<p>does picking a unpopular major like literature and declaring your major undeclared raise the chances of a college accepting you? I think I was border line with a 3.5 at Uci and picked biology while someone else i know picked economics with a 3.4 and got in. i had higher SAT scores too. And once you get it with a bad major, couldn't you just change it to biology once your in? i know that this will mess up your classes, but aren't the first two years at UCs mostly comprised of general ed classes?</p>
<p>No. Biology wouldn’t be the reason. There are only certain programs that would affect decisions (usually engineering).</p>
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<p>No. There are some GE classes, but many of the classes you take will be non-GE.</p>
<p>if i may ask …is bio a competitive major at UC’s?</p>
<p>This year, it seems it was more than pure numbers for UC’s . Essay was critical. There were many kids with outstanding numbers not getting into various UC’s.</p>
<p>yes, it’s easy to change majors if you are in the liberal arts colleges at a UC (aka Letters & Sciences). Yes, bio is extremely competitive – literally thousands of premeds in Calif.</p>
<p>Picking biology was not the reason you didn’t get in
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