<p>@Chris-can a student enter undecided- ie, no college declared, and how does that work on such a large campus? Classes can be very spread out, yes? Is there a shuttle? Also do dorms usually correspond with the chosen major- for location? Or do you just choose which dorm you would like and hope to get it as an incoming Freshman? Thank you.</p>
<p>From what I understand, a student can enter undeclared. You can declare an area of interest but usually the first year or so you’re taking general education classes (which you get to choose). The people at orientation will help you decide what classes to take so don’t stress out about that. You don’t need to start your major right away. But, you do need to declare a major your Junior year. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, if you switch your major too many times, you may not graduate on time. Instead, it might take another half or full year to complete your degree. Additionally, if you’re interested in engineering, that degree usually takes 5-6 years to complete so most people like to get started on that right away.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@jenniferhandSBU-thank you!</p>
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<p>…The campus is not THAT big. You can walk to just about any building you need on campus within 30 minutes at the extreme(that is going from the the end of Tabler to H quad which you will never need to do). But most dorms are within 10 minutes walking of the academic mall and then those buildings themselves are like right next door to each other? Even within a major, especially ones as specialized as engineering the classes are spread out in different buildings not even related. Heck I have a engineering class in the psychology building.</p>
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No, they correspond to an undergraduate college which you pick by selecting your “interests” in the new student preferences form.</p>
<p>On a side note:
Those people are why…
that happens, they are pretty useless. Advocating 12 credits for the first semester, seriously, thats how one does end up graduating in 5-6 years,especially with engineering, if one follows the departmental course schedule with the suggested credit loads, one will graduate in 4 years, they even schedule classes following the suggested sequences and avoid time conflicts.</p>
<p>@DelfinoM and thank you too!</p>