Transfer change of major?

Tinuviel8
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:32:08 +0000

So I applied for spring 2012 to CALS and have still not heard back from UF: the deadline was the 15th of November. I felt like I had a good chance of acceptance, but I have pretty much decided I do not want to stick with the major I applied as. I wish to change to a different major within CALS. However, I know that as an incoming transfer this won’t be permitted; that is, that all transfers are told they must satisfy all transfer prereqs before entry.
Here then is my question:

What if I was to start at UF under the major I applied under, and then tried to change out once I was there? Does anyone have any experience with or info about this?
The obvious alternative would be to finish up those needed prereqs and then reapply under the different major; however I then risk getting rejected under the basis of having too many credit hours and being told to finish at my home institution. I will likely have to do this anyways, but I would love to come to UF instead just because of the opportunities that UCF does not offer in the way of research etc.

I know that changing majors after transferring is completely acceptable at other universities like UCF.

Thanks.