<p>So I am having a mid-college crisis. I am finishing my second year at Cal in L&S CS and I hate it. The program here was not as fulfilling as I thought it would be for me. My adviser suggested I look into studying something else, and I am 100% sure I want to switch to something else but I do not know what I can finish in 2-3 years. So here I am, asking College Confidential for some help.</p>
<p>CC, what program can I finish in 2-3 years that will most likely lead to a professional school in the future? I have tons of interests in law, business, biology, and cs, but I want suggestions from the community on what is doable in 2-3 years. Any resources about pre-law/business/med on campus that I should check out on campus would be great too. </p>
<p>I will take everyone’s input into serious consideration. Thanks! Haha, starting over feels so good. I feel like a CC transfer. :)</p>
<p>most of the professional school choices you mention don’t care about your undergrad major, thus it doesn’t matter. Pick the major that interests you.</p>
<p>Some, for example medical school, have a set of required courses that must be taken, regardless of your undergrad major. If you were considering this before you have (or should have) been taking these already since they are pretty independent of your choice of major.</p>
<p>You should really meet with a college adviser. I was reluctant to meet with one because of the same reasons, but the person I talked to really showed me that it is not too late! We just need to plan the next couple of years really well.</p>
<p>I went through the same thing when I was at Cal. I ended up toughing it out in my major because it would have taken another 3+ years if I switched. My major choice had little influence in my career path, but that may be because I wasn’t aiming for anything science or engineering related.</p>
<p>So why didn’t you like L&S CS specifically? I got admitted to the same major (technically, just L&S) and I’m curious as to why you’re unsatisfied with the program. Sorry to hijack this topic a bit.</p>
<p>hmm maybe u shouldn’t post this on college confidential, where thousands of future UCB freshman are lurking ; ] cuz some of us (me) were only accepted to UCB as a top school, and so some of us (me) kinda HAVE to go there! n am kinda scared when ppl post things like this lol</p>
<p>But yeah for most professional schools, I don’t think major matters that much. What is important is completing their core requirements and earning a good gpa.</p>
<p>As was previously brought up, your major doesn’t really matter THAT much for professional schools later on. And so, I think your best option should be to pick a major that truly interests you–which isn’t a bad option at all! Also, I’m sure if you plan carefully enough and take summer school (starting this summer), you should have plenty of time to finish in 2 years.</p>
<p>And berry14. You don’t “HAVE” to go anywhere. If you were “only” accepted to UCB and think you deserve better, you should think about going somewhere easier, get a higher GPA, and transfer later.</p>
<p>It depends what you’re interested in but I’d suggest Cognitive Science. You can apply some of your CS credit towards the Cog Sci major, plus you can give it a bio focus with neuroscience classes. It would likely satisfy your cross-disciplinary interests while not letting your CS work go to waste! They give credit for 61A/B, 70, 160, 170, 186(?!), 188, and more: [Cognitive</a> Science at UC Berkeley: Requirements](<a href=“http://ls.berkeley.edu/ugis/cogsci/major/requirements_comp.php]Cognitive”>http://ls.berkeley.edu/ugis/cogsci/major/requirements_comp.php). It looks like a very flexible major.</p>
<p>To answer a previous post, I was not having a good time in L&S CS because I was constantly frustrated with the way the material was being taught. A lot of the reading was at one level, the labs at another, and the hw and projects were at an entirely different level. The levels between difficulty were so exponential (as opposed to linear), I felt like you had to have studied the material well in advance of the class to have aced it. Mind you this is 61C, the hardest of all 61 classes, so I have heard.</p>
<p>I ended up teaching myself a lot of the time/getting help from academic resources/creating study groups/finding new ways to learn. So if anyone needs help on 61abc stuff I am here for you.</p>
<p>I think I WILL check out Cognitive Science. Looks more fulfilling! And legal studies? Hmm, I will do a quick Google search. Can anyone speak up for legal studies? Experiences?</p>
<p>You should definitely take 188 (AI) next semester! It’s less work than 61C and the projects are easier and are some of the most fun assignments you’ll ever get. Most of the Cog. Sci. classes have nothing to do with 61C material. 61B is probably the most representative course (in terms of material) of what’s to come if you take the Computational Modeling path.</p>
<p>@berry14, I didn’t have much choice either, it was Cal or the streets. I am glad I went there though; it provided opportunities I would never have access to otherwise.</p>
<p>@OP
haha, 61c makes me dislike CS too. It does seem like the department is just working us to the bone. Are you taking 61c right now? First project was pretty abusive imo.</p>
<p>psychology. use summer 2010 and fall 2010 to finish the pre-reqs and the next three semesters of college to finish the upper-div (assuming you have none completed). you can go into law or business with psych.</p>