<p>Hi I was recently accepted to UCSD as a physics major, but I would like to change my major to an applied mathematics/comp sci major! Any info on how this is done, and if it is relatively easy to do so? Also I was wondering if anyone has any insights or tips on how the math/comp sci major is, in terms of difficulty to achieve good grades, tips on how to survive it, etc. Thank you for any responses in advance!!</p>
<p>Changing majors is quite easy, since the majors you are interested in are not impacted. All you need to do is log in to Tritonlink and there should be a link on the left column labeled “Majors/Minors” and you just change your major. It may take a few days to process, but since you are a new admit, you don’t have to rush to change it, just wait till school starts. </p>
<p>You can look at your 4 year plan here: <a href=“https://aventeur.ucsd.edu/public/student_four_year_plans/?currentCollege=WA[/url]”>https://aventeur.ucsd.edu/public/student_four_year_plans/?currentCollege=WA</a>. If you are in warren college, the GE’s are easier for compsci majors. I heard the engineering classes are hard and the Math 20 series can be challenging including Math20D-F. There is a CSE (Computer Science & engineering) lab where there are many computers and it has been said that CSE majors stay there trying to finish their projects lol so be prepared to make that your home. UCSD is pretty good for CSE :D</p>
<p>Oh awesome I was accepted to warren college 
thanks clarkfobes that was very insightful, now im just going to decide between mathematics in probability/statistics or math/comp sci! Do you have any idea which major would better prepare me for the finance industry, preferably for S&T in the banking industry? I am planning to go into the quantitative finance industry!</p>
<p>Applied Math/Stats or Pure Math would be a good fit. Or even Joint Math/Econ (my major)</p>
<p>Ah ok I will be planning to do an applied math/stats major then. How is the Math/Econ major so far Oyama?</p>
<p>Pretty easy. Some fun electives. Honor’s Thesis was pretty brutal, though.</p>
<p>What is the honors thesis exactly? And does everyone have to do it?</p>
<p>You have to apply to get into the Honor’s track in your 4th year (if you’re housed in the Econ Department for your major), so no, not everyone has to/wants to/can do it… You elect a professor as your thesis advisor and you collaborate on some empirical (or in my case, experimental) study, and write why you’re doing it, how you’re doing it, why the research is important, the results, and what those results mean.</p>
<p>Being in the Econ department, it’s going to be highly quantitative and of the 22 pages it ended up amounting to, maybe 5 of those were nothing but methodological proofs.</p>