[color=blue]From @Mikemac several days ago:[/color]
As for changing to a Bio major, if that’s what you really want, UCLA says
Pre-Requisites for the Majors (Biology; Ecology, Behavior and Evolution; Marine Biology):
For students who entered UCLA as a transfer student in Fall 2008 or later:
- Must have been accepted as a student in department within the Division of Life Sciences
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Declaring Major/Minor
So from the website it looks like you won’t qualify if accepted as a Philosophy student, although you should confirm this by contacting a counselor in the Bio dept.
[color=red]and from @Gumbymom:[/color]
You must discuss changing majors with a counselor once you arrive at UCLA. In most cases, the decision to change your major is dependent on a variety of factors, such as whether you have taken the preparatory courses needed for that field of study and whether that department has room available for an additional student. You will have the opportunity to discuss your situation with a counselor at New Student Orientation. You can also contact the department you wish to transfer to directly.
Biology is a selective major so the demand significantly exceeds the space available.
So basically, trying to change majors, as a transfer, into the biology major requires that you contact the counselors at UCLA. If there is no space and you were accepted as a philosophy major, then you may be stuck as a philosophy major. They may think that you are trying to “backdoor” into an impacted major. They typically don’t like that.