<p>I can't find any stats regarding 25th/75th percentile, GPA accept/deny
for EECS as apart from Berkeley as a whole. Anyone know where
I could find this information? I know it's more difficult. The question
is how much more difficult??</p>
<p><a href=“Berkeley Frosh Class of 2018 decision summary - #10 by ucbalumnus - University of California - Berkeley - College Confidential Forums”>Berkeley Frosh Class of 2018 decision summary - #10 by ucbalumnus - University of California - Berkeley - College Confidential Forums; is a summary of decisions posted on these forums.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus That’s great detail. Thank you!</p>
<p>The admission rate for the entire CoE as a whole is about 9%, I am not sure if actual percentages are released for individual majors.</p>
<p>On the document with the Accept/Deny - I saw that majors were listed. I’m confused now about the L&S acceptance. Does intended major play a part in acceptance to L&S or does it not? I was under the impression that everyone is essentially undeclared until junior year. And if you wanted to go CS you just complete the prereqs with a sufficient GPA then off you go. But I see in Jweinst1’s post he’s mentioning percentages for individual majors which would imply a different admit rate for different majors.</p>
<p>The percentages for individual majors admittance would ONLY apply to CoE majors because different undergraduate degree programs in the CoE have different amount of seats available to them because it is highly selective.</p>
<p>The major for L&S application is only used for holistic admission review. This means that an applicant can write about a profound dream to win the nobel prize in physics, and select physics as their major. It is only there to give a picture of the applicant’s goals and dreams. It is theoretically possible for all L&S applicants to be admitted having put the same major on their application, they do not discern like this.</p>
<p>Thanks much Jweinst1. So it sounds like I won’t be hurting myself to be putting down Comp Sci as intended major for L&S. </p>
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<p>Note that all of L&S is grouped together in that document, while in the CoE, the majors are listed in separate groups, since L&S does not admit by major (although essay consistency with intended major may influence the admissions reader), but CoE does. The majors for L&S applicants were listed because they were listed in the original postings.</p>
<p>Yes, frosh enter L&S undeclared. L&S CS majors can declare after completing the prerequisites with the needed GPA (currently 3.0).</p>
<p>Is it usually hard to maintain a 3.0+ GPA to declare a L&S cs major? Because I heard the prereqs are cutthroat. Also how does berkeley calculate GPA? Because I heard an A- will drop down to 3.8…</p>
<p>@dragonnelite Good question! And what would be a decent backup plan for someone who intended to be a CS major but was heading into junior year at UCB with say a 2.9?? Can you still take the upper level CS courses but not be in the major? Perhaps major in math but take as much comp sci as possible? Or linguistics?</p>
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<p>First of all, its important to understand that there are many other opportunities besides the CS major you will probably not be able to have if you do not have a 3.0 GPA at Berkeley, such as internships, honors clubs, undergraduate research, business clubs etc. Also, it is important to know that most of the big employers of CS graduates(Google, Facebook, Apple, Twitter, etc.) would really like to see a GPA well above 3.0 anyways, in order to have a solid chance of landing a job there.</p>
<p>The curves in the CS 61 series (A, B and C) are usually set around a B, so that means generally if you do close to the average score or better on assignments, you should a B in the class. Now this is obviously dependent on people’s scores, but when I took CS 61A, the class itself was very difficult, but the people as a whole were not as competitive as those in Bio 1A or other classes I have taken. So it’s really tough to say how hard it is to get a 3.0 in specifically CS classes for the major.</p>
<p>You would probably have a hard time getting into upper div CS classes without being a major, but there is also a CS minor offered, perhaps something you should look into. Also, it is highly unlikely that someone who didn’t do great in CS classes would succeed at upper division math, its just a whole different ball park.</p>
<p>Here is how Berkeley calculates GPA: <a href=“http://academicservices.berkeley.edu/advising/gpa/”>http://academicservices.berkeley.edu/advising/gpa/</a></p>
<p>Note, however, that it is GPA in the technical prerequisites that is the main criterion: <a href=“CS Major Information | EECS at UC Berkeley”>CS Major Information | EECS at UC Berkeley;
<p>Getting into CS courses is described here: <a href=“Getting Into Computer Science Classes - Google Docs”>Getting Into Computer Science Classes - Google Docs;