UC Engineering or undeclared

Applying to College
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<p>hi i'm a high school junior that plans to go into computer engineering. but i know it's harder to get into the college if I declare that, especially since i'm considered an international student (even though I go to US high school). according to this:
<a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/intl/intl_apply.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/intl/intl_apply.html&lt;/a>
in the engineering/computer sci section.</p>

<p>So my question is should I put undeclared. Is it possible, or how hard, to get into engineering if i get into that college.</p>

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<p>You usually need higher stats to get into the engineering college at any of the UCs than other colleges such as A&S. As you found you need even better stats to get in as an international to engineering or computer science. However, you should also understand that an international needs higher stats than others to get into any program at a UC, just more so for engineering and comp sci. In other words, going undeclared doesn't save you from that disadvantage; it just lessens it a little because the other colleges may be able to accept a somewhat larger contingent of internationals.</p>

<p>The problem with undeclared is that means you will be applying A&S and not engineering since I believe that none of the engineering colleges at the UCs admit on an undeclared basis. Even if admitted, the difficulty then becomes whether you can later transfer to the engineering college and that itself is not easy to do at UCs.</p>

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<p>I will declare then. I believe I will have 3.88 unweighted GPA, 4.19 Weighted, and 4.5 without the UC 8 semesters Cap by the end of junior year.(in a good high school) I scored 2180 on SAT and plan to take math and physics SAT 2. What do you think are my chances? I don't have much extracurriculars other than like 2 clubs.</p>

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<p>hey,
i'm Pavan,a student from india , i finished my high school but i havent yet applied to any of the universities ,so i'm looking forward to join in spring.
now i require someone to tell me , if there is any disadvantage whatsoever in applying to spring and also whether i will be given the same importance to that of a student who studied in fall.</p>

<p>p.s.-i am interested in nanotechnology, since there is a lack of bachelor degrees in that field(supposed by me) which degree do u advice me to take.</p>

<p>please do post ur recommendations as they are of prime value to me.</p>

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<p>This is wrong. I applied for "Engineering-Undeclared" at UC-Berkeley. It says exactly that on my Undergraduate Application Acknowledgment from the UC System. For UCLA on the other hand, I had to declare a specific one (Bioengineering for me).</p>

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<p>Apply as a relatively unpopular engineering major at UCLA so you can get the likely letter, then jump ship into another major after 1 quarter.</p>

<p>That's what I'd do if I could go back in time back to the night of applications.</p>