Why can't people change their majors at UCLA?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>I heard that transfer students at UCLA/UC Berkley cannot change their majors once they get in. </p>

<p>Can someone explain? it just doesn't make sense to me. Why can't they change their majors?</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

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<p>You can change your major. It takes approximately 30 seconds. I'm speaking from experience. The only majors that you'd have a pain switching into are the heavily impacted ones</p>

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<p>Do you have to have all the prereqs done already for the major you're trying to switch into though?</p>

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<p>I heard u can't change majors once u get in.I asked my counselor too . He told me the same thing.I'm an Asian hunanities major,I know what I want to do but I'm not sure this is something I want to do the rest of my life...my local ccc doesn't offer any classes for my major so I'm just taking all the GEs.</p>

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<p>Don't believe everything your counselor tells you. In this case, he's wrong, except for impacted majors. </p>

<p>To be sure, give UCLA an email (specifically the major department).</p>

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<p>You don't need all the prereqs for a non-impacted major. I'm think there may be some computer-based check into whether it's possible for you to graduate under the unit limit, but that's all (if it's even there)</p>