<p>I'm currently an Engineering Tech. student at my local CC. I'm aware they Engineering Technology doesn't easily transition to engineering, but my mother isn't doing so well. So I'd like to at least have a degree that would qualify me for work with a decent salary just in case anything goes wrong.</p>
<p>I just would like to have an idea of how much studying I would have to do once I transfer to LSU, ULL or Southern. If there are any current engineering students that transferred from a community college I'd really appreciate your input. </p>
<p>Were there any scholarship opportunities?</p>
<p>Did the math you took at CC prepare you for your first math class at Uni?</p>
<p>How much more studying did you have to do to get into the 3.0 range?</p>
<p>Would taking as many transferrable credits at CC, then taking the upper level classes at Uni. hinder me in any way, or should I just save some to take at the senior institution?</p>
<p>Should I go to the school with the lowest admissions standards for my engineering degreee, or just go to the school with the strongest program? Would the extra hours of studying pay off?</p>
<p>Not familiar with your exact circumstances, but I think I can help with some parts of your question, as I know some people who did this.</p>
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Yes. Standard merit scholarships for good grades, other ones you have to look for.</p>
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It’s not the same, but close enough. Just be prepared to do more on your own.</p>
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Depends on your workload and natural talent. In general, some more but not an obscene amount.</p>
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It might hurt, it might not, but I think you should take them at CC. It’s cheaper, probably easier to learn, and you can patch any rough spots easily enough.</p>
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Go to the best program that makes sense. It won’t necessarily even mean more studying. Maybe just better teachers and facilities. If it costs a lot more though, then this should be a factor.</p>
<p>Not exactly the same situation, but way back when, I was a chemistry major at the local community college. I went on to a regional private university for my B.S. </p>
<p>I didn’t find the coursework more difficult, but the competence level of the students at the four year university was quite different. At the local CC it was easy to stand out as a top student. At the university, I was just an average member of the class.</p>
<p>That’s pretty much a prerequisite for actually passing through those CC years into a 4-year program.
Don’t expect to be one of the best and brightest at a university though. Some people are at the top, but many more do worse than they did in high school/CC (comparatively). At the same time, it doesn’t mean a thing.</p>
<p>I don’t want to be the best and the brightest at Uni, I just want to know if I can graduate from LSU with a 3.0. If I could manage that I’d be more than happy.</p>
<p>Taking as many of the transferable courses in major prerequisites at the CC, then transferring to the four year school as a junior in your major, is the usually recommended way of starting at CC and then finishing a bachelor’s degree at a four year school.</p>
<p>Some transfer students do well both at CC and the four year school (like the state flagship), eventually going on to top PhD programs in their majors.</p>
<p>A staff member told us that we might expect GPA to drop by 0.5 for all engineering dept. I can’t speak for LSU.</p>
<p>Be sure your courses will transfer, I just found out today at the seminar that since my CC is not ABET-Accredited, the Petroleum Dept. will not except any 300 or 400 lvl courses. (The group dissemble to their respective major - again I cannot speak for your school, or any other ENGR dept.) For instance, taking Differential Equation at my CC will not count to A&M.</p>
<h1>1 APPLY ASAP!!! As soon as the application window opens, here in Texas Top 10% gets auto-admit, and however many school there are. You know they’ll fill up quick for freshman, and leave little space for transfers; you have to be on top of your game before your engineering dept is full.</h1>
<p>Introductory differential equations (requiring just calculus as a prerequisite) is a junior or senior level course? Usually that is a sophomore level course (200-level where courses are numbered that way). Now, there may be junior or senior level advanced differential equations courses for math majors (not engineering majors), but those would not be found at community colleges.</p>
<p>@UCBA Didn’t know there were 2 type of Diff Equa. I just know at TAMU it’s Math 308 & my CC is Math 2420; both requires Cal 2 as prerequisite or teacher approval. So since it’s 300+ level, he said “I’m not telling you to not take it, you can take it, but it won’t transfer from a non-accredited CC.” COLD HARD FACTS, he didn’t tell what people wanted to hear.</p>
<p>Also for PETE dept. applications are overloaded with Top 10% freshman, the dept space is about for 220 students. After freshmen, they admit transfer (4.0 & work down), by the time they get to 3.8 it’s full. Told us if applying for transfer w/ less than 3.8, have a back up plan and/or don’t turn down other school offer, most likely won’t get in A&M.</p>
<p>College Park is like that with dynamics for aero majors. They moved dynamics in house as a 300 level class so a cc student would have to take enae 301 dynamics junior year regardless if they took the enes221 dynamics or equivalent somewhere else. I guess some colleges like to teach certain topics their way. That said, the prereqs for the classes might explain the reasoning.
Normal dynamics requires math through calc II, physics I and statics.</p>
<p>Dynamics of aerospace systems requires statics, physics I-III, calc I-III, linear algebra, and differential equations (ordinary), intro programming (c++), and numerical methods (Maltab) plus intro to aerospace.</p>
<p>Well, you’re kind of screwed by Texas A&M classifying the course as a 300-level or upper division course. Many other universities classify differential equations (and linear algebra) as a 200-level or lower division course, which is acceptable to have community college courses be equivalent to.</p>
<p>Well they’ll take the transfer credit just not from my current CC (non-accredited). Courses above 300+, A&M will only take from accredited CC/University. I guess it’s more rigorous, who knows.</p>
<p>Read the requirements and curricula of your target engineering colleges very carefully. Admissions officers I’ve spoken to say that you should expect that several of your CC credits/courses may not be approved for transfer. At most of the engineering transfer options I’m familiar with, a candidate with an AS degree is likely to spend 3 years at university getting the BSME unless he/she decides to register for 18 hours per semester.</p>