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<p>Yeah, but the average GPA accounts for ALL Berkeley students. That means many who are taking major prereqs that are more difficult than the Econ prereqs, and certainly more difficult than other easy course that Econ majors can take. For example, engineerers. Or how about math/MCB/physics/chem majors? Is the guy with a 3.4 in Econ prereqs or 3.5-3.6 overall really doing better than the guy in EECS with a 3.2? That’s debatable. So just because the Econ-intended guy has a higher GPA than most Berkeley students doesn’t necessarily mean he’s doing better than most Berkeley students.</p>
<p>But I see your point to an extent; perhaps my perception is skewed as the Econ-intended students I meet tend to be pretty good students. There could be a case of self-selection going on here: those who know they won’t make it don’t even consider Econ as a major, so I’m led to think it’s not as tough for Econ-intended students to get that major.</p>
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<p>That seems a little low…it’s pretty close to the Haas admissions rate actually. You’d think that with so many Haas rejects (who are probably still relatively strong students) applying to Econ the admissions rate would be higher.</p>