College of Chemistry

sakky
Sat, 28 Oct 2006 22:48:35 +0000

If you want to do ChemE, but are afraid of not getting into Cal becuase of your intended major, then you can apply as L&S then transfer to ChemE. Transfer from L&S to CoC during your first semester is guaranteed. It will be harder if you decide to transfer after your first semester because you’ll have a UC GPA that might count against you. I’ve actually talked to the CoC freshman advisor about transferring from L&S to CoC ChemE, and I was quite surprised by this “loophole.”



The drawback of this ‘loophole’ is that if you use it to get into the CoC and then find out that it’s too hard, you may not be able to switch back into L&S, because you may have a string of bad Chem/ChemE grades to count against you. Hence, you may be stuck in a major that you don’t really want.