<p>Ocean have you heard of anyone switching INTO an impacted major that is not named econ?</p>
<p>lol @ the person who got a 4.0 with no job/EC.</p>
<p>@oceanpartier</p>
<p>Thx. What major did you switched to? What was the reason you switched? do you mind sharing? Because I am planning to apply for pharmacy school, so i want the best gpa possible. any insider tips?? lol. this is more stressful than waiting for the decision to come out. I am so torn between UCSD and UCLA. they both are great schools, but i thought SD has a somewhat easier molecular bio major.</p>
<p>@ HeatZz,</p>
<p>I believe you cannot switch into an impacted major at all. There may be cases but I don’t know about them. Sorry =/ In the above case, mermeid was accepted into an impacted major (all the Life Sciences are “impacted”) and is therefore be able to switch within the department. Switching into Engineering, Nursing, or Art is basically an impossibility. </p>
<p>BTW congrats on your admission! One year intercampus is definitely something to be proud of! You should definitely dorm for the best experience (I kind of regret not doing that now)!</p>
<p>@ mermeid,</p>
<p>I switched into Biology. I was enrolled in one MCDB course my first quarter. While it was very interesting and I got an A, it was exhausting. The material was so detailed, and I feel like I would rather study a more general topic. I loved the professor, all the TA’s it just wasn’t for me (btw the TA’s in this department are AMAZING). Another reason was that the major is really research focused. I don’t want to do research at all but it might be helpful for medical school or something. Lastly, some of my credits didn’t transfer correctly from UCI. I had to do an extra math course and an extra basic bio course and the lab -___- Because of this, I would end up starting Physics late (knowing I have a weakness in math) and I didn’t want to do physics with super difficult MCDB courses. It’s not that Biology isn’t hard (I’m flopping here LOL) it’s just MCDB is way intense. I’ve been here for two quarters now and my GPA has already dropped from a 3.91–> 3.82. If I were applying for pre-med/pre-pharm/pre-dent or something, I’d be kinda worried. But if it’s your passion, I’d go for it. It wasn’t my passion.</p>
<p>Accepted!
3.93 Psychology
My twin sister got in too! :)</p>
<p>Accepted!
Chemistry major with 3.28
Both tricks worked…
Now I’m worried because I’m getting A’s in Ochem2, engineering physics and history, but I might get a C in math class… It’s a major preparatory course… :’(
Will I really get rescinded? Aw…</p>
<p>Accepted, 3.91 History</p>
<p>All 3 of the tricks worked</p>
<p>I’m pretty happy right now</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted
Intended Major: Political Science
UC GPA: 3.51 (3.6 UCLA GPA)
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Complete? Yes 1 IP will be done end of Spring
IGETC: Yes</p>
<p>Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: Berkeley, UCSD
Accepted: UCLA, UCSD
Rejected: Just Berkeley
Waitlisted: NA
Pending: NA</p>
<p>Extracurricular’s: Various sports teams, honors student, MUN, Political science club
Job/Work Experience: Worked for a few months at a candy shop and at a US Embassy while living in Asia.
Volunteer/Community service: BLAST after school program, Lots of community service abroad while in high school
Achievements/Awards: Deans list, various awards from orchestra/sports teams,
Personal Statement: 9/10 Amazing feedback and help from various English profs/counselors </p>
<p>School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 100k</p>
<p>Reflection: F*** YEAH UCLA!!!
Strengths: Personal statement, well rounded EC activities, a very good excuse explaining my subpar GPA
Weaknesses: Crappy GPA due to one bad semester.</p>
<p>thanks a lot ocean! it took some work but it is definitely not as hard as people make it out to be. Have you heard of anyone creating there own major?</p>
<p>[UCLA</a> Honors Programs Academics](<a href=“http://www.honors.ucla.edu/individual.html]UCLA”>http://www.honors.ucla.edu/individual.html)</p>
<p>i’m sure its not common but do you know anything about it?</p>
<p>anyone know UCLA trasfer students FB？</p>
<p>GGGGGGGGGGGGGG</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Intended Major: MCB
UC GPA: 3.7
Major GPA: im not sure 
Major Pre-reqs Complete? yep
IGETC: Yes
TAP: yes</p>
<p>Going berk tho!
Which other schools did you apply to?
Applied: UCB, UCSD, UCD, Cornell
Accepted: all ucs
Rejected: Cornell
Waitlisted: NA
Pending: NA</p>
<p>Extracurricular/Volunteer/Community service:</p>
<ul>
<li>Volunteer at Emergency Dept. for private hospital</li>
<li>Volunteer at a lab for UC Berkeley’s College and Natural Resource</li>
<li>Volunteer at a Senior citizen home</li>
<li>Volunteer at Lawrence Hall of Science </li>
<li>Volunteer of YMCA
-President of University Transfer Club
-Vice President of a club at UC Berkeley
-Secretary of Student Body
-Member of school Biology Club
-UCB’s Environmental Leadership Program
-UCB’s TAP Program
-UCB’s starting point program</li>
</ul>
<p>Job/Work Experience: </p>
<ul>
<li>Summer internship at Big Wildlife (2011) </li>
<li>Summer research internship at UCSF Division of Gastroenterology(2012)
-Summer research internship at UC Berkeley MCB dept. (2013)</li>
<li>Teacher Assistant/ Lab Assistant for Bio 1A and Bio1B professor</li>
</ul>
<p>Achievements/Awards:
Dean’s list
Honor Roll
PTK member</p>
<p>Personal Statement: got it revised by like 10 people.</p>
<p>School Type: Community College
Ethnicity: Asia Pacfic Islander
Gender: female
Income Bracket: 60k</p>
<p>Reflection: I was really scared because I thought my gpa wasn’t that competitive. All I have to say is that with a very okay gpa, ECs help a lot. LANDING SWEET INTERNSHIPS definitely sets you apart from other applicants. </p>
<p>Strengths: Personal statement, well rounded EC activities
Weaknesses: gpa
Why you think you were accepted/rejected: cornell is a ****** LOL.</p>
<p>I am also receiving this message. I was accepted to UCSD, UCB and UCI as well but UCLA is the only one who I have not received a provisional award from. Anyone else receiving the same message?</p>
<p>@Angel931021 <a href=“https://www.facebook.com/groups/uclatransfers/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/groups/uclatransfers/</a></p>
<p>I’ve been at work all night guys but I got accepted to both !! 
ucla biz Econ baby!!! 3.86 gpa</p>
<p>@ EconLife</p>
<p>CAL and UCLA?</p>
<p>Yeah cal Econ and ucla biz Econ. What a great day haha</p>
<p>@ EconLife</p>
<p>I got into both as well! Yes, what a great day!</p>
<p>@UCdrone congrats!!!</p>
<p>You know which you’ll choose? I’m going to la for sure, can’t pass up biz Econ xD</p>
<p>I don’t know the aid on both suck, plus I was admitted as a Spring Transfer for CAL. The thread became a wasteland, everybody finally went to bed after a week!</p>
<p>Oh I see, yeah I won’t be getting any aid for either of them, that’s alright, I already expected I’d be footing it myself(loans and working). And yeah I can see that, some well earned rest though huh</p>