<p>So, I'm having a post-freshman crisis. I'm a declared English major, with plans to go onto graduate school and become a professor one day. However, my sister (a UCSD grad) keeps on pestering me about having a technical, and more practical back-up major. She suggests Economics and/or Hass (gearing toward Accounting). However, math is my absolute weakness, as confirmed by a recent abysmal placement test. Plus, I haven't taken any of the prereqs for Econ or Hass my freshman year because I was wholly focused on English--I barely squeezed in Math 16A for Fall. My question is this: is it too late for me to consider these two majors now, along with English, of course.</p>
<p>A lil background: I took AP Macro in high school and got a 4 on the test, with no studying, so I'm not terrible at Econ. But I feel like I'm really late in the playing field (apparently I can't take the prereqs at a community college once I'm already a Berkeley student), so is this even a viable option? Or am I just wasting time...I know you can apply for Hass your junior year, but is there any Hass majors that are in their fifth year? </p>
<p>For those of you who are wondering about my sis's argument, it's something on the line of me being Asian and wanting to be an English professor in a bad economy. But I am confident in my reading and writing skills--I have a 4.0 to back that up. However, I do see the validity of her point though since I'm still shaky about what exactly to concentrate on for my major. And I'm not that experienced in researching. On that end, it makes me feel like my future is pretty uncertain.</p>
<p>What do you all think? Should I dabble in Econ/Hass and/or stick to what I'm good at?</p>
<p>PS: I'd planned to study abroad in the UK junior year, but this seems unlikely if I choose to double major--another reason why I'm really hesitating.</p>
<p>Thank you in advance for any contribution! :)</p>
<p>It’s going to be hard to get into Haas if you haven’t start any pre-reqs for it and you’re heading into your sophomore year. You have to take UGBA 10, Stats 20/21, Math 16B?, and Econ 1. On top of that, Haas has a ton of upper division requisites that you have to take before you graduate; some if not a majority you may have no interest in.</p>
<p>With that said, I guess you could apply in your junior year, but I’m not sure how that would look in terms of Haas admissions, may hurt you, or even help. To be honest, I don’t think it’s worth the extra year to get that business administration degree. </p>
<p>If you want to declare Econ, it’s still not too late. You have to finish Math 16B, Stats 20/21, Econ 1, and one upper div Econ 100A or 100B to declare. After you have declared, I believe they only have like 5 upper division requisites, but you should be able to finish in your 4th year, even if you declare early on in your Junior year.</p>
<p>With that said, if you don’t want to go through the trouble, you could always just take the classes you need from Haas without majoring in it. I.E. just take accounting classes; if may even help you on landing an internship, since you’ll have a different background compared to most applicants. Accounting classes are not too hard to get into (but Haas majors have priority), usually, if u waitlist these classes phase 1, you should be able to get in.</p>
<p>@ApTester: You’re right about the vast core requisites–there are a whooping 32 upper div business units that I’d have to take in Hass. That’d mostly likely delay my graduate time to 5 years since I would have to focus on a senior thesis for English, too.</p>
<p>That’s depressing news…but I think it also relieves the pressure off my shoulders. I think I’ll just take the Econ prereqs and take whatever Hass classes that interest me. To be honest, accounting sounds terribly dry to me…but then we can’t always do the things we want to do in life.</p>
<p>@GeneralWisdom: I do want to live the life I want to live, but I also want financial security (don’t we all?). Plus, I want to be able to take care of my parents, too. Anyhow, I’m still not giving up on English, it’s my true passion, after all.</p>