<p>Note that at Berkeley, chemical engineering is in the College of Chemistry and bioengineering is in the College of Engineering, so switching between them may be difficult. Bioengineering seems to be extremely popular among freshman applicants, but the Berkeley forum seems to have a lot of new bioengineering freshmen posting about switching to a different engineering major. Good SAT subject test scores in math 2 and physics and/or chemistry may help when applying to an engineering major.</p>
<p>Switching into the College of Letters and Science at Berkeley is not difficult, but the economics major is impacted, so students need to have a high GPA in prerequisite courses to apply to declare it. The business major in the Haas School of Business is also competitive admission (students do not enter the business major as freshmen, but must apply in their sophomore year).</p>
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