<p>Believe it or not, tons of students change their major all the time. The reason some majors are capped is because too many students want to major in those fields. The funny thing about transferring is exactly what you’re pointing out: Why would Cal allow students to so easily switch into another major? Now to be fair, Haas is not an option to switch into, and neither are other things like not in L&S (I’m only really familiar with L&S, as it’s my college). Read up online for individual majors outside of L&S how this works.</p>
<p>But as for L&S, pending you have above a 3.2 GPA or so (and nearly all transfers do), you can actually use your CCC GPA to swap majors and get into a capped one. It’s just a weird flaw in the admissions process. It does weed out bad students that came in as freshmen (i.e. those with under a 3.2 that want to major in a capped major), but transfers can switch. </p>
<p>I know this because I did this as well as a bunch of my friends here. I’m not too proud to admit it, but hey, I loved Cal and wanted to be here. I had a 3.75 GPA, but I wanted to be sure (or more sure) I’d get in. I’d definitely recommend this for borderline applicants.</p>