<p>If you guys have been at least a bit active on this thread you probably have seen my dilema.</p>
<p>When November started, I was confident in myself that I would either get accepted into either UCSB or UCI as a ChemE major. However, after asking around here on CC and emailing some people, I learned that I would be denied admission to both schools because I have not even started the Physics series yet. The thing is, I'm pretty sure sure that I can get into UCSB as a premajor in either Bio/Chem. (UCSB being my top priority.) But I have University Link with UCSD and am guaranteed admission and I dont think NanoCHemE is impacted.</p>
<p>So I pretty much have another dilema:</p>
<p>Go to UCSD and pursue ChemE, but then again its UCSD; I want to experience college and maybe go to some parties.
OR
Go to UCSB as a Bio or Chem major and have a fun time.</p>
<p>(I know college is what you make it, but come on you cant compare the social scene of UCSD and UCSB)</p>
<p>I’m not that familiar with UniversityLink, but I’m going to guess similarly to TAG it probably only guarantees you admission into UCSD, not into your selected major. Chem engineering at UCSD isn’t impacted, but the whole department is so competitive that I don’t see how you could be admitted as a transfer to any of the Jacobs School of Engineering majors without having completed the basic physics series, probably the most fundamental of all the prereqs for engineering majors. If you haven’t done so, you may want to contact UCSD admissions and/or the Nano/Chem Engineering advising to confirm that you’re likely to be admitted to ChemE with UniversityLink, so you don’t unexpectedly get admitted as an undeclared major.</p>
<p>If you do get into ChemE at UCSD and Bio/Chem at UCSB, I think you need to sit down and really consider what’s more important to you – is it which UC you’re actually attending or what you’re actually getting your degree in? For me that question has an obvious answers and it would be the latter. However, you’re an individual and you’re going to have your own priorities so you need to stop and think and figure out just what they are. </p>
<p>I’ll will say this though Chemistry, Biology, and Chem Engineering are all very different majors and will offer you a completely different education and more importantly very different opportunities after you graduate. I would really encourage you to consider what you see yourself doing after you get your undergraduate degree and then with that in mind make your decision.</p>
<p>Thank you dilapidatedmind for your advice. I just checked the ucsd assist page. And it said “transfer students are admitted directly into the NanoEngineering department”. So I guess I’ll get in? And if I remember correctly, my couselor said that UCSD gives students 3 months to make up lower division prerequisites.</p>
<p>I think you may be jumping to conclusions there about what being admitted directly into the major means. That could mean several things and may not necessarily be what you interpret it to be. However, if you’re content with assuming it means that you’re guaranteed into the major because of UniversityLink then that’s your call. I would really encourage you to try and clarify that with someone at UCSD, not just your CC counselor, if you can. Jacobs School of Engineering also has a lot of separate policies than the rest of the departments. So just because another department may give you 3 months to make up prereqs, which I’ve never heard of as a UCSD student, it may not necessarily apply for engineering majors. </p>
<p>Being admitted directly into the major may simply mean that you can’t change majors into it as a continuing student. It may also mean there are specific department staff that review your application and admit you into the major instead of the general admissions staff.</p>
<p>Ok I agree. I will contact UCSD tomorrow. Thanks man</p>