<p>I was accepted to Berkeley's College of Natural Resources and I want to go into some biological field, so this was good for me. But now after extensive research of the college I think it might have been better to go to the College of Letters and Science into one of their biology majors. Now I don't know what to do! Is it possible to transfer colleges? Would it be best to stay in the College of Natural Resources? What is the main differences between the two?</p>
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<p>Thanks! This helps a lot!! </p>
<p>Do you know if it would be beneficial to switch? Especially if I’m looking into a biology major?</p>
<p>There are biology majors in CNR and biology majors in L&S - what matters is what you plan to do with the biology degree. </p>
<p>For example, if premed, the CNR route is going to be less brutal and likely result in a higher GPA and sciences GPA when you apply to med school. If you plan on a specific area, that helps determine whether you want molecular/cellular, organismal, or genetic, or some other focus that might make one major slightly better than the other. </p>
<p>In the end, though, it doesn’t matter as much as you think, plus there is always time to switch in the next year or two.</p>
<p>And . . . one is the College of Letters and Sciences (e.g literature, physics, art, etc) and the other is the College of Natural Resources. I only mention this because the title kind of mangled both colleges. Around here, they are usually referred to as CNR and L&S, by the way.</p>
<p>If you think you have a choice only between CNR and L&S, read this - you forgot other colleges here that also have biology majors:</p>
<p>[Undergrad</a> Majors | Biology@Berkeley](<a href=“http://biology.berkeley.edu/undergrad/majors]Undergrad”>Undergrad Majors | Biology@Berkeley)</p>
<p>So if I wanted to go into the research field of biological sciences does it really matter which college I’m in? (Not PreMed) I heard that the Molecular and Cell Biology Major is a very good program at Berkeley?</p>
<p>MCB is pretty brutal at Cal. It is indeed a very good program, but it is tough. Its mostly made up of pre-meds and considered very difficult because so many of the lower divs you have to take are weeder classes in addition to the level of students that decide to major in MCB. I don’t think it really matters what college you’re in if you want to go into research. IB (Integrative Biology) is a lighter version of MCB in my opinion. It is just as rigorous, but I would say less competitive among the students. </p>
<p>I myself am an MEB (Molecular Environmental Biology) major in CNR and I like it a lot. Its basically IB but even lighter in courses. The difference is in the requirements for each major. In L&S, you have to do more lower divs and you have to fill your 7 breadth requirements. In CNR, you have to do 2 breadths (they lump the 7 into 2) and also 35 upper div units within the college (ESPM, PMB, NST, ES, etc).</p>
<p>So if I wanted to get a simultaneous major between MEB in CNR and MCB or IB in L&S, would that be possible? Would it be beneficial? Do classes I take that are required by both major count towards each other? </p>
<p>Also, if I did simultaneous major, would it be better to get two degrees in completely different subjects like Bio and English or like this ^ and get 2 Bio degrees?</p>