UCB EECS or UCSD Bioengineering?

Applying to College
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Yes, by now, I’m pretty sure most folks have percieved me as being a horribly confused, cynical, and jaded loser.

Which I am. But that’s besides the point.

I don’t know which college to send my SIR to as of this moment. I was really very impressed with UCSD’s Bioengineering, it seems to be an EXCELLENT program, ranked 2nd in the nation, behind only JHU itself. The BS–>MS program is great, the med school options are open, the field is up and coming, jobs are opening up… blah blah blah the future is now type stuff.

Then there’s UCB’s EECS, which is also super impressive, ranked 3rd in the nation, stamp of Berkeley’s prestige on it, etc. But, the fact remains that its not too easy to get into Berkeley’s graduate school afterwords… and that both the students and my dad (who is also a UCB engineering graduate) confirm that there seems to be a growing lack of jobs (which the faculty is only too happy to ignore).

Please offer advice. But don’t give me some type of ******** about “do what your heart desires” or any thing like that. I want to know what are my future options in each field, what are the chances of going to a decent graduate school, etc. For reference, I’ll post my stats:

GPA: 4.34 W, 3.86 UW, 4.14 UC
ACT: 32 (1410-1450 SAT I)
SAT IIs: 770 Writing, 760 Bio, 690 Math iic
EC’s: Club leaders, Varsity Wrestling, Section Leader Jazz/Marching Band/Wind Ensemble, blah.
Other stuff: I’m not a very smart guy, nor do I work hard. I just abuse the system for my own benefits. Don’t give me beef about my attitude, old habits die hard.

I’m oh so horribly confused. I’m going to go post this into the engineering forum as well, just because I can.

Please advise this drifting starchild.

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<p>If you like physics and calc (like me) go with EECS. If you've taken physics and calc before and you hated it, goto UCSD bioengineering. Other than that, I can't really offer any unopinionated advice. Cal Day really brainwashed me...</p>

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<p>To me this is a huge problem with the UCs, you shouldn't be deciding which major you want until you've had several classes, access to profs and time to take in all of the possibilities.</p>

<p>What made you apply to the two different majors? Do you have any leaning about what it is you really want to do?</p>

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<p>Think about jobs, careers when you graduate. Where would you rather work?</p>