<p>I'm gonna apply to the school of Liberal Arts and Sciences since I have no chance at being admitted to the engineering school and I wanna major in either physics or mechanical engineering. If I get admitted in the school of LAS but decide to change majors, can I change my major to mechanical engineering? Or can I only change majors that are within the school of LAS?</p>
<p>If you opt to change from physics to mechanical engineering, you will have to apply for a transfer to the college of engineering. I think most people do this after their freshman or sophomore year, especially if you want to graduate in 4 years. Pretty much just get good grades in LAS, take up some extracurriculars, and you should be set, because it's easier to transfer to engineering since the retention rate is lower than other colleges like business which in turn is more difficult to transfer into.</p>
<p>Hope this helps. :)</p>
<p>Be aware that physics, though an LAS major, is actually controlled by the engineering college; the physics department is actually in the engineering college. The middle 50% ranges for rank/test score admissions that you see on-line for LAS do not apply to physics. Its middle ranges are usually closer to those for engineering. </p>
<p>Transfering from LAS to engineering generally requires that you have taken the same core courses that engineering students take in math, physics, chemistry, computer science when you apply to transfer. Also, there are minimum college GPAs to be considered which vary depending on engineering major that you wish to transfer into, and they change from year to year, but usually range from 3 to 3.3 range.There is no guarantee, even if you have the minimum GPA, that a transfer will be allowed. Nevertheless, transfers are not that hard into engineering as long as you have the minimums and required courses. Moreover, if you are a physics major, you will be evaluated as an interdepartmental transfer (since the physics department is in the engineering college) rather than a inter-college transfer and can be considered with even a lower GPA than the usual minimums.</p>