<p>I have recently been accepted to the College of Letters & Science at UC Berkeley. I have not been accepted into the specific major that I applied under, for I must petition to declare the major once I enroll. Is it possible to petition to declare a major different than the one that I have applied and have been accepted under? I've become more interested in other majors within the College of L & S and I'm not sure if this is entirely possible, or simple.</p>
<p>which major?</p>
<p>Yes, you can apply for any major (especially withing L&S). I believe that you can apply to stuff outside of L&S as well, though it may be more difficult, especially if you don’t have the prereqs for them done.</p>
<p>Thank you!! I was worried that this wasn’t possible and I have become more interested in a similar, but different, major!</p>
<p>when you petition, would you have to write personal statements of why you want it?! i don’t want to go through that process again :(</p>
<p>@ pigsyy: No, you don’t have to write different personal statements or anything new. You literally just contact the head of the department, and it’s up to their jurisdiction whether or not they’ll allow you to switch. </p>
<p>As an example, I was admitted on 4/30 as a transfer. I have already e-mailed a bunch of people, including the head of the psych department, and have been cleared to switch from philosophy to psychology. You have to be passionate and aggressive about it (haha) but it’s not that hard to switch. </p>
<p>I would recommend contacting the head of the department that you want to switch into asap.</p>
<p>If I got accepted to College of Letters & Science at UC Berkeley, and I applied as econ major on application. Is that possible I can apply to HAAS once i go there?</p>
<p>absolutely not.</p>
<p>Sorry for reviving an old thread, but I was wondering about double majors at Berkeley. Can you simply add on another major (even if it is capped) if you have all the requirements to declare that major? The major I’d like to add (if I get into Cal) is Media Studies. Is it possible to add this as a double major?</p>
<p>^ same here, I would like to add media studies and have all pre-reqs done since the major I applied for (AS) is in the same division under L&S.</p>
<p>Yes. Go to the department and talk to the people (once you get accepted), and they should accept you if you have the correct paperwork/stuff done already.</p>
<p>I was pretty confused when I read the first post and hadn’t yet realize that it’s from last year.</p>
<p>Not sure what the point of responding to ~1 year old threads is. Who are you expecting to answer your question? This guy is probably long gone.</p>
<p>@goingmeta: You’re comments are always appreciated. </p>
<p>It’s always worth a shot to ask a question. Sometimes it is seen and answered by people who actually have a good answer for it.</p>
<p>^^ exactly my thinking (2 years later posting)</p>