My top choice is aerospace engineering and my second choice is engineering physics.
I’m a female, 3.9 weighted gpa, all honors or ap, but I got a C in chemistry, and a C in one semester of Biology. But I have an A in Honors physics and will take AP physics next year.
I can only go up to pre calculus honors, they won’t let me take AP Calc because I haven’t taken precalc yet.
I volunteer at a science museum, and work a part time job for an example of my extracurriculars.
I haven’t taken the sat yet, but I got a 1190 on my psat last year, but have been studying constantly for the SAT since then, and I’m sure I’ll be in the 1290 range.
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Not sure about the averages for engineering, but even if you don’t get in directly the change of major process is fairly simple. I was told as long as you take the same classes the engineers take and maintain the minimum GPA you’re guaranteed a transfer into your major. I was accepted under my 2nd choice as a physics major but will plan on transferring into AE as well if I choose to attend CU.
I agree with @asin26, if you can get As when you get to CU and make it into Engineering college. Have you looked at the Gold Shirt Program too? Thats a program for students who have not taken all the math to get directly admitted to engineering , and its five years with a scholarship to CU. So you could be admitted directly to Engineering with this program:
https://www.colorado.edu/bold/goldshirt
You can also learn more math including pre calculus and calculus with Khan Academy here:
Its a free on line math program. It would be good to review math as much as possible in your spare time.
Success in aerospace or engineering physics depends on your math skills.
The Physics Department is ranked very very high at CU Boulder, see these ranks–
https://www.colorado.edu/physics/department-ranking
There are many labs undergrads can work in, including NIST Boulder just south of campus
and JILA, so you will gain engineering skills in physics.
Many physics majors get jobs in engineering, but take a lot of Computer Science classes too
and also take other engineering classes in addition to the physics requirements, and you
may be better off than majoring in aerospace, anyway. Physics problems are very similar
to aerospace math, but aerospace has more mechanical design and some electrical engineering
aspects, as well as fluid flow, which is very mathematical.
Also Arts and Sciences students can major in CS, another option, instead of engineering.
Finally a math major is also very good with a lot of CS.
So there are plenty of majors in CU Boulder Arts and Sciences College that are very marketable.
are you saying that the transfer from pre-engineering to engineering and graduation takes 5 years???
I have taken 9 ap classes with scores above 4 on all
1300 for sat
26 for act
4.12 weighted
i havent taken ap calc or pre - calc and physics and I dont plan to; I would still get accepted into pre-engineering right? and maybe 1 yr in pre-engineering(which is the same classes that the direct admits take or opt out if the took ap stuff?) and then move on to engineering major; I want to do a bs in computer science
is there any chances for me to get into cu boulder?
also is there any testing options like we do in high school as I have already taken these classes; but they were online, so not on my transcript.