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<li>Tuition - Why are living expenses so insanely high? Tuition is 36k and living expenses are 17k, nearly half the cost of tuition</li>
<li>How big are the classes for Economics majors and how hard is the major?</li>
<li>How easy is it for the average econ major to get into Haas?</li>
<li>Compared to NYU Stern, how competitive is Haas for entering the bulge bracket investment firms?</li>
<li>With my FAFSA updated, my EFC went down by 10k. As an OOS Student, will this actually change costs?</li>
<li>Berkeley is asking me to provide proof of citizenship in person</li>
<li>Does anyone have their experience as an econ major that they want to share?</li>
<li>On my application, I said I would take the AP Psych exam. However, after having to pay for them, I can no longer take the AP Psych. One of Berkeley’s policies is that students must take the ap exams they signed up for. How do I solve this problem? AP psych is a minor exam for which I don’t take the class and Berkeley does not offer credit for.</li>
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<p>bumpjhgfhj</p>
<p>Not an econ major, so I can only answer some of the questions.</p>
<p>1.) This is the bay area. We have some of the highest rents in the world. Furthermore, the dorms are unreasonably priced; it costs twice as much to live in the dorms vs similar accommodations outside. Expect to spend ~$600/mo on rent to share a room and $1200/mo for the dorms. The economy is doing quite well here; people who live here have correspondingly high income to pay for all of that.</p>
<p>5.) Yeah, you and your family are expected to come up with the amount on your EFC. The rest will be covered by financial aid in combinations of grants, loans, and work-study programs.</p>
<p>8.) Let the admissions office know ASAP.</p>
<p>[UCB</a> Online Schedule of Classes: Search Results](<a href=“http://osoc.berkeley.edu/OSOC/osoc?y=9&p_term=FL&p_deptname=Economics&p_classif=--+Choose+a+Course+Classification+--&p_presuf=--+Choose+a+Course+Prefix%2FSuffix+--&x=47]UCB”>http://osoc.berkeley.edu/OSOC/osoc?y=9&p_term=FL&p_deptname=Economics&p_classif=--+Choose+a+Course+Classification+--&p_presuf=--+Choose+a+Course+Prefix%2FSuffix+--&x=47) will tell you the size of economics courses.</p>
<p>For fall 2012, enrollment limits for courses required for economics majors (either 1-100A-100B-140 with less math or 1-101A-101B-141 with more math) is:</p>
<p>Economics 1 (introductory economics): 660
Economics 100A (intermediate micro, less math): 420
Economics 100B (intermediate macro, less math): 360
Economics 101A (intermediate micro, more math): 90
Economics 101B (intermediate macro, more math): 60
Economics 140 (econometrics, less math): 180
Economics 141 (econometrics, more math): 60</p>
<p>Economics majors take additional elective economics courses, whose sizes vary a lot.</p>
<p><a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/Major.stm</a> can give you an idea of what graduates in each major do after graduation.</p>
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<li>Berkeley is asking me to provide proof of citizenship in person</li>
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<p>Email them b/c I had to do this too. I believe they wouldn’t mind if you do this when the semester start. Just bring a hard copy of your passport or something. They won’t accept copies. They’ll just photocopy it there for you.</p>