Thanks ucsdcompsci. I gave EE as my first choice.
@ethanvi Doesnāt look like you have to take the lab courses as an EE major! And it looks like you can take either PHYS 2 or PHYS 4 series. Here are the major reqs: http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/curric/ECE-ug.html
@ucsdcompsci Hey ! I know youāre a compsci student but do you happen to know anything about the history and chem majors at UCSD?
@splinteredwinds I can try my best to answer any questions you might pose 
I know a bit about chem but less about history, however I can redirect you to any useful resources.
@ucsdcompsci I was wondering how rigorous the chem major is and how big the classes are ? Same with the history major thank you !!
@splinteredwinds Chem classes at the lower div level are rather big as a lot of the chem classes are premed requirements. The upper div classes though get about 2x smaller though, with 40-person sections (240 person lectures) to 25-person sections (100 person lectures).
History lower divs are rather large too, but smaller than chem classes. History upper div classes are a lot smaller though with 50 person classes.
The thing I know most about history though is that we have a notoriously easy history professor named Magagna LOL. I think the history major though is easier in comparison to the chem major, which might be competitive because of all the premeds trying to get good grades haha.
Hi @ucsdcompsci,
My son will graduate from San Diego CCA HS this year and he always wanted to go to UCSD for computer schience. However, based on his stats, he may not get in since computer science has been a very impacted majors
His stats:
UC GPA: 3.77
UW: 3.62 and W: 4.2
SAT: 1450
SAT math 2: 780, physics: 760
AP: Calculus BC-5, Comp A: 5, US WH: 4 and Chem: 4
15+ AP classes
Essay: ok, decent EE
So far:
Rejected: UCD and SLO,
Accepted: UCR, UCSC, SDSU, CSULB
Waiting: UCI, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB
I think with his UC GPA is ok, itās slim chance that he get in. Though, I feel he did very well (and Iām very proud of his achievements) but computer science is so impacted and so many competition nowadays with UC addmission, so he may end up going to UCR for computer science and I think UCR academic is getting better each year, but I feel concern with internships.
I know you can transfer from UC to UC, it could be hard but possible if he does well at UCR, and I just want to help him prepare just in case, (who knows he may like it and stay at UCR).
Anyway, do you know of any information about taking equivalent classes so that it can be transferred to UCSD?
By the way, thanks for volunteering taking and answering questions. UC admission process has been very stressful and itās great feeling seeing someone out there can help!!! Oh, and I graduated from UCSD 26 years ago and working as a programmer now :-), and I love coding :-)!!
@Kim888 All UC courses are easily transferable to other UC campuses, but it is up to the discretion of the departments to determine equivalency between courses. However, you can probably compare between the two major catalogs and easily find equivalents by comparing their course contents. More info here: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/transfer/advising/transferring-credits/index.html
Unfortunately, there doesnāt seem to be info or some kind of list demonstrating all the equivalencies. Once he is admitted to UCR, he should refer to his CS major counselor for possible equivalencies to UCSDās coursework.
Lower div math might be a bit weird since UCSD has the 10 series of calculus and 20 series (Calculus for engineering, which CS majors have to take), but there isnāt much of a discernment in UCRās calculus series.
some UCR courses with equivalents at UCSD that I can see just by course title
UCR: Intro to Data Structures & Algorithms ā CSE 12 @ UCSD
UCR: Intro to Discrete Structures ā CSE 20 @ UCSD
UCR: Theory of Automata & Formal Language ā CSE 105 @ UCSD
UCR: Compiler Design ā CSE 131 @ UCSD
For the into C++ programming classes at UCSD, there isnāt technically an equivalent I donāt think as UCSDās intro classes are in Java, and then we ease into C++. But itās probably very easy for your son to have them recognized as an equivalent source as they may go over the same object-oriented programming basics.
Nice to see an alum though! 
Wow!! Thank you @ucsdcompsci for a quick response! Iāll keep that information in mind!
And good luck to all HS graduates!!
I am sorry to bother you with another question. I took the Palomar college multivariable calculus course last year. Right now I am taking their differential eqn class. The ucsd classes clashed with swimming practice. I am on the swimming team and could not take the math classes (math 18, 20C and one of 20D/E) offered after school from ucsd on my school campus. Will I be excused from 20C, 20D and 20E?
I will take math 18 (or 31AH) and perhaps math 31BH and 31CH (not sure).
I was admitted to EE at ucsd this afternoon.
Thanks for all your help.
Hello! I got admitted to UCSD this afternoon too with CSE major in Sixth College. I initially applied for CompSci major but it changed my to CSE and iām wondering if i should change my major to what I originally had, or should i just stick with CSE? i have a feeling CSE is harder than compsciā¦
also, what is the process of declaring a minor? i know that you cant declare it as a freshman but im planning to declare an art minor as soon as i can ><
thank you for starting this thread! it really helps a lot <3
Just got back from classes!
@ethanvi Excused how? Sorry. but the question MIGHT be a little bit too specific for me. Do you mean excused from taking it or excused credits? If you cannot take the math classes you wonāt get credit for them. Also congrats!
@anigue Congratulations! Do you know if itās Computer Engineering under the Computer Science department or Electrical engineering department? If the former, you can switch to computer science whenever. Computer engineering is really for people slightly more into hardware, which isnāt much of my thing, so if you like that then you can choose to stay. To declare a minor, once you are enrolled you can message UCSD advising at vac.ucsd.edu and theyāll put you on a minor track However you can take classes of your minor before you declare it. Lol iām trying to declare cogs sci minor but iāve been pretty lazy haha. Congrats btw!
@ucsdcompsci my admission letter says āCSE:Computer Engineeringā so im guessing its in CS department? iām not sure lol but I want to accept it as early as I can so at least I feel like Iāll get the most of out Sixth and get good housing plan (maybe. idk. hopefully. iāll make sure to bring a bike lmao). I think Iāll call admissions sometime tomorrow and clear some stuff up before I accept it. Iām not much into hardware (i like programming better) so I might switch back to comp sci and put myself in a minor track while im at it 
thank youuu for your helppp i very much appreciate the quick reply ^^
Hi @ucsdcompsci ,
I got into UCSD but into my alternate major, Data Science. Iām honestly conflicted about staying in data science because I would love to transfer into CS or even CS-math. Do you know how tough would it be to transfer into comp sci? Also, how is Warren compared to Reville? They were my top choices and at that time of my application, I didnāt know which one suited me more. I got into Warren (#1 choice) while the majority of my STEM friends picked Revelle. I was just wondering about the difference between those two colleges.
Thanks for taking your time out of your day to do this thread
@anigue Yep! Iām fairly certain itās the Computer Engineering under the CS department. You can change your major to CS without going through the lottery/applications system since youāre already under the department Congratulations again!
Also Iāve been seeing a lot of people saying sixth sucks in the freshmen 2022 thread lol. It doesnāt really suck, itās just memed a lot because raccoons and how the food is just whatever and itās far away. But what a lot of my friends in sixth really like and what I notice is just that it seems like everyone in sixth literally knows each other for some reason. Itās probably the college that feels the most like a little neighborhood where you know all the neighbors. I hardly know anyone from Warren myself LOL. But good luck on making your decisions!
For CS, you should definitely go to a school where you have been guaranteed the major. The transfer system turned into a 4.0-ceiling to a random lottery where the minimum GPA is a 3.3 (this is because people kept dropping out and retaking classes when they couldnāt ensure a 4.0). Math-CS is much more realistic to get into, but like its name it has more math classes put into it. So if you like math then itās a good substitute.
also lel rip your friends they will hate revelle but dont tell them I said that
Revelle and ERC have an annoying set of GEs to cover and really time consuming writing classes to boot. Warren is probably the best for engineering and CS majors because of its proximity to engineering classes and CS labs, as well as a specialized set of GEs for engineering/CS majors (though not for math-cs). Also, if you like having a single then you picked the right college LOL. Revelle freshmen have like a low low low chance of getting a single, while 40% of warren dorms are singles!!
Revelle food > warren food tho LMAO
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I know some schools have a survey or something to place you with dorm mates with similar habits and interests as you. Does UCSD have anything like this?
@California1235 Yup! Alternatively you can post a bio on the 2022 official group page and surf through bios there I recommend it better because you can then consider hobbies and hygiene habits and things. Doesnāt seem to be a lot of bios so far though since it was just out yesterday.
@ucsdcompsci , hi my D got chemical engineering(nano) in Revelle, any idea how is he chem engineering in UCSD and assuming she takes chem engineering with bio specifics courses, what is the job oppurtunities for the same. We are from india and have no idea how the school system works. Thanks.
@UmaSridhar Congrats to your daughter! In my opinion chemical engineering is better at the other UCs (particularly Santa Barbara) but I know that a lot of companies recruit chemical engineering and biotechnology-related majors in the San Diego area particularly for our Science & Technology Career Fair in the winter.
Viewing the major requirements for chemical engineering however, (http://ne.ucsd.edu/undergrad-programs/degree/bs-chemical-engineering/major-req) I donāt think your daughter will be able to take many biology-specific courses. The chemical engineering curriculum seems more math/physics/chemistry based with not very much emphasis on biology. If she insists on taking biology courses as an elective, it may make it difficult to graduate considering she is in Revelle. (Refer to http://plans.ucsd.edu/). It depends on her AP credits though, and Revelle is very easy if you waive many of the requirements via AP credits; however if she doesnāt have very many it might be difficult for her to balance.
Note that some quarters from http://plans.ucsd.edu/ advocate her taking more than 16 units (if she does not have any AP credits), sometimes reaching 18-22 units. The average UCSD student takes 12-16 units a quarter.