<p>You need to check the school to find out if you are applying to the major as well as the school. If you are applying to the major, there may be different baseline requirements and expectations (e.g. for a prospective physics major, a higher level of high school math may be expected); beyond that, any differences in selectivity are likely based on the popularity of the major relative to the department’s capacity at the given school.</p>
<p>The web pages of UIC’s physics department gives no indication that the major is impacted or otherwise difficult to declare or change into: <a href=“http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/undergraduate/faq.php”>http://physicsweb.phy.uic.edu/undergraduate/faq.php</a></p>
<p>Contact them directly if you have additional questions on applying to, declaring, or changing to the physics major.</p>