UCLA Neuroscience and Mechanical Engineering

<p>Hi. I was recently accepted to UCLA and I'm trying to decide what my major should be. I applied Undeclared - Humanities but I decided that I'm definitely switching my major at Orientation. I've kinda narrowed my choices down to two, neuroscience and mechanical engineering. I have a few questions. </p>

<p>How is UCLA's neuroscience program? Is there a lot of competition? Is it hard?</p>

<p>Also, is it hard to switch into the College of Engineering? I understand I probably won't be able to at Orientation but I heard that if you keep your grades up you can switch in? Can anyone clarify that for me?</p>

<p>I know that Neuroscience and Mechanical Engineering are both really different, but for some reason those two seem to pop out for me.. The problem is I don't know much about them. If you guys can help me out, that'd be great! Thanks!</p>

<p>Anybody? Can someone at least tell me how early I can switch into the College of Engineering, if it’s possible at all?</p>

<p>It seems like you’re kind of all over the place. Humanities, Neuro, MechE…</p>

<p>I would say take a couple quarters to try out some different areas and figure out what you really like first. There’s no rush to declare your major yet.</p>

<p>There will be competition, especially in the science majors because of all the pre-health people. And engineering majors are tough in general. [Change</a> of Major — UCLA Engineering Office of Academic and Student Affairs](<a href=“http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/change-of-major]Change”>http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/change-of-major)</p>

<p>Haha I’ve been trying to figure out what I want to do for a while now but I think I’ve narrowed it down to those two for sure (I hope) … Yeah I guess I’ll wait until I take a few courses to find out what I really want to do. And thanks for that link about changing majors! That really helped!</p>