<p>I recently received my decision from Pitt saying that I was put on the waitlist for Swanson Engineering, or I could accept a spot in the A&S. In the letter, I noticed they used the word TRANSFER specifically instead of CHANGE MAJOR, so I am presuming that I'd actually have to apply to try to get into the engineering college instead of an easy switch. So I was wondering what it would be like to take a spot in the A&S, and then after a year transfer into engineering. If anyone can shed some light on this topic, that would be great.</p>
<p>There are course and GPA requirements to be considered for transfer. Here is the website on internal transfer. Looks like you are still allowed to sign up for the engineering curriculum even while in A&S.
[Internal</a> Transfers](<a href=“http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/freshman/transfers/internal/]Internal”>http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/freshman/transfers/internal/)</p>
<p>It doesn’t say what the admission rate is, but that was very helpful. Thank you very much.</p>
<p>My daughter switched to engineering her sophomore year. She took classes the summer between freshman and sophomore years to catch up, and then she had to take the engineering track courses for one semester before she could apply to be formally admitted. It was a slight inconvenience, but it all worked out at the end.</p>
<p>Was is it an easy transfer or was it difficult to be admitted into Swanson? Was she one of the only people who applied and were later admitted into Swanson, or did everybody that had the minimum requirements get in?
Thanks.</p>
<p>It was an easy transfer. She just had to maintain a good gpa and take all the required courses to get caught up. The only part she was frustrated with was that she wasn’t “officially” in the Swanson school until second semester her sophomore year, even though she was taking the engineering courses first semester. </p>
<p>I don’t recall if there were any students who met the requirements who were not admitted. I’ll ask her the next time I talk to her.</p>
<p>That would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much.</p>
<p>By the way, is it possible to take some of those required courses to transfer into Swanson at a local community college in the summer or something? I wouldn’t be able to take those courses at Pitt in the summer.</p>
<p>Below is the freshman engineering program:
As you see, most of the courses are non-engineering courses so you can take virtually the same schedule your freshman year and not lose any time at all. Perhaps you already have AP credit for some of them. If you don’t already have AP credit for calculus, I would take that over the summer (for scientists, not business!) Pitt’s policy is for students to ask in advance if credits will transfer so I’m not sure how that works out. I would call the advising office before you commit to a course. You could also try the humanities/social science elective. The course has to correspond to a SPECIFIC course in the Pitt catalogue for it to be transferable - therefore it’s important to ask (with a course description)</p>
<p>[Freshman</a> Integrated Curriculum](<a href=“http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/Freshman/Academic/Freshman_Integrated_Curriculum/]Freshman”>http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/Freshman/Academic/Freshman_Integrated_Curriculum/)</p>
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<p>Actually, SSOE has a PDF of the APs they do allow, the scores you need, and the classes it can count towards. It’s a PDF link at the top of the page here: [Advanced</a> Standing](<a href=“http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/ABET/WorkInLieuOfCourses/]Advanced”>http://www.engineering.pitt.edu/ABET/WorkInLieuOfCourses/)</p>
<p>For Freshman Engineerings:</p>
<ul>
<li>a 4 or 5 in BC Calc gets you out of Calc 1 and Calc 2</li>
<li>a 4 or 5 in AB Calc gets you out of Calc 1</li>
<li>a 4 or 5 in Physics C Mechanics gets your out of Physics 1</li>
<li>a 3 or 4 in Chem gets you out of Chem 1</li>
<li>a 5 in Chem gets you out of Chem 1 and Chem 2</li>
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<p>Everything else in the freshman curriculum you have to take.</p>
<p>Thank you all very much!</p>
<p>Higuise, my daughter said it was easy for her to transfer into Swanson, and she thought that as long as you had a decent GPA, that you would be accepted. She didn’t know of any students who wanted to transfer and were not accepted. I hope that helps.</p>