<p>I hope you are right Torrance! </p>
<p>I’m sure you will get accepted to Cal as well…UCSD is a good school so it can be compared with Cal!</p>
<p>I think Berkeley accepts according to divison in the college, not by major in the college of L&S. So I think it should be easier to get in as an English major rather than sociology since sociology is under the division of Social Sciences, which has an acceptance rate of 23% versus 45% for Arts & Humanities.</p>
<p>But what do I know? Maybe someone else can confirm this.</p>
<p>diamond:</p>
<p>I think it is a good idea to let them know of any change to be on the safe side. You can go to thier site and find the “undergraduate admissions email address” . That is one way.</p>
<p>Anyways, I’m not the right person to ask this question…wait and see what other pple here say.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you.</p>
<p>hw323, I think you’re right that they accept according to division rather than major because I’m actually double majoring in English and Political Science, but am applying under English because of the higher acceptance rate. I’m thinking 45% chance is looking better than a 23% one.</p>
<p>One down, two to go!
SD accepted me as a math/applied science major. Now I just have to wait for Berkeley and UCLA! The wait is cruel!!!</p>
<p>Did anyone get accepted to Revelle yet?</p>
<p>I’m really not trying to be rude, but whyyyy revelle? I said this once before on this thread, but i was accepted to revelle right outta hs (i didnt know what a HUGE difference there was between the colleges when i applied, so i just ranked them randomly). the only reason i didnt go to ucsd was because they wouldnt let me switch til sophomore year. i just want to warn you in case you havent visited…it’s by farrrrr the ugliest of the schools (it looks like they havent dont anything to the place since the 70s). Plus, it’s referred to as the school where warren and marshall rejects go, and the gened requirements are ABSURD! although i guess you wouldnt have to worry as much about that as a transfer, but i think you still have to do a good portion of them. anyway, im sorry if i sound like an absolute ass, i just wanted to warn u. plus, i doubt you’ll have to worry anyway since you have a greatttt shot at la and cal :)</p>
<p>diamond- <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=309037[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=309037</a></p>
<p>i don’t have the info for davis so you’re going to have to call them up and see how to make the changes. i believe all of the info i put up are accurate because i did call admission office and asked them how to make changes.</p>
<p>Ck- I just read the descriptions on the website and it seemed alright. I don’t know anyone that goes there though. Oh well :)</p>
<p>Like myself 
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<p>For those who haven’t been to this website: here is a link to their undergraduate tables. You can create tables sorted any way you want by applicant / registered / accepted. You can then break it down by major, age, basically anything you want in order to see historical percentages of acceptances. </p>
<p><a href=“http://osr2.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/Access/DB/Frontends/runapp.pl[/url]”>http://osr2.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/Access/DB/Frontends/runapp.pl</a></p>
<p>Verdet: Wow, never expected economics to only have room for 150 transfers. I guess it is impacted lol like the brochure said. Oh well. My top pick is UCLA with 250 or so spots.</p>
<p>JPN, where did you find out about the 150 space for Econ?</p>
<p>nvm I found out</p>
<p>what about marshall? is marshall cool?</p>
<p>For everyone stressing out about these admit rates, let me share a theory and tell me if its plausible.</p>
<p>For the generally popular majors like Communications, Econ, Political Science, etc. the admit percentages are really small, like 10-20%. But have we ever stopped and thought about WHO was applying?</p>
<p>These majors are popular, not only because they can lead to “big bucks” but because they (in Comm’s and Econ’s case) are known as being “easy.” (THESE ARE NOT MY OPINIONS, BUT STEREOTYPES). Therefore, the “less-qualified” applicants major in these types of subjects. From MY first hand experience, I’ve noticed that a lot of students major in “business” or “political science” or “communications” when they have no real passion for these subjects, because they want to finish college and taking these majors is “easy.”</p>
<p>Here’s my conclusion. Maybe, there are a lot of “less qualified” applicants apply to transfer into these majors. Thus equaling a higher amount of applicants, as displayed in such tables as the one above, and worried kids stressing about the “admit” rate.</p>
<p>Say if the average GPA for Comms admits was 3.8 in 2006.</p>
<p>What would happen if we weeded out applicants in 2007 with GPA’s of 3.6 and below who had no significant EC’s or circumstances. How many “qualified” applicants would we have? What would the admit rate be then?</p>
<p>With applying so easy nowadays, “less qualified” applicants can easily apply and bring up the applicant amount and bring down the admit rate.</p>
<p>Thanks verdet for the chart!
I compiled some stats for popular majors for your convenience!</p>
<pre><code> Admit/Applicants = Admit Rate:
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<p>Anthropology: 82/262 = 31.3%
Architecture: 57/191 = 29.8%
Art: 57/121 = 47.1%
Astrophysics: 10/25 = 40.0%
Bioengineering: 23/87 = 26.4%
Business: 89/1160 = 7.7%
Chemical Biology: 34/167 = 20.4%
Chemical Engineering: 28/72 = 38.9%
Chemistry: 39/173 = 22.5%
Civil Engineering: 44/166 = 26.5%
Computer Science: 46/103 = 44.7%
Economics: 150/719 = 20.9%
English: 272/596 = 45.6%
History: 110/398 = 27.6%
History of Art: 68/137 = 49.6%
Mass Communication: 128/334 = 38.3%
Mathematics: 77/138 = 55.8%
Mechanical Engineering 44/185 = 23.8%
Mol. & Cellular Biology: 200/567 = 35.3%
Philosophy: 112/262 = 42.7%
Physics: 44/88 = 50.0%
Political Science: 150/704 = 21.3%
Psychology: 153/800 = 19.1%
Sociology: 110/439 = 25.1%
Statistics: 14/26 = 53.8%</p>
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<p>Actually, the stereotype for Econ majors is that they are mathematical geniuses with highly developed quantitative and analytical skill.
The very first thing my friend said when I told him that I’ll major in Econ was “Wow… you must be extremely good with math O.o”…</p>
<p>so… yeah.</p>
<p>verdet- nice info. ur smart man… u knew da acceptance rate and choice english instead polticial science… I should of done dat!!! lol…
Sociology: 110/439 = 25.1%… 110… maybe i hav a bad chance…</p>
<p>Ok, i understand where startraksfinest is coming from, but i differ in the belief that these majors are easy. Yes, they are popular, but no, they are not THAT easy. Since these majors are popular, we have less qualified applicants applying, which makes the acceptance rate lower. With that in mind, i do agree partially with startraksfinest.</p>
<p>I’m not stressing out about berkeley. I have tap for ucla and am just waiting for the acceptance letter =P. Well soon I hope. BTW: economics isn’t an easy major. </p>
<p>Most students wouldn’t classify taking calc 1-2-3 and statistics as easy prereqs. Not to mention, linear algeb+ if you want to do really well in economics.</p>
<p>psych/sociology is.</p>