@ucsdcompsci , thanks a lot for your response, her school in india does not offer APs. How difficult would it be if i request for a change of major to Bioengineering?
I am admitted into the school, and I just find out I did something wrong in the applications. On the Nonresident Exemption Screening form on UCSDās portal. For question 3, ā By the first day of instruction at UC, will you have attended 3 or more years of K-12 education in California and have graduated from a California high school?ā, I checked āYESā for this question, but it should be āNOā as I checked on my UC center application.
I already sent a email to explain the situationā¦ I hope nothing bad will happen
@UmaSridhar to change her major intro Bioengineering, since it is impacted she must complete certain screening courses and be able to achieve a high GPA in them. More info is found here ā http://be.ucsd.edu/undergrad-majors
Important info found here ;;
Each fall quarter, a certain number (determined on an annual basis) of āContinuingā Sophomore students who apply will be selected to enter the āimpactedā Bioengineering; Bioengineering: Biotechnology; Bioengineering: Bioinformatics; or Bioengineering: Biosystems major. The selection process is entirely based on students having the highest GPA obtained in the 8-10 screening courses.
In addition, itās important to note that she will only be allowed to apply to the major āone time onlyā, meaning if she gets rejected the first time, she wonāt be able to apply a second time. So if she wants to do bioengineering she should be entirely certain she wants to do it and work very hard in her screening courses to be able to do it!
In either event, best of luck to your daughter!
How is the data science major at UCSD? I heard itās relatively new, but it sounds interesting. Also, how hard is it to get classes with a CS minor? I was planning to minor in CS with a data science major.
Thanks 
Is the process for Mechanical Engineering the same as for Bioengineering? - e.g., impacted major and you have to apply sophomore year? What do you do if you have post-AP science or math credits coming in - can that exempt you from the āscreeningā courses?
I think I answered part of my own question - looks like each engineering school has their own page of criteria - here is Mechanical Engineering: http://maeweb.ucsd.edu/undergrad/ugadmissions
But a question remains - if you have tested out with APs (or gotten college transfer credit) for the prerequisites for the application to switch to ME major, can you skip taking the basic classes? I would assume so and that perhaps registration (and success) in higher level classes during freshman year might help your major transfer application after the freshman year? But as a practical matter, are those higher level classes open to freshmen who are not technically engineering majors yet?
@UCBound2018 While I donāt know anyone taking Data Science courses nor have I taken them myself, Iāve taken classes with the professors who pioneered the program and many of them are extremely qualified and good professors. DSE also has a lot of support from the San Diego Supercomputer Center!
However, you cannot minor in CS while majoring in DSE. Also, because of its impacted major status, CS minors do not get the priority to get CS classes that CS majors do.
Hopefully if I understand correctly, basic courses = GE courses and higher-level courses = major-specific courses haha
Yes, as long as you have course prerequisites filled, you can skip the lower division courses and go into classes to take for that specific major. Many classes especially in the lower division level are not major-locked; even though Iām a CS major I can take MAE 8 if I wanted to. Screening courses especially must be open to any major to allow people to switch!
I am admitted into the school, and I just find out I did something wrong in the applications. On the Nonresident Exemption Screening form on UCSDās portal. For question 3, ā By the first day of instruction at UC, will you have attended 3 or more years of K-12 education in California and have graduated from a California high school?ā, I checked āYESā for this question, but it should be āNOā as I checked on my UC center application.
I already sent a email to explain the situationā¦ I hope nothing bad will happen
@zasdasd Sorry Iām unsure what your question is here and whether or not you have one. Also I donāt know anything about specific details of enrollment requirements like that.
I got admitted into ucsd as Undeclared. Would it be extremely difficult to switch into something like electrical engineering or comp engineering?
@tjuacalla123 For electrical engineering and computer engineering under the ECE dept, you have to take certain screening courses and achieve a 3.5 gpa at least (where they select the highest achieving people that quarter), but it doesnāt seem like there is a cap on how many times you apply. http://www.ece.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/capped-major-status
For computer engineering under the CSE department, you have to take screening courses and achieve a 3.3 gpa at least, but it is a random lottery whether or not you get the major, and there is a two-time cap on how many times you apply. https://cse.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/cse-capped-major-status
@ucsdcompsci āStudents may apply for a change of major into the CSE department a maximum of two times (not including applications submitted previous to the 2017-2018 academic years)ā
Does this mean 2 max per academic year or is this a change in policy starting from the 2017-2018 year?
Hiā¦my D was just accepted to Muir as a theater major. Does anyone have an opinion about this program? Iām reading so much about incredible science programs on here.
@AbsolutePetrich 2 max forever starting this year. The new policy began this year.
@yorkymom I donāt know too much about the major myself, but I do know that San Diego itself has a thriving theatre scene. In addition, the La Jolla playhouse is right next to Revelle, so your daughter would have a lot of opportunities to thrive. While I know our graduate program is fantastic for theatre, I canāt seem to find too much info on the undergrad program unfortunately, but congrats to your daughter!
I got admitted in Sixth college and I wanted to know if thereās any significant differences between each college. Also, could I ask how finding roommates work? Iām not sure where I can get in contact with other applicants in Sixth college. Thank you! Your replies are super informative and have really helped me out.
@sevstar itās nice to be appreciated
Really your major difference are food and housing (which is negligible, esp in your 3rd/4th years) and GE reqs. Sixth has pretty fair GE reqs though its housing is far and food is meh. However I think they are the nost neighborhoodly of colleges and everyone from Sixth knows everyone else from Sixth haha.
You can randomize a roommate via providing preferences when room selection info comes out, but you can also post on the 2022 FB page a little bio and search for roommates there then specify them when you want a double/triple.
@ucsdcompsci Son was accepted to CS in Warren with no programming experience. UCI suggested beginners start with python, but UCSD site suggested Java, C , and Linux. Do you think UCSD CS is a bad idea for beginners. He would certainly be starting with 8A instead of 11. Just nervous that UCI or Cal Poly Pomona may be better suited for newbies. Any words or encouragement? Honest assessment for chances of being able to make it through the program would be appreciated. Is there a high attrition rate for CS like there is for engineering?
One more question for ucsdcompsci. I would like to take a course (or two) at ucsd this summer.
How long will it take me to enroll?
I am afraid that courses may fill up if I wait too long.
I would like to start with the Warren writing class.
Can I do it without enrolling first and somehow get credit for it.
Thanks in advance.
@CopperlineX2 UCSD CS is fine for beginners. The benefits of Java over Python is that your son will have a strong object-oriented programming base, which is necessary for a strong foundation in computer science. (Python is not object-oriented programming, and is generally more basic than Java though may be more flexible in some applications). CSE 8A also is very beginner-friendly and is taught by Professor Cao generally, who is an amazing beginning programming prof.
Starting with 8A, you will be doing Java in the fall and winter, then C/UNIX in the spring with 12 and 15L. C and UNIX go very hand in hand together. So you wonāt be doing Java, C, and UNIX all at once.