<p>Pay is well, inaccurate to describe since almost nobody would do Applied Math alone, and most people I know have AM doubled with Haas, Econ (most popular double as far as I can tell), CS, Stats, etc., so the Career Center report are mostly for folks who double. Workload ranges from easy to insane. Math and CS are two of those majors that if you don’t get it, you can’t really get it… I swear I have known too many people who go to all the office hours in the week and still fail both 61A midterms… The same can be said for math. </p>
<p>Why don’t you just get into Cal first, take a couple of classes in the majors you are interested in and choose later? People change their directions every now and then. </p>
<p>Also, there’s no major with sane workload but mentally challenging at Berkeley. You either do something that is mentally challenging and pull all nighters, or you pull some “… Studies” major and doesn’t feel really challenged. Such combinations don’t exist here muahahaha</p>