<p>Hi, I am new to this board and have a daughter interested in UCD. Not sure if she would end up in biology or environmental sciences, or possibly something else altogether. Which are the most or least competitive?</p>
<p>Biology should be the most competitive. As for environmental sciences, I'm not sure.</p>
<p>I don't think L&S majors matter. At least the case for the schools I applied to (UCI, UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCSB), the majors in the College and Letters and Sciences were never "competitive", in that the school would only be able to admit a certain percentage of admits based on the number of people applying for that major (ie. 1000 people apply to biology, they could all theoretically get in if they meet the base admissions of the university, not based on their stats relative to each other). That is different for special schools, but I don't think biology or enviro sci are specialized at Davis.</p>
<p>What I am asking about is the different schools (or maybe they are called colleges) within Davis. At another university we are looking at (Cal Poly SLO), it clearly shows a much lower average GPA for the school of Agriculture then say, for the school of letters, arts & sciences. Does it work the same way at Davis?</p>
<p>If they are different schools within the university, then yes there would be a difference. People that get into, say, engineering, usually have higher statistics.</p>
<p>Since the selection requirements change from year to year; due to different applicant pools, enrollment targets, etc; it is difficult to determine the difficulty of admission. Most likely programs in the College of Engineering will be most competitive but the other college’s battle for the next most difficult title each year.</p>
<p>is the college of bio sci usually pretty competitive, like in the top colleges w/in Davis on a yearly basis?</p>