<p>Fall semester 2011, I'll be a freshman trying to major in econ or business admin</p>
<p>Math 16A
Econ 1
Stats 20
Nutri Sci 10 </p>
<p>Math 16A should be a breeze because I got a 5 on Calc AB, and an A in the class.
I got an A in AP stats and a 5 on the stats test pretty easily as well
My high school doesn't offer econ</p>
<p>Instead of taking Math 16A I recommend you take Math 1A. I’ll look better in your Haas application plus you can use it later if you decide to change major.</p>
<p>Other than that I think your schedule will be easy for a person like you.</p>
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<p>Of course, there are probably lots of others in Math 16A who think that way (pre-Haas, pre-med), so the curve may not be as easy as you think it will be.</p>
<p>Since the [Math</a> department](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/courses_AP.html]Math”>http://math.berkeley.edu/courses_AP.html) says that you can go to Math 1B after a 5 on AP Calculus AB, doing Math 1B followed by Math 53 and/or 54 would be the best choice to avoid wasting time and tuition repeating stuff you already know. Also, if you want to do Economics, the “more math” version (with Economics 101/141 instead of 100/140; 101/141 requires Math 53/54) would be better if you want to go to graduate school in Economics or go into a quantitative finance or actuarial career.</p>
<p>Completing Math 53 or 54 will satisfy Haas’ math requirement.</p>
<p>To all incoming freshmen and current freshmen: Haas doesn’t care at all about the rigor of your courseload. 16A vs 1A makes no difference. </p>
<p>With that being said, I do recommend taking 1A over 16A if you are good at math so u can have more versatility in changing majors later. U may find out u don’t like neither Econ or business.</p>
<p>why are you cramming 3 haas prereqs in one semester?
as stated haas doesn’t care too much for the rigor of your courseload, but it does highly value your GPA and grades in these prereqs… why not spread them out and surround them with gpa boosters/other prereqs for your backup major? by spreading them out, you can fully focus on them one at a time and try hard and be better poised to get A’s or A+'s in each of them.</p>
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<p>It could very well be that the OP considers math to be his/her best/easiest subject, so Math and Statistics courses could be intended to be the GPA boosters. And Economics 1 is not that difficult. Besides, the OP’s backup major is Economics.</p>
<p>^ even so, i don’t get the logic in blasting thru prereqs your first semester.
what are you planning on doing during your next three semesters? full on breadth? </p>
<p>and as a freshman to boot! idk bout you all, but i feel that first semester was definitely the best place to take a lighter load and test the waters, feel out your competition, and get an idea of how the game’s played here at Cal. (and of course not taking yourself too seriously first semester and making a lot of new friends + maybe taking a course or two in a field you haven’t explored yet)</p>
<p>i just feel with 3 prereqs in one semester (especially <em>first</em> semester) there’s just too little experience under his/her belt and that there’s too much unnecessary risk being taken. a lot of things can go wrong in one semester, and haas admissions won’t bat an eye of sympathy just because you put all your eggs in one basket.</p>
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<p>How much lighter can the course load be made with a normal number of units?</p>
<p>Math 16A/1A/1B (should be easy for someone obviously good at math; not time consuming)
Statistics 20 (should be easy for someone obviously good at math; not time consuming)
Economics 1 (not very difficult; not time consuming)
Nutritional Science 10 (if it is like other “science 10” courses, should be very easy)</p>
<p>Also, an advantage to hitting the prerequisites early is that if the student finds them not to his/her liking, s/he will have more semesters left to take prerequisites for a different major without being delayed.</p>
<p>^^ Well, it’s easy to say that stat 20, econ 1, etc are easy and not time-consuming, but it is true that these are the courses that business majors have trouble with. For whatever reason it is, the fact is that not everyone does well and the OP should take this into account when trying to fit 3 important pre-requisites in one semester.</p>
<p>Whether stat 20 or some humanities class is easier is a relative argument. Maybe they are both easy. But the fact is that the OP needs good grades in the pre-reqs for Haas. So why not risk getting a B in that humanities class rather than stat 20?</p>