Hi, I’m an international student who intends to major in CS. I was offered a spot at University of Washington Seattle Pre-science major - this means I have to apply and compete with other students in UWash Seattle to declare CS as my major. Keep in mind the CS is one of their most competitive major there. I was waitlisted at a few top schools like UCBerkeley, Columbia etc. However, given my current situation I doubt I’ll get of the waitlist.
I applied to the school of L&S for UCBerkeley initially. If I’m reapplying, I’ll apply to CoE EECS major this time.
I need advise to see whether its worth it to take a gap year and reapply as freshman especially for Berkeley since its my top choice. If I accept my offer at UWash now, I risk the chance of not getting into their CS program. Oh and by the way, I’ll have only 6 months till the next UC application and 7 months till the next CommonApp application.
So should I take a gap year and reapply to UCBerkeley as freshman? Or should I transfer?
Any input would be appreciated.