<p>I was accepted into the major I put down as 2nd choice, economics, over my first choice in the college of engineering.</p>
<p>The acceptance page says that it is extremely rare to be able to switch into the college of engineering, and it is basically understood that I have to stay in L&S, even though I have no interest in any major in L&S.</p>
<p>Anyone have any experience with something similar?</p>
<p>I feel like this is quite common. They didn’t have enough space for your first major or you weren’t competitive enough, regardless of the reason, you either A. deal with your 2nd major or B. go somewhere else.</p>
<p>This happened to my daughter as well. Hard to believe as she was accepted to the 4th best engineering college in the country (UIUC)… but yeah, she already submitted her SIR telling UCSB she will not be attending next year because she has no desire to major in any L&S either. Apparently it’s next to impossible to switch into engineering at these UC schools, so I would advise you move on as she already has.</p>
<p>@Mmmmom same here son was accepted to Purdue and to Letters & Sciences here. It would’ve been better if he was waitlisted for Engineering instead of being admitted to something he has no desire in attending.</p>
<p>Ya, to be honest, it just means you weren’t good enough for the engineering major but still good enough to get in to UCSB. If you want to do engineering, I’d recommend going to another school, as it will be almost impossible to switch majors.</p>
<p>@collegeboundkid2 - That’s very true. It seemed almost as bad as a rejection to her because she wouldn’t even consider an L&S major, but oh well! Clearly it is their loss and we shouldn’t worry about it; good luck to your son wherever he ends up!</p>
<p>got into SLO anyway lol</p>
<p>No one can force you to stay in that major, However since the admission office already processed your application they would expect you to enroll in the fall semester with an economics major. then I am sure second semester you can switch. No college can force you to stay to one major. try calling and ask.</p>
<p>I hate to say this, but not one person from what I have seen/read on this forum got into the Engineering school. Is this a mistake? I applied to Computer Science and was accepted into my alternate major of Economics as well in the College of L & S. </p>
<p>I don’t want to sound cocky but I feel like I should have gotten in. This has only solidified as time since admission has progressed; everyone posting on this forum that applied for the Engineering school from what I can tell got into their alternate major. </p>
<p>Can anyone shed some light on this???</p>
<p>I got into Computer Engineering at UCSB, but don’t know the criteria they were looking for.</p>
<p>@randomuser18 Thanks, thought I was going crazy for a second.</p>
<p>S was accepted to ME which was his first choice.</p>
<p>I’m a bit confused as well. I feel like I should have gotten into their college of engineering as computer science, but I got my second choice instead. I got into every single UC school (apart from UCLA and Cal as they haven’t released their decisions yet) as engineering so I’m a bit disheartened.</p>
<p>It’s not impossible to switch into the college of engineering; you just have to fulfill all the prerequisite courses for the major during the first year and get a high enough gpa (~>3.5). Then you should have a decent chance of switching colleges.</p>
<p>Of course, this is a lot harder than just going to another school that already has you as an engineering major.</p>
<p>I would also consider another school where you have gotten accepted at for engineering. Switching majors is difficult and if it doesn’t work out you are stuck with something you don’t actually want to major in, and there’s no point in that.</p>
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Other posts in this forum have made it sound quite difficult, from people that have actually tried. I don’t know if dchau503 has personal experience or is just speculating.
This</a> would imply the odds are 5 out of 30, not something I would term a decent chance. If there is another school where you were accepted as an engineer major, I’d take it.</p>