIT website you found the information you were looking for></p>

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<p>It’s at the following link in the Declaring Majors and Minors section.</p>

<p>[First-Year</a> FAQ](<a href=“http://www.cit.cmu.edu/current_students/first_years/faq.html]First-Year”>Page not found! - College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University)</p>

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<p>I was able to transfer into ECE from MCS with mostly A’s, and taking intense classes.</p>

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<p>^were you a sophomore when you transferred?</p>

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<p>I’m a freshman now.</p>

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<p>thx!! …/.</p>