Should I worry about the CA deficit when choosing UCB?

<p>^^ That is a good point. Most students choose to attend summer school at least once for whatever reason. Realistically I have met a VERY small minority of people who are spending an actual fifth year here but that is because they chose to or swithed majors late in the game.</p>

<p>I think anyone can graduate in 4 years as long as they WANT to. If you delayed taking your major classes and just danced aroun with
electives then that can delay your graduation, as well as for people who realize their major is not marketable at junior year and decide to do a triple major then. But if you know what u want and follow through and follow the normal course progression then you should
be fine.</p>

<p>^ for a second i thought you said “and follow the normal curve”</p>

<p>wooow…</p>

<p>Are there any CC members out there who graduated in 5 years? Anyone know any I can PM? thanks</p>

<p>bump</p>

<p>What is the Enviromental policy or something major? Its “capped,” but I don’t know what that means</p>

<p>This major as described in College of Natural Resources? [Environmental</a> Economics and Policy](<a href=“http://cnr.berkeley.edu/site/eep.php]Environmental”>Environmental Economics and Policy | UC Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources) </p>

<p>It is also available to College of Letters and Sciences students, however it is capped for L&S students while it does not appear capped if a CNR student. This suggests the strategy of transferring from L&S to CNR, then declaring the major once pre-requisites are complete. </p>

<p>Capped means that a major does not have room to admit all students who want to enter it. For most majors (uncapped), declaration is certain to be accepted if you meet the requirements of the major, but capped majors have some budget or space constraint that requires them to turn away enough students attempting to declare to stay within their fixed limit of undergrads. The more the demand for the major outstrips the space that is available, the more competitive becomes the process of declaration. For example, entry into the Haas business major as an undergrad is highly competitive because of the huge excess of hopeful business majors compared to the capacity of the school for handling undergrads. </p>

<p>Were you offered admission into L&S or into CNR? If in CNR, were you admitted into the EEP major or were you undeclared?</p>

<p>I was admitted into Letters. Should I not go to Berkeley then, if I want to do enviromental policy?</p>

<p>how late can I go before I decide on a final major? double major?</p>

<p>You should declare your major by the end of your sophomore year, so that you can take more of your major-related classes in your junior and senior years.</p>