<p>Hi,
I was accepted to the college of warren for chemical engineering and I was wondering how hard is to change major (to like electrical and computer or aerospace engineering)?
and which college allows engineering students to graduate the fastest? (I plan to do the Integrated Five-Year Bachelor's/Master's Programs in four years)</p>
<p>Well, from what I heard, you’re not allowed to declare your major as engineering right away. So right now your actual major should be something like General Chem or something like that. I heard it takes around two years before you’re actually allowed to declare the engineering part. If you still want to change your major though, you can probably change it and then declare it to engineering later. I also heard that Warren’s pretty decent for engineers(and since they have a writing program that’s only 2 quarters long, that’ll help you to take your major courses sooner). </p>
<p>I haven’t heard about that integrated program before, but I think that if you are doing that program, you probably shouldn’t change your major too much. People say that it’s fine to switch majors around, but if you’re doing engineering, you need about as much time as you can get so you can graduate on time.</p>
<p>PS. Take all this with a grain of salt. It’s best to talk to a counselor. If you go onto webreg, there should be a tool that says “Virtual Advising Center”. You can post a question there and ask a counselor.</p>
<p>@Bou707</p>
<p>Yes, it is very easy to change your major from ChemE to a NON-IMPACTED engineering major (with just a click of a button). So if you want to switch to EE, it is VERY easy (since its non-impacted), but if you want to switch to AerospaceE, it is VERY hard (because its impacted).</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the Integrated Five-Year Bachelor’s/Master’s Programs, but you made the right choice being an engineering major and picking Warren, their GE’s are customized to alleviate the stress that engineering majors have.</p>
<p>Thank you for the responses,
to clear things up, I dont really want to do chemical engineering, but I am not sure whether I want to do aero or ee
and why would switching to Aerospace engineering have a greater impact than electrical eng?
Thanks</p>
<p>also, should I bother taking AP English lang and comp this May ( I havent taken either AP english test)?
because I read somewhere you have to take a placement test before the Actual AP test.</p>
<p>bou707: it’s not that aerospace has a greater impact. I think you misunderstood. Aerospace is a more impacted major than electrical. Meaning, aerospace is more crowded (thus being fewer available spots) than electrical</p>
<p>“also, should I bother taking AP English lang and comp this May ( I havent taken either AP english test)?
because I read somewhere you have to take a placement test before the Actual AP test”.
^^what do u mean by this?</p>
<p>and yeah what fishygosplash said, “impacted” basically means that theres not enough room in that major for students to get into so they call it “impacted”. its not that the major has more impact.</p>
<p>“also, should I bother taking AP English lang and comp this May ( I havent taken either AP english test)?
because I read somewhere you have to take a placement test before the Actual AP test.”</p>
<p>I think I know what you’re saying.
UCSD requires you to meet the particular minimum of English before you attend the college I believe (let’s name it English 101 for the time being, which is not at all the real name). </p>
<p>To meet the minimum requirement for entrance into UCSD, you must either pass either AP english tests OR pass that english writing evaluation you mentioned.</p>
<p>If you fail to do either, you will be enrolled in “English 101” your freshman year. Think of this class as a pre-requisite. After you take “English 101” THEN you would begin taking the 2 warren writing classes.</p>
<p>so in conclusion, YES you should take the AP tests. Just in case you brain fart on the writing placement (or just flat out don’t do well enough), you have your AP tests to fall back on.</p>
<p>Note: I am also an incoming freshman. so i have not formerly experienced any of this. I have read up on it though, and i am pretty sure this is how it works.</p>
<p>You do not have to take UC writing requirement class if you:
Meet one of the following condition with minimum score/ grade of:</p>
<pre><code>* 30 or better on ACT Combined English/ Writing Exam OR
- 680 on the SAT II Writing Exam OR
- 3 on an AP test in English OR
- 5 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level English A exam OR
- 6 on the International Baccalaureate Standard Level English A exam OR
- C in a UC transferable (four- quarter or three-semester unit) English composition class
</code></pre>
<p>BUT you still have to take Warren College writing classes ( 2 quarters). Every student in Warren College has to take those writing classes; no exception.</p>
<p>My son is in Warren College so I am very sure about it.</p>
<p>You I read you cannot use AP tests from Senior year to be exempt from taking the writing placement exam.</p>