<p>I applied to UCSD with my major as Mechanical Engineering and Alternate Major as Aerospace Engineering. However, my portal shows that I was offered Provisional Admission to UCSD for Undeclared major.</p>
<p>What does that mean?? (I was accepted to my first choice college Warren, if that matters)
Also, I am taking a gap year. so, I am not able to get the "Provisional" admission thing, Please explain.</p>
<p>Please reply soon. Thank You!!!!</p>
<p>I’m assuming that they weren’t able to place you into either major or maybe there was an actual error?</p>
<p>Congrats on your admission and I was told in the phone call that I got accepted to Muir college, but on the portal it says Sixth…weird.</p>
<p>@SmoothAl yea…also my GPA was kinda low but I though high marks in SAT subject tests would compensate for it.</p>
<p>I believe the engineering majors are impacted, so you probably didn’t get accepted into those majors based on your high school stats. You can apply to switch into those majors if you go to UCSD after you complete some prerequisites, but it’s competitive and depends on space in the major. You can probably read more about it on the major’s website.</p>
<p>I believe provisional admissions is just saying that your admissions is contingent on you keeping your grades up your last year in high school (there are actual rules, but I have no idea what they are). So if you fail your courses or if something major changes about your application, then UCSD can revoke your admissions.</p>
<p>When you say you’re going to take a gap year, do you mean you plan on deferring admissions for a year? Or are you currently on your gap year, until you start in the fall? If you’re not in high school anymore, I don’t think the provisional admissions really matters to you, since you submitted your final transcript. If you’re planning on deferring admission so that you can take a gap year, you’re going to have to check the website for the rules about that.</p>
<p>@baktrax i am currently taking gap year… . I had 790 in SAT math level 2 and 780 in physics sat subject test still I got the undeclared…comp. is tough</p>
<p>They take into account your GPA as well, and I would imagine that GPA is probably considered more. Many students have high SAT scores, and that’s really not enough to guarantee anything. You can apply into the major as a continuing undergraduate, space permitting, but it’ll be a similar situation where your grades in the prerequisite courses will be considered.</p>
<p>@baktrax thank for info…ya my gpa dropped in final exams due to circumstances otherwise my record was good (never got a minus…always a plus) for all previous years.</p>