<p>Hey just got accepted into electrical engineering, could I change it to computer science engineering if i decide to attend?</p>
<p>No. You can apply to transfer to CE for next fall, however.</p>
<p>How hard would it be/ what repercussions would one face if they switched engineering majors second year?</p>
<p>The only opportunity you have to change your engineering major before freshman year of college is to submit a Program/Term Change request form before January 12, 2014. However, if you do so, you could be signing your own death warrant. The effect is that you would be relinguishing the admission you already have and then would be considered for admission with the regular admission group for CS, and thus you would again face the risk of being denied admission altogether.</p>
<p>The engineering college generally does not allow program changes between departments until after first year (you apply and then get a decision in second semester freshman year for a change to begin in sophomore year) but your desire to do so is something for which you could start the conversation when you meet with an advisor at summer registration. From a course viewpoint, not being able to change until after first year usually does not make much difference because engineering freshman take a lot of the same courses regardless of major. </p>
<p>Whether you will be able to change depends on circumstances at the time the decison is made. It is generally easier for an engineering major, rather than someone from one of the other UIUC colleges, to change to another engineering major as long as grades are decent. Neverthess, CS is currently an impacted major, meaning it is overcrowded, and if that remains true next year, you could face a risk of not being able to transfer even with very good first semester freshman year grades.</p>
<p>yikes,i think its a little much to ask high schoolers to decide on their major when they haven’t even taken college level engineering classes to see what they like. This is something other colleges(umich) do better, your admitted as a pre-engineering major and after a year you’re allowed to declare your major. I really like Illinois(apart from the cost-OOS), but this could cause a potential problem.
Welp, we’ll see in about a week if i’ll be going blue and orange or maize and blue. :)</p>
<p>Ben, gotta say yours is the first opinion against being able to apply directly to the program that your interested in and get admitted directly to it. At Michigan, for example, you can declare your major, if you meet the minimum requirements for doing so. If you don’t, well, declare all you want. You won’t get in. So, knowing you’re in before committing to a given university is a big plus, and is definitely not a burden.</p>
<p>As for taking college engineering courses your first year to see what you like, as Drusba explains, engineers all take the same basic math, physics and chem sequences, so just how would you learn any more about a given engineering discipline, than if you picked one that you even had a vague idea about that might appeal to you? The thing is, if you picked right, you’re in, and need not do anything (no risk) after your freshman year. If you decide you picked incorrectly, then an intra-college petition is all that is needed and is similar to the process at Michigan, for example. So, being given the option to get admitted directly is an additional benefit, and definitely not a burden.</p>
<p>One last thing, many high school seniors can and do decide what they would like to pursue as a major in college, and being given the opportunity to get directly admitted to it before committing to a university is ideal for them. For those who can’t decide, engineering undeclared exists, and waiting a year before deciding is a reasonable amount of time. To say UMich, where you have to wait a year to decide after committing, and where you don’t have the opportunity to get admitted directly prior to committing is, somehow, better, makes no sense.</p>
<p>[Changing</a> Majors - Engineering at Illinois](<a href=“http://engineering.illinois.edu/academics/undergraduate/advising/changing-majors.html]Changing”>http://engineering.illinois.edu/academics/undergraduate/advising/changing-majors.html)</p>