<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I applied to the Computer Science and Engineering major with an alternate major of Economics. I was a bit taken aback when I found out that I had been wait listed.</p>
<p>How selective is the Computer Science and Engineering major? Economics? How can I find out which major I have been wait listed for?</p>
<p>Also, this does not bode well for my chances at UC Berkeley and UCLA. I applied undeclared Letters & Science at Berkeley and undeclared Social Science at Los Angeles, are these less selective applicant pools?</p>
<p>Computer science is an impacted major at UCSD, so it’s more difficult to get into the major. However, UCSD doesn’t consider major in the admission process; they only look at your major choices after you’ve been admitted. I believe UCLA and Berkeley have similar policies.
[Application</a> Review Process - Freshmen](<a href=“http://admissions.ucsd.edu/freshmen/eval-process.html]Application”>http://admissions.ucsd.edu/freshmen/eval-process.html)</p>
<p>You still have a chance at getting into Berkeley/LA. Each UC has a different admissions office, and sometimes applicants will get admitted into one of those more “prestigious” UCs but not into a not-so-prestigious UC. So don’t give up hope yet!</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply!
How do the admissions policies at UCSD, UCLA, and UCB differ?
Do the campuses differ on valuing GPA vs. SAT vs. ECs?</p>
<p>Well, they’re all looking at the exact same info (that you put on the UC application) and probably do consider all of them… But I doubt anyone except the admission officers actually know their specific policies and which criteria are weighted more/less, if at all.</p>