<p>I was surfing through the internet and was browsing through forums about college admissions. I wanted to apply as an engineering major to UC schools, but after reading forums, I'm really not sure what to do... Some people say that they got rejected from UC schools because they chose an engineering major. However, if I do apply as an undeclared major, won't it be harder to get into the engineering program later in college? </p>
<p>So when you actually apply to UC's are you applying to certain colleges..? Like the college of engineering, or choosing the major? i'm sorry i really don't understand all of this and it's making me really confused.</p>
<p>&what is the difference if you apply as an engineering-undeclared rather than an engineering? will it increase your chances or decrease or what?</p>
<p>Depends on the campus. For example, at Berkeley, admissions is based on subdivision (college) and major:</p>
<p>College of Letters and Science (major does not matter – all freshmen enter undeclared)
College of Engineering (selectivity varies by major, with bioengineering, engineering undeclared, and electrical engineering and computer science generally reputed to be the most selective)
College of Natural Resources (freshmen may enter either declared or undeclared)
College of Chemistry (freshmen must enter declared in one of the three majors)</p>
<p>L&S students can generally declare a major in L&S after completing the major’s prerequisites, but a few majors require applying with a sufficiently high GPA to declare. An application process is also necessary to switch to the School of Business Administration. Switching to the College of Engineering from elsewhere, or switching majors within the College of Engineering requires applying with a sufficiently high GPA as well (note: it appears to be most common for bioengineering majors to want to switch to electrical engineering and computer science).</p>
<p>Other schools may do it differently.</p>
<p>I was going to apply to UCI, UCSD, UCLA, UCSB though UCLA is a really big reach…</p>