<p>Hey everyone,</p>
<p>I had a question: If someone is enrolled in ECE can he also double major at CS?<br>
I know you can't transfer into SCS but can you take classes there and if possible complete the CS degree requirements?</p>
<p>And what do you guys think of UIUC? in EE & CS? hows it compared to CMU? </p>
<p>thanx
(btw did any of you get your MIT decisions :D)</p>
<p>You can double major in any school at CMU as long as you complete the required prerequisite courses. You can't be declared a CS double major until you have taken and passed 15-212.</p>
<p>I think the guy from CMU who won College Jeopardy was a CS/ECE double major. That's what I plan to do if I get into both schools. I mean double major in CS and ECE, not win college jeopardy.</p>
<p>(waitlisted by MIT...oh well)</p>
<p>My S did that, not with ECE as his major, but he did pick up CS as a second major. The key as Todd said is to pass 211 and 212 which according to S were not easy. In addition I think you have to take and pass the CS math requirements which are tougher than, say, the IS math requirements, but they are prob the same as ECE math req's.</p>
<p>The jeopardy guy was ECE/CS double. fwiw, I think (pretty sure but not 100%) if you have a 3.0 in ece, you are automatically accepted in grad school at CMU for a one year masters in ece...a lot of ece's do that.</p>
<p>thanx!!</p>
<p>I hope I get in :D</p>
<p>rejected by MIT :( And my friend with almost exactly same stats got in and doesn't really want to go there, so sad. Perhaps if I were Asian like her it would have helped?</p>
<p>Being Asian probably hurts you more than it helps you at MIT.</p>
<p>But the fact that she was a girl is a big boost at MIT (3000-4000 girls applying compared to 8000-10000 guys applying)</p>
<p>I'm female too. And I applied to Computer Science/Computer Engineering and she applied to Electrical Engineering, so very close majors, too.</p>
<p>Ah, well it's MIT admissions - quite the crapshoot. Hope you get into CMU though =)</p>
<p>I actually believe you can transfer to SCS... we had a kid from our highschool who went ECE do it about three years ago.</p>
<p>Accepted to MIT... many friends at CMU, dad's an alum, gf got in ED for CS, recruited to play football there by a coach i've known since i've been one. Kinda makes me sad that i'm not going there now...</p>
<p>haha well I'm asian male and international :( = SCREWED at MIT</p>
<p>I hope CMU is better though :D</p>
<p>Everyone, now to the million dollar question, will CMU accept</a> me??</p>
<p>Prospective Major ECE.</p>
<p>thanx again</p>
<p>Table tennis? I'm jealous... my school just has boring, typical HS sports... not even lacrosse. I'd join a table tennis team...
Good luck to everyone at CMU.</p>
<p>Also, I talked to a student at CMU in their online chat thing, and he said he thought it would be easier to transfer from a EE major to a CS major than the other way around, which totally contradicts everything CMU says. (He's an EE major)</p>
<p>KirbusPrime,</p>
<p>Congratulations on MIT! </p>
<p>I remember CMU son having a little remorse when >he< did the rejecting. Tartans have a good D3 football program, are you playing at MIT? Good luck.</p>
<p>Thank you! I will be playing for MIT next year. Not quite the D3 powerhouse that CMU is, but I think I'll have fun.</p>
<p>What I know about UIUC is that their undergrad/grad Computer Engineering/Computer Science departments are both in the top 10.</p>
<p>YAY!!!!!! I GOT IN (Just got the 'fat one' via DHL) :D</p>
<p>CMU - ECE Major :)</p>
<p>congrats! where you from?</p>
<p>so, CMU accptance letters really are "fat"?</p>
<p>anyone apply ED and get in? Does the ED pool have stronger applicants than the RD pool?</p>
<p>My S got in ED. I don't know if the pool is stronger or not, but a slightly higher percentage of ED applicants get in than RD. BTW, my S's acceptance was a thin envelope, but maybe they're including more info for RD, stuff they don't send out until later that will come to us in a separate envelope.</p>