changing majors

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - San Diego
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<p>I know some people might be upset with me asking this as to because they didn't get their first choice of major</p>

<p>Well I got accepted with the Bioengineering: Biotech major, but now I really just want to do Bioengineering, without the Biotech part. It's a small difference, i know, and it doesn't really affect my freshman courses, but it starts to differentiate during sophmore year. </p>

<p>How hard would it be to change it? Majors aren't declared yet, so does that mean i can declare Bioengineering instead of Bioengineering:biotech by the end of my freshman year? knowing that the Bioengineering majors are impacted?</p>

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<p>I honestly doubt you'd be able to switch to Bioengineering; its UCSD's most-impacted major for a reason.</p>

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<p>its just a tiny change though, i mean, I'm already in bioengineering: biotech, im just trying to go back a little to just bioengineering</p>

<p>how would i even do it? do i do it as a prefrosh? or during my freshman year?</p>

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<p>they don't consider any requests from prefrosh!</p>

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<p>well im planning to enroll, so would i be able to switch it as a freshman even though its impacted? </p>

<p>when i declare majors, can't i just declare "bioe" without the "biotech" part? haha, wouldnt that just work just as well?</p>

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<p>ah whatever, i ll make the best of it, thanks anyways</p>

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<p>I'm really curious as to the process of switching majors. I got into structural engineering, but because of a full scholarship I recieved I need to take computer or mechanical engineering. How hard is it to switch into these majors? Are they impacted?</p>

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<p>You shouldn't worry too much about this stuff now, as a talk with your counselor will get you all the info you'll need, plus, by the time u get in school you'll probably change your major</p>

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<p>Switching into a non-impacted major, like mechanical engineering, is just a matter of filling out a form and sending it in. Computer Engineering on the other hand is impacted and the process becomes more complicated. A good place to start researching is the general catalog. It has answers to many of your major-related questions. </p>

<p>Catalog:
UC</a> San Diego General Catalog Web Contents</p>

<p>Impacted Majors
(UCSD</a> Jacobs School of Engineering)</p>