<p>Hi Everyone.
I'm interested in majoring in Econ at UCLA. I know UCLA has three different types of econ majors, Business Econ, Econ, and Intl Econ, all having different levels of difficulty in getting accepted, with BuzEcon being the hardest and Intl Econ being the easiest.</p>
<p>The UCLA website states that you cannot get into any of the econ majors without already being in the econ department (being accepted into any of the 3 econ majors).</p>
<p>So, my question is, if my aspiration is to be a BuzEcon major, can I apply as an Intl Econ major, since Ill have a better chance with that, then switch to BuzEcon once I'm in? Will this loophole work? Thanks!</p>
<p>"Demand for this major significantly exceeds space available. You must be admitted directly into this [BusEcon] major; **you will not be able to change to this major after admission to UCLA*. Students are classified as pre-business economics until they complete the preparation courses."</p>
<p>that's what I've been thinking, though I am undecided between BizEcon and Intl Econ. I don't know which one I want more. </p>
<p>Anyway...but that's what I saw on their website</p>
<p>"Transfer students who are admitted to a major outside the Department of Economics are not permitted to transfer into a Department of Economics major"</p>
<p>So does it means that you can change it if you get accpeted to the department?</p>
<p>I asked my counselor about this.
Her statement still were ambiguous to me but this is what she said:</p>
<p>"For Econ and Int'l Econ major, you may switch between the two once you are accepted into Econ department. However, due to BizEcon's impactedness, you MUST be accepted into pre-BizEcon in order to be qualifed for BizEcon major. In another word, you can not switch into BizEcon major even when your accepted to another Econ dept major."</p>
<p>So i guess the answer for your question is, no. :(
But I still have to look more into this.</p>
<p>At the last tap conference, I asked the same question to Oswanda Jones(i believe that is her name). She's the coordinator at the CCCTP program at UCLA. She said the major is the same department and if you were accepted as a bus. econ or econ major you can switch between the two, vice versa. But i'd ask for yourself just to double check. I was worried that I wouldn't like bus. econ or econ so I just chose bus. econ as my first choice. Good Luck you have only a few days to hit that submit button</p>