<p>I'm a senior and applying to the UC's and have a question. I know Berkeley students can apply to Haas their sophomore year and then, if they get in, spend their last two years there. I've heard the competition is pretty tough, even though the intraschool acceptance rate is around 50%.
UCLA has their business-econ major, but I don't know much about it. I'm just wondering, which would be a better education?</p>
<p>I skipped Berkeley for UCLA because the competition for Haas's Business Administration degree is ridiculous. The average GPA of admitted students is around 3.6 AND you have to write an essay. I mean come on, we already wrote one to get into UC, now another one?</p>
<p>Berkeley degree is more prestigious, but you risk not getting into Haas your sophmore year and then having to graduate as a history major. I chose UCLA and got into Biz Econ fairly easily, but there is competition even here, just not as much as Berk.</p>
<p>I don't want to go to Cal just on the hope that I could get into Haas, then be denied. Does anyone know how much time the Haas prereqs take up?
I've seen the actual classes you have to take, but I was wondering how many semesters that equates to and how much time during you first two years is spent taking classes towards an actual major? </p>
<p>If I went to Cal, I'd probably major in econ and continue with that if (and when) I get denied from Haas. And JimmyJones, what do you have to do to get into the Biz-Econ major at UCLA?</p>