wasupieboy

yea...i prolly will end up at Stanford but i wanna go to UCSB for undergrad or UCD...=(

MrBoba

Medieval Studies? Are you really interested in that, or are you taking advantage of the free space they have in that major?

I'm really not so sure about the whole "apply to an easy major" thing. I haven't heard of too many people who do it. The thing is, when you apply as undeclared, your high school grades are put against other applicants as undeclared, meaning that you are directly competing against other high school seniors, and only their high school record.

On the other hand, if you were to apply with a major, I believe you are compared to even the sophomores who are applying to that major who are already enrolled at UCSB for the available space. Also, you'd have to meet the minimum requirements for that major. For example, the hot Bio major at UCLA is difficult to get into as a freshman because the minimum for that major may be a 3.7 or higher. Same for engineering at Cal Poly.

After all, that's how the idea of "applying for an easy major" came up. I honestly do not know which one is the easiest major to apply for. It's up to you, and you should ask someone else (admissions officer?) for more information on that. Don't ask "what is an easy major that I can get into," just say you'd like to know which majors at UCSB are the least impacted.

My sister's friend got into UCLA with a 3.5 UC Weighted GPA four years ago by applying as an Astronomy major.

Also, you may not want to go through the hassle of changing majors. It could turn out to be troublesome for you.

Oop

Yeah definately true.. Do you know anyone else that had a similar GPA to you that got in, or like below a 3.6

MrBoba

There are 5 other UCSB admitted freshman that I know at my school. One of them has a 3.4, the other four I have no idea.

BusyEconSB

I understand where Wusupieboy is coming from. Spending between 30k and 50k a year on tuition is rough regardless of the school. If you really want to go the CC route it doesn't seem like you would have much further to go given the amount of AP courses and CC courses you already have.

Santa Barbara CC would be my suggestion if you go since it’s so near the UCSB campus. The first two years of college are mainly an advanced repeat of high school courses anyway. Many of the profs from UCSB also teach as adjunct profs. part-time. Don't feel bad if you save a little money while getting the same education as your future peers. I went to SMC and I had Profs from USC, UCLA, LMU, and many other schools from the area. It really isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

Another plus is that if you do well enough you may make yourself eligible for a regents scholarship, or some other academic merit that can help you with your upper division costs.