<p>After relentlessly asking advice on people's opinions on several universities, and after numerous phone calls made to let me in, I've decided to commit to the University of Pittsburgh.</p>
<p>Thing is, I applied for their as a Computer Science major, when I really wanted to graduate with a Computer Engineering degree.</p>
<p>A couple of questions:
1. How easy is it to switch majors?
2. How tough is their Comp Sci program if I can't switch?</p>
<p>When we met with the Dean of the Comp Sci dept he told us that you can;t even declare your major as CS until you finish the 4 base courses.</p>
<p>If you call the CS dept they can probably answer for you - they were very good at answering all our questions and concerns.</p>
<p>It’s slightly more difficult because they are in two separate schools. CS is in Arts and Sciences while CE is in the Engineering school.</p>
<p>It usually isn’t all that hard though, from what I hear. You basically just take the foundation engineering courses your freshman year (physics, chem, etc.) and then transfer sophomore year.</p>
<p>Can’t tell you much about the CS major. It’s probably easier than CE, not being in the engineering school. I think it’s a good program, and I think there is some collaboration with CMU.</p>
<p>It shouldn’t be a problem at all considering you haven’t even started yet. Contact the school of engineering how you can get it done sooner than later. </p>
<p>Here’s a link for internal transfers to the school of engineering (with contact info at the bottom):
[Freshman</a> Engineering: School of Engineering: University of Pittsburgh](<a href=“http://www.engr.pitt.edu/freshman/transfers/internal.html]Freshman”>http://www.engr.pitt.edu/freshman/transfers/internal.html)</p>