Key to getting into Davis? Your Major?

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<p>in w/ 3.88 31act undeclared physical sciences</p>

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<p>Is applying undeclared better in some ways? Or is it bad for your major to do that.</p>

<p>Is animal biology major competitive?</p>

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<p>Note to everyone: It doesn't matter what you apply under going into UC Davis, because you can always change your major to something else after your 1st quarter. And yes, from my experience, applying under a less popular major will help you get into a school.</p>

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<li>fooshy</li>
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<p>What if the class is full by then? Are they obligated to let you in even if it is?</p>

<p>I really do hope so, because from the examples in this topic, it seems i will have a hard time getting in with an Animal Bio major there with only about a 3.7 gpa...</p>

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<p>so that means biochemistry at Davis is competitive too??</p>

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<p>I don't think Biochemistry/Molecular Biology are that hard to get into. I got into Genetics, which is under the same section as MCB, but I do advise you keep above a 3.0.</p>

<p><a href="http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/UCDWebCatalog/programs/MCB/MCBreqt.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/UCDWebCatalog/programs/MCB/MCBreqt.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<ul>
<li>fooshy</li>
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<p>how about Animal Science and/or Biology?</p>

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<p>Key to getting into Davis? APPEAL! That's what I did, and it worked ;)</p>

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<p>I had a 3.2 UC GPA/2.8 unweighted. About 15xx on the SAT's and my major was undeclared social sciences.</p>

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<p>Isn't the average acceptance gpa for Davis this year 3.8-3.9?</p>

<p>You are EXTREMELY lucky and fortunate to get in with that gpa.</p>

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<p>I'm not sure, but I think the 3.8-3.9 is hs gpa and not UC gpa.</p>

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<p>You are in competition with everyone who applies to the same college as you, despite major. Does major have a role? Since you are placed into a college; Letter & Science, Biological Science, Engineering or Agriculture & Environmental Sciences; by the major that you select then it does have a small role. However, we do not consider majors to select students. We consider the college to which you applied</p>

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<p>I agree with Fooshy. Also, about 1,000+-200 people "joined" the college of letters and science after my freshman year; I know this because I like to check my rank. When I say "join" it means that they switched majors from Engineering/Bio/etc to L&S. It went from something like rank x/~2400 to rank x/~3200. During your freshman year, do your work, or else you'll be screwed and once you get a 2.5, a 3.0 will seem like an achievement when you're really just at/below the 50th percentile.</p>