Looking for input on whether choosing Berkeley is a bad idea for a student who is truly undecided as it seems almost impossible to study anything outside of your college (like Business-related majors). Even if you want to take the classes they are extremely hard to get into and it is unlikely to change schools or be allowed to do a second major.
Other most likely options are:
Tulane
Wisconsin
UCSB
Well, the first two years or so, you will mainly be working on gen ed and breadth requirements, unless you come in with strategically selected AP or DE credit. And even in the case of the latter, it is easy to take lower division classes from many different majors, unless they are impacted (e.g. business, CS, engineering, etc). So it depends - how undecided is undecided? If you’re leaning towards something liberal arts/social sciences, you’re probably fine. If you think you might want to transfer to business or CS, you might be able to do it, but it is far from assured, so maybe not the best decision then. You can also double major, generally speaking, and many students do. But again it may be very difficult (or even impossible) if the second major is impacted.
Most L&S majors are not difficult to declare – just pass the listed prerequisites with C or higher grades.
There are only a few L&S high demand majors which will require a comprehensive review if you did not have admission with preference for that major: L&S High-Demand Majors for First-Year Students | Letters & Science
However, some majors in other divisions are likely to be difficult to change into:
CNR does not appear to be especially difficult to change into, but a 3.0 college GPA is required.
Very undecided. Totally open about what to study so not sure if want to explore options in other schools - thinking in particular in the Business School could be interesting.
Just visited Tulane (veery different school) and realized that student ability to take classes and declare majors in any school within the university without difficulty or separate applications is very attractive to an undecided student.
Do the other schools have more flexibility ? I’d imagine Tulane does.
And can you afford it if so?
If your interests are varied - including business - then make sure you have a path to get to whatever unknown you might be chasing.
One of the principle “selling points” of Tulane is the academic flexibility. Everyone comes in as undeclared and there’s no need to declare a major until the end of your Sophomore year. You’ll still want to start taking some foundation classes in the school/program you think you’ll end up so you don’t end up on a 5 year track.
This topic was automatically closed 180 days after the last reply. If you’d like to reply, please flag the thread for moderator attention.