<p>I'm thinking of switching from my current major. I have taken Math1A and 1B and am finishing the r and c requirement in the fall. I have yet to take econ1, a stat class, and the econ100a/100b thing.</p>
<p>i'm going to be a second year though, and i understand that since this is capped, i have to apply in the spring of next year..otherwise i won't get in.</p>
<p>i'm thinking about taking the classes that fulfill econ1 at BCC and the stat course (only if i get into the econ classes) in the fall. Is this risky? like i will, for sure, get in if i am somehow able to finish the prereqs and apply in my 4th semester?</p>
<p>If you want to take the more math-intensive classes like Econ 101A, 141 etc, you’ll need Math 53. But if you don’t, you can just stick with Math 1A/B. Either way, you’re not required to take Math 53 in order to declare for Econ.</p>
<p>ok, i know i’m being incredibly indecisive now, but i don’t think i should risk it for econ, in case i get rejected from the major. plus, it would have me running around berkeley city college and uc berkeley, which is stressful.</p>
<p>i’m looking at the math major, and all i need is 53, 54, 55. unfortunately for 53, auroux is full, and frenkel’s time are the same time as my reading and writing course.</p>
<p>so is the class for 55. so now i’m at a loss, since college of letters and science demands us to declare the major in the 4th semester. </p>
<p>if it weren’t for the damn times, i would have taken 53 and 54 in the fall, and then 55 in the spring and declare in spring. </p>
<p>Lower division math classes are very different from their upper div counterparts and if you’re afraid of getting rejected from the Econ major (which has very low entry reqs imo), I don’t think you’ll be able to do well as a Math major.</p>
<p>You should probably consider speaking to speaking to an Econ advisor.
Summer advising hours for the next week or so are:
<p>the reason i am afraid is because it says it is capped. plus, econ 1 is full already for the fall, so i would have to run around BCC. I don’t mind, but will they still look favorably upon these classes from community college (even though they say they accept it)?</p>
<p>from the prereqs, i have a 3.4 i believe. (i have taken math1a and 1b, and a reading and writing course)</p>
<p>does everyone pretty much get into this major? another reason i am scared is because i am already in my second year…and we HAVE to apply in the spring, otherwise i will be scr*wed.</p>
<p>yeah i know lol. it is just annoying when you want to switch majors because something isn’t working out, and either the classes are all at the same time and you only have 2 more semesters until you have to declare or they are all full because there are too many people in this school. but what to do.</p>
<p>i’m still on track for mcb, but the way my schedule is next semester, it starts at 8 every day and goes on till 9:30 PM one day and 6 the rest of the days. i feel that my gpa would go down even more (as well as my health from stressing out lol) since i wouldn’t have time to sleep and study or be social…</p>
<p>but uhm, yeah, any advice on how to proceed? i tried emailing the letters and science advisor a couple days ago, but they have yet to get back to me…</p>
<p>right, but the damn community college is not letting me enroll…and the classes are filling up fast for it. i signed up for the college, but its not letting me activate my account X.X</p>
<p>and i have a 3.4 from math1a, 1b, and a reading and writing course. i have a 2.978324987328493 with organic chem lol…</p>
<p>I feel like if you don’t combine math with some other expertise (in biology, cs, physics, business, econ) the only profitable route (correct me if I’m wrong) is to get a PhD and be a professor. Are you sure you want to major in math? And taking math 53/54 simultaneously might be annoying. Neither is hard on it’s own, but I guess if you’re gonna be a math major, you’d have to be able to do it anyway.</p>
<p>I noticed you’re taking CS10, so if you’re thinking about a minor in CS… <em>high five!</em></p>
<p>Sample size is pretty small for pure math for 2010, though past years’ surveys may have more information.</p>
<p>The math major does not have lots of requirements, and does not have time consuming labs, so it should be easy to throw in a few courses in areas of application (like statistics, economics, computer science, etc.) to give an edge for jobs and careers as a backup plan even if the goal is to do pure math in preparation for graduate school.</p>
<p>^yes! i am minoring in computer science! i looked at the career center data, and the job prospects for applied math majors looks really good. and i am coupling this with the cs minor. </p>
<p>but for biology, which was my previous major, it wasn’t like the jobs for it were any better? i saw waiter on there…lol. and i do want to go to grad school, despite what my major is. </p>
<p>but yeah, i am taking 53 and 54. i decided to drop cs10 since the lab times were conflicting, so i am going to head into cs61a in the spring. i will try and self-study python by myself during winter break (if they are still teaching python…i know they are teaching that in the fall) and hope for the best.</p>
<p>also, for PhD programs, would i have to get a PhD in math? i am still interested in biological research. It is just that the major here (MCB) is annoying with organic chem, and I feel that my potential would go down, since no matter how hard i study for chem, it just doesn’t click with me. Could I get a PhD in cell bio or something that would help me do research? and combined with a math BA (im in letters and science) and a CS minor, i feel this would be good. of course, this is going to be a lot of hard work…haha. easier said than done.</p>