<p>I will be attending UVA in the fall as an undecided major in the CAS.</p>
<p>Right now I am thinking of following the pre-com path and applying to McIntire School of Commerce at the end of my 2nd year. I understand that while 60-70% of applicants are accepted, it is still incredibly competitive (3.7 average gpa, self-select) but I believe that college is the time to challenge myself.</p>
<p>However, I am also considering Engineering as my parents consider this a better fit for me because they think I have great logic and that finding out how things work is my forte. If I decide to pursue Engineering in the fall, how would I make the transition from the CAS to the Engineering school?</p>
<p>But if I do decide to go for McIntire, and in the worst case scenario I get rejected from McIntire, would it be possible to transfer to Engineering school afterwards? </p>
<p>I know it is still WAY too early to know what my mindset will be in two years and I don't know how my mindset will change during my first two years, but putting that aside could I use the pre-com classes I took to minor in business and then major in Engineering?</p>
<p>Just putting this out there, I still do not know what I want to concentrate on, in Engineering or Business.</p>
<p>You will need to choose before orientation. It would not be possible to transfer to engineering after your 2nd year. You would need to be taking all engineering classes and would be eligible for transfer definitely after your first year, if not first semester. It is a catch 22 however, because if you do poorly in your engineering classes and decide not to transfer, you would not have the GPA necessary to apply to the comm school. If you do not get into the comm school, you can still major in Economics in the college. There is an engineering business minor through the engineering school, which has nothing to do with comm school prereqs. Let me know if you have more questions, honestly if you had not decided on UVA by now I would ask you to reconsider at a school where there is more flexibility in this matter. Also remember that there are plenty of science majors in the college so if you do not decide to transfer, you could still do a science major if business is not your thing.</p>
<p>I don’t even know if they can simply ‘swap’ prior to orientation from CLAS to SEAS. Sometimes just after acceptance you can call and ask to switch but that is not always honored. I believe they really tightened up on that in the last two years.</p>
<p>The SEAS offers a minor in Engineering Business. I’m not 100% sure, but I’m pretty sure that it’s open only to SEAS students and that it includes classes taught in McIntire.</p>
<p>You can definitely email Dean Roberts with a request to move from the College into the Engineering school. It’s not a sure thing, but we can often find someone who wants to make a move in the opposite direction and let you “swap.”</p>
<p>Thank you all for your help!
Unfortunately, my request could not be granted. However, I am planning on transferring to the engineering school at the end of my first year. @Hazelorb
“It is a catch 22 however, because if you do poorly in your engineering classes and decide not to transfer, you would not have the GPA necessary to apply to the comm school.”
If I do well in my engineering classes in my first semester but figure out that engineering isn’t for me, at that point in time would it still be possible to switch over to the pre-comm path?
I think I’ll probably have most of my questions at orientation when I go talk to the Engineering School.</p>
<p>I transferred out of engineering into arts and sciences after my first year. I applied to McIntire after getting my GPA up,and got in. So even being in engineering for two semesters it is definitely doable to switch to pre-comm.</p>
<p>That being said I placed out of a alot of pre-reqs so I highly recommend taking one comm school pre-req first semester to keep your options open. Econ 2010 or Comm 1800 would be best</p>
<p>Hey if we start from 101 for any subject, like say Spanish, then what number of courses do we’ve to take upto to finish the language requirements? Is it like 108 or something? Sorry if this sounds weird but I am clueless about courses.</p>
<p>I’m sure the OP has already taken the necessary steps to get into Engineering School if he feels that’s for him, but I’ll go ahead and share my experience since I was in a similar spot. I was admitted to CLAS back in '11 and, after some insistence from my parents and some self-reflection, found myself wanting to make the move to SEAS. Before I even told my parents that I wanted to officially make the switch, I emailed Dean Berger (current E school dean) who surveyed my transcript and got back to me within a day in early summer welcoming me to the Engineering School. Thankfully, it worked out for me because I’m now a rising Third Year student majoring in Nanomedicine Eng, which is a great premed major.</p>
<p>I should say that if you can really envision yourself in a business career and feel you would enjoy it that you should stay in CLAS and concentrate solely on getting into McIntire. It’s one of the most well regarded programs in the country, and, honestly, it’s not as persistently taxing as SEAS (i.e.- no Friday classes), so you’ll have more time to get involved in what you want or simply relax. I know this probably doesn’t make your decision any easier, but I wouldn’t take a chance on your GPA with E school if you’re sure enough about wanting to solely do business.</p>
<p>Whoa! I didn’t see that the OP reposted saying he attempted to get into E school already. Try again in the early summer getting into contact with Dean Berger and expressing clear and honest interest in the Engineering School. He’s an extremely nice and understanding man, so I’m sure he will try his level best to accomodate your request. </p>
<p>Hazel was referring to the foreign language requirement, which does not apply to you as an engineering student (SEAS, e’school). If you were in CLAS (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the college) you’d have a requirement of four semesters, or exemption via exam. Many students who have 4-5 years of foreign language in high school are able to test out completely, or test out of the first three semesters, only needing to take one semester to complete the requirement. </p>
<p>As an engineering student your schedule will be very full, 15-18 credits per semester depending on any AP credit you may have, if you chose a minor, etc. You’ll be glad you don’t have to work in the language requirement. It’s hard to schedule and very time consuming.</p>
<p>^Yes, you will be glad. I actually think it’s a total gyp in a way. I mean, there are CLAS majors that are just as intensive. Nothing against learning a language but I would give a lot to not have to meet the requirement. VERY time consuming, indeed.</p>
<p>Hello everyone. Can anyone please give me some insight to whether it is relatively doable to complete both an electrical and computer engineering degree at the UVa e-school?</p>