Answering Required Prompt: Major

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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Hello! I need your help on deciding how to tackle a UC Transfer Application prompt. My career goal is to become an accountant (CPA). I am applying to the following UC campuses (these campuses have many firms that recruit on campus):

  • Business Administration B.A. at UCI, offers minor in accounting
  • Business Economics at UCLA, offers minor in accounting
  • Economics & Accounting B.A. at UCSB
  • Business Administration B.S. at UCR, offers concentration in accounting

The prompt is: Please describe how you have prepared for your intended major, including your readiness to succeed in your upper-division courses once you enroll at the university.

If my UC Transfer Application asks this prompt, how should I answer to encompass all three types of majors? Instead of specifying the major, could I relate to how my intended major and the program offered at the UC would help me toward my career goals?

I run into this issue: If I wrote Business Administration, UCI and UCR would find that their campus offers it. But other campuses would clearly see that this major isn’t offered at their campus - and vice versa for other majors like Economics & Accounting and Business Economics. This sounds silly of me to ask, but I’d appreciate your help.

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Just write in general terms about business, Econ, finance. They’re all related. In fact, that’s what the UC specifically says to do.

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Thank you very much, Ohm888! :smile: I will do just that