<p>I'm applying RD to UPenn. Although I am undecided (definitely not sure what I want to do yet), I'm leaning towards science/engineering. So, I was going to apply to the School of Engineering and Applied Science instead of the College of Arts and Sciences. However, I'm afraid that applying to this school means I'm going to have to stick with engineering. What if I just want to do Chemistry at CAS or just receive a liberal arts education?</p>
<p>Can I switch schools because I am undecided? This is by no means a way to "beat the system" and get into Penn or anything like that. I have the scores for both schools and I am just scared to commit to chemical/biomedical engineer, even though that's what I think I want to do (talked about it in my essay).</p>
<p>Well I think that getting into the Engineering school would be harder than getting into CAS. So I'm sure you wouldn't have a VERY hard time if you wanted to switch.
I know that this holds true for Wharton and seeing as it is rather hard to get into, I'm sure you can apply the same logic for the School of Engineering.
Switching the other way around would be harder. Like from CAS to Wharton, they told me that they had a very high GPA cutoff, around 3.7 or 3.8.</p>
<p>thanks Xainder. </p>
<p>Ok, well I don't have an interest in switching into Wharton (surprise, surprise), but it makes me feel better to know that I can switch into the College of Arts and Sciences if I needed to.</p>
<p>Do people that are undecided generally apply to the school of arts and sciences? Because I am undecided. I'm thinking it would look weird for me to talk about engineering in both my essays and then not apply to that college.</p>
<p>it's easy to transfer out of engineering to the college and you won't have any trouble with coursework</p>
<p>however, it can be a little tricky to transfer from the college to engineering simply in terms of coursework - for example, engineers start out with an intro engineering course, chem / chem lab, math, and physics; college kids start out with math, a writing seminar, a language, and possibly a science or another seminar - so you'd have to plan well to make sure you complete your requirements in time</p>