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How easy is it to change majors?

I'm entering college as a mechanical engineer but I don't know if I'm going to stay there. I might find something else that capture my attention more. How easy is it to change majors in college? #engineering #mechanical-engineering

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Daniel’s Answer

Probably depends on the specific College/Uni, but pretty easy. Especially if you mean moving to a different type of engineering. If you want to move majors to a different degree program in a technical different college in the same Uni, there might be a more involved transfer process / gpa requirements / etc.


And of course if you're already deep into one program, it may prolong your graduation (like it did for me!).
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Ken’s Answer

The most important thing that you can do is to take the time to find out what career areas are best suited for you based upon your personality traits and do networking with those involved in those areas to determine fit. During my years in college recruiting, I have encountered too many students who have skipped these steps and ended up in jobs/career ares for which they were ill suited. These steps will allow you to create and maintain networking relationships that will assist you throughout your education/career journey.

Ken recommends the following next steps:

Work with your academic adviser and the counseling department at your school to arrange to take an interest and aptitude test to determine with which career areas your personality traits are most closely aligned.
Talk to the Director of Alumni Relations to arrange to meet, talk to, visit, and shadow graduates of your school who are doing things that look interesting to you based upon the test results. Here are some tips that will help: ## http://www.wikihow.com/Network ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/nonawkward-ways-to-start-and-end-networking-conversations ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-questions-to-ask-your-network-besides-can-you-get-me-a-job?ref=carousel-slide-1 ##
Locate professional associations to which people in your area of interest belong, as attending meeting can help you to meet and get advice from professionals working in those areas. This will allow you to create relations that can be very beneficial throughout your education. Talk to your academic adviser as many times that are student chapters based on your campus. Here are some tips: ## https://www.careeronestop.org/BusinessCenter/Toolkit/find-professional-associations.aspx?&frd=true ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/9-tips-for-navigating-your-first-networking-event ##
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Cheryl’s Answer

The first two years can be base classes.. calculus, English, basic engineering classes...junior and senior years are heavy into the special engineering field. Our son started in microbiology and then switched to chemical engineering with a biology focus. He probably would have been able to graduate in four years, but he did.a Russian minor also and chemical engineering has a bunch of requirements.. check the requirements for different engineering fields and you can know when you have to decide. Always good to see if your school has classes which talk about different engineering fields. Or maybe go to a community college for a year and see what interests you most. Computer engineers are snapped up quickly wrt jobs
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