Assuming I get accepted into Berk...

Sagert
Sat, 20 Feb 2010 01:10:31 +0000

Will I be able to change my major/college at the CalSo orientation, early in the game? I don’t want to be stuck with the major for ANY semesters.

I applied under Architecture, but as each day passes, I regret it more and more.

My dad told me originally to choose the major because it utilizes a combination of physics + math + business, all subjects of which I love.

He also told me that I didn’t need any artistic ability to excel in it, hearing this from his friends(Because I’m a HORRIBLE artist); this made me confidently choose architecture, but reading more about the major each day on CC, I’m beginning to have doubts.

This one person said:

That’s what I thought, but as an architectural engineering major (emphasis on structural design), I had to take two semesters of architectural design. Gulp! I discovered that (1)artistic ability IS required for arch engineering majors, and (2) I do not have an artistic bone in my body. I barely pulled out a C my first semester, and somehow got a B second semester. It was a painful experience, but it did serve a purpose, because it me realize that architects ARE good for something, after all.



I’m planning to apply to pretty good grad schools, and this will probably eat up my GPA. I don’t really have that much love for architecture anymore as I read more about it.

Anyways, will I be able to change my major(and college) before and if I start Berk?

Thanks.