How admission works
You are admitted directly to Automotive & Diesel Technology when you are admitted to UW–Porter Falls — there is no separate application. Declare it on your application or change to it later through your adviser. Meeting a few readiness benchmarks in the first year keeps you on the four-year path.
First-year readiness benchmarks
Stay in good academic standing, complete the first-year math and introductory automotive & diesel technology courses on schedule, and keep your GPA above the program’s progression minimum. Students who fall behind in the first year can usually still finish, just on a five-year rather than four-year path — your adviser will remap it.
If you are transferring in
Transfer students are welcome. Send transcripts for evaluation, use the transfer-course guide, and meet with an adviser before registering so approved credit lands where it should. Most general-education and introductory major credit transfers cleanly; upper-division major courses are reviewed by the department.
Questions and next steps
An admissions counselor or a Automotive & Diesel Technology adviser can walk you through the specifics for your situation. Start with the program page and the application, and see the four-year plan for how the courses sequence.
If your plans change
Because admission is direct, there is no competitive gate to fail — but falling behind in the first-year benchmarks above can push you onto a five-year path or into a related major with lower prerequisites. If that happens, meet with your adviser as soon as a term goes badly rather than after two or three have; the earlier plan changes, the fewer credits are lost.
Common questions
Can I start undeclared and move into Automotive & Diesel Technology later? Yes for most students, though a direct-admit program like this one is easiest to enter from day one — talk to an adviser about which prerequisites to prioritize if you switch in later.
Does a minor or double major affect admission? No — admission is based on the criteria above regardless of what else you plan to study, though a heavier combined course load can make the prerequisite timeline tighter.
Where do deadlines and current thresholds live? The program page and your adviser have the current cycle's dates and numbers; this page describes how the process works rather than this year's specific deadline.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. The admission process described here is a parody of how programs like this typically work; the specific thresholds are invented.