General AeroEng. Major Question UCLA

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<p>Hi there, Not to get too much ahead of myself, but i'm still a junior in high school, and i've been really pumped up about the college i'm planning to attend.</p>

<p>As of now, i'm really fixated on Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering as a major, and my school i want to attend is University of California, Los Angeles. As a california resident, i've been doing research on possible schools that i may be attending ( due to my location ) </p>

<p>My List Is:</p>

<ol>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>Cal Poly San Luis Obispo</li>
<li>UC Davis</li>
<li>UC Irvine</li>
<li>San Jose State University</li>
</ol>

<p>Again my major i'm really glued onto is aeronautical/aerospace engineering, to be more specific i'm into the aeronautical engineering portion alot more than the aerospace, because i've always wanted to design commerical aircraft and i'm not so interested in spacecraft or helicopters for the matter.</p>

<h1>I've even bought my UCLA sweater online and everything ^-^. But as i was re-searching through the UCLA website today, and i went on the aerospace section, it stated this.</h1>

<p>Aerospace Engineering B.S. at UCLA</p>

<h1>The ABET-accredited aerospace engineering program is concerned with the design and construction of various types of fixed-wing and rotary-wing (helicopters) aircraft used for air transportation and national defense. It is also concerned with the design and construction of spacecraft, the exploration and utilization of space, and related technological fields.</h1>

<p>As i stated earlier, i'm really into Aeronautical engineering, not aerospace.</p>

<p>Does this basically mean that if i attend UCLA there will be no aeronautical portion, or they won't focus on building commercial aircraft, and they will only focus on helicopters and spacecraft as specified above?</p>

<p>Because i really want to design/build commercial planes, and not so much spacecraft or helicopters.</p>

<p>Does that mean that if i do get into UCLA, which i very much hope to do in the future. That me being an aeronautical engineer is limited, because they only mentioned astronautical and fixed winged aircraft, that they may not offer that?</p>

<p>Thanks again. all help appreciated, btw my first post on this website!
(also i posted this question on the other floopy thread thing, but im still learning how this site works, so if u can flag ppl, plz dont flag me for reposting. thanks! )</p>

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<p>My son is a senior this year and is going to Berkeley as an Engineering Undeclared major. Anyhow at one point in time he was very much considering aeronautical engineering. Have you looked into UCSD? They have an excellent program in this major. I just think maybe you should take a look at it. I know the campus vibe is nowhere near that of UCLA but your education would be truly outstanding. If my son had decided to pursue aeronautical engineering, he would have gone to UCSD. By the way, he got into UCLA, UCSD, and Cal. He chose Cal but all are excellent schools. Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>I don’t think you will be limited to learning about design in helicopters and spacecraft. I do know many of the UCLA AE graduates end up as system engineers though.</p>

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<p>Which part of “fixed wing” and “aircraft” didn’t you understand?</p>