<p>well, i got accepted to texas a&m. it put my area of study as general studies but i actually put mechanical engineering as it. what does this mean? i'm thinking its because i'm not in calculus this year and they want to catch me up. Is what im thinking correct? will i be able to transfer to the college of engineering and get a degree in mechanical engineering?</p>
<p>Congrats, dude! One of my friends heard yesterday, too! Two more are still waiting. Gen Studies means you didn't get into engineering. You would have to check on your chances to transfer majors if you have your heart set on it....good luck!</p>
<p>congrats! yeah i was accepted a couple weeks ago, but to the liberal arts school, does anyone know how hard it is to transfer to another school like business or engineering?</p>
<p>I'm class of 2011 and transfered my major from GS to Electrical engineering this Janury. Last semester I took 15 hours and GPA was 3.93.</p>
<p>Different department has different criteria. Take Civil Engineering for example, it requres you to finish 12 Hours CBK courses before tranfer to it.</p>
<p>YOU MUST BE VERY CAREFUL TO CHOOSE THE COURSES FOR YOUR FIRST SEMESTER IF YOU WANT TO TRANSFER TO OTHER MAJORS ASAP.</p>
<p><a href="http://gest.tamu.edu/Main/gpr.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://gest.tamu.edu/Main/gpr.pdf</a></p>
<h2>It may help you.</h2>
<p>Mechanical Engineering 979-845-1252 MS 3123 200 Engr./Phys. Bldg.
Dr. Harry Hogan <a href="mailto:hhogan@tamu.edu">hhogan@tamu.edu</a>
Ms. Kim Moses <a href="mailto:kmoses@tamu.edu">kmoses@tamu.edu</a><br>
Here're the e-mails of the advisors. But I don't know who's for undergraduate and who's for graduate.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>great, that helps alot</p>
<p>well, i got accepted to the college of engineering at texas tech. should i go to tech instead, even though i heard that a&m is better, and be able to do engineering right away? or should i take general studies at a&m and transfer into the college of engineering there? what should i do?</p>
<p>I would go to Tech</p>
<p>I think ill have the same dilemma, my rank and scores are mediocre for TAMU business school but im pretty sure ill get into 2nd choice major, but if i dont get accepted 1st choice major ill go to U of H where ill already be in business</p>
<p>My reasoning</p>
<p>-Not going to study much in college
-No point in HOPING you have a high enough GPA to transfer majors, what happens if you dont have the reqs to transfer?</p>
<p>well, i'm going to study all the time and i'm going to do everything i can to get the required gpa or even higher. i'm not going to bs college. i'm gonna talk to one of the councilors tomorrow and see what classes i need to take to transfer. if its just one class, i'll just take it over the summer</p>
<p>congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I got in 2 months ago~majoring in computer engineering</p>
<p>@ Ceal: I've applied for Computer Science. Computer Eng and Science are two diff things right?</p>
<p>Maybe.....coz in my opinion, computer engineering is like the combination of computer science and electrical engineering.</p>
<p>But it's not true.</p>
<p>nice job!
if you dont mind me asking, what was your gpa when you applied?</p>
<p>The engineering student looking over my shoulder says that it depends on how much you want to come to Texas A&M.<br>
If you don't come in as an engineering major, you'll be delayed at least a semester. You can probably transfer if you work hard and get a good GPA (which is a really good idea), but you might have to take summer classes/graduate a bit late.
However, the mechanical engineering program at Texas A&M is very well-respected and very rigorous. In addition, there is a standing army of Texas A&M mechanical engineering graduates in industry who will be on your side when you get out of school. </p>
<p>My advice: come to A&M and transfer in. The undergraduate experience here is one of the best in the country, and I have never regretted coming here for a second. </p>
<p>Best of luck to you whatever you decide! Congrats on your acceptance!</p>
<p>Gibb and ceal: Mostly, computer engineering encompasses more of the hardware aspect of computers... designing computer chips, circuits, etc. Computer science is devoted towards the software.. designing codes and such.</p>
<p>Rory, my opinion is if you are going to devote a lot of time to studying, go to A&M. If not, go to Tech. Most of your freshman classes are designed to weed students out, so many classes have no curve and averages of D's (or potentially lower) on exams. Not trying to scare you off, just saying it will be difficult. Be sure and use pickaprof because classes will greatly vary between different profs (which I am experiencing this semester with POLS 207).</p>
<p>I just got accepted to Texas A&M. But it's already May 10th and I've already accepted to Virginia Military Institute... oh well ;-) LOL. I guess I'm going to still go to VMI instead.</p>