I’m planning on applying to Penn as a transfer student (I’m a current freshman), and I’m a Computer Science major. The CS major (both BSE and BAS) is in the School of Engineering and Applied Science. On their website, they say
“Students transferring into Penn Engineering after one year of college should have completed at least:
• one course in chemistry,
• one course in physics (involving the use of calculus),
• one course in computer programming,
• two courses in calculus,
• If possible, two courses in the social sciences and humanities.”
I’ve taken the programming course and 1 calculus course. I’ve also taken 2 astronomy courses that had some calculus (not too much), so could this account for the physics course? That leaves 1 calculus course and 1 chemistry course.
How strict are these requirements? Is this going to stop me from applying to transfer?
Did you take AP Calc BC or AP Chem? You could use those in lieu of the requirements, otherwise I’m not sure how strict they are for the requirements especially if you’re not majoring in something like EE, ChemE, etc.
@aoeuidhtns I attended high school in India. I didn’t take any APs, but our coursework was the same if not more than the APs. I doubt they’ll be substituted for credit though, unfortunately
@Penn95 true. I always feel nervous to call these admissions offices haha. I just hope they don’t give an ambiguous answer and encourage me to apply without a look into the situation.
They are not meant to keep you out. Note that they say you “should” have them, not “must” have them. Their major concern is that you really need some of these courses (particularly calc and physics) under your belt or it will be difficult, if not impossible, to graduate on time without doing summer coursework either before matriculate or while at Penn.
