<p>Hi, I'm a physics major, and want to hear some advice from you guys before making a decision.
Any kind of advice will be great and helpful for me.
Please help me! lol
Oh! and I'm planning to go to grad school.</p>
<p>This isn’t even comparable. UCSB hands down 100%! They have the world renowned Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics and the physics department is ranked 5th in the world.</p>
<p>Personally, I would go with UCSD! I just like this school much better than UCSB and in my opinion, I think UCSD is typically stronger when it comes to science. I’m an engineering major but I was originally a physics major and switched. When I was still a physics major, I was considering UCSD. I actually believe that most rankings list UCSD as higher but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>But I think you should visit both schools and go with your gut!! No one’s opinion really matters except your own!</p>
<p>@mermaker</p>
<p>Thanks for your advice. :)</p>
<p>@sarah989</p>
<p>I am very interested in engineering, too. Is it easy to switch your major to engineering in UCSD?</p>
<p>I think it probably depends on whether or not the major is impacted. Mechanical and aerospace engineering are impacted so if you wanted to switch to one of those it would be tough. So I think it just depends what kind of engineering.</p>
<p>I suggest the OP read the page at [Engineering</a>, Jacobs School of](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/curric/SOE.html]Engineering”>http://www.ucsd.edu/catalog/curric/SOE.html). Switching into engineering is never going to be easy because there is so much demand these days. And in the impacted Majors it is even harder. Keep in mind also the l time you have to spend in college if you try this approach. To get out in four years engineering students are on a strict schedule. Junior year they are taking courses in their major. But as a nonmajor you will have lowest priority for those courses. In fact I bet you will be unable to sign up for them. So my guess, and i’ll admit I’m not an expert, is that your first year at UCSD you’ll be taking physics courses and the like. If you successfully apply for engineering you’ll still need two more years to finish the major</p>
<p>I strongly suggest the OP contact the engineering department at UCSD to get more accurate advice about the likelihood of the approach</p>