<p>Hey guys, I was accepted to UC Berkeley for the major of nuclear engineering. I'm deciding between UC Berkeley and Northwestern, and while many things are pointing me towards Cal, there is one thing that is making hesitant. Exactly how binding is my major? Im not 100 percent sure I want to major in nuclear engineering. I choose it in November as something I might be interested in, not realizing I would be accepted in that major. Anyway, could anyone shed some light on this and whether or not I would be able to change my major once arriving at Berkeley. Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>Changing your major to non-engineering - e.g. physics, math, sociology, whatever is a shift to the College of Letters and Sciences. Dead easy in that direction, pretty much trivial once you arrive on campus. The hardest direction for transfers is into the College of Engineering, where one has to prove it with a year of grades before transferring, but you are already there. </p>
<p>Now, if you want to move into a more impacted engineering major from nuclear engineering, it might be harder than the easy case of shifting over to the other colleges. I will let some of the engineering students chime in with the process and chances. </p>
<p>If you can be a bit more specific about potential majors, that would help a lot.</p>