The selection process for invitation of juniors occurs once per year. Invitations are sent in March to those who qualify based on their record through the previous fall semester.
Up to 50 juniors are elected. Standards are more stringent than for seniors.
Criteria for Juniors
- Completion of first semester of junior status, with no more than 90 units earned.(Completion of first semester of junior status is to be interpreted as the completion of one’s fifth semester of residence at UCB, or the intention to graduate in the following academic year).
- Minimum GPA varies from year to year, depending on the pool, but is usually well above 3.90.
- Minimum letter-graded units in L&S courses taken at Cal: 65.
L&S courses include both those offered by departments in L&S and approved courses offered by non-L&S departments that satisfy the L&S Seven-Course Breadth Requirement. - Completion of the L&S 7-Course Breadth Requirement. The Foreign Language Requirement should also be satisfied.
To learn more about the L&S 7-Course Breadth Requirement, please visit https://lsadvising.berkeley.edu/seven-course-breadth
To determine the eligibility of a course offered outside of L&S, use the search function of the Berkeley Academic Guide (https://classes.berkeley.edu) using the filter for Breadth Requirements; or search for the particular course, then click on the course name in the results to display its full information, which will show which (if any) breadth requirement(s) it satisfies.
NOTE for students in College of Engineering or College of Chemistry.
Beginning in the 2024-25 academic year, students from the College of Engineering and the College of Chemistry who have very high GPAs will no longer be selected by the algorithm that creates the list of candidates presented to the selection committee for vetting. If you are a student in either college and believe that you have sufficient breadth in the courses you have taken, you are invited to submit a request for review of your transcript (see the general eligibility criteria page).