Changing major in UCSC

rileyc21
Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:37:45 +0000

Congrats on your admittance! As far as I know, UCSC asks transfer admits to declare their major in their first quarter at UCSC. When you are admitted, you go in undeclared as a pre-major. Sounds like you could go in undeclared as pre-marine bio, enroll in the other courses, and then declare earth sciences if you get the go-ahead. I would recommend asking a counselor first if this is a viable plan.

I’m not sure if physics is more competitive, but I’d also advise transferring to a department who has comparable admit rates to marine biology. That’s my 2 cents!