<p>How easy/hard is it to transfer between Fu and CC?
Before you bash me on saying I shouldn't apply just to get in and transferring because they will find out... yada yada</p>
<p>I am set on becoming an engineer; I plan to get a Degree in MechE or EP(if cornell). Also I love math and physics.
Its just that after going on the engineering forum and looking at all the posts that say that students who thought they were perfect realize that engineering is not for them, im kinda getting worried. </p>
<p>If I happen to completely change and not like it, is it easy to transfer or do I have to go through the same procedure as someone completely outside of Columbia?</p>
<p>usually, by the time u realize that engineering is "not for you" it is too late to transfer anyway...the people who usually transfer are those who come in with that mindset....they either decide before coming to columbia or during freshman year where you def do not get a feeling for engineering at all.</p>
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If I happen to completely change and not like it, is it easy to transfer or do I have to go through the same procedure as someone completely outside of Columbia?
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<p>It's the same piece of paper you need to fill out. However, it's much easier if you're a SEAS student and you've done decently.</p>
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usually, by the time u realize that engineering is "not for you" it is too late to transfer anyway.
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<p>Don't most people realize that engineering is not for them when they get their first set of midterms back in the Fall of freshman year?</p>
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Don't most people realize that engineering is not for them when they get their first set of midterms back in the Fall of freshman year?
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<p>absolutely not....what are you taking freshman year? physics, chem, and calc 1 or 2? thats not much different than being a science major....all your classes freshman year are pure science and easy math classes ....it tells you nothing about wanting to be an engineer.</p>
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absolutely not....what are you taking freshman year? physics, chem, and calc 1 or 2? thats not much different than being a science major....all your classes freshman year are pure science and easy math classes ....it tells you nothing about wanting to be an engineer.
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<p>My point is that people don't decide they "don't want to be an engineer"; they get slaughtered and realize they can't handle the coursework and decide to do something cushy.</p>
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My point is that people don't decide they "don't want to be an engineer"; they get slaughtered and realize they can't handle the coursework and decide to do something cushy.
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<p>thats not true.....i decided i would not like to be an engineer after first semester of junior year and I've had stellar grades all along. For me, i will always work hard enough to do well in whatever i get myself into...its a question of being passionate about it and i'm just not passionate about engineering but of course now i'm stuck and i'm going to have to finish up my degree.</p>
<p>idlaunva - my freshman-year roommate transferred from SEAS to CC after freshman year. It's done, infrequently but done. Good grades take care of most problems, of course.</p>
<p>In my own case, the academic subjects that INTEREST me are more CC stuff - classical music, history, theoretical math - but the things i happen to be GOOD at are more SEAS-like things such as computational math (my major), physics, and the like. I found that I ended up doing a whole lot less work (measured by time) as my CC friends, even if the stuff i was doing was, in some abstract sense, "harder". So it's a tradeoff.</p>
<p>I feared engineering too. That's why I applied to CC regular decision, got rejected. I then got a research internship at a Columbia Biomedical Engineering lab, decided I loved it, and after spending a year at Drexel as a Biomedical Engineering major (because it's one of the best programs they have), I transferred to Columbia SEAS. </p>
<p>That said, maybe finding some lab to work in would give you a better sense of whether or not engineering is your thing.</p>
<p>Drexel's hardcore. The best friend of an ex-gf of mine went there. I'm not sure I could've handled it. If you're coming from Drexel into SEAS biomed, you'll tear that place up. Biomed eng is filled with premed sycophants, you'll probably be much more of an engineer than they are.</p>
<p>I wasn't even a real engineer. Applied Math got me through. Much respect,</p>