The (Not So) Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer podcast has advice for freshmen, sophomores and incoming freshmen if they feel their current major is not the right fit. We cover what are the options, what is the process, who can students meet with to get more details and where can you find the information online.

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LAURA VOGT: Hi my name is Laura Vogt and I’m the communications and events manager for engineering student services in the College of Engineering. Welcome back for another week of the Not So Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley engineer. This week I’m excited we have Sharon Mueller and she’s going to go over what to do when you’re in the wrong major. As you’re doing your studies, you figured out that it’s not quite what you want to do, and we’re going to look at it in four different student types.

SHARON MUELLER: Yes. Yeah I think that’s probably the best way to approach it because a students approach is going to be very different based upon their current status.

LV: Sharon, I know you’ve been on the podcast before so let’s remind everyone who you are and what you do for us.

SM: I am Sharon Mueller and I’m director of advising and policy in engineering student services in the College of Engineering.

LV: Let’s start with, who’s going to be our first group that we want to look at.

SM: I