<p>My friend got into both Sd and Irvine for math. He initially wanted to major in aerospace engineering, but he got put into applied math for sd and math for irvine. He's wondering if it's easy to switch majors from math to engineering? And he's wondering which would be better to attend. Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>UCSD is ranked higher in math and aerospace engineering
[Best</a> Mathematics Programs | Top Math Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools](<a href=“http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/mathematics-rankings]Best”>http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/mathematics-rankings)</p>
<p>If he can pull out a high GPA, he can probably switch. Not sure on the required courses you need to take to get into aerospace though.</p>
<p>But of course your college decision should be based on more than just rankings.</p>
<p>Great! Thank you!</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I’m majoring in math and decided to attend UCSD. The campuses have very different environments, however. I didn’t even apply to Irvine because I didn’t like it. SD does have a higher ranked math program, but that should not be a deciding factor. Visit both and see which one he likes best. It will be difficult to switch into an engineering major regardless of which UC he decides to attend. Most UC’s engineering majors are all impacted.</p>
<p>That’s not entirely true dyno. The only engineering departments impacted are the Mech/Aero department and the Bioengineering department. Some popular engineering majors that arent impacted are EE, CS, CompE, ChemE, Structural, Nano</p>
<p>Oops I misread the impacted majors thing. Andrew is right. Here’s the list for UCSD: [Impacted</a> Majors](<a href=“http://students.ucsd.edu/academics/advising/majors-minors/impacted-majors.html]Impacted”>Capped Majors)</p>
<p>I thought it said all Jacobs school majors were impacted</p>
<p>question for math majors…my son is really caught up in the rankings. he like both sd and berkeley (liked the city atmosphere of berkeley a bit better) and is also influenced by ucb reputation. however, he did not like the large class sizes for some of the lower level classes. what are class sizes like at ucsd and what are the pros/cons of sd vs berkeley for math (and he’ll probably double major in comp sci). Thanks in advance for your help!</p>
<p>Berkeley is a terrific math school. (Tied with several as #2 in the nation for grad, a good indication of undergrad)</p>
<p>Class size doesnt matter once the class gets to a range of 70+. Lower div math classes usually vary from 120-200 people in the regular multivariable series. (Not sure about honors) It doesnt really matter how big the class size is after ~70 students in my opinion as there will be basically no student/professor interaction. At UCSD, most of the interaction in the lower division classes are done with the TA’s in the discussion sessions or with a prof during their offices hours. Pretty sure the same is done at Berkeley.</p>
<p>Since your son likes the environment more at UCB, I don’t see much of a reason for him attending UCSD as UCB is more prestigious.</p>