<p>So I applied to the engineering school and ACES program as backup if i ddint get in, and not to the engineering school/Business school seeing that I would have got denied from both. Now I'm in the ACES program when I already know what I am going to major in.......</p>
<p>I have already have a list of majors/minors that I want to go into, which includes:</p>
<p>Major Focus - </p>
<p>Electrical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering with either Italian or Chinese</p>
<p>Electrical Engineering/Engineering Physics with either Italian or Chinese</p>
<p>Minor Focus - </p>
<p>Electrical Engineering with Italian or Chinese and Engineering Management</p>
<p>Electrical Engineering with Italian and Chinese - Most pratical I think</p>
<p>Electrical Engineering with Nanotechnology and Italian or Chinese</p>
<p>Electrical Engineering with Physics and Italian or Chinese</p>
<p>Now the day of the orientation, I am expecting to be in a group of kids who have no idea what they are going to major in, and talk to an advisor about general classes Im going to have to take in this ACES program. I don't want that. </p>
<p>I have researched the typical classes as an electrical engineer major, and came up with this catalog; it provides a sample of courses that one would take over 4 years.
<a href="http://www.ee.uconn.edu/pdf/undergrad_ee_guide1011.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.ee.uconn.edu/pdf/undergrad_ee_guide1011.pdf</a></p>
<p>Obviously excluding double major courses and minors, I could probably relate my major(s) and language/technology minors to the EUROTECH program, which is very much doable.</p>
<p>My concern is that my advisor will not recognize any of this, and put me in some easy intro classes and not think it through (seeing that there are thousands of freshmen). I was planning on printing out both my list of majors/minors and the electrical engineering chart of typical classes and presenting it to her. Even though I have taken 6 AP classes, I still did not get any credit in them (oh well), but plan on taking summer classes because there is nothing better to do, other than a job.</p>
<p>These combinations of majors and minors seem pretty realistic, as they all relate to each other than the languages, which only fill in two days of the week.</p>
<p>All in all, if anyone can tell me how the process works with picking your freshman classes with your advisor during orientation, that would be wonderful. My biggest worry is that I have to only take general classes, which would STINK. Im also wondering who my advisor would be (either an ACES, or if I can persuade someone, engineering), and how much they can understand my goals. I plan on getting into the school of engineering ASAP, so I dont want to stick with this exploratory stuff.
If anyone wants to add what we generally do for two days of orientation, I would be very grateful too. Do we split into groups based on our major, and what are the long lectures about?</p>
<p>Thanks so much.</p>