<p>I honestly have no idea what field of engineering I want to enter. It would make intuitive sense to me that applying undecided would be just as competitive as something like EECS. Is this assumption correct? Should I just apply to a specific subfield and switch majors if it doesn't work out? Is switching majors even realistic at Berkeley Engineering?</p>
<p>I'm a salutatorian with a 4.83/4.0 high school GPA (4.33 UC GPA), 35 ACT, all honors/AP classes (10 APs total), and a decent extracurricular profile including founding and leading a chemistry club. I haven't started my Cal essays.</p>
<p>I would not recommend coming in as another engineering major if you intend to switch into EECS as with the huge surge in popularity in this field, classes are becoming more and more impacted - to the point where only undeclared and declared EECS/CS/Cog Sci majors can get into the required classes. If you come in as some other declared engineering major, your chances of being able to switch are pretty slim regardless of academic ability. </p>
<p>If you intend to apply to some other major in L&S, you’ll be undeclared anyway so it’s fine.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how difficult it is to get into other engineering courses.</p>
<p>Hi there, I currently a sophomore at UC Berkeley.<br>
To offer you some wisdom, EECS, BIOE and UNDECLARED are the most competitive engineering programs to be accepted into at Cal.
You can look up facts about how many students are currently in each program online and the the requirements for changing majors.
However I can tell you from experience of changing my major from BIOE to CEE, that certain programs are much more difficult to transfer into, while others are very easy. For example changing engineering majors into BIOE and EECS is very very difficult. They are very selective. So being in the program already your freshman year will save you a lot of stress and headache.
I cant advise you on what you will or will not like in relationship to a major, but I can advise you that it is completely possible to change majors within the school of engineering(I did and I know many people who did as well).<br>
I had a good friend who was engineering undeclared, while I was BIOE, it seemed like it was much easier for her to decide what she liked with less stress, then it was for me(I was unsure of what I wanted to do in highschool so applied to BIOE), but honestly, it will be really easy your first semester in a class related to your major to decide if you like it or not because of how much more in depth the material will be then in highschool. (i liked biology a lot in highschool, but at cal it was too much for me)
Anyways hope this helps.</p>
<p>I’m very reluctant to write off EECS as a potential major. Is changing from undeclared to EECS extremely difficult? If it is, that seems ludicrous. I’m applying undeclared because I haven’t discovered my engineering subfield of choice, not because I’m not good enough for the toughest major to be admitted into.</p>
<p>Oh man. Do you know of any people from CC or real life who got into engineering undeclared? I think I have a strong profile but not ultra strong like some people.</p>
<p>I got into UCB COE undeclared in 2011 (Class of 2015). My grades and test scores were good, yours a little better, I am URM and had decent EC too. I honestly feel like they accepted way more out of state students (which I am) that year because they need the money. IDK feel free to look at my profile that I have in one of my posts.</p>