Transferring into engineering

Colleges and Universities A-Z Virginia Tech
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<p>How hard is it to transfer into engineering after your freshman year? Any tips? I will already be at Virginia tech I'm not transferring from another school.</p>

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<p>My daughter is going to plan to do that as well. I hope you get replies. Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>It is not that difficult as long as you stay on track with what the freshman general engineering students are taking .You can take everything at VT except an enginering course your first semester. Within University Studies, follow the engineering track and your advisor can help you with that. The course info /curriculum is online I believe .</p>

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<p>If you look here: [First-Year</a> Courses | Department of Engineering Education | Virginia Tech](<a href=“http://www.enge.vt.edu/Undergraduate/courses/index.html]First-Year”>http://www.enge.vt.edu/Undergraduate/courses/index.html)</p>

<p>You can take all the courses besides the ENGE ones. I believe you either can compete to take ENGE 1024 in the Spring (its based off of GPA you earn in Fall) or you can take that course over the summer (either before Fall starts or after Spring, it honestly doesn’t matter much) then declare as General Engineering once you get here. I had a couple friends go down that route, so its very possible. As long as you keep up with the course load, I think it is viable to graduate on time.</p>

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<p>Alright thanks! Generally what GPA should I be aiming for? Or does it depend on the engineering major I want to enter?</p>

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<p>At least a 3.0 is required. Anything higher is always better.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.enge.vt.edu/Undergraduate/forceadd_waitlist.html[/url]”>http://www.enge.vt.edu/Undergraduate/forceadd_waitlist.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>That page explains it all.</p>

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<p>Actually, you can take Eng 1024 at New River Community College while at Tech. It’s 30 minutes away from Tech, and apparently its better there than at Tech. Some others on the forum were taking about it and they said that it was much better. The class(according to the site) is around $250.
I’m in your situation too, tuck17. Its just another option others can take rather than using up their summer or stressing for a high GPA then taking the second Eng course during the summer. I think I’m going to try it; just gotta talk to some people and I may be all set</p>

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<p>Thanks! I live in NC so taking it at the community college isn’t really an option for me sadly.</p>

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