Does it matter what an applicant’s declared major is if the major is from the College of Letters and Sciences?
Will the admissions office compare SAT-II scores/AP scores with the declared major and determine if an applicant is fit for that major, let alone the school?
OR, do they ignore the declared major for admissions and save it for placement?
<p>it depends on the school and the major...some UCs have impacted majors</p>
<p>let's say, Berkeley</p>
<p>Accordding to the berkeley admission web site, "For applications to the College of Letters and Science, Natural Resources and Environmental Design, no consideration is given to the indicated major in the review process." </p>
<p>google is a great tool ...</p>
<p>i dont think there are any impacted majors at the college of letters and science at berkeley</p>
<p>There are impacted majors in letters they include economics, psychology, and political science.</p>
<p>What is an impacted major?</p>
<p>Is it a major that requires additional review of an applicant before admission?</p>
<p>Anyone know?</p>
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brandon05 writes: What is an impacted major?
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are there any questions you're going to ask that can't be answered with 10 seconds effort on google?</p>
<p>impacted majors are overfilled- too many students</p>
<p>WHAT???????????????????????@!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Can you tell me where you found that info about Berk and impacted majors/????! I thought all majors in the college of arts and sciences were weighed equally. I applied econ, but my sat ii math score isn't super or anything, while my writing is pretty good. where did you find this?</p>
<p>sorry mikemac, right now i prefer posting a question/message, logging off to do other things, then returning when i have the time.</p>
<p>UCaliGirl9, relax, impacted majors don't affect your admission to Cal as a frosh applicant. For many majors you have to complete prerequisites prior to being accepted into the major; for an impacted major simply passing the prerequisites isn't enough, they have more potential students than they can accomodate. So they select based on GPA. See, for example, the description of the process by the psychology major at <a href="http://psychology.berkeley.edu/undergrads/majorrequirements.html%5B/url%5D">http://psychology.berkeley.edu/undergrads/majorrequirements.html</a> </p>
<p>However this does not affect your chances of being accepted into Cal. According to the Berkeley Freshman Admission Flyer
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the Colleges of Chemistry, Environmental Design, Letters and Science, and Natural Resources do not admit students to specific majors. Students choose a major after enrolling in these colleges.
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You did read, this, right? It's right there on the Admission page at Cal.</p>
<p>Some friendly advice for you and brandon05. The UC schools can deliver a great education but you don't get the same attention and guidance you do at a LAC or expensive private. The expection is that the info is out there and you've spent the time to familarize yourself with it. Got a question? Try to answer it on your own first because while help is available when you're truly stumped, you are expected to turn to these only after you've exhausted your own efforts. If you're not comfortable with this then you're not going to like the UC system. This holds in class, too. Don't go asking the prof or TA how to solve a homework problem when they've posted the solutions; with limited resources, they only expect to see you if you've read thru the solution and are still puzzled.</p>
<p>Brandon05 may "prefer" posting questions and letting someone else do the work in finding the answers, but let me assure you this isn't going to fly at a UC. You can grow up now, or have it forced down your throat come September.</p>
<p>mikemac - Sorry, but you are the one that needs to chill and stop pretending like your're perfect. Of course I've researced every Cali school, and FYI I attend a school with thousands of students currrently and am very successful, and have succeed in a class at UCSD. You don't need to make any comments about my abilties. The private, liberal arts setting is exactly what I'm NOT looking for because I want to taste greater independence and to become an accomplished business woman. I am always doing my own research, but since this is a college message board, and someone posted that impacted majors for Berk include economics, I did freak out. I spent time already making sure it wouldn't affect my admission, and I wanted to know the source when someone said the opposite. The UCs make all the information accessible, but sometimes certain sources conflict with others. </p>
<p>Sometimes the greatest research tool out there is is the help of others, and knowing when to ask for it is just as important as standing by and watching or spending hours searching on your computer. As a future economist, I am trying to learn how to make use of a very scarce resource - time - and one of the best ways to do so is when someone has a piece of information you want ask them their source and then research it for yourself, opposed to spending hours searching for the link. Of course, you won't always have this option, but when you do by all means seize it. I hope you don't walk around criticizing others in your everyday life...</p>
<p>omg ucaligirl9, this is overblown. mikemac was just trying to explain the reality of the "sink or swim" environment of the UCs, but you took personal offense to it. lets not attack each other now and lets all be friends =D</p>
<p>I just wanted to share my thoughts on it. Sorry though, a bunch of other things were going on when I wrote that, and it sounded a little harsh. Oh well, just my opinion - no reason why we can't all be friends because of conflicting opinions - That's what makes the world work so well =D</p>