<p>Hi,</p>
<p>Can somebody please explain how the transfer from DGS to engineering works? I wanted to take up CHE ENG. I know that one must work hard and get good GPA's.Can somebody who went through the whole process or has seen somebody succeed, explain?</p>
<p>I hear a lotof weed out talks going on. Does this happen a lotin UIUC? </p>
<p>Appereciate all the help.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>It's all explained here: Intercollegiate</a> and Interdepartmental Transfer Guidelines</p>
<p>Basics:</p>
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<li>You need mostly A's and B's, i.e. GPA > 3.0</li>
<li>Go talk to the dean of the CoE. He'll decide if you can or can't primarily based on your grades in technical courses (math, physics, chemistry).</li>
<li>If he approves, you write a 250-500 word essay on your reason for transferring.</li>
<li>Take your essay and go talk to the chief advisor of the specific department within the CoE that you want (e.g. ECE, MechSE, CEE, etc. ).</li>
<li>Get the chief advisor's signature and you're done.</li>
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<p>ChemE is in LAS and not CoE so I don't know how that's different.</p>
<p>Regarding weeding out: Yeah a lot of people get weeded out of engineering by the introductory courses (first few engineering courses in the specific discipline, calculus I-III (MATH 221, 231, 241), differential equations (MATH 286), & the four physics classes - mechanics, E&M, thermodynamics, quantum (PHYS 211-214), and chemistry (CHEM 102 & 103)).</p>
<p>I've heard people say the intro courses intentionally curve harshly to "get rid" of a percentage of students and it gets easier after you make it through them. My personal experience (in EE) has been the opposite. The intro math and physics classes were a joke but the engineering classes are just getting harder and harder.</p>
<p>Gshine-Do you think the intro classes like math and physics were easier because you took the AP classes in high school or are you just good at math and physics?</p>
<p>Do you think you spend a lot more time studying than students who are business majors? I hear the labs take up a ton of time. Any insight would be helpful.Thanks</p>
<p>Couple of the main reasons I thought they were easy:
1. the material was never very in-depth (they were intro classes after all)
2. the class sizes were huge, the grades were bell curved, and there were many, many people who had no clue what they were doing. In other words, you can count on a lot of people doing worse than you which in a curved class translates to getting a good grade.</p>
<p>On the other hand, my EE classes were fast, intense, and had smaller classes of more focused students (i.e. those clueless people had already been removed by the math and physics classes).</p>
<p>I don't think taking AP classes help much unless you were retaking the class that the AP is meant to give you credit for. They may help you adjust to the new pace but the material doesn't get repeated; rather it's only used as a basis for newer concepts. But as long as you have the prerequisites for the class, you'll be fine, AP or no AP.</p>
<p>Engineering majors certainly study more than business majors (or any other majors). The material is more difficult, the grading is harsher, and there are a lot more required courses, forcing you to stack up on multiple technical courses each semester instead of having a more relaxed schedule (unless you're fine with graduating in 5 years).</p>
<p>I spend more time on homework than labs, but I haven't yet taken any stand-alone lab classes (i.e. where the lab is the course rather than being part of a course). Those are notorious, at least in EE.</p>
<p>ChemE is in LAS.</p>
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<p>This doesn't make transferring to ChemE easier than any other engineering majors.</p>
<p>does it work the same for transfering into business</p>