<p>Hi guys, I recently got admitted to UCB and I'm really starting to think about what I want to major in after my sophomore year..</p>
<p>So right now, I'm thinking about going to Pharmacy School (hopefully Skaggs at UCSD) after my undergraduate years at Berkeley. But what scares me the most is the renowned "cutthroat" competition against the pre-med undergraduates. Is there anyway in avoiding most of the competitive classes so I can keep my GPA intact for graduate school? Any advice? What courses should I take in CC during the summer? How much studying should I expect a night in order to get that A-? Are there any good backup jobs if worse comes to worst?</p>
<p>I was also looking into Computer Science. I have just finished researching about Computer Science at Berkeley and I was amazed that Berkeley’s program was top in the world! (or is that EECS?) </p>
<p>Are there any CS majors out there? How are the classes? Is it as big as MCB?</p>
<p>EECS and MCB are totally different… you really have to passionate about what you do to succeed so first try to find what you want to do</p>
<p>Thanks starmia!
Anyone else?</p>
<p>Sorry to say but if you are pre-pharm or pre-med, you will be taking the same science classes. It works pretty much the same anywhere. Pre-med and pre-pharm required science classes overlap with each other. You cannot avoid them crazy pre-med if you want to do pharm, lol</p>
<p>Darn. Lol</p>
<p>Can anyone who has a major in CS tell me how its like? I’m thinking about getting a BA on CS since I think I have a better chance in getting into graduate school.</p>
<p>For CS, you have to like math and computer programming. The lower division requirements before declaring the major are three CS courses with programming (61A, 61B, 61C; those without much computer programming experience may want to take CS 3 first), three math courses (1A, 1B, 54), one CS course that is basically a math course (70), and an electronics course (EE 40 or 42). For upper division, you take at least 27 units of upper division technical courses including at least six CS courses.</p>
<p>More information here: [Undergraduate</a> L&S CS Students | EECS at UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/csugrad/]Undergraduate”>CS Major Information | EECS at UC Berkeley)</p>