<p>Title question.</p>
<p>Pretty damn close to impossible. I’m not lying.</p>
<p>Depends on your GPA in typical COE classes.</p>
<p>Extremely.</p>
<p>I’ve heard you need around a 3.5 or higher in your technical classes (ie. engineering classes) to stand a good chance of transferring. 3.5 might be easy for some and might be extremely hard for others.</p>
<p>Say I was in L&S and wanted to transfer to EECS or MechEng. Chances of that happening?</p>
<p>Take the classes that the major you want to transfer into typically take. For most engineering majors, these classes overlap (math, physics, E7 and E10, etc. But for EECS it’s more specific; there is the CS 60 series.). Do your best; it’s true that you need an outstanding GPA. Your “chances” depend on that GPA. Just keep in mind that EECS is hella hard to get into. 3.5 or better…you should aim for better. And make sure you have a backup plan.
It is kind of unfair. I mean, people who are already in engineering may have lower GPA’s than you achieved while taking the exact same classes. But they were already admitted to that major so they have the privilege of having that lower GPA and retaining their major whereas you might be rejected due to lack of space. </p>
<p>It’s easier to get into CoE from high school or transfer from a community college. I would say that if you couldn’t get in out of high school, you probably don’t belong in Berkeley engineering. That, or you were some very unlucky person who got plucked out randomly during admissions.</p>
<p>if you only care the CS and not the EE, you should stay in L&S and just major in CS</p>
<p>icesplendor: If you apply to CoE you either get in or you don’t. You don’t get moved to L&S.
Leftist is probably right. Apparently some people even leave EECS to not have to do all the EE and Physics lower divs. Can’t blame them.</p>
<p>@indiscreet math: I understand that. Which is why if you really want to do engineering, you should apply to engineering. If you don’t get into Berkeley engineering, you’re better off pursuing your degree elsewhere, and you’ll likely be happier than the Berkeley kids as an undergraduate. </p>
<p>As for Leftist’s input, it also works the other way around. I know kids who wouldn’t want to take all the breadth that L&S requires and instead they put up with the EE.</p>
<p>Yeah I agree with Leftist. To my knowledge, if you don’t care for the L&S breadth requirements, you can at least make it P/NP. For COE, you HAVE to take ALL technical courses for a letter grade with no exceptions, even if it’s not in your major.</p>
<p>Did you consider that perhaps these students excel at physics, math, etc and enjoy these courses moreso than humanities? CoE’s breath requirement is not only less in quantity than L&S, but also less specific to my knowledge.
I wasn’t putting down your input, Leftist. I was merely bringing in another viewpoint.</p>
<p>^those kind of people generally also like EE and thus have reason to stay in CoE. However, the people who don’t care for EE generally would not care for the extra physics courses they need for CoE.</p>
<p>Even if they excelled at physics and math courses it would still make more sense from a GPA perspective because they would more easily get A’s in L&S breadth courses.</p>