good question. based on Gumbymom’s table, among 9 UCs, only 5 has well-established aerospace major (UCM new major in Fall 2025). So I probably need to revise our plan.
We apply for ME mainly but still want to keep the option open in case son wants to change major to AE for undergraduate study.
I would choose UCD in this case, but if select among Purdue, UIUC, GT over UCM, UCR, UCSB or UCSC, I will not choose UC schools listed.
It will be nice to have so many options. In reality, last year student from our school with similar stats was waitlisted or rejected from majority UCs and chose OOS school.