<p>Specifically, is it hard to change from Chemical Engineering to Electrical Engineering?? I got this from the website <a href="http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/change.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/change.html</a></p>
<p>Does anyone know anyone who changed majors within the HSSEAS, such as what I want to do? I need a quick response because I'm deciding between Cal and UCLA, and this is one of my peeves about going to UCLA.... =(</p>
<p>You have to complete a certain amount of courses, its really not that difficult to change within HSSEAS. Besides, all engineers take basically the same curriculum the first year, so its really not that big of a deal. I'm not sure, but I think its easier to change from Chem E to EE at UCLA than it is at Berkeley, because at berkeley, Chem E is in a different college than EE. (college of chemistry vs. college of engineering)</p>
<p>oh okay. how high does ur gpa have to be to change from ChemE to EE in UCLA??</p>
<p>You need 3.50 and above.</p>
<p>thats like impossible eh?</p>
<p>Let's just say that a 3.50 is within the top 10% of engineering students, and a 3.50 is the GPA that guarantees you admission to UCLA graduate engineering. So yeah, impossible.</p>
<p>Is a really a 3.5? I thought that the minimum GPA was a 3.0, but that for impacted majors such as EE, you just had to be competitive compared to other applicants.</p>
<p>hmm ic... AHhhh i don't dont what to do... right now im stuck and i have to make up my mind in 5 DAYS.</p>
<p>I gotta choose between Cal and UCLA. BUt thing is, I'm not sure if i wanna do ChemE in UCLA, and I'd want to do EE instead... But for Cal, im UNDECLARED ENGineering so I can choose between whatever Engineerng I want. thus now that i know how impossible it is to transfer at ucla, then should I not go? I mean i luv ucla a lot better but they've put me in this predicament that has made me not want to go.. =\ much advice would be appreciated!!!</p>
<p>Its really not that hard to transfer to EE from Chem E, and honestly, it won't even matter for your first year and a half, because you'll be taking the same classes no matter what. Even if it is a 3.5, its a 3.5 in your intro classes your first year. As long as you apply yourself, it isn't a problem.</p>
<p>Is it really so difficult to get a GPA of 3.5 at UCLA. Man that sounds tough. So, its hard to get a B.</p>
<p>The average upper-division engineering GPA at UCLA is ~2.80, so...</p>
<p>ok thanks jennyucla, u reassured me. but yeah its easy to get 3.5 for lower division courses in engineering as long as i try right? =)))</p>
<p>so the average in Upper-div eng courses is a D+, then how do pass those? Can you give me an example of such a course? Are these large classes?
I'll never get out of college then.</p>
<p>Just as a side note though, </p>
<p>I don't know if its just me, but I find that a lot of my engineering friends here are slackers. They're those people who got through high school by simply being really smart and they're really good test takers. At college though, its not the same. There're a few of them who set the curves and stuff without really studying a lot, but the majority of them haven't really grasped the fact that college is different, and they're struggling to pass those lower-div engineering classes (so-called weeder classes I guess)</p>
<p>Basically, dont' fall in that trap and think you can glide through college if you did that during hs.</p>
<p>Eh freebird, 2.8 isn't a D+, it's more like a B-. I don't know what GPA scale you're using, since you remarked that 3.5 meant it was "hard to get Bs," but for college, GPA is counted like this--</p>
<p>A/A+ = 4.0, A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3, B = 3.0, B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3, C = 2.0, and etc.</p>
<p>Anything below C- is a fail.</p>
<p>okay, thats a life saver;
I was using a different scale;</p>
<p>Hmmm, I thought it was 3.0 from Engineering to letters and science, and 3.3 from letters and science to engineering.</p>
<p>Normally, it is, but EE is an impacted major within engineering</p>
<p>I better figure out how to balance social life and academics or else I'm in for it. :(</p>
<p>i regret applying for engineerng... maybe i would have gotten into ucla...</p>