UC Berkeley Talk some sense into me!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I know most of the people here would think I am crazy for saying this but I may not want to go to UC Berkeley, a little about me.</p>

<p>I am a northern California transfer student who was originally planning on going to UC Davis as a Managerial Economics major, I have all per-requirements done but Calculus 2 which I am finishing this summer at my CC. I got into UCSB, UCD, UCSC and UCB ( I am happy at my accomplishment). I left Cal State Sacramento because I didn't like it and went to a community college in hopes of transferring someplace better for me. At all the UCs besides UCB I have been accepted to my major (some variance of economics) with the exception of UCD of which I have to apply for the Managerial Econ Program, which I am not concerned about because of my major GPA a (3.9 with acct classes, econ, stats and calc).</p>

<p>The thing that gets me in a conundrum is that at UCB I have to take Stat 21 (or other comparable stats) and a Upper division econ course (100A,B or 101 A,B). I have been looking though the forums and they say that at least the stat 21 is a major weeder class for students. The thing is I have no clue how I will do at Berkeley and if I don't get at least a B in those classes I have to be looking for another major,(which I am seeing none that will get me a job outside of school without some sort of grad school). Am I over thinking this or have mis-information? Any ideas guys, I would be forever grateful, (especially any econ Berkeley majors out there) for some ideas!
Don't get me wrong I like both schools UC Davis and UCB and I recognize both have great opportunities. Even though Berkeley's campus is beautiful.</p>

<p>My grades for Pre-Reqs at UCB what I will be taking with me.</p>

<p>Econ 1, B+, A
Cal 1, A (IP)
Cal 2, IP ( A, a estimate)</p>

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<p>College is a time to explore and push yourself. You already left Cal State-Sac because it wasn’t challenging enough for you. Now you are presented with the highest opportunity to challenge yourself in the UC system and you are getting scared. Why even transfer in the first place if you just wanted the easy way out?</p>

<p>Besides, stats 21 isn’t that hard.</p>

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<p>its not the fact of the easy way out, its the fact that if I fall up short for some reason on this one major there are no other options for other similar majors it seems, unless I am wrong?</p>

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<p>Do you have any idea of what kind of job want after graduation? You can also look into Political Economy, which is similar to Economics but isn’t an impacted major. [International</a> & Area Studies Academic Program | University of California, Berkeley](<a href=“http://iastp.berkeley.edu/pe]International”>http://iastp.berkeley.edu/pe)</p>

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<p>I would actually like to work for the Federal Government , but at the same time I would like to be competitive for being hired by a private company (if the government decides to create a hiring freeze)</p>

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<p>Political Economy sounds like a good backup then if you’re not able to do Econ. Compared to the Econ pre-reqs the only additional class you would have to take before declaring the major is IAS 45. Here’s a link to the most recent career center job survey for Political Economy graduates <a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/PEIS.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/PEIS.stm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;