<p>HS class of 2010: I have been accepted in both UCB Chem Eng as well as UCLA Bioe. My ultimate goal is medicine. I do realize there's no specific major req apart from good gpa, MCAT, and other leadership qualities, however, I tend to do well in science related subjects and having a diff time in making my decision. </p>
<p>Would really appreciate your honest feedback. </p>
<p>Pls feel free to ask any question.
Thanks</p>
<p>premeds in the college of chemistry at berkeley do not last. majors in the CoC are premed-prohibitive. It entertains the hardcore chemistry majors to watch the premeds flee chem 4A-B. Just warning you.</p>
<p>Thanks kemkid. What would be then the possibility of transferring to Bioe in UCB, say in junior year? How hard would be the Bioe at UCB compared to UCLA?</p>
<p>you could apply to transfer to CoE around December. I’m not entirely sure how transferring to CoE works, but I think it’s easier to transfer from CoC to CoE than it is to transfer from L&S to CoE. I do know that applying to transfer into CoE is relatively difficult because engineering is a popular major.</p>
<p>I have no idea about the status of BioE though. I only know that the BioE program at berkeley is fairly new, and so they’re still slowly rising through the ranks (which is why UCSD BioE ranks above Berkeley BioE.</p>
<p>Now that I think about it too, CoC requires that you stick around for one semester. Chem 4A is a fun class, but you have to remove your premed mentality in order to succeed. If you want to do well and enjoy Chem 4, you gotta join study groups, go to office hours, and help and learn from classmates. I still remember at the end of 4A, it was entertaining to listen to the premeds in the back bickering and whining and saying they were transferring out to L&S (and just for numbers, the CoC freshman class dropped from about 200 to roughly 170 after the fall semester. some were people who just didn’t like the subject, but I’m fairly certain the majority were premeds who couldn’t get over themselves and enjoy the chemistry.).</p>
<p>That’s a great info. Thanks kemkid.</p>
<p>even though im not premed as a chemE, i still want to get relatively good grades, is this even remotely possible as a chemE major?</p>
<p>i’d like to know more about this as well. bump</p>
<p>I would like to know as well how difficult it is to maintain a high GPA in College of Chemistry.</p>
<p>Also, is it relatively easy to switch from Chemistry(CoC) to ChemE in CoC?</p>
<p>Hey, I’m planning on taking classes at a Junior College and then transferring up to CoC under a chem eng. major (yes, I realize how difficult this will be)
To anyone who attended the CoC, do you know of anyone who transferred as a 3rd, maybe 2nd year student? If so, do you know how they pulled it off?</p>
<p>My son is a ChemE–he had a 4.5 high school gpa with maximum number of ap’s–of which he scored 5’s on his exams. He’s not pre-med. His grades are good but not stellar: 1/3 A’s, 2/3’s B’s. He works like a dog for these grades; high school was a breeze for him even though he went to a highly rated bay area High School. He tells me most of his friends get B’s and C’s; and many of his classes are curved to a c+.<br>
That should give you a good idea of work load involved as a ChemE at UCB.</p>