<p>thanks for the info flopsy =)</p>
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Congratulations flopsy!</p>
<p>I think it's a testament to the value of this thread and your even-handed informed responses to the queries. I think you've helped a lot of people with this thread. </p>
<p>What'll happen to it when you move on? Will you enter a sustaining engineering mode and maintain it regardless of your next move?</p>
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Your major-change essay is as important as the essay you wrote when you applied to UCLA. :rolleyes:</p>
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My Physics 4AL lab reports were ~10 pages. My Physics 4BL lab reports were ~15 pages. Some things never change, apparently. :rolleyes:</p>
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<p>I think it's a testament to the value of this thread and your even-handed informed responses to the queries. I think you've helped a lot of people with this thread. </p>
<p>What'll happen to it when you move on? Will you enter a sustaining engineering mode and maintain it regardless of your next move?
Thanks. Since I'm going to continue here for a fifth year, I won't be "moving on" for a while... Even now, I think there's already enough engineering students on the UCLA forum that the thread can live on as "Ask Anyone: UCLA Engineering". :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>Since I am in ROTC, I'm not too concerned with finding a job immediately after college.</p>
<p>I was thinking that if I find aerospace to be lacking in the job market I can try to incorporate the principles of fluid mechanics to environmental engineering.</p>
<p>Flopsy, I realized that there's only 7 experiments in 4AL. What do we do the last 2? No class?</p>
<p>I think at least one of the experiments spans over two weeks.</p>
<p>You are right:</p>
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when i try to transfer to engineering in the 1st quarter, i have to write an essay on why i wont to do engineering. does anyone know how much weight is put on this essay?
Your major-change essay is as important as the essay you wrote when you applied to UCLA. </p>
<p>um, meaning that it is or isnt?
i dont know how important the essays were when i applied</p>
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Yes, your essay is important. You'll surely get rejected if you present a shallow reason to change majors into HSSEAS (e.g. "I want to make lots of money") because they do look at your essay. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>One more question...</p>
<p>Would anyone happen to know if an essay needs to be written for change of majors within engineering?</p>
<p>i.e. civil --> mechanical</p>
<p>I am enrolled in the CSE program as a freshmen, but I never took high school physics. It says that is a requirement for the school and I am confused, should I contact them?</p>
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<p>i.e. civil --> mechanical
I don't think so. Anyone? :rolleyes:</p>
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Yes, you should. Pretty much every HSSEAS freshman took AP/IB/Honors physics in high school. :rolleyes:</p>
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Of course not. The engineering admission essay is designed for no purpose. This way, students can cheat the system and switch majors for no reason at all.</p>
<p>[sarcasm] Use common sense.</p>
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<p>Posts: 51 I am enrolled in the CSE program as a freshmen, but I never took high school physics. It says that is a requirement for the school and I am confused, should I contact them?
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<p>It's difficult, but not impossible. (speaking from first hand experience, here) College physics is a very difficult class, whether or not you had it in high school. If you are doing well in Calculus, you should be okay.</p>
<p>There were a few students in my Physics discussion who didn't take any physics in high school - I don't know how well they did in the course but it's not impossible :)</p>
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<p>There's definitely a lot of reading involved if you have never taken physics in high school. If you fit this case, expect to read the physics book ~3-4 hours a week if you want to learn everything to perfection.</p>
<p>Physics is very simple in 1A until rotational dynamics, which is slightly more difficult. Only the end of 1B (magnetism) should be a bit challenging. 1C is a bit challenging until it gets easier towards the end.</p>
<p>In all, people who've taken AP/IB Physics can get away without studying all quarter and still get an A. But this also depends on the student's professor. The previous 1A and 1B professors were pretty easy (Luca, Morales, Williams, Malkan).</p>
<p>Does anyone now what is the relative difficulty of UCLA's computer science in comparison with EECS at Berkeley? I've heard EECS is a real killer so I'm looking into UCLA more.</p>