Does Choice of Major Affect Admission?

The_Legend
Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:53:23 +0000

I will do my research, but can some people clear things up or help me out?

For SD…

Only Engineering Majors impacted there are Bio and Aerospace.

[UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering](http://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/undergrad/undergrad_academic/academic_majors/impacted.shtml)

Freshmen
Admitted freshmen that have applied to an oversubscribed major will be further evaluated by the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools for admission to the major. Acceptance will be granted to the maximum number of students in each of these impacted major programs. Students who are not admitted to the oversubscribed major are placed into the alternate major they selected on the UC Undergraduate Application, provided the alternate is not oversubscribed.

We highly recommend that freshman applicants list a non-oversubscribed open major as their alternate choice on the UC Undergraduate Application. If a student lists an oversubscribed major as both the first and alternate choices on the UC application, and is not admitted to the first choice major, the Office of Admissions and Relations with Schools will place the student in the Undeclared major. The Undeclared major is not affiliated with the Jacobs School. However, students admitted as undeclared may later seek admission to an open engineering major.