Applied to one major but taking courses for another. Will it be a problem?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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I applied to Berkeley as an Interdisciplinary Studies major. The only pre-reqs were 2 classes which I finished back in Fall.

However, my main goal is to do Cog Sci over there so I have been taking Cog Sci courses concurrently (I applied Cog Sci for the rest of the UCs back in Fall and finished my major-prep for them).

I want to take some Cog Sci courses in the Summer (not as major-prep but as “additionally recommended” courses). If I were to update my TAU with this change would Berkeley think it’s a bit suspicious?

Do I have anything to lose by updating my TAU?

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No to both questions, because you applied to cog sci elsewhere, but can you switch into cog sci at Berkeley? Be sure and check. I’m thinking you can’t, but I could be wrong.

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@Ohm888 We enter the College of Letters and Sciences as “technically” undeclared so I think it’s feasible.

If I am hearing you correctly, it serves no benefit to update my TAU with summer courses, right?

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You misunderstand the L&S rules. I’m pretty sure you can’t switch into cog sci after you transfer as it’s a high demand major.

I would just stick with IS and create a unique major incorporating cog sci.

https://ls.berkeley.edu/advising/planning/schedule-planning/choosing-major/high-demand-majors