UC transfer... major change?

Transfer Students
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<p>Does anyone know if you can change majors as a transfer student from a CCC to a UC? I'm talking about once you get accepted and you begin to enroll. Also, compared to those accepted as freshmen, how hard will it be to petition for a change of major as a transfer? I would think it would be especially limited for transfer students simply because of major preparation prior to the transfer, and the first personal statement regarding your intended major, but I could be wrong.</p>

<p>A couple fellow UC transfer applicants have been asking about this about the following schools: UCB, LA, SD, and Riverside. Actually throw in UCI in there too for my own curiousity. I have found information for UCI and SD, but UCI's is outdated and SD's is only for freshman applicants. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.</p>

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<p>you CANNOT change your major once you're accepted into the school...</p>

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<p>thanks ccct... do you know of any literature or website links I can show my friends for more details? Also, here is what I found recently from the ucop website, which is also outdated (Spring 2003)</p>

<p>Transfer Q&A, #19:
<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/sas/ets/pubs/tranqamain/tranqa.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.ucop.edu/sas/ets/pubs/tranqamain/tranqa.pdf&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

<p>anyone else?</p>

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<p>i'm sorry i wasn't completely correct on the previous post..here's the correct info from <a href="http://www.cerritos.edu/transfer/faq.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cerritos.edu/transfer/faq.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Do I have to declare a major before transferring? Can I change my major after I transfer?</p>

<p>For the UC system you will need to declare a major. Each campus has its own policy regarding changing majors so you will need to check with a university representative. For impacted programs, most campuses will not let you switch to the impacted program after transferring.</p>

<p>For the CSU system you may transfer without declaring a major. To be admitted to impacted programs, however, you must apply to the program. The CSU system strongly encourages students to declare a major by the time they have 75 (semester) units earned.</p>

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<p>You can change a major after the first quarter, as that guide said. I might end up doing that (from political science to economics). It's as simple as it is for students who started at the university.</p>

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<p>Thanks rc... but what about the major prep (assist)? do you need to have finished those too in order to transfer? thanks everyone =)</p>

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<p>Very famous questions. I've seen kids got from POl Sci into Bio. Dunno how they do it.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone. I've actually finally found dated information from UCI, but it was through Yahoo. Maybe I was just not looking hard enough. Anyway, it just basically says yes you can, except for certain high-unit majors in which all the preps must be finished (such as chem, bio [wow, from pol sci?], etc.) Thanks for the information though everyone.</p>

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<p>ccct is 100%, absolutely, without a doubt, WRONG. People, including xfer students, MAY and DO change their majors upon xfer all the time.</p>

<p>Quit posting erroneous information.</p>

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<p>Please read ccct's later post. He or she has in fact admitted the mistake and has posted accurate information including a link.</p>

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<p>sorry for any wrong information...thanks uc_hopeful</p>

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<p>I jumped the gun...my apologies. Too bad you can't edit things any time ya want ;)</p>