If I want to go to HAAS, do I start preparing for my "backup major" in freshman year?

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I know that if you get rejected from HAAS you have to take another major of your choosing, but do I start this other major AFTER I get rejected from HAAS, meaning I attend college a bit longer? Or do I start this backup major asap?</p>

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<p>You can take the prerequisites for more than one major in your first four semesters (during which you will probably take about 16 courses). The business major requires 7 prerequisite courses, 2 of which are reading and composition courses that all L&S students need to take (unless they have appropriate AP or IB credit), and some others of which (e.g. economics, math, statistics) can be applicable to other majors.</p>

<p>If you wait until too late, you may find your registration blocked if you cannot declare a major before your fifth semester, if you are in the College of Letters and Science: <a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/declare.html”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/declare.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;