I know UCSD admits based on specific majors, at least for engineering. Does anyone know which of the following are most/least competitive of Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, and Environmental Engineering?
UCSD does NOT admit based on your major. You are first admitted to UCSD, regardless of what major you choose. Once you are admitted to UCSD, you are then admitted to your major of choice. If the major is non-impacted, then this happens automatically. If the major is impacted (like any of the engineering majors), then this happens on a competitive basis. However, it does not effect at all whether you are admitted to UCSD or not, just whether you are admitted to the engineering major. If you do not get into the engineering major as an incoming freshmen, you can still apply to switch to the impacted major as a continuing student if you want to as a UCSD student.
I don’t think UCSD publishes information about which engineering major has the most students apply to it. However, you should apply to UCSD as the engineering major that you actually want to be, not the one you think is the “least competitive.” It’s better to know as an incoming freshman whether you were admitted into the major of your choice or not, so you can make an informed decision about whether you want to go to UCSD or not. It’s harder and riskier to switch into an impacted major as a continuing student because it’s based on your college GPA (which may be harder to get higher grades in) and there’s no guarantee that you will be admitted (and no way of knowing your chances of being admitted because it’s based on how many spots are open any given year and how competitive the other applicants are). Picking any impacted major will NOT impact your ability to get into UCSD, so if you are comfortable attending UCSD in a different degree program than the one you initially wanted, you will still be able to do so, regardless of which major you choose.
Probably environmental engineering. See the following link, under open majors.
Also, if you are an OOS student, consider the high costs of paying for 4 years. $55K per year to OOS and international candidates.
@DrGoogle I read over the link, so that means open majors, such as mechanical engineering are not impacted? So if I apply as a Mechanical Engineering Major and don’t get in, I can still get into Aerospace engineering which is another open major? So the only impacted majors are bioengineering, bioengineering: biotechnology, computer engineering (CSE), computer engineering (ECE), and computer science?
@ILoveCSE The link that @DrGoogle posted is the course catalog from 2006-2007. As such, many parts may be (and are completely) inaccurate and no longer true. This is the equivalent link from the current (2015-2016) catalog:
http://ucsd.edu/catalog/curric/SOE.html
All engineering majors are impacted (including Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), as listed in this current and up-to-date list on UCSD’s website:
https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/advising/majors-minors/impacted-majors.html
So I understand that admission to CS and CompE at UCSD is competitive, due to the impacted status. Some students will apparently get a direct admit into these majors, whereas other will be admitted as Undeclared. What percentage of freshmen admits will get the direct admit into the program. I know at University of Washington, it is less than 25%.
All of the UC’s, that you’ve asked and started threads about for any engineering field, are impacted.
Are you an international student hoping to be employed in the US for aerospace?
Aerospace engineering is not exactly what you think it is in the business world.
It’s very political based on lobbies for each state’s companies. One company, in one state, subcontracts a portion of a specification of a contract. Another state subcontractor designs and holds another portion of the contract. Then another state produces and secures parts. Etc. Is this what you wanted to pursue?
@“aunt bea” To whom are you directing your comment above? I was asking a question about CS admissions at UCSD. This is the only forum where I have posted such a question.
I was asking about the OP’s (@engfrsh), question, @ocgolfdad. The original poster has had 8 posts.