sweet

what major do you think is much easier to get into berkeley with, mathematics or economics?

TheIcon

I would say mathematics

Thedude44

Math would be much easier to get accepted into. Berkeley considers applicants on what division they are applying to not on there major. Econ falls under social sciences which has an admit rate of 25% while math is in the mathematical and physical sciences department which has an admit rate of 49%. But you should major in what ever you want to major in don't worry about the statistics.

Torrancecali

math is easier but choose a major that you are interested!

nuveen

All else equal, mathematics. By all else, I mean GPA. But one may be able to sustain a higher GPA with the one year of math that economics requires than the two years that a mathematics requires, but the size of that gap of difficulty is contingent upon the person and the school.

sweet

thanks for the responses!
My major is actually Mathematics/Economics, and they dont have that particular major but I meet the pre-reqs for both math and econ majors that are offered at berkeley and I just didnt know with wat major to apply to berkeley. So i guess i'll apply under math

nuveen

If you want to major in both, you probably need to apply for Econ since it's impacted. That's just my speculation, but I've never heard of anyone applying for an impacted major after being accepted for some other major, so I'm not sure if it would work.

sweet

nuveen, thats a good point
i heard that at ucb you can make your own major, they dont mave math/econ, but if i were to get in with math major, i believe you can make like your own major........so for me it would be math/econ.
but im not 100% about this.........do any of you guys know anything about it?

Torrancecali

First time hearing lol!

nuveen

What you heard about was probably the ISF (Interdisciplinary Field Studies) Major. They let you create your own major but I believe it has to borrow from at least three different fields, and not resemble any existing majors. You also have to apply to this major directly.

Another option you have is to apply for the Applied Math major, which has 4 core courses that the Math major requires, plus Numerical Analysis. Instead of 3 more Math electives, you take 3 math heavy courses in one concentration, so you could concentrate in economics.