What major has the best odds for admission (UC's)

Applying to College
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am one of those students who does not quite know what he wants to do with his life at this point. I applied to various UCs and SDSU. </p>

<p>Overall I see myself as either a lawyer, businessman, or a doctor (though a doctor might be a stretch). </p>

<p>The two majors that I am deciding between are Economics and Political Science. I understand that I can switch majors during college, but each has specific fields of classes that they want the applicant to excel in.</p>

<p>Economics: "Strong background in Math" - I have taken hardest course load as far as math goes (Honors Geometry, Honors alg 3-4, Honors Pre-calc, AP Calc) with a upward trend from sophomore to junior year). I average out to a B-B+ overall. </p>

<p>Political Science: "courses in history, literature, philosophy, and the social sciences" -I have taken hard history courses as well as hard classes for English. (History - APEC, U.S. History-summer, APGOV) all of which I never got below a B in. (English - Honors Freshman English, Honors Humanities, APEL, British Literature) Again, Never got below a B in. </p>

<p>Overall, my statistics may seem a little bit better for the political science major.</p>

<p>My question - Economics is supposedly one of the hardest majors to get into, up there with business. Should I switch majors to give myself a better shot at admission since I might want to switch majors anyways?</p>

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<p>sometimes, it cant be guaranteed that you will be able to change majors, just because there are so many people...
i'd rather major in what i really want to major it than be stuck with a random major and waste 4 years of my life.</p>

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<p>This is true, but the UCs sent me a letter and they are allowing their applicants to change their requested major online. Neither of these majors are random. They both can lead to business opportunities or law opportunities. </p>

<p>I would be happy with either or, I was just wondering since business and economics is supposed an affected major so applicants might need higher stats to major in that area whereas political science is not so much.</p>

<p>Any more input would be great!</p>