<p>I am getting ready to enter Cal Poly as a freshman majoring in architectural engineering this upcoming fall, and I have a few concerns. During high school I took several college courses at a community college and accumulated a fair amount of credit over the years. My primary concern has to do with changing majors. Although I am overjoyed that I was accepted into Cal Poly as an architectural engineering major, I am worried; would transferring my college credits to Cal Poly eliminate the possibility of a major change? If not, at what point would a major change no longer be possible? I want to send in my college transcript but am worried that doing so would render me unable to change my major if I so wish.</p>
<p>I know this question would be better reserved for a counselor, but in my current position that contact is impossible… So I’d like help from the next best resource: Cal Poly students. Any help is appreciated!</p>
<p>I know they make you spend a few quarters in your declared major and switching within your major’s college is the easiest and most “doable”. What are you trying to change into? The biggest challenge is for those who transfer in as something like psych to engineering or architecture. When you register for classes, get hour GE’s done like Eng, Math, etc so you won’t have those hanging over your head or waste your time taking classes your future desired major won’t require.</p>
<p>Well I was thinking of switching into something like mechanical engineering. I’m going into architectural engineering, and although it still counts as engineering it is under the architecture department rather than the engineering department… Which kinda sucks</p>
<p>I doubt giving Cal Poly your transcript would hurt you, if anything it would help because it would show that even if you switched majors you’d have a better shot at graduating within 4 years. That being said, I’m almost positive there is no unit cap on switching majors and if there is, it is quite high. I switched into econ with junior standing. Most majors you have to take a few classes and maintain a certain GPA across those classes. For all engineering majors it’s a 2.5 (2.0 if you’re already in CENG). You can’t switch majors before your second quarter at Cal Poly, so take prereqs or GEs the first quarter.</p>