The UC’s and CSU’s will be well aware of the limitations on the Math progression for SFUSD students.
When it comes down to UC predictions, it is difficult for all applicants. Each campus reviews the applicants independently and have their own set criteria of what they are looking for in an applicant so you need to apply widely to the UC and CSU system.
All the CSU’s admit by major and switching majors in general is not too difficult accept for the highly impacted majors and campuses.
For the UC’s, here is a quick run down of how they admit based on major and I will be specific for Engineering and Environmental Science.
For the UC’s, they all admit by major for Engineering. Switching within the College of Engineering is not hard unless there are specific limitations. Changing from a non-Engineering major to an Engineering major can be very difficult to impossible in some situations.
UCB: Admit by major for Engineering. For Environmental Science, the College of Natural Resource admits into the College. Alternate majors are considered during the waitlist process.
UCLA: Admit by major for Engineering. For Environmental Science, the College of Letters and Sciences does not admit by major. Alternate majors are rarely considered.
UC San Diego: UCSD admits by major for all majors. Admit by major for Engineering and all Engineering majors are selective. UCSD considers alternate majors so selecting a non-selective major is recommended for an alternate so he can select Environmental Systems for his alternate.
UC Santa Barbara: Admit by major for Engineering. For Environmental science, the College of Letters and Sciences does not admit by major.
UC Irvine: UCI admits by major. Admit by major for Engineering and will consider an alternate major especially if it is not impacted so he can select Environmental Engineering as 1st choice and Environmental Science as an alternate.
UC Davis: Admit by major for Engineering. For Environmental Science, the College of Agriculture and Env Science admits by college. Alternate majors are occasionally considered.
UC Santa Cruz: Admit by major for Engineering. For other majors, you are admitted into a “proposed major” and need to take required classes to declare. Alternate majors are considered.
UC Riverside and Merced: Admit by major and will consider alternate majors.
All UC’s and CSU’s will consider the # of a-g courses taken beyond the minimum requirements during their application review especially the impacted campuses.