<p>I'm thinking moving to Marshall or Muir could be exciting, because of their facilities and possible short distance to classes. However I'm a CS student in Warren and I'll definitely be going to the labs in the CSE building near Warren a lot, and leaving Warren essentially means not being able to seeing familiar faces again, so I wonder whether it's going to be worth it.</p>
<p>Well, changing colleges isn’t easy, so consider whether you would even be able to or not. Generally, they only allow students to change colleges for serious reasons like being able to graduate earlier because of the different GEs, not just because they feel like it. So before you dwell on whether or not you should change colleges, remember that you might not even have that choice.</p>
<p>Also, if you ever move off campus (or live in a different college), where your college is becomes a moot point, since you’d be commuting to campus anyway. I wouldn’t change colleges just because you might have a shorter walk to class. You can always take the shuttle if you really don’t feel like walking. Also, people have classes all over. So one quarter you might be really close to your classes, while another quarter you might be further away. It all evens out in the end. Or you can be like I was in my fourth year and choose classes based heavily on which lecture hall they’re in =D</p>
<p>It’s hard to change college.</p>
<p>I liked warren and changing is difficult. Based on your reasons to want to switch, I would recommend against it. That is just my 2 cents.</p>
<p>I believe one of the requirements to change colleges is to prove that you are able to graduate 2+ quarters faster. As a CS major, that’s pretty unlikely. I only hear of freshmen having their colleges switched based on dorming situations (like Muir not having enough students in the fall of 2012). However, such a change is not up to you though I am just stating it has happened before.</p>
<p>^When one college doesn’t have enough room in their res halls for the students who want to live on campus, students can live in “overflow” housing in other colleges. But that doesn’t mean they change or switch colleges. They’re just living in another college. I was in Muir college, but lived in res halls/apartments in four different colleges.</p>
<p>@baktrax </p>
<p>Yes and no. Overflow does occur (ex. Sixth students in Revelle) BUT there have been college transfers due to other colleges having too few freshmen. In the Fall of 2012, Muir and Marshall transferred students out of Sixth without the consent of the students. It has happened before.</p>
<p>Source: I’m a Sixth College Ambassador and the above has happened to some people I knew when I entered.</p>
<p>^Were those continuing undergraduate students or admitted freshmen students who were transferred without their consent? I would consider being switched colleges as an incoming admit as an entirely different situation than being switched as a continuing undergraduate. I’m taking mainly about switching colleges as a continuing undergraduate.</p>
<p>incoming freshmen. i assumed op is one. if not, then your point is correct</p>
<p>Yes, I would assume so as well, but I imagine they wouldn’t be able to change colleges until they start school, at which point they would be a continuing undergraduate. Changing colleges before school begins (to me) is a bit like just being admitted to a different college, especially if the school is choosing for the students, rather than the other way around.</p>