<p>I was accepted into UVA and had a few questions. I got into the college of arts and sciences because I wasn't quite sure what I want to major in, and was looking to knock out some course requirements and get more of a feel of what I want to do. I'm looking at possibly engineering or business to major in. First off, how hard is it to change schools to CaS to EAS? And if I happen to get into the mcintire school, is it possible to double major in engineering and business? Also, for graduate schools, if I don't major in engineering is it still possible to get accepted to a top 20 program?</p>
<p>You can’t do majors in both. However, the most popular minor for ENU students is business…the ENU school created a business minor a few years back because there were so many students doing work in McIntire. The second most popular minor for ENU students is Economics.</p>
<p>McIntire also offers a 5th year Masters program. That’s another option if you definitely want ENU.</p>
<p>What is ENU?</p>
<p>Engineering is a way of life at UVA. If you are not 100% you will not enjoy it or make it through. Admission to the business program (McIntire) is done at the end of 2nd year and you need to take a variety of prereqs that may or may not result in admission to the program. The point is that you can’t do the engineering prereqs (which are an entire year of pre-planned courses for every first year with basically no electives and an intense course load usually resulting in poor grades) AND the business (commerce) pre-reqs (which you need high grades in all classes taken to get admitted). You would need to choose which one to pursue.</p>
<p>You should also consider the economics major in the college - there is no cutthroat admission process like McIntire, and you could double major in a science or something else. Graduate school is nothing like college - you need to have a specific focus in one discpline, which is rather hard to do if you haven’t majored in it.</p>
<p>Oops, I slipped into SIS speak. We now use different abbreviations than SEAS, SARC, etc. </p>
<p>ENU = Engineering Undergrad
ASU = Arts & Science Undergrad
ARU = Architecture Undergrad
NRU = Nursing Undergrad
CUU = Curry Undergrad
MCU = McIntire Undergrad</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick reply, i read on a couple of other threads that its relatively easy to switch to E-School from CaS, and the business minor sounds very attractive so I might decide to pursue that.</p>
<p>Also, is UVA a top of the line engineering school? I saw that they were ranked behind Tech and ranked around 40th, will that put me a step behind in getting accepted for a job or in graduate studies? Does UVA E-school sill pull big name engineering job recruiters? I know that it isn’t necessarily where you go, but what you accomplish there which is more important, but I also was admitted to GT which was ranked 4th overall for engineering.</p>
<p>If you are interested in engineering 100%, then of course you should go to GT as long as the campus and all fits you well. If you are still on the fence UVA is great because it has more comprehensive liberal arts programs. There is great job and grad school placement from UVA. Good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>Having a UVA degree goes a long way with employers. As I have heard it described, being a UVA student says something about your character in addition to your intelligence and other abilities. The SEAS career fair always brings in top employers, and many of my best friends and I (third-year SEAS students, primarily Rodman scholars but all SEAS students have amazing opportunities) are going to work for Fortune 500 companies this summer. </p>
<p>While SEAS is intense, it’s definitely a different undergraduate engineering experience from other schools (anything with Technology in its name, for example). Feel free to PM me with questions - I love it here!</p>
<p>Okay thanks, one more quick question, are the engineering courses more general the first year and then become more specific in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th years?</p>
<p>Yes. Engineering courses are the same for everyone first year. At the end of first year you apply for a specific program and take mostly specific courses after that, with a few general courses thrown in.</p>
<p>It also partially depends on what engineering discipline you decide to go into (I’m not sure if you mentioned it or not).</p>
<p>Engineering courses are the same for everyone first year, but if you have a large amount of AP credit then you do get more leeway. I know one of my friends was able to start BME courses her first year since she placed out of chemistry.</p>
<p>SEAS places their graduates well despite its “low” ranking. There is going to be a stark contrast between UVa and GT since UVa is more of a University where Georgia Tech’s focus is on engineering. UVa is going to be more well rounded (people and academics). Also, if you’re a guy then GT has a very high male:female ratio. You should be able to place into graduate programs fine from SEAS if you perform well, but it may be easier coming from GT. I’m not entirely sure how engineering graduate programs work (and I don’t know if you’re talking about Master’s or Doctoral degrees).</p>
<p>I think GT is hands down the better engineering school, but college is more than picking the better ranked school sometimes. You’ll just have to decide which is a better fit for you.</p>