<p>Get into DGS instead of desired Computer Engineering. What is the chance of getting into Computer Engineering? Any successful example? Thanks!</p>
<p>This is my advice: If you got accepted for Engineering at another school, GO TO THAT SCHOOL.
I’m not going to lie to you, Engineering at UIUC is EXREMELELY competitive and transferring from DGS to Engineering is almost impossible. I think they accept about 15 DGS transfers a year? Although the minimum required GPA for transfer is 3.0, you would need at least a 3.8 to even be considered a competitive candidate and even then, you might not get in. Acquiring that 3.8 won’t be easy either as you are taking the courseload that an Engineering student would take and those classes are brutal. </p>
<p>If you want personal experience, my friend applied for Engineering at UIUC and was placed into DGS. He accepted and spent two years at DGS in hopes of transferring into Engineering. They ended up not accepting him and now he deeply regrets going to UIUC over going to the school that originally accepted him for his major. </p>
<p>The risk is not worth it. Go to another school and after 2 years, try to transfer into UIUC Engineering from there. If you still don’t get accepted, at least you will have something to fall back on.</p>
<p>I don’t mean to discourage you, but my friend was in the same predicament and did not take into account what I just told you. It greatly affected him in the end because he really wanted to do Engineering. That is why I am telling you. Don’t make the same mistake.</p>
<p>I agree 100% with Soso694. Transfering into Computer Engineering is next to impossible. I would not risk it. You have 3 choices - choose another school that has accepted you into their engineering program, choose UIUC but count on another major, or go to a community college that has a direct admit transfer program. There’s no way I would take the risk - it’s too expensive to screw up such an important decision. Talk to counselors and they’ll tell you the same thing - business and engineering from DGS just doesn’t happen. Sorry.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for both Soso694 and momacita’s inputs. </p>
<p>I’m going to pay out of state tuition and really wish I can get into engineering program like what your friend wished for. Spending two years just hoping to get into engineering program is a lot of money for an out of state student. I really feel sorry for your friend, Soso694. At least I wish he paid in-state tuition. What engineer he was applying? UIUC’s web-site mentioned that mechanical engineering is very competitive and needs at least 3.8 GPA. </p>
<p>Soso694, I’ll take your idea of transferring to UIUC maybe after two years. I looked at UIUC’s curriculum, there are more basic classes like Calculus and physics before you start the computer related classes, other schools I get accepted start computer related classes earlier.</p>
<p>You’re welcome! May 1st is drawing near and I had to tell you before you made a final decision. Finding out when its too late and wishing someone had told you earlier is probably the worst feeling in the world. Its actually surprising how many people don’t know about this. UIllinois should really mention this risk on their blog or something.</p>
<p>And I think my friend was trying to do Computer Engineering as well. It was either that or something else.</p>
<p>Thanks sos694 again.
Momacita, my college counselor was told by admission counselor at UIUC that transferring to engineering is a very much possibility, although not a guarantee, because a lot of students are struggling in the program.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.dgs.illinois.edu/Files/DGS_Prospective.pdf[/url]”>http://www.dgs.illinois.edu/Files/DGS_Prospective.pdf</a></p>
<p>well this page shows that 119 students from DGS in fall 2011 declared an engineering major…</p>
<p>@ibanker32 - But Did it say how many people actually got in? You can’t trust the school’s actual website for information like that as it would discourage people from applying. Many people may transfer to another college from DGS as well. My friend, and many other people have said the same thing. As well as people who actually work with UofI.</p>
<p>I thought that declaring a major meant getting accepted to that school</p>