<p>This is probably pretty pretentious of me to create an entirely new thread about this, but I figured it is pretty valuable information.</p>
<p>So I was at my TA's office hours and the Econ undergrad department/counselor was literally 10 feet away from me. I figured I'd just go ask them about the possibility of switching majors INTO THE ECON department since there are a lot of rumors around about it. Also, the undergrad econ counselor is a super fine young Indian woman so it couldn't hurt to ask.</p>
<p>This is a rough paraphrasing of our conversation today at 3:00pm:</p>
<p>Counselor: "What's up"</p>
<p>Me: "I have some friends who are transferring in this fall from community college. They were accepted to different majors, and there's a lot of rumors about how--"</p>
<p>Counselor: "No. You can't switch into the major."</p>
<p>Me: "Not possible? At all? Any way?"</p>
<p>Counselor: "You need to have ALL the pre reqs done for Econ by spring, and have a 3.9 gpa"</p>
<p>Me: "By spring? Like spring after your first year at UCLA?"</p>
<p>Counselor: "No. Spring before you transfer. So you can't take classes or boost gpa during summer or anything like that."</p>
<p>Me: "I see... some people were saying you could possibly talk to the econ department head or something like that."</p>
<p>Counselor: "Me and Julie are the department heads."</p>
<p>Me: "Oh haha. What about math/econ? I heard it's easier cause it's not impacted."</p>
<p>Counselor: "That's with the math department and I don't know anything about it. You have to go ask them."</p>
<p>Me: "Thanks. I'll go clear up the rumors with transfers."</p>
<p>Counselor: "Thanks. Do that. Definitely."</p>
<p>So yeah, there you have it. It turns out we were all wrong. There really is a single way switch majors after you transfer to UCLA into Econ. Although that route seems almost impossible to me unless you had it planned ahead of time. 3.9 gpa with all pre reqs done by spring before transfer. Also, math/econ is a possibility. I never knew the undergrad econ counselor was also head of the department. Learn something new everyday. But there you have it, lets end all the myths now.</p>