I’m looking for engineering programs in the CSU system, but some campuses will be a reach for me. Is it possible
to pick a less competitive major at the tougher schools, all on the same app? (I haven’t started the app yet because there is an issue with my name and I don’t want to start the app until I straighten this out)
Yes, because they don’t even all offer the same majors.
I just thought of something, though, I wonder if they can see your other apps… Because if so, they can see if someone is trying to game the system by getting in through a less competitive major. I don’t know the answer to that.
they get far too many applications to care which major you selected at another campus.
All that matters is completed A-G courses and Eligibility Index.
Yes, you can choose different majors for different campuses, since the majors offered vary across campuses.
But getting into a campus in a less competitive major and then changing after enrolling means that you will probably face another admission process with no assurance of being able to change.