for those past or current college students that changed their major late

[skim milk]

was there a cutoff at your school?

meaning, if you are over a certain amount of credits, you can't switch majors

 

[Theb]

No, not for me.
I would check with financial aid though. They only pay for a certain amount of credits.

 

[arcenite]

I am not sure they can prohibit you from switching majors

 

[acemcmac]

I am graduating in 8 weeks and I could still theoretically change my major

 

[Shame]

I switched from history/teaching to Criminal Justice the second semester of my junior year. A guidance counselor wisely told me I would have to coach something in order to be a history teacher. Many of the same classes, so it wasn't that big of deal...

However, switching to Quantum Physics would have probably delayed my graduation... 🙂

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I am graduating in 8 weeks and I could still theoretically change my major

You should probably go ahead and change it to something respectable, like art history.

 

[Tu13erhead]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I am graduating in 8 weeks and I could still theoretically change my major

Would you still graduate in 8 weeks?

 

[skim milk]

Originally posted by: arcenite
I am not sure they can prohibit you from switching majors

is that the case if switching majors doesn't delay graduation or by couple semesters....

or are you saying I can stay in school for 10 years if I wanted to by keep flipping majors(not saying I want to). I don't think they would allow that... at least the appeal process is required

 

[DVK916]

Well I am currently a double major in Econ and Stat, but I am going to drop the Econ major and just do Stats with a math minor, and I only have 1 year left.

At my school you can make any changes as long as you can do them in under the 225 unit cap.

 

[Trikat]

Switched from Comp Engineering to Business this winter (middle of Soph year).
So now I kinda "wasted" my freshman year and first half of Soph year. All I had transferred were math class credits and the hours I took at the college.

 

[DVK916]

Yea I am on the quarter system. You should check to see if your school has a unit cap. Not all schools do, and every school is different for the unit cap.

PS. 225 Quarter Units = 150 Semester Units.