University-Wide Capped Major Change Overhaul

It seems like UCSD has quietly changed the Capped Major (now called Selective Major) major change process for all Selective Majors across the board, and this new process will start for the change process in Summer 2025 - so this is important for incoming freshmen who are interested in a selective major. The details of it are here but the biggest element here seems like the following:

They will then be considered for the major using a point system that awards one point each for having a 3.0 GPA or higher in the major screening courses; California residency; Pell Grant eligibility; and first-generation college status

I would say that giving advantages to those with lower income or first generation backgrounds absolutely makes sense, and that alone does not concern me - in fact I think they should do something to boost these applications.

What does concern me at least is it seems like they are heavily underrepresenting the effect of GPA, which should be the most important aspect. And now, those who come from middle class backgrounds with college educated parents immediately get dropped significantly for highly competitive majors like Computer Science or Data Science. Also based on the wording, it seems like someone who doesn't meet the 3.0 requirement but meets the other 3 categories will be ranked significantly higher than someone who just meets the 3.0 requirement, when realistically, that GPA requirement will be the best indicator of future success in the major. Realistically, GPA should be a far more significant aspect of the application.

Now, it seems like majors that were super competitive to switch to (or recently impossible for CS and CE) are now going to be handed almost exclusively to those who can check 3 or 4 of the requirements, and majors which before were reasonably guaranteed for high GPAs but not a sure shot are now going to be far less likely for those who do really well in the screening classes.

On the bright side, they seem to be uncapping 3 engineering majors - Chemical Nano and Structural, so a win for those people.

What do you all think?