Question about EECS

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>hey guys I just got into Berkeley College of Engineering and i was reading some of the posts here and had a question on the decision I made when I did my application. I am pretty sure that I am going to want to do EECS but applied Engineering Undeclared because of the following information: </p>

<p>"The Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) major is housed in the College of Engineering and culminates in a Bachelor’s of Science degree. The EECS program requires a greater number of math and science courses than the CS program. Students interested in this major should apply directly to the EECS major on the UC Berkeley Application for Admission. Admitted freshman and spend all four years in the EECS major.</p>

<p>Freshmen applicants may also consider applying to the College of Engineering undeclared. This path allows engineering undeclared students who maintain a minimum of 2.0 GPA easy transfer at the junior year to any College of Engineering major. "</p>

<p>-<a href=“Undergraduate Admissions & Programs | EECS at UC Berkeley”>http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Programs/two_ways.html</a></p>

<p>now the concern that I have is that I have read certain posts that say it is not easy to transfer to EECS from Engineering Undeclared…could some of you guys that may have been in a similar situation inform me of what i should do. Thanks.</p>

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<p>all you need is a 2.0</p>

<p>i should know, i <em>am</em> an eng undeclared transferring to eecs</p>

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<p>Well, no, it's not quite that simple. Perhaps this is just a quibble on semantics, but I think that in reality, the word 'easy' should be replaced with 'easier'. As an EU major, you will still need to be approved by the EECS department to transfer into EECS. Note, that while that's not all that hard to get if you are EU, it's not a rubber stamp either. The EECS department may at their discretion choose to withhold admission. True, it's uncommon for them to do so, but the point is it's not a completely automatic process either.</p>