<p>@eyemgh – My kid got 5’s on many of his AP courses and decided to retake some of the math and physics courses anyway. In fact, he only used AP classes that were non-STEM (science, math, engineering and technology) at Cal Poly. In his opinion retaking these classes reinforced his foundation. As a result it made it far easier to get top grades in some of the most failed classes at Cal Poly such as statics, dynamics and fluids, etc. It is your choice, my kid took a more conservative route and it has paid off.</p>
<p>@Baileyj57 – To the contrary of many rumors that you may have heard, changing majors is entirely possible and fairly common at Cal Poly. As a general rule it is much easier to change majors within a college than between different colleges. My kid switched from General Engineering to Mechanical Engineering quite easily. Both majors exist in the College of Engineering. Changing majors between different colleges is a little more complicated, but still common. I know of some kids that have switched majors two or three times. ralph4 has his kids at Cal Poly and I recall some of them have changed majors several times. Bottom line, to change majors you must be in good academic standing and the earlier the better. The school wants you to graduate on time.</p>
<p>eyemgh: “ralph4, did he feel like moving right into Calc III was the right decision?”</p>
<p>For him it was the right decision. He is pretty talented in Math (made 5’s on both the Calc AB & BC exams even though he had no class available for BC at our high school). He’s considering Change of Major in the College of Engineering and being ahead in the engineering math series should only help his cause. He is taking Calc IV this winter quarter as a freshman.</p>
<p>2Leashes–I just noticed on another forum that your daughter is a kinesiology major. Mine has been accepted into the kinesiology major. She’s been accepted early decision and is deciding on what she will put as her first dorm choice. I think she’s deciding between red mountain red bricks and Yosemite–and I’m wondering if you (or anyone else, of course!) have any input. Thanks!</p>
<p>@luckymom22 I can help you here. I explored housing quite a bit before choosing. North Mountain is consisted of mostly engineering students but anyone can live there and your daughter will be around other motivated students. Also, North Mountain doesnt have halls, it has rooms with a lot of space that you just walk into from outside. The Red Bricks are good if you want to live with people who are the same major as you. However, the Red Bricks have smaller room space are inside in long halls. Yosemite is known as one of the more social/party dorms. Yosemite has more room space than the Red Bricks and are great for forcing youself to be social and meet new people. However, Yosemite is also the farthest dorm complex from the main campus. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Thanks Appleteam; it does help! She’s a kinesiology major so I think she’s considering either one of the south mountain dorms (not sure if there’s one in particular where they group kinesiology majors or not) or Yosemite. I suppose I’m partial to red bricks because I was an RA and then Head Resident at one of the red bricks at SDSU many, many moons ago, but if she decides Yosemite is her first choice then I’ll support her because it doesn’t sound like she can make a bad decision housing-wise. Thanks again for the help.</p>
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