Hi, I’m not really sure this fits into this category, but I recently got admitted into A&M. I was excited until I saw that I was changed into undeclared. I applied into their Chemical Engineering program on 11/11/15. My portal said that I had been moved to undeclared since my major of choice and all other majors of engineering are full. I understand that the program is full but can I transfer into Chemical Engineering during my first or second semester of college? Is it possible that I was qualified to be part of the college but since it was full I wasn’t accepted? I think I’m qualified to enter into the program. I got a 4 on my AP Chem exam and making current 90’s in BC Calc. I just want to know if I can do something.
I think you might have been good enough to get into A&M, but not good enough to get in an impacted major like Chemical Engineering.
For undeclared, what college did they place you in under A&M? If you’re still in the College of Engineering, then it shouldn’t be that difficult, but if you got placed into the College of Sciences or whatever, then transferring to Chemical Engineering will be very difficult.
I wasn’t placed into any college, it just says General University and then Undeclared. Does my second major of choice do anything? I choose Mays College of Business but I’m not sure if they even looked at that.
https://tap.tamu.edu/main/changeOfMajor.pdf indicates that general engineering major students at TAMU who were admitted to switch into the chemical engineering major had mean college GPA greater than 3.5. It may be even harder to get admitted to the chemical engineering major if you are not in the engineering division already.
At many schools an internal transfer is difficult. I would look online or contact admissions and find out 1) if an internal transfer is a possibility and 2) what the requirements are and 3) if it would take longer than 4 years to graduate if you do an internal transfer into engineering (many engineering courses are sequential in nature).