I’m currently a freshman majoring in civil engineering at University of Houston. I applied for a transfer and recently got admitted to Texas A&M (which was my number one university I wanted to attend)under my second choice major, industrial engineering. I’m not sure whether it’s worth it to transfer and perhaps try to internally transfer to civil. Although I’m open to trying out industrial as I don’t have a concrete idea on what which engineering I want to do. I’m leaning towards transferring as A&M’s engineering program is better and prestigious (I don’t think UH is bad or anything, just wanted to go to tamu) and would like some thoughts.
You ask a interesting question. I think I have ran across anyone who got accepted a engineering dept. but not the discipline they requested. I would you contact the engineering dept. at A&M and ask them just what is required to gain admittance in civil engineering. I would think it is much harder to get into the engineering dept. than it is to be approved for a certain discipline. If A&M was your first choice I would go thru with the transfer. It’s much harder to gain admittance as a transfer student and you have cleared that hurdle.
Yeah I read on the civil department page that it’s a huge negative to be completing a civil degree plan at another school. That there would be possible denial upon initial screening (didn’t know until recently). I will go through with the transfer and contact them about the requirements, thank you!