<p>So UIUC denied my engineering admission and placed me into DGS. I got into Purdue's first year engineering program but I live in Illinois so it could be costly. I also have been accepted into UIC and IIT but those are my safeties. I would like to get an engineering degree, but I'm far from being absolutely sure that engineering is what I want to do. Should I attend UIUC and attempt to get into engineering while having the insurance that UIUC is a pretty well rounded school. Or would Purdue engineering be a smarter choice?</p>
<p>In exact same situation. Waiting on financial aid to decide, I’ve visited both and I think Purdue is WAY nicer.</p>
<p>Lol, I am in the EXACT same situation as well.</p>
<p>UIUC says to be a good candidate for transfer into the college of engineering (from DGS for instance) you should have a B average and A’s and B’s in math, physics, and chem. So if that’s plausible for you, then I’d say go for it (especially if it ends up being less expensive than Purdue).</p>
<p>You’re basically in the same position at Purdue. You apply to a specific program in engineering your sophomore year at Purdue using your first year grades, just as you would when transferring from DGS to Engineering at UIUC. Purdue and UIUC both have top-notch engineering programs, but I’d give UIUC a slight edge in most areas of engineering. As for UIUC overall compared to Purdue overall, I’d give UIUC the edge there too, because of their excellent business school. Both schools are well known in the engineering community and having a degree in engineering from either will open a lot of doors.</p>
<p>Considering cost, Illinois looks to be the better option for you. In DGS you can basically take an identical courseload to a first-year engineering student. Aim to do well in these courses to prove to the CoE that you belong in the program.</p>
<p>The only exception would be if you had say Bioengineering in mind, as that major does not accept transfers.</p>
<p>The issue you have raises a fundamental concept of engineering. When given the choice between certainty and a course that has risk of failure, the engineer usually chooses certainty. </p>
<p>You have been admitted to engineering elsewhere but rejected at UIUC. If you really want engineering it is thus guaranteed elsewhere. There is no guarantee at UIUC that you will be accepted to engineering via transfer from DGS. It does accept many and as long as you meet the minimum requirements you have a real good chance, but again it is not a certainty and also not a certainty you will get major of choice even if accepted as transfer.</p>
<p>You will need at least a 3.0 average to be considered for transfer and some majors require higher like 3.2 (and what is required can change annually). That 3.0 average needs to include As or Bs in all the math and science courses. Therein lies a key issue. Many can get B’s or better in those courses (and some seem to be able to do it without breaking a sweat) but others cannot and the others who cannot can be the majority of the those in some of those classes such as for the first calculus based physics course, and second one if you wait to try transfer later than after freshman year. Those courses have been known at times to produce 25% or more D’s and F’s and another 10% to 15% who drop the course to avoid getting a D or F, and many in chemistry and calculus courses do not fare much better. In other words, the choice to be made should not assume that it will actually be easy to get the minimums required.</p>
<p>the only reason i am posing this question is because i have heard that the first year engineering math and science courses are pretty tough. I think I am capable of performing at an B-A level but I have no idea how these classes compare to my high school AP classes. So is a 3.0 average the bare minimum for transferring into some of the engineering programs?</p>
<p>“The likelihood of success of an Inter-College Transfer (ICT) petition depends upon the qualifications of the student, primarily as evidenced by performance in courses at Illinois. The College of Engineering looks for a pattern of achievement that portends success in a highly technical curriculum. A student with a B average with demonstrated success (primarily A’s and B’s) in math, physics, and chemistry may be a good candidate for transfer. Students with grades below B in technical courses are not good candidates for transfer to Engineering, unless those low performances are amended by retaking the course and earning a higher grade.”</p>
<p>from:
<a href=“https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30803845[/url]”>https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=30803845</a></p>
<p>You probably want to be a good candidate…</p>
<p>Your acceptance into a second year engineering program is not guarenteed, and I’m afraid I have to take issue with Drusba here. Students in the First Year Engineering program at Purdue need to take a certain set of courses and obtain a GPA in a set of core courses before being guarenteed admission to a given program. The required GPA at Purdue is not as high as that at Urbana, but there definitely is no guarentee at either institution that you’ll be able to get into your engineering program of choice.</p>
<p>My kid didn’t apply for engineering school (a mistake) but got an acception letter from the School of Engineering saying that she was also admitted to engineering. Will this make her qualified for the scholarship at the school of engineering?</p>
<p>i actually just got into engineering but thanks for the input anyways!!!</p>