<p>Upcoming senior here, I was just wondering what are the hardest/easiest majors to get into for admissions. Is it better to go in undeclared?
I'm interested in something like economics or other business related majors, but I heard they are very hard to get into. Would something like environmental engineering be easier? Or does it not really affect your chances of getting admitted?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Applicants to L&S are chosen without regard for major. All entering frosh in L&S enter undeclared. L&S students then complete the prerequisites and declare their majors. Some majors (the ones marked with red # in [Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising: List of Majors](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html]Office”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html) , though CS should be marked also) require a higher GPA than 2.0 or higher grades than C in the prerequisites.</p>
<p>Applicants to the College of Engineering are chosen by major. Changing into the College of Engineering requires a competitive admissions process, as does changing one’s engineering major (unless one is in College of Engineering undeclared initially):
[Change</a> of College (into COE) ? UC Berkeley College of Engineering](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/change-of-college]Change”>Change of college - Berkeley Engineering)
[Change</a> of Major ? UC Berkeley College of Engineering](<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/majors-minors/change-of-major.html/]Change”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/majors-minors/change-of-major.html/)</p>
<p>Business cannot be entered as a frosh. Students enter in another division, take the business prerequisites, then apply to the Haas School of Business in a competitive admission process.</p>
<p>EECS is the hardest to get into.</p>
<p>It is actually a little hard to tell which is hardest, since detailed stats are not publicly available. When the [url=<a href=“http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/hout_report.pdf]Hout”>http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/hout_report.pdf]Hout</a> report
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was made many years ago, MSE, BioE, and Engineering Undeclared were more selective than EECS, while NE, ME, and CivE were less selective than L&S (page 28). But things may have changed since then.</p>
<p>ucbalumnus sir ur so knowlegable about berkeley wat did u major in</p>
<p>If you’re interested in business, enter L&S as an econ major, or something. Technically, all L&S majors are considered undeclared until their 2nd year, so it actually doesn’t matter what you select under L&S. College of Engineering and Chemistry are significantly more selective than L&S. Among CoE and CoC, EECS, BioE, and ChemE are considered the most competitive, but not exactly the most selective.</p>