Importance of proposed majors

ns2675
Wed, 13 May 2009 22:17:38 +0000

Does anyone know how important your proposed major is? Does it help you get certain classes in your freshman or sophomore year? I know that you don’t declare until the end of sophomore year, so is that the only time it matters?
Right now my proposed major is Health Sciences, because I want to go to med school, but I’m thinking of getting an undergraduate degree in something else, and just fulfilling the premed requirement.
I’m thinking of maybe linguistics, which I’m really good at, and Santa Cruz is reputed for, or astrophysics, which I’m really interested in, and they’re also reputed for.
Is this going to affect how hard it is for me to get freshman and sophomore classes in biology or other requirements for premed, or classes that would boost my application for med school?
Are slots in classes reserved for certain proposed majors?
Thanks.