<p>I got admitted to Berkeley LS but upon further examination, it doesn't say what major I was admitted to. I didn't apply as undecided, but all it says on the letter and in the my berkeley app is that I was admitted to the college of L&S. I heard someone else got into LS and it stated their major plainly as CS. Does anyone know what is going on? Are LS admittees supposed to have a major in their my berkeley app or not?</p>
<p>All L&S students should be admitted undeclared. You have to complete your lower division pre-reqs, and then declare your major. Some majors are impacted (like CS or econ) and you’ll need to complete the required classes with a high (3.0+ for CS) GPA before you can declare the major. Other majors you just need to complete all the required classes and hand in some paperwork, I think.</p>
<p>Other colleges (like CoE) admit students directly to their major. For impacted majors (like EECS) that means admissions are harder, but the worries about declaring are gone. But L&S is the weird college that keeps everyone undeclared.</p>
<p><a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html</a> shows L&S majors with higher admission requirements with a #, but the list does not seem to be updated to reflect the fact that computer science and statistics should have a #.</p>
<p>How hard is it to get that 3.0 for the required classes for CS? What % of people typically get in?</p>
<p>You can see past grade distributions for any class on schedulebuilder: <a href=“https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/department/FL/2013/53”>https://schedulebuilder.berkeley.edu/explore/department/FL/2013/53</a> (Click the class you’re curious about, and go to the Grade Distribution tab.)</p>
<p>As for how hard it is… just remember that everyone at Berkeley is just as smart as you, you won’t always be at the top of the curve anymore. How you’ll do in classes depends on you though, and how hard you’re willing to work and how well you grasp the concepts. :)</p>