<p>Transferring to Berkeley from a strong college
I have a weird situation here.</p>
<p>I transferred to the University of Illinois as an electrical engineer, this semester. Things are going pretty good, however I decided that I want to do more of mathematics and now am thinking of transferring to Berkeley. I'll spare the specific details of my situation.</p>
<p>Here's the question. Assuming that I'll keep a 4.0 gpa my first and second semesters, will the fact that I am attending a top EE program help my chances of getting admitted? And will the fact that I am transferring for the second time hurt my chances and make people go "*** is he doing"?</p>
<p>By the way, I will be transferring as a junior, and will have met all the prerequisites for transfer students.</p>
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<p>Honestly, I'm cool at U of I and only applying to Berkeley just for the heck of it. No need to tell me how stupid this idea is or how indecisive I am. I know... I'm just wondering about the specific questions at hand </p>
<p>Just to clarify, I meant are you applying to Berkeley’s EECS program or do you want to be a math major and will apply to Berkeley indicating math as your first major of choice?</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ll be applying to their EE program foremost. Math is something I plan on doing in addition to it. Why would it be easier to get into mathematics? Does it have something to do with the strength of the program or is it simply the fact that math is in L&S?</p>
<p>Well, EECS is the most competitive major for admission. You’re already at a strong school that offers the major…get top grades and write a very compelling essay why you need to transfer to Berkeley…there are no guarantees and you’re at the bottom of the priority list. UIUC I’m sure has strong math offerings.</p>
<p>If you’re getting a 4.0 at UIUC, you honestly have a better shot if you apply to Berkeley’s MS EE program. While you’re doing your MS, you can bulk up on some math courses that interest you.</p>
<p>First things first: technically speaking, Berkeley has no EE program!</p>
<p>There’s an EECS program, but that’s EE + CS. For accredidation purposes, whether you get an EE (ECE) or CS (CSE) degree is effectively 100% under your control.</p>
<p>It’s a really competitive program though, and because of budget issues and size, they rarely admit transfers. I suggest that you come here for grad school instead.</p>
<p>Yeah, just doing well at Illinois and going to Berkeley for grad school seems like the most realistic opportunity for me. Thanks for the responses.</p>