got waitlisted for UCLA econ.
@zettasyntax
It’s in the College of Letters and Science, so Linguistics with Computer Science shouldn’t be hard to switch to if you have the requirements for it satisfied.
I found this really useful, thought I’d post it here 
http://www.transfers.ucla.edu/FAQ#10932555-academic-questions
After pending just found out that I am waitlisted for Math/Econ with Tap. Wish you and all future applicants the best. Hopefully we all get off the waitlist.
Okay I’ve done a bunch of research and it seems that it is possible to switch or double major to an impacted major once accepted if you have the pre-reqs done. @Cayton, @2016Candles, do either of you know anyone personally who has done this? Thanks.
@thiger Regarding switching into selective, the rules do not say it is impossible. And I know some who have done it. As with everything it really boils down to the department letting you.
If it’s same dept it’s pretty easy, maybe possible in L&S if major prep done. Getting the prep done is probably the hardest hurdle.
To switch to STEM, the phrase UCLA uses is “usually” you can’t. That is not a direct no.
I know nothing about the viability of adding a selective to a double. I guess, as always, it comes down to the dept letting you. The depts seem more accommodating than admissions.
Thank you for your input @lindyk8, the wording they use does seem to imply that it is possible. I’m going to check with the department I’m interested in on Bruin Day to see what’s up and If anyone else knows anything, do tell. 
@lindyk8 Do you have any sources that suggest Regents’ are chosen based on financial need?
@Thiger I’m in the same position as you. I contact the department I want to change to, and the helpful undergraduate advisor said I would be able to change my major at summer orientation when I go to Bunche Hall for my major meeting.
@Thiger
Nothing is impossible but switching to an impacted major in very unlikely. You would probably have a better shot double majoring and here’s why:
For many impacted majors it is difficult to take courses in that department if you’re not already in the major- not impossible but harder because you can only enroll after all the majirs and minors get their chance. So by the time you’ve taken enough coursework for the department to consider letting you switch, you are likely getting close to the unit cap. If you reach your unit cap, It becomes difficult or even impossible for you to graduate. They are less lenient with granting petitions to go over unit caps when you just want to switch your major. However if you are double majoring, they are typically more lenient with allowing you to go over the unit cap.
I didn’t say that anikom. I said alumni sometimes bases alumni scholarships on financial aid as some UCs run it through the FA office. Others consider it as a factor. – And I have email verification if this from some alumni scholarship committees as you always ask for verification.
Re Regents, it’s based on merit but then they filter within that for various things. If I inadvertently implied financial need, I apologize. What I meant to say if I said it wrong was they do often include mitigating life experiences. They say financial need is not a factor and they do increase the award if you need aid.
A guy who worked in the regents office (either UCB or UCLA, can’t remember) wrote about it a few years ago, saying from his experience, there were other factors taken to consideration besides merit. Another guy who was a regents said he “felt” going to regents events that other factors were at play, since so many had hardship stories. Again, holistic. These are just anecdotal, but since a range of GPAs get it, some 4.0s don’t and some 3.9 and high 3.8 get it, there Is obviously additional criteria.
UCBerkeley web page:
REGENTS AND CHANCELLORS:
“Faculty select candidates from the top entering applicants who have been admitted to Berkeley, as determined by a holistic review by the Academic Senate Committee on Undergraduate Scholarships, Honors and Financial Aid.”
http://financialaid.berkeley.edu/regents-and-chancellors-scholarship
@nappysama duuude congrats! I’m still a freshman in my community college. I’m hoping to transfer for fall of 2016. Im currently a biochemistry major. Can you give me some advice and also can you tell me what you wrote in your essay, what classes you took, what extracurriculars (volunteering, job, etc etc)? thanks thanks! and also, did you do the honors tap program? so sorry for all these questions, but I’m like really serious to transfer to my dream school and stuff.
Does anyone now why only some people are invited to pilot day? I got the invite for Bruin day, AAP and another ethnic group event but nothing for pilot day. I wanted to go to pilot day since UCSD has their transfer day on the same day as Bruin day.
@thiger, none of us can say how it will all shake out, as we don’t even know which major your jumping from and to which major you’re hoping to jump to. The only thing I will say is be content with whatever major you have in case it doesn’t pan out.
I got in as Asian Studies major, I like it, however, I’ll try to change it to poli sci, because I’ve completed 4/5 pre-reqs, while completing 3/6 Asian Studies pre-reqs, and if they never allow me to do that then I will minor in Public Affairs. Double majoring needs more time, and units, since I’m neither a California resident nor a citizen, so it costs too much $$
Does anyone know if you need to have just about all of requirements for another major to switch into it? For ling and cs, it has about 15 classes needed for major prep and I only have 8 done. I tried to figure things out and I would need around 18 classes to complete the remaining prep and the major itself. Does that sound like too much and that it would put me over the unit cap they place before graduating? Thanks for any help.
@zettasyntax That does sound like a lot and you will not get priority registration for the prep work that is not part of your current major. The classes can fill up fast. Maybe you could minor in linguistics?
Is the housing contract for 9 months? Say I get on campus dorm but I hate it, can I move out and go to an off campus apartment? Also I want to do study abroad for a quarter. Do I have to pay for a dorm at ucla AND where ever I study?
@lindyk8 Thanks for the input. It did sound like a lot in my head too. They seem to offer a linguistics and anthropology major as well that I’d be better prepared for, so if they told me that it would be a no-no for ling and cs, I wouldn’t mind majoring in ling and anthro. Thanks
@luckie1367
you may not be able to graduate in just two years if you never take any 16-unit quarters. For my major, which has a fairly standard amount of required upper-division units, it’s impossible to graduate on time without taking a few 15-16-unit quarters. It will probably be the same in your case.
Four classes isn’t that bad, but it can be annoying. Just try to manage your time well when you do that.