@BIMguy thank you!! yeah, UCI is the best option for me right now. Glad that I am now officially an Anteater 
Is anybody with a low GPA that has an impacted major contemplating about majoring in a non impacted next year(if rejected)? Iām seriously thinking about it. Iām a CS major with 3.33 GPA. Iām not rejected yet though. Maybe Iām just feeling discouraged right now and I might change my mind, but Iām wondering if I should apply for CS if my GPA doesnāt improve.
@lugi350 hereās my bit of advice for future transfers that choose popular majors like engineering and computer science. Pick the competitive major as your first choice, then pick a non āimpactedā alternate that you can live with that will still get you to where you want to be in the end.
I was an electrical engineering major, with my alternate as aerospace engineering. When I was placed in the waitlist I immediately called UCI and told them Iād like to be considered for physics, and they changed my alternate major in the system. Ultimately thatās how I got in, and in reality itās the better choice for me in the long run.
If I would have known that back in November, I would have applied to all of UCās this way, and Iād probably be looking at more choices than just two schools right now.
Either way, you shouldnāt get discouraged no matter the outcome. Just remember to keep moving forward.
Got in off the waitlist on May 26!
History Major
3.09 GPA
I was honestly really surprised to find out before June 1, but either way I am excited!
Do you guys know what the next step is? I got off the waitlist, submitted my SIR, Housing App AND SLR already. I havenāt gotten any more information on what iām supposed to do after that though.
I just got in for electrical engineering!!
Iām so torn right now! I have no idea what to do. I have to choose between UCI and Cal Poly SLO for EE.
Here are my stats again:
Accepted sometime 5/27 between 5 and 9PM!
Major: Electrical Engineering
UC-Transferable GPA: 3.2-ish
IGETC: complete
Prereqās: Everything
ECās: Really good. President of STEM Club, two NASA internships, honors society, and a bunch of other stuff.
PS: Pretty good, had a lot of insight and editing from people. Would rate 8/10
Accepted: SDSU, CSUN, CSULB, Cal Poly SLO, UCSB, UCI
Waitlisted: UCD, UCSD (donāt really care about these anymore)
Rejected: UCLA, UCSC
@uisforutah thanks for the advice, I kind of thought my alternate major being software engineering would have a higher acceptance rate, but even though there was 900 plus applicants for CS and only 90ish for SE the acceptance rate was still pretty low. Iāll probably follow your advice and use my alternate major to a non impacted one next year. I definitely learned a lot of things in this yearās transfer process. This forum is really helpful.
@Stairs lol how did you get rejected by UCSC?
@lugi350 Iām at 3.25 myself in CS and I havenāt considered it. For me, CS takes priority over my dream schools uci/ucla. If my heart was absolutely set on UCI, Iād change my major (maybe).
@Arvelamuri I would check out the transfer acceptance form. Iām sure someone had the same question.
Accepted
Transfer GPA:3.25
Major: electrical Engineering
Applied: Sac State, SJSU, Pamona, UCI, UCD
Admitted: Sac State, SJSU, UCI
Waitlisted: CPP
Denied: UCD
Prereqs: Finished them all. They also highly recommended finishing the physics series so I did.
EC: Community Service, sports, and work.
PS: IDK maybe a 7/10 I heard they donāt read them.
@Ecain17 Honestly I have no idea. Maybe they just didnāt like my essay or something but I feel like it might of been a mistake. They said that I didnāt meet some of the requirements when I know I had every single prereq done for UCSC.
Whatever, donāt want to go anyways. 
@KennyAndTheJets for CS itās not that unheard of to get hired without a degree or with a non CS degree because there are so many programming languages out there for different kinds of programs, at least this is what Iām telling myself for maybe changing majors. Iām currently learning swift in my own time and want to accelerate my learning of Swift this summer, so maybe I can have an app in the App Store, so I can mention it in my essay.
Hi guys, just a little update. I got into USC so that is where I will be going as its my first choice (financial aid pending :-?) but I still havenāt heard back from UCI so that kind of sucks but good luck to everyone else!
@BIMguy congrats!
@BIMguy Hey, congratulations man.
@Ecain17 thank you
@uctransfer16 thank you!
for those that got accepted off the waitlist, did you send in an appeal? mine is still pending 