<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>I'm a 1 year Computer Science (L&S) transfer to Cal. I noticed many of you guys had questions about Berkeley, and trust me, I know what that feels like to have your questions answered. I just want to give back to this forum for what this forum gave to me. I can answer most questions about transfer logistics, transfer plans, transfer life at cal and cc. taking classes in multiple cc's. extracurriculars, etc... Hope I can help you guys out</p>
<p>Hey xcaliberse!
That’s awesome. Did you have lots of AP units? And if you don’t mind, could you post your class schedule when you were at community college here? I’m kinda lost right now, almost no CC around my area has any CS 61 equivalence. And they just changed Math 55 or CS 70 to specifically CS 70 only, which sucks because no school has CS 70 equivalence I believe.</p>
<p>And it would be even more helpful if you could share me and everyone your stats, including GPA, how many pre-reqs completed, ECs, stuff like that. Thanks :D</p>
<p>Oh and btw, did you just start this Fall? Or last year? How is your first impression at Cal? Like, my friend, who is a freshmen at Cal, is taking 61A with John DeNero and he says it’s effffing hard lol</p>
<p>Sorry for throwing too many questions, hope you don’t mind.</p>
<p>Hey how far did you go in math? Up to Differential Equations or Calculus 2, or 3? And what about your computer science courses? What were your computer science courses?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
<p>^ I know I’m not xcaliberse lol, but you have to complete DE since Math 54 is a requirement 
Calc 3 (Math 53 I think) is not required but most students take it anyways.</p>
<p>sparkyboy: Yeah I just need some insight, some colleges require just calc2 but others want you to go up to differential equations.</p>
<p>^ yep, assist.org is the way to go
btw, if you think of UCLA’s CS as your second choice, then you should do up to Calc 3 anyway.
LA/DE is required by most colleges for CS, as far as I know
sorry for hijack the thread xcaliberse still waiting for your reply</p>
<p>@sparkyboy: Nope I didn’t use any AP units. I actually did concurrent enrollment at my community college. (2 classes a semester). Racked up 20 units coming out of high school. Here was my entire plan:</p>
<p>GPA: 3.93
Major GPA: 4.0
EC’s: Worked @ Apple as a Specialist, MESA Math Tutor, Computer Science Grader/Tutor, Stanford University ESP Teacher, unofficially cofounded a club at UC Berkeley (unofficially because wasn’t a UC Berkeley student at the time)</p>
<p>Here was the transfer plan:</p>
<p>Concurrently enrolled in a CCC during high school, had 20 units
Calculus I - A
Calculus II - A
Intro to Programming Java - A
Intro to Programming C++ - A
Programming Fundamentals Java - A
Preparatory Physics - A</p>
<p>Summer 2010 - 3 UC Transferrable (5 non-uc transferrable)
World Regional Geography - A
English (non-uc transferrable) - A</p>
<p>Fall 2010 - 17 units with 1 dropped class (so 20 - 3)
Calculus III - A
Programming Fundamentals C++ - A
English 1A - B
Music Appreciation - A
Marine Biology - A
Intro to Philosophy - Dropped (W)</p>
<p>Spring 2011 - 20 units
Linear Algebra/Differential Equations - A
Asian Humanities - A
Data Structures with C++ - A
English 1B - B
California History - A
LGBT Anthropology - A</p>
<p>As for major prereqs, don’t worry about the 61 series or cs70 or ee42. I had none of those completed. I had most of 61B completed but I need to take 47B at Cal for full equivalence. I started this summer. I took 61A. It was twice as fast because it was Summer. But 61A wasn’t that hard. I’m doing my CS70 and EE42 now. Cal’s nice if you’re all for self advancement, but when it comes to hobbies and stuff, yeah there aren’t many clubs for those, unless your hobbies are sports. Most of the student organizations are for self-advancement such as professional business organizations, fellowships, etc.</p>
<p>There are plenty of restaurants for you to eat at which is nice because they are all around campus! Hope this helps.</p>
<p>@eloquent74 -</p>
<p>I took the entire Calculus series and LA/DE. Yes, Berkeley doesn’t require it, but many other great schools like UCLA and UCSD do require it. If you have an extra semester to give to Calc 3, I would take it. To me, it wasn’t any harder than Calc 2, and it’s just pretty much Calc 1, with multiple dimensions. So you relearn concepts like finding a derivative, an integral, etc. But yes, do go all the way up to LA/DE!</p>
<p>Anything you can say about your dorming experience so far?</p>
<p>I’m not looking for anything specific, just… how is it? lol</p>
<p>List of Berkeley CS courses:
[General</a> Catalog - Computer Science Courses](<a href=“http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Computer+Science&p_dept_cd=COMPSCI&p_path=l]General”>http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_list_crse_req?p_dept_name=Computer+Science&p_dept_cd=COMPSCI&p_path=l)</p>
<p>Almost all of the upper division CS courses (and EE 122) require CS 61B; some require CS 61C and/or 70. EE 42 is needed just for CS 150, so it is not as critical a requirement to complete early like CS 61B, CS 61C, and CS 70.</p>
<p>@MeStudyStuff - Dorming isn’t the same as the freshman dorms because most transfers live in either the university apartments (channing bowditch) or the Wada dorms or of course their own apartments. I live in Wada, and it’s not very social at all. Some rooms like to socialize with each other, but you also get some rooms who complain about the noise. I’m in one of the more social rooms, but our neighbors complain about our noise when we have other people from our floor over. On the plus side, we get our own bathroom and kitchen! But we get no meal points 
We do have a lady who cleans our house once a week though haha. Overall, I’d say the freshman dorming experience is probably better than the junior ones, but the junior ones is still pretty sweet because you can actually have A LOT of guest over.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply. I want to ask more but I can’t think of any! lol</p>
<p>@xcaliberse: Thanks for all the information!
So how did you do in 61A in the summer? And btw, when you take it, where did you live? Like, around the Bay area and commute or did you hire an apartment nearby or…?</p>
<p>Lots of information about CS (and EE) courses can be found here:</p>
<p>[EECS</a> Course WEB Sites](<a href=“http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/classes-eecs.html]EECS”>CAS - Central Authentication Service)</p>
<p>@sparkyboy - I was on track for a B+/A-, but I wasn’t feeling well at all during the final and got an F on the final… which dropped me to a B…</p>
<p>Hi xcaliberse, </p>
<p>How did you: </p>
<p>“unofficially cofounded a club at UC Berkeley (unofficially because wasn’t a UC Berkeley student at the time)”?</p>
<p>Explain please? Thanks</p>
<p>@joxygirl - In order to be an official founder of a club, you need to be a UC Berkeley student. A club must have at least 4 signatories. Me and 4 Berkeley students worked on founding this club and when it was finally established, I attended all of their meetings including officer meetings and stuff. So I was there before it was established and after. I live 30 minutes away from Berkeley, so I went there quite often while i was in CC</p>
<p>Thanks ucbalumnus and xcaliberse. I’m gonna bookmark this thread lol</p>
<p>xcaliberse</p>
<p>Oh, I see. So you were a member before you became an official UCB student?</p>
<p>Hi xcaliberse</p>
<p>I’m glad to see you again. (I emailed you a question while I was reading Acceptance Thread this Spring)
I have one question. I’m almost done with CS Series in my CC except for 61A since my CC doesn’t offer one. Also, I took all the CS classes with C++, so does it matter if I didn’t take it with JAVA?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>