L&S CS is now the second largest major, and EECS is the now the fourth largest major

[ucbalumnus]

@ProfessorPlum168

what I am talking about is that, from a risk/reward analysis, it makes little sense to apply for EECS when you have a 4x better chance to get into Berkeley’s CS program through L&S.

How do you figure 4x? (presumably for frosh)

In the absence of stratified or banded admission rates by applicant characteristics, the use of raw admission rates can be misleading.

For transfer students, it looks like L&S CS and EECS are similar for admission selectivity, but L&S CS transfers need to complete the remaining CS prerequisites with a 3.3 GPA after transfer to declare the L&S CS major while EECS majors have direct admission.

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major

@ProfessorPlum168

I think for most people, getting into a school first supercedes any other barriers especially if you’re dealing with in this case one of the Big 4 of CS schools.

Possibly because many high school seniors are not that aware of entry-to-major barriers to popular majors.