<p>Which are the best UC's and CSU's for Computer SCience and how selective is each school for that major? I really want CS but I am afraid I might not get into the more competitive CS programs.</p>
<p>Also, which UC's accept based on major?</p>
<p>Best UCs for CS are Berkeley, LA, and San Diego in that order generally. All 3 of those of course are extremely selective. UCs do not admit by major though…
Best CSUs for CS are a little trickier but generally I have heard Cal Poly SLO and Pomona are up there along with SJSU due to its key location in Silicon Valley. SLO and Pomona are highly selective.
SJSUs cut off EI for CS last year was 4550 which makes it its most selective major (Per example that’d be a 4.0 CSU GPA with a 1350 SAT CR+M score).
Hope this info helps.</p>
<p>I think some UCs do accept by major, if the major is an Engineering one (and CS is often found in Eng’g). I know that my nephew was afraid to apply to UCLA as an engineering major,.</p>
<p>Along with the top 3, UCI is also very good for CS.</p>
<p>As for the CSUs…both Cal Polys, San Jose, CSULB, CSUFullerton and probably San Diego State.</p>
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<p>Berkeley CS can be either in the College of Engineering (EECS) or College of Letters and Science (L&S CS). The College of Engineering is likely more selective, and does admit by major, while the College of Letters and Sciences does not admit by major.</p>
<p>UCLA CS is in the College of Engineering, which is likely more selective than the College of Letters and Science.</p>
<p>UCSD CS is impacted; students may be admitted to the major or as undeclared, but changing into an impacted major requires another admission process, with no guarantee of acceptance.</p>
<p>UCD, UCSB, UCSC have exceptional CS programs, these are in addition to the other UC mentioned above. CS, when taken seriously by a university, which is the case for the UCs and indeed many publics, is one of those majors that is relatively well defined and is therefore well executed in many universities.</p>