Pre-med but applying as Philosophy major

Gumbymom
Sun, 24 Jul 2022 17:28:23 +0000

Students are not locked into any specific major at the UC’s or Cal states but depending upon which major they want to change into, it could be a competitive process. UCI admits into the University first and then into the major. They also consider an alternate major if listed.

Here is a link for UCI Change of Major to Chemistry or another Physical Science:

https://changeofmajor.uci.edu/school-of-physical-sciences/

Each UC campus may have different registration policies for declared major students vs. non-declared major students and I am not familiar with all these policies. Some campuses have to 2 pass times when it comes to registering for classes where 1st pass allows only declared science major students to select their science classes first but the 2nd pass time opens all classes to all students.

I cannot find any specifics for UC Riverside so this might be something to discuss with the UCR Pre-health academic advisors. This is not an uncommon issue since students can major in any subject to apply to many of these Healthcare professions.

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