<p>Well I am going to begin my second year at my CC, I have completed my IGETC in my first year and I will now be working on my major pre-reqs(they will be done by spring 11-both philosophy and econ pre-reqs for UCLA will be done and econ will be done for UCB as well, they dont have any phil major pre-reqs). Now my question is which school will offer me a better education in both philosophy and econ, if possible I am looking for answers that weigh both the majors in the answer. I am pretty sure I will be accepted to both of these schools so it is now a matter of choosing which school I want to go to. </p>
<p>My stats are 4.0 GPA(top 2.75% of my 2009 CCC freshmen), minimal EC's(only notable one would be my 4 years of volunteering in my old track coaches childrens summer program as the sprint coach), I will most likely have an ok written essay(7-9?), 2.9 GPA in hs only two AP classes(will this put a huge dent in my admission chances?). Also I hope to attend either Georgetown, NYU or Columbia for law school, if that helps at all for providing a more accurate answer.</p>
<p>For this question, I suggest you also post on the Search & Selection forum since your question is less about transferring per se and more about the colleges themselves. You could also post on the UCB and UCLA subforums.</p>
<p>berkeley is better in humanities than UCLA(berks is #4 and UCLA’s is #9)</p>
<p>however, as i always tell people, berkeley is barely better than ucla. On top ranked public institutions, berkeley is #1 whereas UCLA is tied for #2 (with UVA)</p>
<p>and on 2011 rankings berkeley is like 22 whereas UCLA is 25. You’ll get great education from both schools, but since you’re double majoring you’ll have a few things to consider:</p>
<p>berkeley is semester based whereas UCLA is quarter based. You’ll end up taking more classes per year at UCLA (in theory) than at berkeley, but it’ll be much easier to manage your classes at berkeley since you’ll have an additional 6 weeks. you also have to consider things like which neighbourhood you would think is a better fit, price, etc.</p>
<p>Berkeley would be better for philosophy than UCLA (although, it’s worth noting that in grads schools they’re tied in terms of their philosophical graduate programs by the philosophicalGourmet) as for econ, i’m not sure, but i also think econ is more competitive in berkeley.</p>
<p>You sound like a shoe-in for acceptance to UCLA and Cal but you probably already know that.</p>
<p>What do you want to do after graduation? For example, there was someone on this forum who wanted to do something in the entertainment industry so UCLA was her best bet because it put her near Hollywood for internships.</p>
<p>My hopes are to go to either Georgetown, NYU, Columbia or University of Chicago(DREAM!) for law school and maybe work in workers comp or criminal defense, I have no clue at this point in time really.</p>
<p>beyphy, can you elaborate on the descrepancy between the semester quarter system? Is it just fall and spring semester for UCB and a 3 or 4 quarter system for UCLA? will this effect me double majoring at all? IE: cramming 5-6 classes each term?</p>
<p>(If I’m not mistaken)Regardless of the school you apply to, you have to list Econ as your 1st major on the application, because Econ tends to be a more popular major. If you don’t list Econ as your first major, you might not be able to add it as a double major later because they might have restrictions for incoming transfers(and the adding/switching of majors into popular departments). While with Philosophy, you can always add philosophy as a minor or double major, because it’s not impacted.
Ask your original question(which school?) when you get accepted. Maybe you won’t get accepted to both and the choice will be made for you.</p>
<p>very possible situation, unfortunately because of my financial situation UC’s are all I can seem to afford because private institutes hardly offer enough fin aid, in any case, what would be some good safetys?</p>
<p>@CCjuniortransfer Berkeley is the only UC which has semesters. all the other ones are quarter based. Semesters give an additional 6 weeks over quarters which can really give you extra time if you’re taking lots of classes or just want to enjoy college more.</p>
<p>typical semester systems have Fall and Spring while summer and winter are usually optional. I’m not too familiar with berkeley (you’d probably be better suited asking this in the UC Berkeley forum) but i think they’re like that too. As far as UCLA goes, a typical year is Fall quarter, Winter quarter, and Spring quarter (summer is optional) between each quarter is at least two weeks of vacation so it isn’t too bad. it all just depends on what’s more right for you.</p>