Hi all, recently accepted UCSD student here (yay), applied Bioengineering and got accepted undeclared though.
As a student who was accepted undeclared I was wondering which capped majors are more selective than others, and what criteria they use to select you. I know in general engineering is much more selective than bio majors, but I was wondering on what basis do they choose you i.e. GPA solely or? Like for Bioengineering its the highest gpa of 9 classes, and comp sci its random lottery (rip) but for most other majors they are vague on selection criteria except a list of prerequisite courses and an application which must be filled out.
The majors I’m particularly interested in (aside from Bioengineering) in order of my perception of most selective to least are ME, ECE, Nano/Chemical Engineering, Biochem/Biology
Thanks in advance!
Nevermind about the criteria, after 5 minutes of not being lazy I found GPA is probably the major factor (although people with 4.0 GPA have gotten rejected??)
I’d just like to know which majors are more selective than others.
engineering is more selective than all other majors at this school. bioE is probably most selective, then ece/mechE, then probably nanoE/chemE.
bio related majors have more people switching out than in, so it’s less selective IMO.
Alright cool, final thing would you say BioE is so selective that its not worth trying to apply if not accepted as a freshman just like CSE?
Well I mean it looks like you can only apply once and the baseline GPA is probably high. It isn’t impossible but gauge it on your ability to get a high GPA here.
But of course if you don’t get in that one time you apply for it you’re screwed.
Ok thanks I’ll keep that in mind