<p>Well as of right now I am a review admit on step 3.<br>
1200 SAT, 28 ACT, 3.5 GPA, and 20%.
1st Major: Petroleum Engineering
2nd Major: Chemical Engineering</p>
<p>I am aware that Petroleum and Chemical are the only majors on the same track (C) for the ENGR course and therefore, they are my 2 choices. Yet, according to the A&M website, both these majors are just about to fill up to capacity for my entering year, Fall 2011. ENGE</a> Status of Space Available</p>
<p>So, my question to anyone who could offer advice, what should i pick as my second major?
(I'm assuming that Petroleum will fill up by the time I am admitted)</p>
<p>Should I not worry about picking a major with space for my freshman year and wasting my ENGR class?</p>
<p>Anything track A is perfectly fine for eventually transferring to petroleum. I’m kind of in the same situation as you (wanting to go either petroleum or chemical), and I was told track A was fine, track B though not so much. I haven’t talked to a chemE advisor though so I’m unsure what their feelings are on the engr111/2 classes. Mechanical may be full, civil may be full, industrial would most likely be open. </p>
<p>I don’t remember what my choices were. I think at the time my first was mechanical and my second was either another major or gstud. Either way if you’re accepted into the university but the major is full on any of your options they’ll just tell you to choose a major that’s open for the time being. A lot of kids will drop, I know so many kids who are dropping engineering right after this first semester.</p>
<p>I absolutely loath track A, not because it is hard, but I absolutely hated the projects. It will be perfectly acceptable to do A I would think because A and C have some overlap I have heard (correct me if I am wrong).</p>
<p>I guess it’s all about who you get. I didn’t mind track A at all but I also had a professor who is one of my favorite teachers I’ve ever had. Try and get professor Shryock if you end up going track A, it’ll make a world of difference.</p>
<p>It was the fact that I did just about all the work in my group of 4 because I would have done horrible otherwise, and I had litterally no interest in anything we did in that class. It is truly unfortunate that we even take that class in the first place. I feel that it did teach me how the working world will probably be, considering you will not always be working with or for the people you like. Just gotta suck it up and make it through. Good life lessons learned in that class, indirectly. I am not trying to paint a bleak picture for freshman engineering, this is just one of those classes.</p>
<p>ok that’s good to know aggieengineer. I’ve been cleverly checking which engineering majors are full about every day here through the request major change feature. looks like every track A and C major is full at this point except for Industrial Engineering and Engineering Technology. I’m going to stick with some sort of engineering though because I will no doubt be transferring into Petroleum Engineering when the space is available. </p>
<p>Here are my options:
Industrial Engineering
Ocean Engineering? lol
Engineering Technology
The Computer Science/Engineerings</p>
<p>I think I would have more interest in an ENGR class from Computer Science than an ENGR class from Industrial Engineering, and therefore, a better grade in my freshman ENGR course. But as you guys stated, I should look for Track A over Track B.</p>
<p>I can tell you exactly what was said by Dr. Maggard at the department presentation nights. A kid asked about transferring and he said, “Track A is fine, track B though, we review the curriculum each year and see if we’ll take it.” The Engineering course for Industrial Engineering would be the same one for civil, mechanical, biomedical, etc. It’s really not boring at all and it’s a lot easier I believe than the track B engineering course.</p>
<p>I have not heard that bad of things about track B engineering. It is actually more of a preference kind of thing. For instance, I would have much rather been building robots and learning about circuitry than building a truss bridge and finding internal forces. </p>
<p>INOTIES: Just try to get into an engineering such as Ocean or Industrial and then make the switch out when you can. Already being in Track A would be the easiest transition, however I am still of the belief that in the end it is all a wash and will not matter. Going through a particular “track” is not a prerequisite stated by the engineering departments on the webpage that has transfer criteria, and I highly doubt it would stop you. In fact, I got a completely different speech than TXAggie92 at a engineering department meeting for my campus visit where this type of question was posed and the man stated that it is not a hassle at all to switch between engineering majors as long as you meet the GPR requirements and there is available space. I also know of a friend of mine who was in my track A class but switched his major to computer engineering and they are not holding him accountable for missing the first semester of track B. If that holds true going from A to B after 1 semester then why should it not work from going from B to A. It is the same difference.</p>