<p>whoops lol, I didn’t read the whole description. EE is pretty tough here man. You must be up studying for finals huh</p>
<p>I’d like to add something. For all of you who are applying for HSSEAS, I’ve read from MsSun that the faculty in individual departments, such as the Mechanical and Aerospace department, review your application. With that being said, while writing the personal statement, I kept in mind that my audience would be these peoples, not the admissions staff. (so I was a little technical in my PS)</p>
<p>DogAlberto,</p>
<p>I just submitted my app to LA as an Applied Math major, pure math as my back up.
I intend to double major with computer science… how easy/hard will that be?</p>
<p>I’m applying with a 3.93-3.96 and will be done with all prereqs by then end of this quarter for both math & compsci. I’m also a paid math tutor at my college’s math/science center. Based on the recent Transfer 2013 Profile… would I be jumping the gun when I say I’m pretty much in?</p>
<p>Also, how’s the math department in terms of upper division classes/opportunities at UCLA?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>EDIT: Also, it seems like LA only takes Pre-math/applied math majors on. What do these pre-majors actually have to do after transfer before finally declaring their major? As mentioned before, I already completed all the pre-reqs on assist.org</p>
<p>wow!! you completed both math and compsci prerequisite, that is impressive.</p>
<p>that is smart that you did not apply as a comp sic, even with your impressive credentials you are not guaranteed admittance. only a 4.0 ail guarantee admittance at UCLA comp sci (which I think is absurd)</p>
<p>Yes I think its possible to add comp sci once you are here at UCLA, I would start by taking com sci classes (you can always crash classes if they are not full).</p>
<p>A buddy of mine is a transfer chem major (which is part of letters and science) and after completing 2 semesters decided to add chemical engineering. Samueli let him add that major because he had a high UCLA GPA (apprx. 3.7 ). He wants to get a Phd in Chemistry, i personally don’t see the point of double majoring in 2 similar majors, like sweet brown says “ain’t nobody got time for that”.</p>
<p>However as i previously mentioned the Math department offers Mathematics of Computation, which is a more theory based approach to computer science
since it you would get admitted to the math department it would be a breeze to switch over. plus people who are Mathematics of Computation are not restricted in adding computer science courses.</p>
<p>just a little history info
. The Mathematics of computation used to be the Computer science major of the college of letters and science (similar how Berkeley has computer science in both L&S and school of engineering). Once Mr. Samueli started donating that cheddar the computer science in engineering got more funding
. over time the computer science that is part of L&S started getting neglected and became part of the math department. the math department added real math requirements (not like samueli which only requires people to take up to lower division differential equation, what a joke). not too many people know about the hidden L&S com sci major at UCLA so I want to put the word out there.</p>
<p>ps. a lot of the computer science departments at major research universities started out from their respective math departments. so the connection between computers and math exist.</p>
<p>pps. remember that the internet was invented at UCLA (in the science building), not by Al Gore.</p>
<p>the reason that some major are pre…</p>
<p>is that despite the fact that you are in there still want you to know that you are able to handle the coursework. Math at UCLA ain’t no joke, even people that rockstars at CC get their ass kicked by Math 115A (upper division Linear algebra) and Math 131A (real analysis). these are more proof based classes and they separate the men from boys. I survived the classes (got B+ in both) but after taking them I knew for sure that I did want to get a Phd in Math, “aint nobody got time for that”</p>
<p>so that is why i think they are pre-math, if you can’t survive you can switch to other majors (usually north campus) or stats which is more applied and requires less rigorous proofs.</p>