<p>I am not well versed at all with colleges, so excuse me/correct me if I am wrong...
I plan to go to UH-Manoa next year to get a degree in Electrical Engineer, since im not adept at math like most of my future peers will probably be, It will probably take 6 years to get the degree. So, my question is, After I get accepted to the college/university, Do I just start the engineering program? I found that for the first two years its more pre-engineering stuff, and the 3rd and 4th year are the real EE courses. Is it possible that I could get accepted to the university but denied for the College of Engineering? I have (cumulative) 4.1 Freshman year, 3.9 Sophomore, 3.9 Junior year. I participate in track/country, have a job, am in a club. Have taken the following advanced classes: Honors English, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, and 1 semester of AP World (transferred schools, it was an accelerated normal APUSH that still took the AP World test at the end of the year but it was accepted at the other school which did not have this course.) Can I declare EE as my major as a freshman?, If I do poorly my first 2 years, will I get denied by the College of Engineering to take the main EE courses (If I get..say.. 2.6 cumulative)
Thank you for your help! </p>
<p>Edit: The Accelerated class was not accepted for me to transfer to the AP World class, I am not quite sure why I said APUSH, I meant AP World History… </p>
<p>These pages indicate that it is possible to be admitted to the UH Manoa campus either in your major or not in your major:
<a href=“http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/prospective-students/how-to-apply/”>http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/prospective-students/how-to-apply/</a>
<a href=“http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/prospective-students/basic-requirements/”>http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/prospective-students/basic-requirements/</a>
<a href=“http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/prospective-students/pre-engineering-overview/”>http://www.eng.hawaii.edu/prospective-students/pre-engineering-overview/</a></p>
<p>If you are not admitted to your engineering major, you may take the lower division prerequisites as a pre-engineering student. Oddly, the web site does not seem to have information about what level of academic performance is needed to enter an engineering major from there. So ask the school directly if you have more questions on that.</p>
<p>In terms of your preparation, have you taken physics and math through at least trigonometry in high school?</p>
<p>Thank you for your help.
I am currently taking physics and trigonometry. As for the needed academic performance, I found out from the College of Engineering that I’ll need at least a 3.00 cumulative for my first 2 years of college to be considered. Im not sure if acceptance varies between the different engineering majors though…</p>
<p>If you have high test scores to go along with your high GPA and sufficient course work, then it seems likely that you will be directly admitted to your desired engineering major, as opposed to the pre-engineering program.</p>
<p>Hi, it shouldn’t take you 6 years. You may want to take MATH 140 Precalculus: Trigonometry and Analytic Geometry, before you take your first Calc class, but that only puts you behind by 1 semester (on the math track).</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>
<p>Just be aware: EE is one of the MORE mathematically-intensive* engineering majors, so if you feel that you struggle with math then you may struggle to complete the program with a high enough GPA to have a shot at a decent job.</p>
<p>From what I have seen, if you are not admitted to Engineering as a freshman, you can do so up til your junior year provided you have a 3.00+ GPA. You can declare EE at any time prior to your junior year with no other requirements other than a 2.00+ GPA.</p>
<p>*: Also be aware that even the “least” mathematically-intensive engineering major is still pretty darned mathematically-intensive.</p>