For majors, my D25 is undecided whether to put Statistics and Data Science (Pre) , B.S. or undeclared. There are 4 undeclared choices: Undeclared - Humanities, Undeclared - Life Science, Undeclared - Physical Science, Undeclared - Social Science.
How should she choose in order that she will have more room to decide at a later stage? What are the advantages and disadvantages of actually declaring a major over undeclared?
Thanks.
Major choice is not a factor in the College of Letters and Sciences admission process. She should select the major which interests her more at this time and she can always switch within the College later.
I understand that the UCs do not require transcript, LORs, test scores, but how about mid year reports? I suppose not necessary since they don’t even want to see transcripts? Thanks.
You do self reporting. They will see what you put down and your final report.
They do not ask for Mid-year transcripts with the exception of a small percentage of applicants that are selected for a Augmented/Supplemental review where Senior grades may be submitted.
They will see your transcript if they accept you. If the transcript does not match what you indicated on your application, they may rescind your offer of admission.
Updated original post with the Newly posted Freshman profile: First-Year Profile — Fall 2024 | UCLA Undergraduate Admission
Thanks. @Gumbymom. Any insight from the counselor conference or elsewhere on how despite the 13 factors being considered for admission the GPA median ends up at 4.0/4.6.
Have you looked at this article? How the University of California evaluates student applications | University of California
That one leads to page not found.
Maybe this one? How the University of California evaluates student applications | University of California
Reposted the link. Sorry.
All your links are much appreciated!!
I have seen that article. For example they say rural high schools do not offer many AP courses and they take that into account, yet the weighted median GPAs is quite high at 4.6
Feel like there is something missing here, maybe i am wrong.
For rural HS’s there are on-line AP courses and Dual enrollment/CC options so taking some of these type of courses can help explain the high GPA’s.
The GPA ranges listed are the 25th and 75th percentiles so there are admitted students above and below the ranges.
Honors courses count as well, not just AP.
And I believe rural population is about 6% of California so any skew there is going to get lost in the overall averages.
At UCLA For Applying to College of Letter & Science , does it make a difference in admission chances if the student choses Public Health vs Cognitive Science as the major ?
Major selection is not considered for admissions into the College of Letters and Sciences, but there is a secondary competitive admission to declare the Public Health major.
To be admitted to the Public Health major at UCLA, you must be a freshman or sophomore in good academic standing. Admission is competitive and is based on several factors, including: Grades, Progress toward completing preparation coursework, Extracurricular activities, and Personal statements
Admission to the BS will include a comprehensive assessment based on a holistic review of student applications. The School accepts applications in late Winter Quarter each year from sophomores who complete Public Health 50A and 50B. Review our Undergraduate Student Services Google site for the most up-to-date information about our admissions requirements, application, and related dates.
Prospective applicants should complete the following courses prior to applying:
- PUB HLT 50A
- LIFESCI 30A, 30B
- 1 course from LIFESCI 40, STATS 10, or STATS 13
- 7 courses from: LIFESCI 7A, 7B, 7C, 23L; CHEM 14A, 14B, 14BL, 14C, 14CL, 14D; PHYSICS 5A, 5B, 5C
My kid was excited to see a new major in UCLA - Disability studies, so is planning to select that as first major choice; We realize UCLA College admits to the college and not by major; But want to check, considering this major, and realize it might not be widely applied to, would it have a higher chance of admission compared to applying as say - undeclared or another competitive major. We dont want to change the major, since the kid is interested in this specific major, and will likely stick to it.
UCLA would be a reach for the kid’s GPA (weighted / uncapped is 4.11, and weighted capped is 3.96), but very strong EC specially dealing with students with special needs.
I think it’s hard to say with UCLA. In our daughter’s cycle (2 years ago) none of her friends who had an UW below 4.0 got into UCLA. I do remember that someone posted on this board last year that they got in with something like a 3.2 for a more obscure major, maybe Portuguese studies? I agree that the fact that it’s a new major may help. I think it’s fantastic that your student wants to pursue the major - good luck to them!! 
Question about this page https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/_files/documents/uc-dual-enrollment-guide.pdf about meeting A-G requirements with dual enrollment courses. It states:
The course is UC-transferable (with exception of English and math courses)
What is “exception of English and math courses” referring to? Surely it doesn’t mean that you can’t meet A-G req with English and math dual enrollment courses? I am probably missing something basic.
(Apologies if I have asked this question before. I sometimes struggle to find old posts, even my own, on CC.)
I also want to ask, while DE semester courses only get 1 honors point in the GPA calculation, for a rigor evaluation, are they counted as 2 high school semesters for number of A-G courses taken and/or in progress/planned? (Context is a regular 3-credit English Comp dual enrollment course OOS)
