<p>I'm currently in a California Community College and I want to transfer to UCLA fall 2015 as a junior.</p>
<p>I'm going as a Bussiness Econ major but I want to double major Bio once I get there.</p>
<p>I will have a 3.92 GPA with all the prerequisites done with 62 semester units.</p>
<p>I don't have many extracurricular except I am currently an Supplemental Instruction Leader and I also work at a tutoring place that helps little kids learn. And I am also doing an Honors project at my school.</p>
<p>You’re competitive for business economics. I think the average GPA of students admitted under that major was something like a 3.9. To major in a life science field, you have to be admitted as a life science major. Students are prohibited from changing into a life science major.</p>
<p>@LegioLatius What specific life science major are you interested in? Whatever major that would be, you would also have to complete all of it’s prerequisites. I don’t know if you know this, but I am pretty sure that this is going to be almost impossible to complete. For once Business Economics and life science are two completely different things, meaning that there would be no major requirement classes that overlapped between the majors. You would have to complete two sets of classes to fulfill each of the majors </p>
<p>This is where your second problem comes into play. UCLA has a strict 216 unit limit, and that is in quarter units not semester units. After that, they kick you out. Since you have to complete two sets of classes, you are going to go over the limit. There is no way of doing double majoring in economics and life science without doing so. A Double major might work if the majors had some of the same requirements, but this is not the case.</p>
<p>Third, even if you could complete the two majors without going over the limit, UCLA does not allow transfer students to major in a life science if they were not admitted under a life science major. If you are interested in life science, then you could do a minor. Just so you know, there is no economics minor, in case you change your mind and want to major in life science. Also if you apply as a life science major, and get accepted to UCLA, you will not be able to switch to business economics or double major in it because it is an impacted major</p>
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<li>Demand for all life science majors significantly exceeds space available. Because life science majors require the completion of extensive preparatory course work prior to transfer, you must be admitted directly into a life sciences major; you will not be able to change from a non-life sciences major into a life-sciences major after admission to UCLA.</li>
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<p>PS; If you have time to do EC related to economics, then you should do them, Just keep in mind two things: The application is due in three months, so there is not much time to do EC, The second thing is that while UCLA considers EC activities in the applications process, they value academic preparation a lot more. </p>
<p>Unfortunately, that’s true with UCLA that you can’t double major in any of the good stuff because it’s so highly impacted. </p>
<p>Also, it’s actually very doable to double major in different fields depending on how many classes you’ll need to take. Don’t be discouraged by CollegeDropout1. If you’re considering Berkeley, you can double major in Econ (a capped major though) and MCB or IB. Just sayyying :P</p>
<p>Ok thanks for all the reply. I will have all the pre-reqs done for both business and biology except for 3 classes.
But does UCLA look at personal statements like Berkeley does?</p>
<p>UCLA, in the past, didn’t care too much about the personal statement, although they read them, but now that they’ve made their admissions process more holistic, they will pay closer attention to them.</p>
<p>UCLA does consider your personal statement but not to the highest extent that Berkeley does. You can write about hardships and accomplishments but don’t turn it into a sob story. You don’t want the reader to pity you. </p>