Applicant without ECs in science

ucbalumnus
Mon, 16 Jul 2012 21:24:13 +0000

terenc:

Berkeley does have a separate admissions “box” for College of Engineering students, so it might be a factor.



Berkeley College of Engineering has a threshold for each major and admits them declared in their major*, unlike Berkeley College of Letters and Science which evaluates all of its applicants in a common pool without regard to major and admits them all undeclared.

*Engineering undeclared is a “major” for admission purposes, and may be more competitive in freshman admission than many of the declared engineering majors.