<p>So I was planning on applying as a philosophy major, and beyond the pre-reqs I'm taking 4 philosophy courses this fall. I still like philosophy, but I sort of feel like majoring in English. So my question is: If I take the English pre-reqs in the Spring (I'm already done with IGETC, so it'd be electives anyways), will I be a likely candidate for the major?</p>
<p>I want to apply to Cal, UCLA, and some others, but do you think my best chance is to apply as an English major, with no pre-reqs completed until Spring 2012, or to apply as a phil. major -- and probably get accepted -- and then change majors once I'm at the school?</p>
<p>As far as Cal goes, you are accepted into colleges and then you can apply to majors within that college once you are there. For example, if you apply as a philosophy major then you will be accepted into the college of letters and sciences. Since English is also in the college of Letters and Sciences, you can apply to that major once you are at Berkeley.</p>
<p>You are only accepted into a college at Berkeley regardless of what major you applied for. For example, I applied as an Econ major and was accepted for Fall. Once I get there, I still have to apply for the major and will be accepted or declined (I hope not) based on my new, major application (Major prereq. GPA, GPA, etc.).</p>
<p>I’m not sure how they work initial applications. I’m pretty sure it’s based on the major you apply for and not the college (e.g. letters and sciences) that the major happens to fall under. That’s probably why you see people applying for less popular majors and getting in with fairly low gpas.</p>
<p>This doesn’t regard you Briceies, or L&S, but just ftr some other college majors at Cal are “automatically” declared once you SIR unless you inform your counselor that you’d like to change. At least within CoC, my major was already declared before I went to CalSO in June, meaning that someone wouldn’t have to apply for that major once they were there like in L&S. This obviously also applies to Haas.</p>
<p>Overall, you can’t apply for or declare a major that you haven’t completed the pre-reqs for. In a lot of disciplines, they set a restriction on the classes you need to have completed before you can declare and they set a time limit on when you need to declare by. Additionally, some Upper Division classes are only offered to declared students within related majors so you can’t really put off declaring too long or else you won’t be able to enroll in any UD classes. Usually, transfers will stick to something closely related to their lower level plans. It’s not like every applicant will suddenly declare a single major and overrun the area. Essentially, you can apply for any major, and as long as you have the pre-reqs fulfilled for another major, you can declare that when the time comes.</p>
<p>Chemical Biology - College of Chemistry (which includes ChemE)</p>
<p>Keep in mind also, that this major switch happens at just about every school and is a fairly easy way to beat the system.</p>
<p>PROSPECTIVE BIOLOGY MAJORS: For Ex. at UCLA in L&S, the Biology major has a 17% acceptance rate whereas the Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology major (also within L&S and has exactly IDENTICAL pre-reqs) has a 49% acceptance rate! Those who are borderline and knowledgeable would apply to that instead of regular Biology.</p>
<p>Watch the MCDB admittance rate drops like crazy this year because I tell too many people to apply for that instead T_T lol</p>