Hello everyone and sorry of this is too long,
I recently go accepted into CSU Long Beach as a construction engineering management major as a transfer student (3.7 GPA), but I have recently had feelings to switch to civil engineering. I would have to spend the first year at CSULB to catch up on on prerequisite classes (Calc 2 & 3, Gen Chem A, Calc-based Physics). I just wanted to be a civil engineer because it opens up more job opportunities/higher pay, and the design/analysis seems pretty interesting. However the difficulty of civil and the impacted schedule (multiple difficult classes in a semster) is on another level compared to construction. Should I bite the bullet and do civil engineering and possibly come out with a less desirable GPA? Or should I stick to construction engineering management, get good grades, graduate early, and be able to have enough time/energy to do internships or join a related club on campus that competes in design-build projects.
I am going to talk to an advisor to see if I can get into the CE program form CEM. If so I will spend this summer trying to do Calc 2 in 8 weeks online (I did Calc 1 online in 16 weeks and got an A) and teaching myself Prep Chem so I can jump into Gen Chem A when the semester starts.
Can anyone help me weigh in on this decision, and I know that at the end of the day it all comes down to “you get what you put in.”
Also does anyone know how much entry-level construction management jobs will make you with interships and great GPA?
Thanks for reading this mess of questions and have a good day!