<p>first and foremost, these responses are all based on personal experience to help gain insight for those of you that care to hear</p>
<p>@ Billionaire
- i’m taking the 100A/100B track. the classes aren’t bad but the competition is (atleast compared to my experiences). your grade is curved and dependent on how others do so many people out here tend to stray away from “group work” or discussing results and some out here even share wrong answers to hurt others. econ100a/b are prerequisites for many majors other than econ but haas business, political economics and are even taken by students outside the major for whatever reason</p>
<p>2) could you elaborate on this question?</p>
<p>3) no. i believe de anza doesn’t offer the agreement but foothill does. it supposedly consists of 6 honors courses? i don’t believe it guarantees you like an agreement you would have with the other uc’s (other than la) but just puts you on a higher priority</p>
<p>4) i’m alright. i took cal ab and bc in highschool and passed my ap exams with 4. i retook calc bc then ab (scheduling conflict) and then stats the semester before i left. all my math courses ended up with an A or B. </p>
<p>5) my first semester consisted of econ 100a (intermediate microeconomics), stat 21 (statistics for business), soc 150 (social psychology) and ugba 96 (introduction to entrepreneurship). when i transfered here (for orientation), econ majors were given a designated 100A or 100B course code to add and a list of options for stat21 or 20. i suggest you take 21 because it’s more general statistics (soemthing you might encounter in highschool ap or cc stats) where as stats 20 was like computer programming stuff.
my first year was alright, i ended up with an A and rest Bs. a lot more difficult, competitive and strenuous than cc (obvious) and definitely a change of pace so the transitioning took some time. there is also a class that berkeley offers to help with transfer students integrating themselves to the new berkeley/college lifestyle</p>
<p>@ pyoro1
yeah, i’m on about two dozen websites so chances are it’s me. i took 13 units (which was the minimum amount for letters and science majors.
courses here make me miss cc courses because no one there besides yourself really gave much concern to school (at least that’s how de anza seemed). berkeley courses are definitely more difficult but aside from what i told Billionaire, you’ve really just gotta experience it to describe it accurately (not trying to be curt, rather honest). registering for classes isn’t all that difficult. all my de anza classes were 30 or so student rooms aside from one where as it’s the complete opposite here. unless you’re taking upper division specific classes, you’re okay with registering for your prereqs and whatnot. </p>
<p>@ mypinkfriday
yeap. you’d be surprised what other forums i’m on</p>
<p>@Pinoiako910
i’m not admissions officer but i believe you’re pretty qualified. the progress on your gpa and ec’s and whatnot. there’s not much more i can say. keep in mind, psychology is impacted</p>
<p>@ Ella89
true which is why i can’t say very much for pinoiak but i believe sharing my experience and comparing what you have going for yourself compared to others does setup a framework for how you’re looking</p>
<p>@ isus39
very much so. keep in mind my econ majors that you must obtain nothing lower than a B- or 2.7 in your major related courses during your first semester here and you must apply for the major within the first week (think it was sept 17th for me)</p>
<p>@ xcaliberse
like i’ve mentioned before, the workload is definitely more difficult. i wish there were some way for me to describe it to you more accurately. hmm… well. i believe lectures are an hour up to 2 or so and go over the basic framework of the text or material. the discussion classes are led by a gsi (graduate student instructor) and they basically go over the reading (which supplements the lectures with thorough explanation) and lecture. in terms of work load, not difficult but just a lot. for example, i was given a weeks time to complete 10 100 work definitions and samples of relevance and two 800 work papers on the history of economics in the 20th century. not bad but still work. you typically read about a chapter a day each lecture and 1-4 articles. these readings are necessary for your success in the class
my gpa at cc was 3.55 applying and 3.2 or something here. i don’t mind the personal questions </p>
<p>@ redoplease
hmm, my gpa at cc was 3.55 applying and i can honestly say i didn’t work that hard at all. my gpa first semester at cal was roughly 3.2 or something and i worked (though not optimal cause i had other stuff outside of school to worry about)
i am living in wada in unit 2. it’s a campus provide housing unit for transfer students. there are either 2-3 rooms with two people each, 1-2 bathrooms/showers, a kitchen, living room, and dining table. pretty legit. i decided to live here because it woujld’ve allowed me to kinda experience the “dorm” life but at the same time provide me with the perks fo an apartment style housing. everyone here transfered from a cc, another state or uc, navy , army reserve, etc. or something so you kinda have the same background in terms of the experience that the others around you are feeling as a transfer which is cool. i woujld suggest living here if you find chill roommates that’re down to drink and smoke despite being at berkeley. that’s just my preference though</p>
<p>@ aoeuid
my provisional contract said i had to obtain a 3.0 during my last quarter (spring) there. my friend that got into ucla had to maintain her gpa (3.95) which was a little more to ask for. they sometimes require specific grades for certain classes but that’s if you’re in some sort of conflict in terms of your prereqs and blah blah blah that they want from you, i think</p>
<p>@ mypinkfriday
i made this thread to share my experience and help others because i thought i’d have been very helpful for me going through the process. i’m not obligated in any way to do so but felt, why not? i apologize for not being on top of answering these questions the minute they’re posted but i’m absolutely honest when i say that responding to these questions are of a priority to me compared to the schoolwork i have to do. soo, i just answer these during my chill/break time</p>
<p>@ goingmeta
i’m speaking from experience and about the individuals i’ve come across. i can honestly say that each person here deserves to be here after some insight in their shoes. my academic performance was never above average. course anyone can do whatever they’d like but given the right resources it’d make the process so much faster. anyone can become a millionaire if they pickup a million pennys but if they’re got the skills, home address, transportation resources and etc to get a job that’ll pay them a significant amount more than a penny or two a day… then getting that million would be so much easier. </p>
<p>care to elaborate on why berkeley doesn’t encompass a certain character in their students?
i have my personal reasons of why i’m in school which i’ll choose to not dwell into right now. you can’t always control what you run into in life but you can control how you perceive it. to me, you’re just another person sitting behind their screen verbally bashing at me with no credibility behind you so i’m not sure who you think you are being able to judge whether or not i’m doing right in life. but if my “academic contributions” have impressed you, then thanks. i’m flattered</p>