<p>I'm majoring in peace and conflict studies and political economy, will I have to worry about all the nasty competition rumors I'm constantly hearing about? Hopefully this doesn't offend anyone, but I've heard a lot of first hand stories and it's making me a little nervous.</p>
<p>No, I haven’t seen this at all. Don’t worry about it.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen or heard about such things. I don’t know why we have this reputation.</p>
<p>You should have no problem with unfriendly competition as PACS and PoliEcon. Cal seems to get its reputation for competitiveness from its pre-meds and pre-Haas students. Even among them, the competition is not that horribly brutal.</p>
<p>Don’t believe it. My major is the same as premeds (I am not premed though) and even in those class’s it is not any of the things you mentioned.</p>
<p>The only classes I’ve heard this happening in were Bio 1A (mostly), Chem 3, and a few MCB classes. But most people, even in these classes, have never seen it at all. I honestly think it may have happened once or twice (possibly even at another school) and got spread around the rumor mill because it was extreme and terrifying.</p>
<p>^never heard of it in any of my MCB courses</p>