Congrats; I think finally you can change your username 
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Are you the guy that posted on the UCSB subreddit?
Imo it’s not like TERRIBLY hard to switch into Chem E, but I definitely second @Gumbymom’s advice, depends on whether you want to risk it. The admissions people will always tell you that it’s difficult.
If you want to go down that path, you have to really want it (fight for an A in every required class).
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to CATaxPyrSomeROI 
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LOLLLLL I think I know who this is… glad you’re enjoying UCSB
Honored by the job recommendation but will decline in favor of more qualified candidates LOL
And yes ^^ please don’t let college admission define who you are and your sense of self-worth. Took a while for me to fully realize that. You will end up where you belong.
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4 posts were merged into an existing topic: UC Santa Barbara Class of 2029 Waitlist and Appeal Discussion
admitted OOS for pre-biology! that makes 7/8 acceptances so far. got into other schools like UMich, CWRU, UCI, and Purdue—now waiting on like 10+ T20 decisions which are likely going to be rejections lol
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Curious if housing a nightmare if you get off the waitlist in June? Trying to understand how behind a student might be.
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This is what is stated on the UCSB FAQ for the Waitlist regarding housing:
If you are admitted from the waitlist and you return your SIR by the stated deadline, you will receive instructions from UCSB Housing, Dining and Auxiliary Enterprises.
Unfortunately it does not state “Guaranteed Housing” just priority housing. I would contact housing to clarify.
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Housing for waitlisted students can vary by campus. I always recommend that the waitlisted students contact housing directly to get the most up to date information. Most campuses will guarantee housing for waitlisted admits but not their choice preference.
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Yikes yeah that was me I’m just gonna have to weigh my other options by the end of admissions season 
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S25 Waitlisted Biopsychology
In state
3.82/4.28 gpa
9 APs (4s/5s)
Accepted: UCSD, UCR, UCSC
WL: UCD, UCSB
Rejected: UCI, SDSU
Pending Cal Poly SLO, UCLA
Good morning and thank you for your wonderful posts! I am so grateful. My son just accepted to UCSB and wants to live on campus for at least two years. Is it out of the ordinary for sophomores to be able to get housing on campus? Don’t want to base decision on housing but seems real. Thank you!
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Difficult. My son is a sophomore at SB and didn’t land dorm space his second year. Very few sophomores did.
That said, he ended up in a dorm style quad just off campus that had a dining hall with included meals.
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On the housing website, continuing students are not guaranteed housing.
Applying for housing is not a guarantee that you will receive a contract.
Son waitlisted for Econ.
UC GPA 4.21
Accepted: UCD, UCSC, UCR, Santa Clara, LMU, SDSU, CSULB, CPP, CSUN, CSUF, USD
Waitlisted: UCSD, UCSB
Rejected: UCI
Waiting: Cal Poly, UCLA, UCB, USC
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DC Accepted
Major- Applied Mathematics
Unweighted GPA 4.0
Weighted 4.6+ (capped via UC metrics) 9 AP’s (5’s on all exams- UC application takes AP scores)
ELC- Yes (Private No Cal HS)
Extracurriculars- elected Student Body leader all 4 years, drama/musical theater (7 lead roles); club president; winner of 3 national MUN awards; external research project (peer review journal submitted); team sports; volunteer tutor for LI/First gen students
Other acceptances- UMich LSA Honors, UVA, UCD, UCI, UCSC, UCR, UDub,
Waitlisted- UCSD, Tulane
Deferred- Yale
Waiting on- Harvard, Princeton, Duke, Brown, Penn, UCLA, UCB, Columbia, Williams, Amherst
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Waitlisted: Undeclared / Pre-Econ
UC GPA: 4.3
UC (fully weighted) GPA: 4.5
Honors classes: 10
A-G: 25
Accepted: Utah, SDSU, UCD
Waitlisted: Washington, UCSB
Waiting: CalPoly, UCLA, UCB
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For what its worth- he is quickly declining spots and hoping that helps others on WL’s.
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Major: Applied Math
Decision: Accepted
Stats:
UC Unweighted GPA: 3.81
UC Weighted GPA: 4.23
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes, Merced HS
Number of A-G courses: 26
Number of UC Approved Honors courses: 9 APs, 3 H, 2 DE
EC’s: 4 years marching band (2 years drum major), 3 years Key Club (1 year Lieutenant Governor), drumline, tennis, journalism, book club, calculus tutor, UCD summer program
Accepted: University of the Pacific, Oregon State, UCM, UCR, Cal Poly Pomona, UCD, Cal Poly SLO, UCSD
Waitlisted: University of Washington
Rejected: none
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I am the rare gaucho civil engineer. I was BSME and went to graduate school for civil structural and had to take a few extra UG classes to catch up with other grad students during my MS. There are a few of us out there and most went to grad school like me. A few UCSB grads I know work in pure civil, like infrastructure and hydrology, they studied geology or similar hard science at UCSB and were able to figure it out on the job without a graduate degree. If civil/structural is your goal, you need to go to a school with a civil department. A BSME at UCSB plus a MS somewhere else will work but is the hard way and not as applicable. It will give you a lot of other options, if civil ends up not being that interesting to you.
SLO is far and away the best school to graduate from in the civil and civil/structural industry
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