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06-02-2008, 12:03 AM
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#1 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Berkeley, where else? :)
Posts: 28
| Microbial Biology Major?
Hello everyone,
I'm a '12 freshman at Berkeley and was wondering if anyone had any personal information on the microbial biology major? I'm currently in L&S intended MCB, but want to explore my options, especially CNR vs. L&S. Any advice or comments?
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06-02-2008, 12:27 AM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Mar 2007
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| MCB is highly competitive and huge. MB, and CNR in general, is a lot less competitive and smaller and more personal.
MB will get you and BS as opposed to a BA. CNR will let your AP out of GEs but you will have more UD courses for your major. | |
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06-02-2008, 09:34 AM
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#3 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 134
| Wow...easy on the acronyms there, plz  | |
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06-02-2008, 10:28 AM
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#4 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 410
| L&S - College of Letters and Sciences
CNR - College of Natural Resources
MCB - Molecular and Cellular Biology, one of the major in L&S
MB - Microbial Biology, one of the majors in CNR
BS - Bachelor of Science degree
BA - Bachelor of Arts degree
UD - upper division (undergrad courses starting with 100)
AP - Advanced Placement tests
GE - General educational requirements for a degree from L&S or CNR | |
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06-02-2008, 01:03 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 134
| Thanks rider.
One point I don't understand. Don't you get accepted to either L&S, or CNR? So berkeheartely are you considering a tranfer or something? | |
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06-02-2008, 01:13 PM
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#6 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Berkeley, where else? :)
Posts: 28
| @stalker: Yes, I'm considering transferring from L&S to CNR.
@LeftistHominid: Thanks. But aren't the lower div requirements practically the same for MCB and MB? So do you mean MB is "a lot less competitive" in upper div classes? | |
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06-02-2008, 02:17 PM
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#7 | | Member
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: S.F.>>>>>>People's Republic of Berkeley
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| He means that the grade distributions for MB are more in favor to the students, i.e. higher average GPA, for MB classes than in MCB classes. | |
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06-02-2008, 09:35 PM
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#8 | | New Member
Join Date: May 2008 Location: Berkeley, where else? :)
Posts: 28
| @Golden Bear: But isn't it such that a grand majority of MB courses are upper div? So saying that grade distributions are more student-friendly for MB courses than MCB courses just means that there is a difference during the last two years of UG work? Otherwise, it shouldn't be too different, right?
Another general question: What's your take on a degree from both CNR and L&S. I'm considering a B.A in Persian Language (from NES in L&S) and a potential B.S in MB from CNR? Has anyone done this? Is it feasible?
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06-21-2008, 01:19 AM
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#9 | | New Member
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Fresno, CA
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| I'm also a freshman and am a microbial biology major in cnr. If i want to do premed, what would be the better major (MB or MCB)? | |
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06-21-2008, 01:25 AM
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#10 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Palo Alto & Berkeley, California
Posts: 266
| the one where you can get the better gpa, which would probably be MB due to less competition in the upper div classes
medical schools don't really care about your major... they care more about activities, gpa, etc. As long as you fulfill pre-reqs you can do any major... even something like English or Economics | |
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