Recently this November I applied for UMD and on 1/31/20 I got my decision. I got accepted for the Spring term and I am weight listed for the Fall term. The bottom of my decision letter also says Major: Letters and Sciences while I applied for Computer Science. My concern is if I go to UMD, how do I transfer my major to Comp Sci and how hard is it to get in?
Here is info about doing an Internal Transfer into Computer Science
https://undergrad.cs.umd.edu/internal-transfer-students
Since CS is a relatively new LEP, I don’t know how competitive internal transfers will be. They usually talk about this at Admitted Student Days
I would explore your other options and pass on this one. It’s very risky.
Is it really hard to transfer from letters and sciences to comp sci? In what ways is it risky?
This page does say that all students who complete the gateway requirements will be admitted to the major (so seemingly not competitive, at least right now)…it also has a link to the CS-LEP requirements (several CS courses with no lower than a C- and a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.7). https://cmns.umd.edu/undergraduate/admissions/new-faqs-computer-science-limited-enrollment
@ScreenName12321 - I would recommend that you and at least one parent attend an Admitted Students Day and ask how many have applied for an internal transfer to CS and how many got accepted.
Most of the LEPs at UMD, except Business, are NOT competitive for Internal Transfers
Mwfan1921, thank you for that link about CS-LEP requirements.
I looked at that page but didn’t see anything about minimum cumulative GPA.
Son will be looking to do just that - internal transfer to CS.
Found it.
https://lep.umd.edu/cs-lep.pdf
2.7 overall. Have to wonder if that’s a hard requirement or a “need to be near it” kind of thing. I’ll assume the former unless I hear otherwise.
It’s not space limited, so anyone who passed the gateway courses and gets a 2.7 cumulative GPA is admitted into the major. Even if you are a direct admit, you have to pass those gateway courses anyways