Which Engineering Major?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I am applying to the College of Engineering, though I'm not totally sure about which major I want to select. I am leaning towards EECS, but this could potentially change to Engineering Science or Material Science or something else (I'm only a high school senior and haven't totally made up my mind).</p>

<p>So originally I had Engineering Undeclared as my major selection at Cal, but after reviewing the suggested course path in the UC Berkeley handbook and given the massive number of students and impacting of EECS, I heard that if I apply Engineering Undecided, then I will get pushed into certain Engineering Undecided classes right off the bat freshman year and maybe miss out on the opportunity to take Physics 7B and other important classes for EECS freshman to take (as those classes might give priority to EECS kids).</p>

<p>So my question is, would it be better to apply straight into EECS or go EU and hope they will let me take whatever classes I want (assuming I get in of course)?</p>

<p>Also, not sure if this matters but I got 5's on the AP tests for Calc BC and Chem so I could potentially place out of those.</p>

<p>Any suggestions?</p>

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<p>LOL I made a thread on this like a week ago. Same situation.</p>

<p>scroll down, I believe sakky said something about you can follow the EECS curriculum if you want to,</p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/595380-engineering-undeclared-eecs.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/595380-engineering-undeclared-eecs.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Similar situation, except in that thread you know you want to do EECS and you are trying to figure out the best of way of getting into it.</p>

<p>I am not trying to figure out the best way to get accepted, but the best way to figure out what I want to study and get it.</p>