<p>Hi, I'm going to be freshman this fall at Cal and I would like to get into Haas. But I am really confused about what I should take my first year. I have been told to take 1 of the 4 Haas requirements per semester and complete the breadth requirements.</p>
<p>Which of the four Haas requirements should I take first?
I really suck at Math and I'll probably have to take Math 32</p>
<p>Or,
what is an ideal freshman schedule like for pre-Haas students?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>I don’t think you can take Math 32…has to be 1A or 16A</p>
<p>My recommended schedule:
Econ 1
UGBA 10
Breadth
Breadth</p>
<p>My philosophy:
Seriously find out if you even like business/econ… And the classes themselves are pretty easy and have really light workloads… especially UGBA 10. Start of your college life easy.</p>
<p>My experience:
I took UGBA and Econ my first semester here and best decision of my life. I recommend it to anyone. It’s a great way to finalize your interest in the major and expend pre reqs.</p>
<p>Future:
Take Math 16A Spring Sophomore year
Take Stats 21 Spring Sophomore year</p>
<p>Since you’re weak in math, take the maths as late as possible so they don’t count for Haas admissions. Just work your butt off in 16A and stats 21 in order to get a C. Haas doesn’t care about sophomore year Spring grades</p>
<p>If we for some reason don’t get into Stats21 spring of sophomore year, can we take it summer before Junior year?</p>
<p>“All courses required for admission must be completed by the end of the Spring semester prior to starting at the Haas School of Business.”</p>
<p>The best schedule is the one that is the easiest for you with the courses that you are somewhat familiar with. I took Math 16A first since I had just taken AP Calculus in senior year. Take it easy your first semester of college.</p>
<p>I think haas would prefer students who took stats 21 and did reasonable, rather than the ones who did not even bother to take the class. Also, just because it doesn’t affect admissions to get a C, doesn’t mean it doesn’t destroy your GPA to do so. And in college, GPA is how you get interview opportunities</p>
<p>Wouldn’t putting off BOTH math classes till the OP’s 4th semester appear rather weak? I doubt it’s probable to get admitted without either of those grades showing up…</p>
<p>o______o… um…</p>
<p>Everyone does that. Like… everyone.</p>
<p>It’s no secret that people save the classes they suck at for last so that their GPA won’t be affected.</p>
<p>No, it won’t appear weak because that’s what everyone does.</p>
<p>And a majority of people do that, and they do get admitted.</p>
<p>Haas would not prefer students who took Stats 21 and got a C.
They prefer students who took Stats and got an A.
But Spring sem, they just require you get a C to not be rescinded.</p>
<p>I’m sure.</p>
<p>EVERYONE puts off both stats and math? No shot. Out of the ~20 people I talked to that applied this past November, maybe 1-2 had put off 2 major prereqs till the final semester (neither got in). Mostly everyone had finished or left ONE for Spring of sophomore year.</p>
<p>AT BERKELEY, I suck at math. I recommend taking Econ 1 or UGBA 10 first semester, then the other one in spring.</p>
<p>And actually, if you can, take 16B with Harrington. I found it a lot easier than Lam’s 16A, and I heard Demmel/Woodin’s 16A isn’t as easy as one would think.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that everyone puts up 2 major pre-reqs.</p>
<p>But I’m saying everyone knows it’s better to do it Spring than to do it early and get a bad score. </p>
<p>I’ve known people who put of 3 major pre-reqs until the last semester and still got in.
And everyone I’ve known had AT LEAST 1 major pre-req or breadth left…</p>
<p>And there’s a lot…
As long as he takes 1 major pre-req a semester, it’ll look like he’s trying. And just happened to have 2 left in the end.</p>
<p>If he maintains a high GPA, there should be no reason he doesn’t get in.</p>
<p>Also, saving 2 pre-reqs to the end is a self selecting process. Aka, people who are confident in their abilities and have good scores don’t need to save pre-reqs until the end. You have to compare 2 people with equal numbers, essay, ECs except with the # of pre-req difference to really see if it makes an impact comparable to a decrease in pre-req GPA.</p>
<p>More likely, having a higher GPA offsets the # of pre-reqs taken by a long shot.</p>
<p>So, 16B over 16A is better? I have no knowledge of calculus and I also suck at math…</p>
<p>Thank you all for the input!</p>
<p>yes…what is the difference between math 16a and math 16b?</p>
<p>16a is like calc ab 16b is like bc</p>