<p>I know that the program is really good for undergrad</p>
<p>Depends on your stats...but, in general, yes.</p>
<p>If you're applying to L and S, I really don't think it matters what major you put down on your application.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter when you first apply, you are only applying to the letters and science college, undeclared.</p>
<p>You will have to reapply to declare the psychology major around junior year. If you have better than a 3.2 gpa and less than 80units in lower division work, then you are guaranteed a position in the major, if you have a less impressive GPA then it is much more difficult to get in. In general, I hear that the classes are hard and competitive, but manageable.</p>
<p>Yes, your major does matter. There are only so many slots per major, and also certain majors (capped) must be declared when applying. I remember people telling me that people within the Psych program read the essays. So you are evaluated twice: once to get IN, the second time to declare. A girl who was accepted as a Psych. major and who got in, was denied her major during my CALSO. (Yes, I am a newly transfered Psych major at Berkeley)</p>
<p>eh...maybe it matters if you transfer in but for regular freshmen into L and S, I have never seen any evidence that it does for psych</p>
<p>will it be more difficult to get in if I apply as chemical engineering?</p>
<p>When you apply to Berkeley as a freshman, if you're applying to L&S (psych is in L&S), they treat you as undeclared no matter what major you put down. So you have the same chance of getting in if you put psychology as if you put English or math. After you get into L&S, it would be more difficult for you to declare the psychology major than to declare the English major, because psychology is impacted.</p>
<p>If you apply as Chemical Engineering, you're applying to the College of Chemistry, so it is a different process, but from what I know it's about as hard to get into CoC as L&S.</p>
<p>what is CoC and L&S?</p>
<p>Those are colleges within Berkeley:
CoC- College of Chemistry
L&S- Letters and Science</p>
<p>hmm i see. would it be better if I applied as undeclared engineering?
Also If i wanted to be a pharmacist which major would i select? chemistry or biology?</p>
<p>Undeclared engineering is one of those most popular majors, so it is extremely difficult to get into. Admission rates are typically at least half general admission rates.
I dont know any facts aobut this, but im speculating that since theres a college of chemistry chem will be harder to get into than bio</p>
<p>and if ur applying under L&S it DOES NOT matter what your major is wheter it be business or psych. They only admit people to school and not individual majors for this college.</p>
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hmm i see. would it be better if I applied as undeclared engineering?
Also If i wanted to be a pharmacist which major would i select? chemistry or biology?
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<p>Undeclared engineering is tied for the hardest major to get into, so it's actually not a very good idea. Also, if you get into engineering undeclared and then want to switch to Chemical Engineering, you actually have to apply to switch colleges from the College of Engineering to the College of Chemistry.</p>
<p>If you want to be a pharmacist, you should probably apply to L&S, which has both the biology major and the chemistry major.</p>
<p>wait, a UCSD admission officer came to my school today, and he said that uc berkeley, san diego, irvine, and ucsc dont admit students based on the major. he said first they are deteremined whether they are accepted or not and then it goes on to see what majors are open.</p>
<p>Also he said that in ucsd if there were 20000 admits, and 4300 decide to attend, and all 4300 declare biology as their major, all 4300 will be biology majored.</p>
<p>At least for UCB, that is wrong. Major DOES matter for the most part. Engineering admit students according to their declared majors. L&S does not factor in major when applying to their college, so as long as the major you want is in L&S you don't have to worry about about whether there are better chances of getting in with Slavic studies. For the other colleges, I'm not so sure, but I'd guess they follow along with Engineering. And declaring as a pre-business major doesnt matter either, cause you end up in L&S and are in the same pool as other non-business L&S applicants</p>
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he said that uc berkeley, san diego, irvine, and ucsc dont admit students based on the major.
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<p>I'd say that's wrong. On the application, even, there's a spot for your major, and another spot for a second-choice major if you don't get into your first-choice major. Hell, there's even a chart on the UC site that explicitly states the admissions policies based on major.</p>
<p>For Berkeley, it doesn't matter which major you are applying to, but it does matter which college you are applying to. So if your intended major is in another college, then the admissions process will be different. But, within each college, it doesn't matter which major you apply to. The only exception is the College of Engineering, which actually admits differently by major.</p>