Should I apply as a transfer for engineering or not?

Applying to College
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<p>I'm a female, 3.6-3.7 GPA right now. I want to go into hydraulic engineering. I'm figuring out whether or not I should apply as a transfer next fall as Physics at UC Davis, or Environmental Engineering at UCSD. I was intending to only get my Masters in Engineering and get my BA in something else due to the amount of time I had left when I changed my major (this past semester lol) plus use the tag agreement to get into a decent UC. I know engineering is limited or non-existent with the TAG agreement. Even if I'm a chick ahhaha?</p>

<p>-Should I skip on engineering or physics as my major I'm applying for with these specific schools? (Berkeley it's Development Studies, Political Science for UCI and Peace studies for UCSC) I don't want to waste some application money with these majors if I won't get in (I really want to go to UC Davis...)</p>

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<p>Yes apply as engineering. That’s the major that will give you the best return. You’ll get in with that gpa somewhere.</p>

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<p>If you want to do engineering, and have taken as many prerequisites as possible (according to [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) ), then apply to engineering.</p>

<p>It will be pretty difficult to get into and do well in a graduate program in engineering if you do not have an bachelor’s degree in engineering (you may be able to do it from a closely related subject like physics).</p>

<p>Hydraulic engineering is generally considered a subarea of civil engineering. Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, and Los Angeles offer it among the UCs; 12 CSUs also offer it.</p>

<p>Note that ABET accreditation of your bachelor’s degree program is important in civil engineering, since PE licensing is common in that field. So it would be best to transfer into an actual ABET accredited engineering degree program.</p>

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<p>Okay! Physics it is! Does it help too that I’m a girl for that major?</p>