<p>im currently a junior looking into berkeley and i was wondering which major would be easier to get into and how competitive each is? any other information would be greatly appreciated</p>
<p>Nuclear Engineering is essentially in an euthanasia mode ever since Nuclear arms war ended.</p>
<p>It’s one of the smallest department with about ~10 people graduating every year.</p>
<p>Chemical Engineering is a pretty big department, and it is not horribly difficult to get into (most people say the College of Chemistry is easier to get into than the College of Engineering). But many people leave the major after the first semester or two because they find out they don’t like the classes enough to toil through them.</p>
<p>But anyways, if you’re interested in the subject, I highly recommend chemE here at Berkeley. The professors are awesome, classes are interesting, and research opportunities are plentiful.</p>
<p>thank you singh2010! thats the info i needed! but would you know anything about the physics requirement to apply as a freshman?</p>
<p>Uh, I’m not sure what you mean by physics requirement, but normally the expectation is that you have taken some physics in high school. Is that what you’re asking?</p>
<p>yes that’s what i’m asking i’m sorry for not clarifying</p>
<p>Is there a particular reason why you can’t take physics in high school? I think you’ll find it quite difficult as an engineer without at least a little background.</p>
<p>the only reason is because i’m in an IB school with a pre-planned schedule and for my science im taking IB Chem.SL in my senior year and this year im going to take chem.honors</p>
<p>I see, well my guess is that Berkeley will probably understand if you explain that. Try to self-study physics on your own, though.</p>
<p>If you are taking chemistry junior year, what prevents you from taking physics senior year? IB SL courses won’t get you any advanced placement anyway, so it may be more worth it to take physics (IB or otherwise) senior year.</p>
<p>Note that Physics 7A, required for all engineering majors, lists high school physics as a prerequisite. Chemistry 4A, required for chemical engineering majors, lists high school physics as well as high school chemistry as a prerequisite (those in majors other than chemical engineering or chemistry can take Chemistry 1A, which lists just high school chemistry as a prerequisite).</p>
<p>You may get placement out of Chemistry 1A (not 4A) with AP chemistry or IB chemistry HL, and placement out of Physics 7A with AP Physics C (IB physics does not count).</p>
<p>mmm…ok well i will talk with my counselors when school starts to see how i can take physics my senior year thank you</p>