<p>So i got into UCLA for economics and rejected from Haas for Berkeley. If I stay, I will apply for economics at Berkeley next fall. </p>
<p>Maybe I am just too sad to leave the bay and all my friends or angry idiots who have the same stats or worse than mine got into Berkeley econ.</p>
<p>Is it too crazy to stay? are they so close it doesn't matter where I go?</p>
<p>I thought Haas was only Biz admin?</p>
<p>Anyways I don’t see the point in staying a whole another year especially when there’s no guarantee you would be accepted next year. It sounds like a waste of time honestly when you got into LA</p>
<p>Yea, I’d say it isn’t worth it and this is coming from someone who did wait another year only to get denied again. But then again, I was going for EECS in the College of Engineering. I dunno how the situation at Haas is.</p>
<p>Don’t do it, go to UCLA</p>
<p>If Econ is a lot less competitive than Biz Admin, your stats are up to par, and you’re set on Cal, I say go for it. That’s what I’m doing (only switching from American Studies to English, and going to a CCC that has a >90% transfer rate to Cal among English majors).</p>
<p>I’d say go for UCLA’s econ. It only gets more competitive every year. UCLA is top tier. Can’t you do more with a UCLA econ major than a biz admin?</p>
<p>I would do it. Haas is super competitive and you will have a better chance of getting into Econ at Cal. I probably would have stayed at CC too, if I hadn’t made it this year.</p>
<p>Go to UCLA and make new prettier friends!</p>
<p>Crazy? Uhh, more like stupid. UCLA has one of the best econ programs around. Their biz econ and econ are EXTREMELY difficult to get in. Don’t give up such a great opportunity just to wait to get into a school you won’t even be guaranteed in. Considering your GPA is pretty high since you got into UCLA econ, I doubt your GPA is going to get any higher and you probably won’t have much classes to take. You’ll just be wasting your time and a year of your life.</p>
<p>To play devil’s advocate, if there is actually something productive you’d rather do this year than go to UCLA, it could be a good thing to stay and reapply to the college you truly wish to attend. You could take the time to earn some extra money and connections through a job or internship in the Bay Area where you could be studying and living for quite a while, you could travel, et cetera. It sounds like you have strong ties to the area, and if I’m not mistaken, it’ll be much easier for you to get into the Econ major at UCB than Haas anyway. Make sure you consider everything carefully! Good luck! :)</p>
<p>so my friend got into ucla’s bizecon, but rejected from ucb’s hass. he had 4.0 and all the pre-reqs done for both ucla and ucb. the only problem was that he didnt have good ec’s. he chose ucla without hesitation. the point is hass is extremely hard to get in, so there is no guarantee that you will be admitted next year.</p>
<p>I agree with jaynami, however, like eiffel has stated, the only reason worth taking a gap year is to gain work experience/internship experience. Once you’re actually attending a UC full time-wherever that may be-interning and getting work experience might be more difficult to manage while in school. When it comes time for graduation, you will be that more competitive as an applicant with employers when you seek employment because of the extra work experience/internships that will be on your resume.</p>
<p>On a side note, what will you do if you were to be rejected from Berkeley again next year, and on top of that, UCLA also denies you admissions? Are you going to be okay if waiting that extra year leads you to attend another UC(that is not UCB nor UCLA)?</p>
<p>I’m an advocate of waiting to get what you want, or at least what you think you want. I waited another year to go to UCSD instead of UCI last year. </p>
<p>You only get one shot at your undergrad. Make sure it’s what you want.</p>
<p>I’d say go to UCLA. It is an amazing program and hard to get into. It’s only 2 years and it might be a better fit for you anyway. CAL Graduate School will be waiting for you.</p>
<p>Some of you guys are making UCLA seem far less prestigious than UC Berkeley. That is not the case. I recommend you go to UCLA while you still have the offer. You can’t guarantee yourself that you will get in UCLA and/or Cal again next year.</p>
<p>It’s not about prestige, it’s about going where you’ve had your mind set all along.</p>