<p>I got ED accepted to WUSTL (super excited!), but I'm not too sure that I want to stick with the major I've been admitted for <em>English at college of arts&sciences</em>. Is it difficult to switch schools/programs at WUSTL? What are their best programs?
^would really appreciate some advice, thanks!</p>
<p>It’s very easy to double major across schools and to transfer between them. As to the strongest programs I’m not sure because I just got admitted as well, but I’ve heard their pre-med is very well regarded. I was admitted to ArtSci as well, but I’m thinking of switching over to the business school.</p>
<p>Not a problem at all to double major or switch schools. Washu’s biological sciences department is <em>probably</em> their most highly regarded, but a bunch of other programs also rank in the top 10 in the nation, so I’m not sure it’s possible to go wrong. Business is generally pretty good, BME is good (although completely different from an english major, haha), and I’ve usually heard good things about the humanities here, but I can’t provide anything to back that up.</p>
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I just want to put a disclaimer on that.
The short answer is yes, it’s incredibly easy to do this (and far easier than at other schools).</p>
<p>However, changing between artsci -> engineering or engineering -> business or whatever can become difficult towards the end of your second year if you cannot make a certain gpa. For example, I know someone who was denied from switching from artsci to engineering because he could not make a 3.0 in engineering classes (note, engineers only need a 2.0 to graduate).
In other words, past your freshman year there’s typically a probation period where the school wants to see if you can hack it.</p>
<p>That being said, in your first year you can change schools to your hearts’ content. It’s still quite easy your sophomore year (and I even know people who switched in the spring of their junior year), but there are some restrictions.</p>
<p>My apologies for the overly simplified information. I knew there were some restrictions, but I didn’t actually know what they were, just that they usually do not restrict students all too often.</p>
<p>No need to apologize! I just wanted to make sure that info is out there. The friend I mentioned is still a bit hurt (even years later) because he had always heard “anyone can change their school no matter what!” as a freshman.</p>
<p>But the simplified info is usually right for >95% of 2nd year students & >99% of first years.</p>
<p>It was more of a “Oops! I was mistaken” apology than an expression of regret 
I do like to provide accurate information, especially when it can affect people as demonstrated.</p>