I rejected my acceptance to Michigan COE when I first applied - which had to be one of the hardest choices in my life - because everyone around me kept emphasizing how terrible of a decision it would be to go into that much debt (I am an in-state student but received basically no financial aid or scholarships). About a month and a half into my first semester of college elsewhere, I am regretting that decision more and more everyday. Moreover, the engineering department at my current university is not known for its strength (again, the fact that I made my decision based almost entirely on finances makes my regret that much worse). I want to transfer to Michigan, but the prerequisite courses (for COE) listed on their website indicate that this would not even be possible until the end of my sophomore year at the earliest, which I don’t want to do if at all possible. However, I saw that there are essentially no required prereqs to transfer into LSA. Ideally I would want to transfer to LSA at the end of my freshman year here, and then get prerequisites taken care of my sophomore year, and transfer to COE in between my second and third years. Are there any errors in my logic? I’m sure there are because I haven’t looked into this for very long. How soon can I transfer to LSA - would it have to be after my first year, or would it be possible even after just my first semester? How hard is it to get into the COE as a cross-campus transfer student? Would I have to stay an extra year due to such a late switch? Am I right that there aren’t really any college prerequisites for LSA?
In short - how plausible is this plan?
I’m sorry about having so many questions, but I tremendously appreciate any advice at all.