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SomeProgrammer

Tue May 07, 2013 9:34 pm


For people attending waterloo!!!

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I'm a grade 12 IB student, and I applied to software engineering at waterloo. However, I got an alternative offer to mechanical engineering. Can I swittch from mechanical to software? Or even mechanical to computer science at waterloo?


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Tony

Tue May 07, 2013 10:35 pm


RE:For people attending waterloo!!!

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Yes, but:

1) Mechanical to Software -- you might have to go back to year 1 if you'll be missing any of the core courses. Otherwise it might be a scheduling nightmare to actually catch up. The lectures are scheduled just for a specific class (very little flexibility in Engineering). And even then it will be a matter of there actually being a spot in the class for you to take.

2) Mechanical to Computer Science -- likely an easier transfer, but to CS's flexibility, but some courses don't exactly map over and credits where you earn under 70% (maybe an equivalent of high 80s by high school standards) don't transfer between faculties at UW.


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Dan

Wed May 08, 2013 1:16 am


RE:For people attending waterloo!!!

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Topic moved to Student Life.