Environmental Engineering in CALS/CoE

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<p>I applied as a freshman Environmental Undecided major (which branches into General Env Sci, Env Engineering, and other majors) and while I'm pretty sure I want to do Environmental Engineering, I wanted to explore a little bit before committing. Also, my high school physics grades are rather lackluster, so I want to retake it in college so I know it's the right fit. My main question is, when do you decide which track to go on? For CALS, you have to apply to a major, so there's not much info on the undecided env major. Can I begin taking engineering classes first semester, or do I have to wait?</p>

<p>My second question involves this thread: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/958627-bioengineering-coe-vs-cals.html?highlight=transfer+engineering%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-university/958627-bioengineering-coe-vs-cals.html?highlight=transfer+engineering&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It's two years old, so it's a little dated, and I just wanted confirm from any current students if this is still the case. Do CALS EnvE majors really switch into CoE? I couldn't find anything on it on the department website, but a lot of their links 404, so it might just suffer from a lack of updates.</p>

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<p>My son is a second semester sophomore and matriculated into CALS into the Environmental Engineering major last year. This year in the fall, he applied to the College of Engineering into the mechanical engineering major. He was accepted and has affiliated into COE. The way we understood it is that the first two years you are in CALS, and the second two years they automatically switch you into COE. THE BEE (Biological and Environmental Engineering) major is exactly the same requirements, regardless of whether you are in CALS or COE. If you are in CALS, you follow the requirements for the Engineering School and NOT CALS. Therefore, the only benefit I can see of applying to CALS if you know you want that major is the reduced tuition, and it is probably easier to get accepted. However, you are limited as to engineering since it only offers those two branches. Let me know if you have any further questions!</p>