berkeley selection compared to ucla

Transfer Students
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<p>how come berkeley chooses their applicatoins based on departments (social science, physical science, etc.) as opposed to a school like ucla who makes their decision based on a specific major? this means the psychology, sociology, political science, etc. majors are competing against each other?</p>

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<p>???
No idea what you are talking about…</p>

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<p>bearclaw…unlike UCLA, berkeley doesn’t admit people based on a specific major, they do it by department.</p>

<p>so you state your intended major, but you will be compared to applicants in your department that you apply to…here take a look at this:</p>

<p><a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/Transfer_06.pdf[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/Transfer_06.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>as you can see theres letters and science, haas school of business, chemistry, natural resources, etc etc</p>

<p>lets say your major is Economics…then you apply to the letters and science department and I’m pretty sure you are compared to everyone who applies to L&S in the category of social sciences…</p>

<p>well thats the general idea. good luck</p>

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<p>“bearclaw…unlike UCLA, berkeley doesn’t admit people based on a specific major, they do it by department.”</p>

<p>You mean college…?</p>

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<p>yea sorry…wrong word…college (thanks for correction)</p>

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<p>Does the College of L&S accept by department…</p>

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<p>yeah (pretty sure)</p>

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<p>yeah that’s what i meant. so pyschology majors are competing against sociology majors right?</p>

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<p>yea bearclaw…</p>

<p>i’m pretty sure</p>