- if you are admitted off the waitlist as Undeclared, you can still try to change to the Data Science major as an enrolled student but no guarantees.
This review includes quantitative and qualitative criteria such as academic and personal accomplishments by the student along with consideration of the context of those accomplishments and opportunities afforded to the student. Admission to high-demand majors based on these criteria is overall a more fair and equitable process instead of the current criterion of the student’s major prerequisite GPA.
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If Data Science is the major you want to purse, then UC Davis is a great option. You need to remember that you are not settling with a degree from UCD. You can have similar post grad outcome with a DS degree from UCD as from UCB. School name can only get you so far and the rest will be up to you. UCD may be as you stated settling, but for many students it is their top choice school. You need to look at your situation with some perspective.
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I am not sure why you think that going the CC to UCB Stats route would be any less competitive than the CC to DS route or even being admitted into UC Davis as a Freshman?
Where you go for Undergrad will not define you. It is what you do any school that will make you successful so take advantage of all that UCD offers and move on.