Applying under an easier major at UCB/LA

Laxing
Tue, 16 Aug 2011 22:29:26 +0000

At Cal and UCLA I’m most interested in bioeng or biology, but I’m not sure if I want to go pre med or masters in bioe… I’m on the border for admissions at both, and I really want to go to either one, so I see a few options.
A. Apply bioe to cal and ucla with biology as a back up at ucla.
-hardest admissions but most in line with my interests.
B. Apply biology to cal and the same as A to ucla.

Better, but not by much, plus I don’t know if ucla considers a secondary major in a different college
C. Apply undeclared to cal and biology to ucla with a secondary as undeclared
-best chance for admissions but puts me where I’d need to apply to coe and get great grades if that’s what I want. This also makes me wonder if my biology related activities (internship researching, biology sat2, etc.) are downplayed applying undeclared.

Anyone have an opinion or insight?