<p>I got a question for all...
How does one go about declaring their major and applying for admissions toward that major. For example, in my case, my major would be CS. </p>
<p>I know that you do not declare your major until your jr. year. However, even though I applied as a freshman, credit-wise I will most likely be ranked a sophmore.</p>
<p>Any help would be great.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>What credits do you already have? Just AP stuff?</p>
<p>I will have roughly 75-80 credits when I began my freshman year at UW. I attained these credits through various programs like AP (APCS,APUSH), Running Start (1 year of RS=45 Credits), Summer Scholars Program at DeVry.</p>
<p>As for credit equivalency, most of these credits will transfer over based on the credit equivalency guide on the UW website.</p>
<p>I'm not completely sure, but I think that you can't apply to your major until you've been at UW for a quarter. I know for mechanical engineering that one of the requirements is
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Applicants must be currently enrolled at the UW and must have completed a minimum of 15 credits taken in residence at the UW.
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It might differ for other majors though...</p>
<p>I think that would be the requirement for early admissions (in which case you would need to take at least 15 credits in residence at UW). For regular admissions (upper division admissions), what you need to do is complete the prerequisite courses. It doesn't matter where you take them though. I got accepted to the AA (Aeronautics and Astronautics) department without having taken any courses in residence at UW. I completed all the prerequisites in community colleges (well, I took a class in summer, but as a non-matriculated student). </p>
<p>For the CS department, however, there is no early admissions option. You can only apply to the major through the upper division admissions. So you will start taking fundamental and prerequisite classes, and apply after you have finished all of them (most likely during the junior year, or the end of the sophomore year). For the list of prerequisite classes you will have to take before you can apply, check this link:</p>
<p>Do you have any of these credits under your belt already? Most likely you had already taken Calculus in HS and did pretty well in the AP exam. Calc BC will give you (if I remember correctly) credits for 124 and 125. Before you can apply, you will then need to take Math 126, Phys 121 and 122, English Composition, CSE 142 and CSE 142. So that's 29 credits you need to take before they will consider your application. I would say... 2 more quarters?</p>
<p>Thanks for the insight asbereth. As for your questions, yes, I have taken Math 124, 125, 126, 227. I have also completed Engl Composition (101), and CSE 142 along with a few humanities courses.</p>
<p>So I guess for my first quarter, its will look like physics and CS 143? I'm happy with that!</p>
<p>What's Math 227? I don't recall them to have any 200 level Math at UW. Do you know what it transfers as? Anyway, since you can only take two classes toward the prerequisite requirement (Physics 121 and CS 143), I'd suggest taking two more classes toward the graduation requirement (the non-filled diamond classes). So is your first quarter Spring or Fall 2006?</p>
<p>In order for me to fullfill Math 126 credit at UW, I would have to take Math 126 & 227. So I'm only taking that class to recieve the Math 126 credit. Thanks for the advice! I appreciate it. After I fullfill the prereqs is the application process the same as applying into the UW as a freshman?</p>
<p>Oh wow! I didn't know that you could apply before you are actually at the UW, if you have all the prerequisites met. I'm planning on transferring next year but I think I will have already completed all the courses they asked (2 years running start = 90 credits, summer language credit= 15 credits, ap credit for euro, us, and gov= 15 credits). That's pretty awesome then. Do you apply to transfer first, and then once accepted apply to the department?</p>
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After I fullfill the prereqs is the application process the same as applying into the UW as a freshman?
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<p>I don't remember exactly when the engineering department will start taking admissions (I think it's somewhere in the June, with deadline early July or something, but do NOT take my words for it). I'd suggest, or even necessitate, talking with the advisor of the department to which you want to apply (in this case, the CS department) long BEFORE they start taking applications. Most of the times, they are very helpful, and will be able to help you make the best decision (well, there are some exceptions obviously, and I didn't actually follow their recommendation, but believe me, you won't be in the same mess I was in last year if you talk to them early). </p>
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Do you apply to transfer first, and then once accepted apply to the department?
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<p>I think that's what I did. I got accepted to the university as a pre-engineering major just before they started taking application (sometime in early June). At the time, I hadn't even finished all of the prerequisite courses, so I had to take them during the summer. I submitted my application sometime pretty close to the end of June, and got conditionally (again, at the time, I was still taking prerequisite classes, so they could not directly admit me) admitted to the department mid-July. </p>
<p>You can ignore all of the my other advices, but at least pay heed to this one: talk to an advisor as soon as possible so you know exactly what classes you need to take and what you need to do. Then you can prepare appropriately. It sucked to be crossing fingers all summer, hoping to get admitted because if I didn't then I would've wasted money and time for the summer classes for nothing.</p>
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I'm planning on transferring next year but I think I will have already completed all the courses they asked (2 years running start = 90 credits, summer language credit= 15 credits, ap credit for euro, us, and gov= 15 credits).
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<p>If you have 90 credits already, then you will be able to finish all the prerequisite classes within a year. Or you can apply to the UW now (not sure if the Spring admissions is still open though), take prerequisite classes there and apply for the engineering major after you completed all of them. Which engineering department are you planning to apply to?</p>
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Which engineering department are you planning to apply to?
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I'm planning on applying to the mechanical engineering department, but am only a junior in high school so still have another year to wait :( I'm in Running start this year but on track to finish: Calc sequence (differential, integral, multi, and linear alegbra), physics sequence (121, 122, 123) and chem sequence (142, 152, and 162). My other credits are just from general requirements (english, history, etc.). I think I'd have to take a couple prereqs that don't transfer from the CC, at UW over the summer but hopefully I can make it work :)</p>
<p>So you'll be having all of those credits before even your senior year? That's awesome! I didn't even learn Integral Calculus until the second term of my college years. Will you have chance to complete the Engineering fundamental requirement (AA 210, ME 230, CEE 220, MSE 170, and CSE 142) through the running start program? If you can, take those classes during your senior year. Most CC's in Washington State have those classes, and they're all transferable (well, CSE 142 is a little tricky. Make sure to check the equivalency table before taking it at a specific CC). You can literally be a junior on your freshman year!</p>
<p>I didn't feel like reading all of the other replies, but it completely depends on the major, particularly whether it's an open major or not.</p>
<p>One of my majors is open and I declared it my fall quarter of freshman year.</p>
<p>My other major isn't an open major, and I have to finish certain classes (Spanish 203) in order to declare.</p>