@ucbalumnus I would advise my child not to attend a school where the major they intend is an impacted major, like CS or Engineering - and they didn’t get direct admit. Due to such demand for CS and lack of space, UW changed their admissions to more direct to major for CS, advising that if that’s what you really want to do and you didn’t get it, you go elsewhere. Our tour guide the other day at UCLA went in undeclared, decided on engineering, and couldn’t transfer (he’s now a math major). Now, if your child really wants the school over the major, that’s a different story. But for at least the top UCs, UW, Cal Poly and probably others (I haven’t researched), it sounds practically impossible to get CS/engineering later.