<p>I've seen a lot of people asking questions about the undeclared major and I also had the same problem as others. I chose computer science for my major although when I was admitted the status said undeclared. It still does actually, don't know why I'm talking past tense. :D</p>
<p>Anyway, I sent an email to UCSD regarding the situation.</p>
<p>It says that I am admitted for an undeclared major, although I chose Computer Science for it when I was filling my application. Is this a technical error or do I have to do something more?</p>
<p>And they replied (disappointingly):</p>
<p>All applicants listing impacted majors were reviewed by our office for admittance into the major. Computer Science is an impacted major for freshmen students. Those not admitted to their first choice major were admitted to the stated alternate major (if not also impacted) or admitted as Undeclared. Our office is unable to change your major to this one. If you have further questions please see the Jacobs School of Engineering website at UCSD</a> Jacobs School of Engineering. Please contact them with regards to the possibility of changing into the major once at UCSD.</p>
<p>So this basically means I cannot take computer science at all? That is very saddening news since I really wanted to go to this school. I took computer engineering or whatever it was called as my alternate although I really don't want to study engineering. I don't want to do something that I will not be into or something which I feel like I'm forcing myself to learn. I'm not even sure if I am admitted to computer engineering since it says undeclared still. I would like someone to clear the questions in my head.</p>
<p>I hope this helped others with the same problem as me. :)</p>
<p>I think they’re saying that at the moment, the admissions office can’t change your major to Computer Science. You do still have a chance of getting into the CS major, but you have to accept UCSD’s offer first and start actually attending school there before you can request to switch into the CS major.</p>
<p>lol i hv the opposite question. my thread was asking how difficult/is it common to switch from CS to CE. got accepted to CS, but want to study CE. anyway gd luck !</p>
<p>^ shouldn’t be hard to switch to CE. You should be fine. You probably can’t make the change until you actually enroll/start attending UCSD, but at that point it should be as simple as choosing CE as your new major on the UCSD website.</p>
<p>CE is impacted as well so it’s not guaranteed for you to change your major to. I asked how soon I could change my major and they said only after a year which is sorta disappointing. I have to choose something which I’ll spend my time with for a whole year waiting for CS… :(</p>
<p>^ 92faim is replying to mynameisted. If he is already in CS, there is no problem switching into CE. And if you are confident that you are a good student, there is no problem taking CS classes as if you are a CS students for the first year.</p>
<p>I really need to get used to the US system. I’m an international applicant^^</p>
<p>So I suppose I’ll take math with a bit of CS on the side. I hope the OP helped others… also one thing I read on their site, if you don’t manage to get admitted to your first major, you are automatically thrown in the undeclared category. It doesn’t necessarily mean you didn’t get your alternate either, but it could… Just have to email or call them to check. Thank you all.</p>
<p>@JemDkyl My son now has the same problem you did last year. I was wondering, did you go through with UCSD w/ the Undeclared Major? How did it turn out for you? Were you able to register for your classes fairly easily? Thanks for any input you can provide.</p>
<p>D accepted undeclared with Sixth College & concerned about the ability to get into her major for CS. Like some others she is accepted to UCI for CS. Seems like a gamble to me. The cs dept seems to offer more at UCI as it’s an entire school. She really likes UCSD but is the CS program = > UCI? Also thinking UCI has proximity to a lot more companies for internships. Any current UCSD students with feedback re: undeclared to CS success? Thanks.for your help.</p>
<p>SD has a huge advantage in internships where the defense industry is concerned. Raytheon, Qualcomm, Northrup, NavAir etc. BF has gotten internships jobs from 3/4 of those places before competing 3rd year as CS. They also hire straight from job fairs and the Jacobs job site.</p>
<p>@heartarrow Thanks for your reply. Re: defense that’s 100% true based on which type of industries are in SD & the history of the city. (I went to college in SD so I saw this) If defense is not her target then how does UCSD compare to UCI? What type of non-defense companies recruit regularly at the job fairs you mentioned ?</p>
<p>My top concern is really the extra unnecessary pressure to compete for limited spots in CS at Jacobs & no guarantee. She’s already in at UCI CS & if she likes the program & keeps up, it’s a more of a sure thing.</p>
<p>Not just defense industry, you can apply to other companies in the Bay area for jobs/internships. Facebook, Google, and Apple hire a lot of UCSD CS. If you go to LinkedIn, the top employer for UCSD is Google, UCLA can’t say the same thing. The other school with Google as top employer is UCB.</p>
<p>@latteladyla, I would go to UCI if I were your daughter. UCI has a good CS program. But I called the CSE department and the person there said there will be spots open for non-CS to take, the GPA from these courses will determine who gets in. There is no set GPA now. The students have to compete for these slots. You have to take your chances, how strong do you think your student will be in CS?</p>
<p>@DrGoogle Thanks for your reply & insight. I welcome any feedback from those familiar with the CS classes.</p>
<p>Good student, mostly A’s through hs, couple of B’s. She’ll have 7 AP’s by graduation & all 4’s & 5’s. She’s never taken any CS or programming, so it’s really hard to say. Not a natural math person like many, so she works harder for those grades. (A’s in Trig/pre-calc & B’s in her senior AP Calc AB, A & B+ in PhysicsH last yr) </p>
<p>I with spoke with one of the CS advisers & she said can’t give any % because this just impacted last spring. Listed on the CS website: They use 7 factors to determine who is accepted into the major & some are out of your control. </p>
<p>What is the application process? What are my odds of being accepted?
Students may apply after completing all eligibility requirements.
Students apply using the Major & Minor tool on Tritonlink.<br>
Applicants will be ranked according to grades received in the UC San Diego courses from the above list. All courses will be weighted equally.
Applicants will be chosen from this ranking until all open slots in the major are filled.
We do not have statistics for the odds of being accepted because we are in our first year of impaction.
The odds of getting into a CSE Impacted Major depends on the number of spots, the number of applicants, and your ranking in comparison to other applicants.
The number of spots each academic year depends on the number of freshmen and transfer students admitted to the major and the number of continuing students who change in/out of the CSE major over the year.
In the email you receive informing you of the department’s decision, we will explain what the next steps are if you were or were not approved to declare the major.</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with UCI’s CS program yet (sister probably attending in fall 14) but based on the engineering job fair at UCSD (DECAF: disciplines of engineering career fair or something like that), almost all the companies looked for CS majors. I would check out the companies that came this year. Your daughter probably will find some path interesting: <a href=“UCSD TESC”>UCSD TESC;
<p>I’m only overly familiar with the defense internships because almost all my CS friends work in them (they pay really well for an internship… mid $20 something/hour). But of course, that’s not all there is.</p>
I actually have the same situation which I am deciding between UCD and UCSD. Anyone have any suggestion? I know that UCSD is undeclared which is discouraging and the fact is they have better ranking and better cs program. However, just like all of us, we are competing with all students who want to change to cs major. So, either you are sure you can have high gpa than others or just stay the UC you have already with intended major.
Just have to email or call them to check. Thank you all.</p>