<p>I meant to put engineering undeclared, and somehow i put down BS in Nuclear Engineering/Radiology. You have to request to change it so i was wondering. I don't think as many people apply for this major so that might be good, but is the courseload harder, in return meaning i need a better app for that major?</p>
<p>help please thx!</p>
<p>Does it matter for admission? No, not really. Tech’s official policy is that they do not consider major when admitting to the Institute (even though I personally think they do consider it for some majors, NukeE is not one of them, so it’s the same as applying as undecided).</p>
<p>You’ll probably want to to do some research before arriving at Tech, though. Tech allows one free major change in your first 60 hours, and you don’t want to waste that if you do not have to (if you change your major before arriving on campus, that does not count as the free change of major). If you are still undecided when arriving at Tech, plan your first semester so that it’s applicable to all engineering majors: Calc I, CS I, Chem I, English I, and the required government class.</p>
<p>Changing your major is a perfectly normal practice at Tech. I changed my major in the middle of my sophomore year with no problem, and so many others go on to change their major multiple times throughout their Tech career and still maintain a high standing in their academic departments.
Not to mention, to change majors within the school of engineering takes seriously less than a day to do. Don’t stick in a major because you’re afraid that it won’t look good. You’re in college, people expect you to do a little soul searching.</p>
<p>You’re doing a disservice being so nonchalant about changing majors. Yes, many students change majors, and yes it is not a bad thing to do - first and foremost you need to find a major that suits you. But, you need to find a major relatively quickly.</p>
<p>The first semester of engineering, all engineers basically take the same classes: Calc I, Chem I, English I, CS I, Government requirement. However, starting in the second semester of your freshman year, the different engineering majors will start to require different courses. They’ll still require Calc II and English II, but some will require CS II, some will require Chem II, some require Physics I, some will require Bio I, etc. And in the second year the majors diverge even more with major courses. </p>
<p>What does this mean? If you haven’t decided on a major in your first semester, it’s not a problem. If you haven’t decided by your second semester, you could be jeopardizing your graduation date. If you haven’t decided by your third semester, you are definitely jeopardizing your graduation date. I know people joke that you can’t graduate from Tech in 4 years, but the truth is that many students can and do. How do they do it? They get their act together in the first semester and figure out the ideal major. Why do they do it? That fifth year costs an out of state student $100,000. Even a PS with a full ride pays close to $70,000 in opportunity cost and actual expenses. </p>
<p>So how do you figure out an ideal major in your first year? First, you look at what interests you and make educated guesses. Do you want to design planes? AE. Do you like cars? ME. Electronics? ECE. Good at chemistry? ChE. Once you’ve figured out several majors that might match with your interests, you ask questions. Set up appointments with professors (ask senior students that you meet through your fraternity/sorority or through your other clubs or organizations for contacts). Ask them what an XYZ engineer does, what the market looks like, and who hires. Also, look up the professional society for that major (e.g. for Industrial Engineers, you would go to IIE’s website [IIE:</a> Institute of Industrial Engineers at Georgia Tech](<a href=“http://www.gtiie.org%5DIIE:”>http://www.gtiie.org), for electrical engineers, IEEE’s website [Georgia</a> Tech IEEE Student Branch Webpage](<a href=“http://www.gt-ieee.org%5DGeorgia”>http://www.gt-ieee.org), etc.) Those organizations usually hold meetings weekly where alumni come back to campus and talk about what they do. These resources should give you a good idea, then you can pick a major, and intern to make sure it’s the right major.</p>