Should I change my major just to get into UCLA

beyphy
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 22:10:17 +0000

Many psychology majors are also interested in philosophy, and vice versa. However, when you start getting into advanced psychology and advanced philosophy, the differences become apparent and clear. Make sure if you do decide to major in philosophy that you have a good understanding of some of the other major fields (epistemology, logic, metaphysics, etc.) There’s philosophy of psychology too, but that isn’t really one of the big ones.

You’re not getting into UCLA psychology with a 3.3 the average major admit is a 3.7 so, keep getting as many As as possible and hope to get it to at least a 3.7

i’d list philosophy as the alternate. If you list psych as the main and get rejected, you’ll probably still get in under philo. But if you do get accepted then you don’t have to worry about it.