<p>Hey Everybody!
I was accepted into ERC, with an undeclared major. Many people have been scaring me about the impossibility of getting the classes I need. My undeclared major ESPECIALLY poses a problem because I don't have a department to back me up. How true is this problem?
I've been accepted to UCI honors, USC, Scripps, and NYU. However, I'd like to attend UCSD because of the budget friendly price. Do you think I should choose these other schools over UCSD?</p>
<p>Also, I got into the honors program...but apparently that does not mean priority registration like it does at UCI. </p>
<p>Does being undeclared at UCSD = tough time?</p>
<p>It’s not harder to get classes when you’re undeclared. I don’t know where you heard that from. It MIGHT be harder to get linguistics classes or something but I don’t see why you couldn’t get any other class just as easily as anybody else.</p>
<p>thanks kings.
that SERIOUSLY eases my doubts. do you have any idea of how easy it is to declare a major? suppose i choose something sd’s known to be anazing for (aka bio), would that be hard to get?</p>
<p>It’s easy to declare majors. You change it online and it takes about 30 seconds. it is also not hard to get classes, even if you’re undeclared. The only thing that determines your registration time is the amount of units you have. Therefore people who have the same amount of units as you, no matter what their major, are going to be in a similar boat. (I will add that fall quarter freshmen are assigned random registration times.)</p>
<p>However, impacted majors are difficult to get into. Google UCSD Impacted Majors. The entire biology department is included along with a few engineering majors.</p>
<p>I donno about the other schools but I will tell you that NYU and UCSD are extremely different, as I had to choose between them. If there is any way you can visit the campuses, do - you’ll be dealing with different dorm styles, campuses (if you can even call NYU’s ‘area’ a campus - social scenes, weather, etc.) the two schools could not be more different IMO</p>
<p>As ^ said… declaring majors is not difficult at all unless you are choosing an impacted major in biology or some of the engineering.</p>
<p>If you want to see what it takes to switch your major into an impacted major, just google UCSD Impacted Majors and you should get all the information you need.</p>
<p>But assuming that you do switch into bio (or some other impacted major), you shouldnt have too hard of a time getting the classes you need to take. The reason these majors are impacted in the first place is because there used to be too many people in the major and thus, there were too many people who wanted to take the same required courses (thus, many didnt get the classes they needed to graduate on time). This shouldnt be a problem for you since the last non-impacted major class is 2 years ahead of you, so by the time you’re taking upper div courses, you’ll be able to get them with relative ease</p>
<p>I’m guessing no significant financial aid package at NYU?</p>
<p>Any and all of those schools do deserve quite a bit of thought compared to UCSD as each offers a different strength. USC and NYU will have a much larger alumni network than UCSD; USC has sports; NYU is in the middle of Manhattan and is known for their social sciences and humanities; Scripps will have the smallest classes and (arguably) the best lecturers/in-classroom experience (being a LAS and all); UCI is offering you Honors (and I’m assuming some type of scholarship, too); etc.</p>
<p>In the end, it’s hard to choose any of those schools since you aren’t sure what your major is going to be and what you plan to do after college.</p>
<p>The only thing that hold can hold people back when they choose classes is if they dont have any college credit which can be earned through APs + community college. Otherwise, undeclared majors are in the same boat as everyone else when it comes down to picking getting desired classes.</p>
<p>Thank you guys SO MUCH for your valuable input.
This is probably the most informative thread I’ve been able to look through.
I guess I will just have to visit all of these schools over spring break and figure out what the best fit for me will be.
=]</p>