<p>Hello there.</p>
<p>I went for a Penn info session and tour last week. I am currently a rising senior in CT and am interested in Engineering. However, I have a feeling that I might not like it and wanted the flexibility of switching to business ( or another major for that matter ). From what I understood at the sessions, it seems like switching colleges is almost impossible to do . Is this true or is it just exxagerated (sp?) ? I was under the impression that UPenn would encourage its freshman and maybe, sophomores to explore different majors before declaring them. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Switching majors isn't hard to do in your respective school but if you want to transfer from the college into say Wharton then things get a little hairy. We have specific classes we have to take in the first two years (Mgmt 100-first semester, The Core-Sophomore year, etc.) and if you want to earn a business degree you must complete them. However, it is not impossible because a lot of students do the joint degree programs where they complete requirements for both the college and wharton for the huntsman program. </p>
<p>As for encouraging exloring different majors Penn does do a great job. As a Wharton student we take the intro classes to a lot of different business disciplines and we aren't required to even declare a concentration until our junior year.</p>
<p>Inter-School transfer (excluding Wharton) requires a minimal GPA (a 2.0 I think).</p>
<p>Transferring into Wharton requires a 3.6 minimum and typically only those with a 3.7 or up get in.</p>
<p>Changing majors within a school is simply paperwork (or in the case of wharton, an online form if you so desire).</p>
<p>It is hard to transfer from one college to Wharton. If you try to backdoor your way into Wharton, you might get stuck in the college you first got accepted into. For example, if you applied to SEAS, but then you want to transfer to Wharton. Well if everything DOES NOT work out for you, you might be stuck in SEAS, although what you wanted to do was go to Wharton. Just exercise caution if you planning on doing that. In regards to changing majors, kevin and username have answered that.</p>
<p>You should check the individual school websites for their own Internal Transfer or Dual Degree policies.</p>
<p>There's a lot of false information about GPA cutoffs and required courses and policies on CC.</p>
<p>I couldn't find anything for SEAS, sorry.</p>
<p>For the College: <a href="http://www.college.upenn.edu/rules/transfer.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.upenn.edu/rules/transfer.html</a>
The College requires a 3.0 GPA and has made its requirements stricter over the last year.</p>
<p>For Wharton: <a href="http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/dualdegree/internal_transfers.cfm%5B/url%5D">http://undergrad.wharton.upenn.edu/dualdegree/internal_transfers.cfm</a> (this will be updated soon)</p>
<p>You need a 3.40 to be eligible to apply to transfer to Wharton. Historically the cutoff has been over a 3.60. This year was the highest at a 3.70. There will be more information on our website - please look there first before asking any questions as Wharton is your best source for info.</p>
<p>I don't know about the restrictions on SEAS, but it's a pretty selfselecting pool. If you didn't take a ton of sciences and maths your freshman year you're pretty much not going to be able to transfer to seas and finish in 4 years. Its VERY inflexible</p>
<p>Wow, a 3.0 for the college? Has it always been that high (I could have sworn it was lower)? If that's a change from the past, that's surely going to upset a lot of engineers trying to get out (of which there are always more than a few).</p>
<p>As for transferring into SEAS, it's almost non-existent. I literally have heard of 2 people transferring into SEAS in my time at Penn.</p>