<p>Just out of curiosity. I'm thinking of switching my major to it and wanted to know how competitive it would be. Relative to Biology/engineering is it harder to get in?</p>
<p>Yes, Computer Science is impacted in all UC’s. What schools are you looking to apply for? If it’s not UCLA or UCB, just sign a TAG.</p>
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<p>… No.</p>
<p>Stop misleading people. It’s not impacted in at least one campus: UCSD. I just tried doing a search for UCLA and Cal, but they don’t have a similar page which lists their impacted majors.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/academics/majors-minors/impacted-majors.html[/url]”>http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/academics/majors-minors/impacted-majors.html</a></p>
<p>I’m not misleading anybody. It’s obvious that computer science is a popular major. Whether impacted or not like I said, if he signs a TAG, it’s okay. I spoke with admission officers from both UCB and UCLA and they BOTH said that it’s a very impacted major. Just look at the stats for admission. Compsci is always one of the lowest. Impacted or not, it has a low admission rate.</p>
<p>Are we speaking the same language? </p>
<p>You said it was impacted at all the UCs. It’s not. </p>
<p>You’re wrong. You’re posting misinformation. That’s misleading.</p>
<p>Sigh, you still don’t understand. The point of it being “impacted” means that it’s harder to get in. Compsci as a major is hard to get in not mainly because of the competition, but because of the requirements and level of difficulty. It is about as hard if not, harder to get in than the “impacted” majors(except impacted majors in engineering). CS is in engineering for most schools and engineering is harder to get in than L&S. Sure, it was probably way too general to say that it is impacted in ALL UC’s but really, the only UC’s that matters are the ones that don’t qualify for TAG because TAG guarantees you. So why would it matter right? I am positive that it is impacted at Berkeley and UCLA, check assist. CS in (L&S) is probably not impacted but is still pretty competitive.</p>
<p>semantics…</p>
<p>Ignore xcaliberse:</p>
<p>CS is not impacted at most of the UC apart from maybe UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCI where their requirements seem moderately higher. Difficulty wise, it is about as challenging as Biology and will likely be easier than most of the engineerings. At this level however, it is simply a matter of what your interests are so if you love CS and hate Bio, you know what you will find easier, and vise versa. If you like both subjects, many of the schools offer hybrid programs too and most of your science units will be transferable between them if you are still on the goal lines.</p>
<p>Just shoot for something around 3.0 (possibly a little higher depending on the economy next year) and you will get in nearly everywhere that you apply.</p>
<p>@feedayeen - And the 4 you listed are the schools that almost ALL CS applicants apply for. Once again it doesn’t matter if you have a TAG for the major. How many more times must I emphasize it? EECS and CS IS impacted at UCB and UCLA respectively. CS is not easier than most of engineerings(it’s in the middle). Check out the stats for UCLA: [Profile</a> of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2010 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof10_mjr.htm#SEAS]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof10_mjr.htm#SEAS)
And we all know that UCB’s EECS is one of the most competitive majors to be admitted to so I don’t need a source on that. As for the other schools, TAG is the way to go.</p>
<p>@theresistance: relative to Bio/engineering, it’s about the same. All you have to do is pick the major you actually like more and try your best to obtain the highest GPA. After that, get your TAGs signed and hope for the best.</p>
<p>I wonder if the fact that computer science is included in L&S in Berkeley is an indicator of it being less impacted. Although, I kind of agree that it is a popular major making it innately, slightly more competitive. I don’t know why you guys are getting so upset over what someone believes to be an “impacted major” on a forum. So unless there’s an asterisk next to the name of the major, it’s not impacted? How competitive does a major have to be to be impacted anyway. You do realize that none of us are really valid “college counselors” here. We’re all here, usually from experience just trying to piece things together. If you’re going to try and correct someone you could try and be a little more considerate and less hostile, it’s not like anyone is here solely for the purpose to offend, but rather help.</p>
<p>xcaliberse There are no tag programs for UCLA and UCB … Tap yes Tag no…</p>
<p>If you reread my post, I did address that there was no TAG for UCB/UCLA</p>
<p>haha i know that why i said that there arnt any tag programs… you are wrong my friend and you are giving out misleading information ! and tap only works for UCLA but it looks good for UCB too but tap is only for UCLA… =]</p>
<p>@salim19 - if you did your research, you would know that TAP exists for both schools (2 very different programs) Berkeley’s TAP is a bit of a secret and in most cases, is invite only. Also, TAP for UCLA does not qualify for computer science. TAP for UCLA only works for the college of letters and sciences. Computer Science is in the college of engineering. So no misleading information there. You are wrong my friend.</p>
<p>Heres a source for you to read incase you don’t believe me. <a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/adm_cco/tap.htm[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/adm_cco/tap.htm</a></p>
<p>hahaha dude… i said that what you said about tag is wrong there are not tag programs for UCLA or UCB… and i never talked about what Tap could help you with all i said about tap is that it applies only for UCLA but if you say it also applies to UCB sure… but you still gave out misleading information by saying that there are tag programs with UCLA and UCB…</p>
<p>Ok, this is embarrassing. May you quote where I did say that there ARE TAG programs for UCB/UCLA? Please don’t accuse me of what I did not say. I will quote myself, “If it’s not UCLA or UCB, just sign a TAG.”(2nd post). “the only UC’s that matters are the ones that don’t qualify for TAG because TAG guarantees you.” (6th post implying that the schools that dont’ guarantee you are UCB/UCLA because everybody knows that).</p>