<p>I was admitted to L&S, but since I applied, I have decided that I want to major in bioengineering rather than biochemistry, the latter of which I put on my application. How hard is this to do, really? I know that the college of engineering is harder to get in to So what would I have to do to switch?</p>
<p>I was admitted to bioengineering and I’m thinking about switching to EE, and I heard that a switch to EE requires that I maintain a minimum of a 3.2 GPA, but in any impacted major (which apparently includes bioengineering and EE), but usually one must attain higher grades in their first semester or first year courses pertaining to that major and then fill out a form to switch majors since admission into those majors is competitive.
Hope you get you wish! Good luck!</p>
<p>I think you would need at least a 3.7 GPA because as Diivio mentioned, BioE is now impacted. EE is actually not impacted anymore according to my counselor whom I spoke to a few months ago.</p>
<p>What does “impacted” mean? Also, how hard is it to have a 3.7?</p>
<p>You basically need to get a 3.8+ gpa first year (yes, they say 3.2 min but I’ve talked to the dean and he said most definitely you need at least 3.8 especially for eecs), then apply to transfer into College of Engineering beginning of sophomore year.</p>
<p>Also, there’s no guarantee that you’ll get in and you might be stuck in L+S. </p>
<p>A 3.7 is really hard to achieve if you’re taking lower division engineering courses.</p>
<p>so question, is it very difficult then to transfer into EECS from within the engineering program? I’m admitted under engineering physics but want to do EECS.</p>
<p>I’d imagine the requirements are the same (BTW a 3.8 corresponds to about the 10% of the class, and a 3.7 is about the top 20% just to give you some baselines [[Honors</a> by College 2008-2009 - Office Of The Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Records/honors.html]Honors”>http://registrar.berkeley.edu/Records/honors.html)]) but given that the admission standards for engineering physics and bioengineering are higher than those for most other majors, you might be a better student on average and thus have an easier time earning the grades necessary for a transfer. Does that make sense?</p>
<p>So in that sense, is it harder to transfer into engineering than it is to be admitted into it in the first place? Also, what does it take to get grades like these at Cal? It seems like something I would be able to achieve at my high school, but at Cal do you have to be some otherworldly genius or get 2 hours of sleep a night for a 3.8 or whatever?</p>
<p>Getting into Cal is much easier than transferring into Engineering IF you applied to L&S; I believe that is the case for every other college except maybe College of Chem. Basically, getting admitted as an Engineering major freshmen year is more difficult; transferring from L&S to CoE is also very difficult with some disciplines harder than others to gain admission.</p>