UCSD, UCB, and UCLA are my top UC choices. I’m looking to major in Biology, Chemical Engineering, or Psychology, and hoping to go to Med School in California (list of Med Schools I’m planning to apply to: UC San Francisco, UC San Diego School of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC).
What are the pro’s and con’s of each school in general? What about related to what I’m interested in studying?
Thanks for helping out, this is something I’ve had a bit of trouble with lately.
Are you instate? Have you been accepted to all?
if you didn’t apply as a ChemE major you can probably cross that goal off your list
@mom2collegekids Yes, I’m instate.
So far I’ve only been accepted to UC San Diego and am hoping to get accepted into UCLA and Berkeley.
@mikemac Can you explain your comment?
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What about UCI med, UCD med, UCR med, and Calif Northstate U Med school?
I think what @mikemac is saying is that if you didn’t apply to those schools as a ChemE major, you won’t likely get to be a ChemE major there.
What major did you apply to for Berkeley, UCSD, and UCLA?
I haven’t looked into those yet, thanks for bringing them to my attention.
Berkeley: Biological Sciences (focus on Immunology and Pathogenesis)
UCSD: Was accepted as a Human Biology Major
UCLA: Biology with my alternate major as Chemical Engineering
Unless you were invited to apply for Regents at both UCLA and UCB (or have some other indicator that you’re likely to be accepted), you might as well just wait until at least Friday – when UCLA admission decisions are out – to agonize over this decision. No point in stressing over options that you don’t have in hand yet.
For now, just exult in your UCSD acceptance! CONGRATS on getting IN to such an excellent school!!!
Thank you that’s really good advice.
At first it was really nerve-racking because unlike the other emails I have received from the UC’s, UCSD’s did not have an indicator of whether I was accepted or not. I really thought it was a bad sign.
Son got in UC San Diego. We don’t quite understand the relationship among its 7 colleges, and the relationship between each college and Jacobs engineering school. Son was admitted as an undeclared major. What does this mean? I think any student will graduate with a major.
@tigerdragon The six college system at UCSD is based on Oxford University. Many people describe it like Hogwarts, where you have four different houses that you dorm with and have different activities with, but you still take the same classes. Each college is different based on their pre reqs-- for example, ERC has to learn a foreign language I believe. The Jacobs School of Engineering is just what all the engineering majors are under.
Undeclared means that he was not accepted as his first choice major (assuming he didn’t put undeclared). He will have to find a major to pursue, fulfill the prereqs, and have the counselor approve him to transfer into whatever major he decides to declare. He must declare before his third year. I believe all, if not most, engineering majors are impacted and are therefore extremely hard to transfer into.
I’d go for UCSD, it’s not nearly as crowded or competitive as LA or Cal and it’s well known for its science programs. Good luck and congratulations :))
Does anyone know whether UCSD Chemical Engineering (Nano) is as reputable/ good to land jobs as its Bio-Engineering major. I have heard UCSD is ranked highest in BioEngeering but not known anything about its Chem Eng. Is it decent good in ChemEng? Any advice or comments is highly appreciated.
Usually, chemical engineering graduates tend to have better job prospects than bioengineering graduates.