<p>I just got accepted to Berkeley!! So thrilled! </p>
<p>I'm seriously considering attending, but am a little hesitant because of the "7-course breadth" idea. Could a current student tell me a little bit about it? I really do not want to have to take a language in college and also would prefer to be done with anything generally English related... is it possible to meet the "7-course breadth" requirements without these?</p>
<p>the language req is met with 3 years of a language in high school or a sufficient score on the AP test for a language. in college you’d be hard pressed to avoid “english related courses” as im sure even in random classes you’ll be writing and reading a lot. and if you havent gotten a 5 on the AP lit test, then you’ll have to take at least one “real” english course here (but at least you can find a fun/easier one maybe…). </p>
<p>in short, the 7 breadths are basically this annoying req that makes you take random classes. if it werent for the stupid bio breadth i would never have had to take that ridiculous oceans class. but then again i would have never taken those awesome logic and astronomy classes. </p>
<p>if you’re extra meticulous i’m sure you could find classes and totally avoid what you perceive to be “english related” courses to complete your breadth req in L&S, but i mean, there’s just a lot of ways to satisfy each othe the 7. you can look at all the classes that fulfill any of the 7 at this website [Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising: 7 Course Breadth](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/7breadth.html]Office”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/7breadth.html)</p>
<p>I actually like the 7 course breadth requirement. For every category there are so many classes you can take, you’re bound to find one of them interesting. Don’t like Bio? You might like ‘Drugs and the Brain’. Don’t like physics? Astronomy C10 with Filippenko might blow your mind. These courses are designed with you in mind.</p>
<p>It made me take classes I would normally never have ever taken. Astronomy changed the way I look at the world, while nutritional science made me understand the importance of checking nutritional info. Political science gave me a broader view of politics, while Near Eastern Studies taught me about how civilization started.</p>
<p>College is about leaving your comfort zone and experiencing new things!</p>
<p>7-Course breadth really isn’t that bad. One of my friends took most of his (ridiculously easy) breadth courses at a community college and therefore only had to take one or two breadth courses here. He’s going to be taking purely technical classes for the rest of his 3 years at Berkeley.</p>
<p>They’re meant to be GPA boosters.</p>