<p>I got accepted into UCSD and would love to go, but I stupidly did not think about the colleges carefully because I thought it would be easy to transfer in and out of them. From what I've heard, the GE will be really annoying/hard and time consuming, especially since my major is engineering. Some of my past friends have told me that it might actually take them an extra year just to fulfill all the requirements. I read around and saw that transferring colleges is pretty difficult. Can anyone give me some insight as to what I should do and if this is a realistic option? </p>
<p>You would need to show them that you belong in another college due to the GE requirements and your major. Did you put Revelle first when ranking them on your application? If so, then it might be hard to say that the college will not work for your major as they would have expected you to select the one that you would best fit in as your first college. If not however, then it may be a bit easier as you can say that the colleges you listed above Revelle would better suit your major. I have yet to meet anyone that has switched out of a college but I have heard stories of it being a success so I do believe that it is not a lost cause either way.<br>
By the way, I am not a Revelle student (I am Sixth), however, I live in a Revelle res hall and they are not too bad! The location right next to Galbraith Hall is nice and Revelle hosts (some) cool events now and then at Revelle Plaza! </p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>If your college requirements will significantly delay your graduation, then you can petition to switch colleges. If it really will take you a year longer to graduate just because of your college and major, then they will likely allow it. However, (in my experience) students usually take longer to graduate because they take reduced course loads, change their majors multiple times, don’t plan their schedule well (miss requirements, don’t realize they need to take a certain class until it’s too late, etc), double major/minor, and/or have to retake classes. You’ll probably have to show them that it’s your college specifically that’s what’s going to cause you to delay graduation. But they want students to graduate on time–they’ll most likely let you switch if Revelle’s going to force you to graduate late. But I find it hard to believe that no engineering student in Revelle has been unable to graduate on time.</p>
<p>That being said, make a four year plan (this can help: <a href=“http://revelle.ucsd.edu/academics/four-year-plans/index.html”>http://revelle.ucsd.edu/academics/four-year-plans/index.html</a>). Put in the GE requirements and the requirements for your major. See what you have to take, and stay on track so that you can graduate on time. If you don’t have any AP or transfer credit, you may need to take a few courses over the summer or take a higher courseload during the year, to stay on track. Alternatively, you may be able to knock out some of the GEs with community college classes, as long as you make sure that they transfer first (I know students who have done with some of the HUM series). Some GEs, like calculus and physics, may overlap with your major requirements.</p>
<p>If you feel that you do not fit at Revelle college then you should consider other universities instead of UCSD because once you accept UCSD/Revelle on May 1 then it is very hard to change your college within UCSD. </p>
<p>I am an Electrical Engineering transfer from Syracuse, NY and I too am trying to transfer out of Revelle. It was 3rd on my list mainly because I already have all the math and science complete. I didn’t take into consideration how many more GE’s I’d have to take, but they are far more interesting than other colleges besides Warren and Muir. As a SUNY transfer student warren and muir line up perfectly with New York gen ed’s so I’d get the best transfer rate. Does Revelle accept Comp English 1/2 from a CC for part of the Humanities requirements? If they don’t I’m looking at an extra year of gen ed’s easily.</p>
<p>The main concern I have (besides people not wanting to leave Warren or Muir) is that the 4 year plan for Revelle provided by Jacobs school of engineering is weighted for the extra gen ed’s. So following their preset academic plan for freshman they have to take 20 credits a quarter at Revelle to keep up or 16 credits a quarter at Warren. At what point do they consider it saving time if even the Engineering school says freshman need around 48 extra credits to graduate with the same degree. Are the classes just that easy that a 20 credit course load is normal? I double majored at my community college in 3 years so I’m already use to 18+ credits a semester, but it’s not exactly fun and or the best to retain the knowledge beyond that quarter.</p>