Should I apply to Berkeley haas or Econ?

context: large Bay Area hs feeder to uc Berkeley

deciding whether I should apply to Berkeley Econ or haas for next year

uc Gpa: 3.9/4.5

25-30 aps offered

Coursework:

11 APS: AP Calc BC, Both AP Econ, AP Gov, AP Art History, AP statistics, AP Bio, APUSH, APES, AP CSP, AP HUG

manority 4s with few 5s

2 honors: french 3h + chem h

5 Dual Enrollments: Financial Accounting, Calc 1, College Accounting, Intro to Business, Nutrition

Ecs:

President of Investment Club for 3 years : Manage simulated portfolio and teach students about fundamentals of investing with a little bit about going over careers related.

Also helped set up area led investment competition with about 6-8 high schools in our area. I helped create rules/deadlines and outreached to school finance/business clubs to participate.

along with the setting up our club won 1st place in the investment competition out of the schools.

CFO of student led non profit around economics/entreprenuership/finance (2yr ): applied for grants, found guest speakers, and reached out to local businesses for opportunities for our intern program.

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Consulting related summer internship ( very large consulting company) and helped develop consulting skills with large companies, presented to them with ideas in groups

Gardening job for one summer

Secretary of school key club: Helped log hours for all our volunteers and answered questions for volunteers. I have over 100 hrs currently of volunteering

track and field 2 yrs

peer mentor senior year

school service: 50 hrs

Posted Mar 14, 2026, 6:12 AM UTC

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