<p>Nice to meet you ukyohero. Don’t hesitate to PM me and such! You too 1000 Ducklings. I’d love to get to know you guys better. I’m still undecided about Berkeley though.</p>
<p>@mochabubble: I have to say, Berkeley in L&S, CNR or CED? Maybe not. Berkeley in CoC or CoE? Definitely. I look at my peers in L&S trying their darndest to get people to listen to them, and nothing happens. Meanwhile, I submit a request for extra units to CoC, and within two days, I get an approval. CoC is something like 800 students. And we have a whole office of staff advisers just dedicated to us. Isn’t that nice?</p>
<p>Mochabubble: Oh really? I’m Japanese too! I live in Tokyo now but I grew up in the States (lived there for 10 years). Thanks for asking, my family is safe too! There are radiation worries, but everyone I know is alive, so I am thankful.</p>
<p>Trivolve: this is the site that has rankings for the College of Chemistry.
[UC</a> Berkeley, College of Chemistry](<a href=“http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/about/facts.php]UC”>http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/about/facts.php)</p>
<p>ukyohero: Hello, congratulations to you too! 
I’m very excited for all of us.</p>
<p>So how hard is it to switch from L&S to Coc? And I can only do it during my Sophmore year right?</p>
<p>@MMI: Not hard at all. Just get something better than a B in Chem 1A and it should be fine. You can transfer in freshman year.</p>
<p>We should have a chem freshmen party :DDDDD Anyways.
So how many of you are going to declare Chemical Biology as your major?</p>
<p>(I feel horrible when people are discussing “Is Chem better than Chem Engin?”…etc, no body cares about us Chem - Bio people (tears tears))</p>
<p>dodosteve: Yay College of Chemistry freshmen party! I am planning to major in Chemistry B.S.; I am looking at the course descriptions right now.</p>
<p>This is the latest database for Fall 2011 Courses!
[Search</a> Fall - Online Schedule Of Classes](<a href=“http://schedule.berkeley.edu/?PageID=srchfall.html]Search”>http://schedule.berkeley.edu/?PageID=srchfall.html)</p>
<p>yeepeee. more college of chem people here! </p>
<p>seriously, i have nothing but good things to say about the chem program in berkeley!</p>
<p>lol CoC people are pretty active on this site, really look foward to see you guys in August!</p>
<p>Haha I’m thinking of Chemistry B.S. That’s what I was accpeted as. Sorry, no Chem-bio for me! Personally, I don’t know if I’m cut out to be an engineer. I love research though. How’s research at College of Chemsitry? It looks like there are some fantastic opportunities.</p>
<p>Oh and a silly question: How many females are there in College of Chemistry? I’m just curious to see how many female friends I can find there. I usually hang out with guys though, so if it’s majority male, I don’t have a problem. I’m just wondering how the females represent College of Chemistry.</p>
<p>Cal’s CoC is more LAC-iike in that it is a small, close-knit program housed by a big Uni. L&S is all about 4,000 Frosh. </p>
<p>IMO, probably no better place to study Chemistry (other than HYP +MIT only bcos of the name-brand).</p>
<p>Hiiiii. Admitted to CoC all the way from Ohio. hoping to major in ChemE. Unsure at the moment but chemistry is definitely what I want to do. Anyone know a few basic stats about CoC such as number of students? How are the research opportunities for freshman. How east is it to secure an internship for the summer? Thankss yalll</p>
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<p>The College of Chemistry has three majors (Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, and Chemical Biology), each of which graduated less than 100 bachelor’s degree students the last several years (though the number of freshmen may be greater or less than that in each major due to people changing their major).</p>
<p>Also, the number of students in freshman and sophomore Chemistry courses may be huge due to the number of students in other majors taking Chemistry courses (though many of them take the non-majors’ Chemistry 1A,B and 3A,B instead of the majors’ Chemistry 4A,B and 112A,B).</p>
<p>I have no idea how many percent are female, but I’d guess around 40%. At least that’s what it looks like in Chem 4B.</p>
<p>40% is fairly large.:)</p>
<p>Anyone has any advise for freshman starting out?</p>
<p>^ Cal is a great place and loaded with challenges and distractions. Don’t underestimate your time management for studying. Go to professors office hours early in the semester to get known and ask questions.</p>
<p>Thank you for explaining, UCBChemEGrad. I was wondering about that too.</p>
<p>I’m looking at courses for next year, on the Online Schedule of Classes.
There are some smaller courses that end with LAB, and they do not have credits listed with them. Does that mean that they are to be taken optionally with Chem 4A?</p>
<p>I was also wondering about the male/female breakdown of the College of Chemistry. I know it is a small school compared to the rest of UC Berkeley, though.
scarflash and others: This has a list of numbers of students in the College of Chemistry:
[UC</a> Berkeley, College of Chemistry](<a href=“http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/about/facts.php]UC”>http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/about/facts.php)</p>
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<p>No, they’re not optional. You will sign up for a lab section when you register for Chem 4A (the lecture portion). The labs are run by Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs). A smaller section allows for students to ask questions about problem sets and topics that may show up on upcoming exams.</p>
<p>Thank you very much, Spontaneity! I was hoping I could take them, but because it said Credits: 0, I was unsure about what they were, exactly.
Would this mean that when I send my schedule of classes to the College of Chemistry (due in just over a month), I should choose a lab section that fits my schedule?</p>
<p>btw, can anyone answer my question regarding AP credits?
cuz I don’t really get it.</p>
<p>If you take AP chem and AP bio, does it count for nothing in the college of chem?
or it still gives you some units toward graduation?</p>
<p>Another unrelated question:
How many units (credits?) do you need to graduate? (approximately, I konw it varies)
(considering single major, not minoring or double majoring).</p>
<p>Lastly, is it possible to graduate in less than 4 yrs? is it common? (or at least not rare?)</p>