<p>Hi, I'm an incoming freshman at Cal as a Computer Science major in L&S. Right now, I'm thinking about transferring to EECS (CoE) after my freshman year, but I know it's extremely hard to transfer across colleges. I was wondering if anyone has any advice on how to do this other than "getting a 4.0 gpa" and picking classes that meet the requirements of that major.</p>
<p>The classes I'm picking for 2009 fall are the following: English R1A, Math 53, Compsci61a, Physics 7A, which is a total of 16 units.</p>
<p>I'm also planning on getting an MBA in graduate school, so I was wondering if I am denied the transfer to EECS, should I double Computer Science and Economics? Would adding Economics be reasonable if I'm pursuing MBA in graduate school?</p>
<p>Hey so, we’re basically twins.
Both incoming CS majors in L&S in the fall and interested in switching/doubling into something else. (CoE or another L&S major) and we’re both taking 61A and 53 first semester. and we both are kinda shooting for an MBA.</p>
<p>I would say don’t bother switching, it’s not worth it.
If you do EECS, you do EECS. There is no doubling, no dual colleges, nothing.
I mean, it’s possible to do whatever you want, but if you want a good GPA, you stick with just EECS.</p>
<p>With CS, on the other hand, it’s a whole lot easier to double major (like in econ)
I’m doubling in applied math since it’s only 5 extra classes.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about choosing your major now. Don’t worry about grad school. You schedule for the fall looks fine (albeit a little heavy) so try to get through the first semester first and then see where you stand.</p>
<p>Are you trying to transfer to EECS because you think it is better than CS? You are wrong. The CS content between CS and EECS is virtually identical and so are their graduate school and employment prospects. EECS simultaneous degrees are possible. I have a friend who is doing EECS+Econ.</p>
<p>thanks for all your feedback. So if I were to transfer to EECS, I could still do simultaneous degree for EECS+Econ even though they’re in different colleges? I guess I’ll try doing that, otherwise CS+Econ double major is cool enough.</p>
<p>For MBA graduate school, are there any better majors to pick other than Econ? (this is to be doubled/simultaneously added to CS/EECS)</p>
<p>If you want to do MBA, just do straight EECS. No need for Econ. Spend your time/classes doing well in EECS and building skills outside the classroom. Learning public policy analysis and whatnot from Econ really is not going to help if you want to get an MBA and work in engineering.</p>