<p>Even though college acceptances haven't been sent out yet, I still wonder if I should attend UCB (assuming if I got in..) as an undergrad pre-business Haas major. Below, I'll post my stats... Do you think I have what it takes to get an acceptable GPA the first two years before I apply to Haas? </p>
<p>I'd appreciate your opinion because even though Haas is a really good school, I don't want to make the mistake of going to UCB if I get a bad GPA and cannot make it into Haas; I wouldn't know where to go if I didn't get in.</p>
<p>EC:
President and Creator of Give a Kid a Backpack Club (raised $4,000 last year)
VP of Interact Club
Area Rep of Interact District Council
NHS
Class Rep 2010 of S-Club
Ran 2 student food drives - went on CBS News twice
VP of Asian American Association
Attended 3 paid for camps:
1) leadership
2) business - taught by Haas Professor, Olive Davis
3) engineering camp - at Santa Clara University
Volunteer every weekend
Won award for Business Roundtable - Community Service</p>
<p>OP, my wife applied to Haas when she was a student there, but didn’t make the cut. She eventually landed as an Econ major, as where most Haas rejects end up majoring, and eventually graduated with latin honors. Berkeley’s econ is superb too - one of the best in America. My wife never had a problem looking for a job. She got into Citigroup and was stationed in London, where I met her. But after a while, she eventually chose to go back to her home country and continue running the business of her parents. :)</p>
<p>I don’t think that you can use high school grades, scores, or activities to gauge whether or not you can get into Haas - they don’t matter when you apply to Haas.</p>
<p>You should just ask yourself if you are the type of student that is very self-disciplined about studying - staying on top of your work, managing time wisely, etc - and can handle getting good grades and being involved in clubs at the same time. If you think you are capable, then you should probably just give it a try.
Keep in mind that Haas prereqs are very competitive and most have grade quotas (only x% can get As)</p>
<p>You do not apply directly to Haas from High School, only as a CC transfer if you do not go directly to UCB.</p>
<p>There is no way of knowing how you will perform at Berkeley, you apply to Haas your sophomore Fall after you’ve taken a few requirements.</p>
<p>Also, the Haas name will not take you very far in landing a job. If you’re in Econ, have a high GPA, and good internships +extracurriculars; you’ll be set. It is only a title.</p>
<p>Ok, I’m going to go the other way and say you have a good shot. It seems like you have a lot of ambition, and once you get to Berkeley, it’s up to you to make it happen. Study hard, get involved, you should be set.</p>
<p>I’m sure you’re capable of getting the GPA you need; the issue is whether or not you have the dedication to do so. There are quite a few students who get straight As in high school and then slack off to like a 3.0 their first semester; you can’t afford to do that.</p>
<p>i am a cc student applying to haas for 2010. i would think that it’s harder to transfer from a cc into haas than it is from L&S into haas. acceptance rates is like 50% within berkeley and 6% from transfers. </p>
<p>^^ you can’t compare the two numbers directly.
The Berkeley pool consists of self-selected gunners who are better than the average freshman admits. The CC pool consists of 73% who can’t even comprehend the Haas prereqs, and of the remaining 27%, how many do you think were or would have been accepted as Berkeley freshmen?
My suggestion to CC hopefuls is: try to understand the Haas CC transfer instructions; if you do, you’ll quadruple your odds of getting accepted.</p>
<p>College is a bit more different than high school. A lot of classes don’t have small assignments that make up your final grade, like in high school, but, instead, they are determined by a few tests and a paper or two. So, your grades in high school may not be a good indicator of whether u can get that gpa. However, even though the grading style changes, your ambition may not change. As long as you are as determined in Berkeley as u were in high school then you will certainly do fine. Just stay focused.</p>