<p>how hard is it to get in?
are there any stats or averages of admitted students?</p>
<p>Pretty easy. Unless you are a tard (I’m sorry, the politically correct term would be “not good at economics”). I wouldn’t recommend the economics major though. The professors are inaccessible and the curriculum is mediocre with upper div classes being as large as your lower div classes.</p>
<p>I haven’t been on in a long time…anyway.</p>
<p>As an Economics major, I’ll say this much: the professors are extremely intelligent, but they are generally douchebags in terms of teaching ability and accessibility. (I think they are rated one of the worst departments in terms of teaching ability.) Also the way some professors curve is ridiculous, such as isolating different discussion groups and curving only within that discussion group for midterms but curving the entire class for the final, making it somewhat arbitrary. </p>
<p>The Econ major rejects 1/3 of applicants every semester…which is actually quite a lot. The average accepted GPA for Berkeley undergrads to the major is 3.4 (as in they earned a 3.4 on the prereqs). You should be okay if you have a 3.8+ transfer GPA though.</p>
<p>As for the curriculum, people generally compare business with Economics. Economics as a subject is much more difficult than business, but not as competitive, even though many business majors double with Economics…But yes, I’d say the curriculum is “mediocre” in that it doesn’t provide real world applicability, although not many majors do.</p>
<p>I’d recommend Economics if you plan on going to graduate school or you want to become a financial analyst, even though those skills are generally learned on-the-job.</p>
<p>IEOR provides real world applicability, the OP should consider that.</p>