How does the alternative major choice work?
@Druchman, as far as I understand, if you do not qualify for your major of choice (missing prereqs, for example), UC will also screen you for your alternative major. I heard that switching majors back, however, is difficult, if not impossible.
I am not so sure how undeclared major works though. Could anyone please explain? I noticed that in UCSD Fall 2015 thread a number of people were switched to Undeclared (mostly due to some missing prereqs). At the same time, almost the same number of people missing prereqs were put on the waitlist/rejected. So, how exactly do they determine if you qualify for undeclared? And if you enroll as undeclared, how difficult is it to declare an impacted major?
Hi everyone 
just want to know if anyone has any idea about this issue? Had some problems with my personal statement and intended major so I submitted a while before the dateline but then system went down and I wasn’t able to key in further details 
I’m really panicking now as I applied to 3 campuses.
Should I be concerned that I haven’t gotten an email from UCSD yet? Applied 11/5, it says they’ve received my app at all schools when I check the status.
@CalRadical I’m in the same spot, haven’t received an email yet from either UCSD or UCB.
Does anyone knows when decisions will be out this year?
@cyan96 if it follows suit to previous years, we’re looking at 3 batches of decisions being released. One mid-March, one beginning April, and one mid-end April.
Hi!
I have a quick question regarding the maximum transferable unit.
I will end up getting 84 transferable units by the next spring semester.
Would it affect my transfer admission?
I am majoring in CS, so I had to a lot of classes like IGETC, Math, Science, and CS.
Need your advice please!
@csplzplz You’ll be fine. I’m also majoring in CS. I’ll end up having close to 130 quarter units next quarter
As long as all your units come from a CC, you’ll be fine.
I personally emailed UCSD to ask and this is what they replied:
“If you have only attended California Community Colleges you will not be considered in excess units.”
It is quite common for CS/Engineering majors to have more units, because of the amount of major pre-reqs we have to take.
@CalRadical Did you make sure to check your spam/junk folders?
@cyan96 Thank you for the response! and hope you and I go to UCSD together!
This evening I received an email from UCSD informing me that MyApplication is now available.
It’s funny that they still have my SAT scores from when I applied 2 years ago…
same, i got the MyApplication thing
is anyone else having trouble getting into the link they sent us to set up account for the myapplication?
@avc118 I am. I tried pinging it - their server is not responding.
Can you please tell me the prereqs for plain bio at UCSD I went on assist and this other uc website they seem pretty diff
@Pinkponylife What’s the other uc site you went on? I would trust assist and the ucsd site above all others (they’re the most reputable imo)
I can’t seem to understand assist
Do you mind translating the requirements for general bio
Thanks
@Pinkponylife I would go with whatever ucsd lists on their website. Generally, here is what you need to transfer to uc:
- 60 semester/90 quarter transferable units;
- have UC 7-course pattern* completed with C or higher (see below);
- have major preparation** completed by spring (if you are transferring in fall);
- GPA 3.0 or higher (check last year's ucsd transfer thread for a more accurate gpa cut-off);
*7-course pattern is:
- 2 English compositions
- 1 mathematical concepts and quantitative reasoning
- 4 courses from at least 2 of the following:
Arts and humanities
Physical and biological sciences
Social and behavioral sciences
**Required major prep for general biology at UCSD is:
BILD 1, BILD 2, BILD 3, BILD 4
MATH 10A, MATH 10B, MATH 10C
or
MATH 20A, MATH 20B, MATH 20C
CHEM 6A, CHEM 6B, CHEM 6C, CHEM 7L
(Taken from http://admissions.ucsd.edu/transfers/prep-programs/transfer-major-preparation.html)
Use assist to match these courses to the ones offered at your community college. If some of these courses are not offered at all, contact UC admissions for the best course of action. Good luck!