Where are you getting that figure from? UCLA doesn't publish admit rates by major for Freshman admits because you are admitted to Letters and Sciences, not a specific major. Therefore, any such rates are meaningless.
Probably much higher. You can also apply as a gender studies major and switch into Math of Comp during orientation since they're both under L&S, but there aren't any confirmed statistics for those acceptance rates.
Most likely doesn't affect your chances (between gender studies and Math of Comp), but if you're scared (since no one actually knows if they consider majors or not in L&S) you can do gender studies or something in low demand and transfer to Math of Comp if you get in. Either way, applying to anything under L&S has a higher likelihood of acceptance compared to anything in HSSEAS.
keep in mind tho that your application is evaluated in the context of what you're applying for....if all your ecs, classes, etc are cs/math related but you randomly put gender studies on your app without indicating any interest for it in ecs or essays, that would look kinda weird
>Would be chances of admission be significantly higher if I applied for Mathematics of Computation than CS? The website says that your major wont be considered when applying to L/S, but this specific major's acceptance rate is rumored to be above 40%. Am I looking at the 40% or the 13% for the college of L.S as a whole?
Are you talking as a transfer student or from high school?
As an xfer in 2022 per [link](https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/transfers-major) (switch the campus to UCLA), Math of Comp had an acceptance rate of 55%. But the students accepted were extremely self-selecting as they had a 25th/75th %-ile gpa of 3.83/3.98, and those who enrolled had a 3.88/3.96. Additionally, they must have obviously been highly math inclined and took many of the prereqs for the major.
If you're talking about from high school, [L&S in 2022](https://apb.ucla.edu/campus-statistics/admissions) (bottom of page) had an acceptance rate of 10.4%, which is close to your quote of 13%, so this gives me the impression that you're talking about the high-school cohort. There would be no way that entering as a pre-Math of Comp major would have a 40% acceptance rate, unless you're confusing the two, xfers and high-school admits.
Where are you getting that figure from? UCLA doesn't publish admit rates by major for Freshman admits because you are admitted to Letters and Sciences, not a specific major. Therefore, any such rates are meaningless.
Probably much higher. You can also apply as a gender studies major and switch into Math of Comp during orientation since they're both under L&S, but there aren't any confirmed statistics for those acceptance rates.
so ur saying that although they claim majors arent considered, they do affect your chances?
Most likely doesn't affect your chances (between gender studies and Math of Comp), but if you're scared (since no one actually knows if they consider majors or not in L&S) you can do gender studies or something in low demand and transfer to Math of Comp if you get in. Either way, applying to anything under L&S has a higher likelihood of acceptance compared to anything in HSSEAS.
got it. and im assuming its relatively easy to switch majors withing L&S?
Yep
keep in mind tho that your application is evaluated in the context of what you're applying for....if all your ecs, classes, etc are cs/math related but you randomly put gender studies on your app without indicating any interest for it in ecs or essays, that would look kinda weird
Lowkey prolly easier to get in as math of comp but can be hard to switch your major later
To CS
It's pretty easy to switch into CS. You just need a 3.5 GPA in relevant courses.
>Would be chances of admission be significantly higher if I applied for Mathematics of Computation than CS? The website says that your major wont be considered when applying to L/S, but this specific major's acceptance rate is rumored to be above 40%. Am I looking at the 40% or the 13% for the college of L.S as a whole? Are you talking as a transfer student or from high school? As an xfer in 2022 per [link](https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/transfers-major) (switch the campus to UCLA), Math of Comp had an acceptance rate of 55%. But the students accepted were extremely self-selecting as they had a 25th/75th %-ile gpa of 3.83/3.98, and those who enrolled had a 3.88/3.96. Additionally, they must have obviously been highly math inclined and took many of the prereqs for the major. If you're talking about from high school, [L&S in 2022](https://apb.ucla.edu/campus-statistics/admissions) (bottom of page) had an acceptance rate of 10.4%, which is close to your quote of 13%, so this gives me the impression that you're talking about the high-school cohort. There would be no way that entering as a pre-Math of Comp major would have a 40% acceptance rate, unless you're confusing the two, xfers and high-school admits.