<p>Sorry if there are other threads that cover this.
I'm an OOS high schooljunior who's interested in the eecs program. I'm assuming there's no aid that I'll receive as I'm out of state. I also have questions on how the general admissions procedure goes, do you apply to specific colleges and specific majors? Could someone enlighten me on this? Also what is the possibility of transferring from eecs to another major/college as I'm not 100% sold on it and I'd prefer colleges which might be a little less rigid. I've also heard that the eecs is draconianly hard to graduate out of, what's the general graduation rate. I haven't done much cs yet (ap comp Sci next year), but am very good at math (usajmo qualifier) and those skills often correlate I presume. Does anyone also know that the general stats are for eecs out of state admits? I'll probably post a chances thread or post later anyways. Thanks for answering my myriad of questions!</p>
<p>The college (L&S, engineering, chemistry, natural resources, environmental design) affects admission selectivity. Specific major within engineering affects selectivity (supposedly EECS, bioengineering, and engineering undeclared are the most selective).</p>
<p>Changing to another major within engineering is described here:
<a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/majors-minors/change-of-major.html”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/majors-minors/change-of-major.html</a></p>
<p>Changing to L&S is described here:
<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/registration/changeofcollege.html”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/registration/changeofcollege.html</a></p>
<p>Some L&S majors are “capped” (enrollment) and require a higher than 2.0 GPA in their prerequisites:
<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html</a>
(for some reason, they have not updated CS and statistics as “capped” majors in this list)</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus thanks a lot. Do you have information on exactly how difficult it is to graduate out of eecs? I also forgot to state in the op that I wonder what AP’s berkely or the college of engineering would give credit for. And as I believe you have seen my chances threads, what would you believe my chance at eecs in berkely to be? It sucks that berkely is a “capped” college as I like so many aspects of it but I fell in love with their eecs program (I’d probably only go to MIT over it).</p>
<p>For the students who can get admitted to EECS as frosh (4.0 or nearly so HS GPA in hard courses, high test scores), graduation is not especially difficult. Within the College of Engineering, 80% of frosh eventually graduate in engineering (as opposed to changing out of engineering or not graduating at all).</p>
<p>Berkeley College of Engineering AP credit is given here: <a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/guide/exams-credit/exams-scores-transfer-credit.html#Exams1”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/guide/exams-credit/exams-scores-transfer-credit.html#Exams1</a></p>
<p>However, for subjects like math and physics, it is a good idea to try old final exams before skipping with AP credit.</p>
<p>Here is a summary of decisions posted on these forums:
<a href=“Berkeley Frosh Class of 2018 decision summary - #10 by ucbalumnus - University of California - Berkeley - College Confidential Forums”>Berkeley Frosh Class of 2018 decision summary - #10 by ucbalumnus - University of California - Berkeley - College Confidential Forums;