<p>I have a bit of a weird situation...
I got into UCLA (College of Letters and Science with an Undeclared Humanities major) and UC Berkeley (College of Letters and Science).</p>
<p>I'm not sure what I want to do. No matter what I choose to study, I really want to take classes in a wide variety of subjects (literature and physics and history and aaaaa just thinking about it makes me so excited!!! >w<). I think I probably want to work in illustration, so I want to go to the school that's stronger in art, but I'm also interested in computer science.
Environment-wise, I want to go to a school where people take their classes seriously, and enjoy them. I really liked that Berkeley students are supposed to be open-minded; that alone would make me want to go there, but I also heard that UCLA's art program is really strong, so I'm not sure. I also liked that Berkeley has good public transportation.
I want to go to a school that feels like an old university - like, the ones you think about when you're reading old books about people in college, you know? (hope that makes sense...) With the old-style architecture and all! :D
As for weather, I don't like sunny weather very much, so it's not an issue.
Also, I got a Regent's scholarship for UCLA... so it might be easier...
I was told that it's hard to change majors in UCB, will that be a problem, especially since I want to go into art?
And I also got into University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, UCSD, UCI, UCSC, and UCD, in case any of those are better...
Thank you!!!</p>
<p>You may want to research the policies, or possibilities, of transferring schools within each UC, or even the possibility of taking studio art/design classes at each school without being part of the schools’ Art College. From my understanding, at UCLA you have to apply and list Art as your first major because you apply to their school of arts not College of Arts/Sciences. Admissions to the school of art consists of a supplement which includes a portfolio.</p>
<p>Also, definitely research the possibilities of taking electives in both departments at other schools. By the looks of UCSD interdisciplinary program, they seem to offer a good balance of both art and computer science. <a href=“http://visarts.ucsd.edu/title/undergraduate-programs-icam[/url]”>http://visarts.ucsd.edu/title/undergraduate-programs-icam</a></p>
<p>I’d go to Berkeley for CS at this point. You can’t take art classes at UCLA without applying to the art school and you can’t take CS without applying to the engineering school. -.-</p>
<p>(Actually, you might still want to consider UCLA if the Regent’s reduces your tuition by a significant amount; but, otherwise, Berkeley is where you want to be.)</p>
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<p>In Berkeley Letters and Science, all freshmen enter as undeclared. You take prerequisites and then declare the major you want. Some majors are too popular and are capped and one has to apply to them.</p>
<p>According to the [major</a> list](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html]major”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html), Art Practice is currently capped, while Computer Science is not currently capped (but this may change in the future).</p>
<p>Changing into a major in some other college, like the College of Engineering or College of Chemistry, requires applying for such a change.</p>