<p>I was wondering if you may view my schedule and give me your feedback on the classes that I am taking. </p>
<p>Music 20A
Physics H7B
Engineering 7
Mathematics 54
Chem 1AL</p>
<p>Random question: How many classes do/can students take? (when I say how many classes, I mean how many classes, not how many units/credits)</p>
<p>People usually take 4 or 5 a semester. If you want and you can fit it in a schedule you can take 10 classes, even… it’s really a weird question to ask.</p>
<p>I’m planning on taking the AP Bio, Chem, and Calc BC tests next month but as I was looking through my major requirements and whatnot, i noticed AP CHem doesn’t seem to earn me any credits. I’m in the College of L&S and want to be a Psychology major. Will this extra AP help me in any way or do you recommend just not taking it (I can get a refund)? Or do the AP’s that don’t count toward a specific requirement work towards a general elective or something? Please help! Thank you!</p>
<p>The APs that don’t satisfy a specific class requirement still do two things for you. First, they earn units that count towards the overall minimum needed to complete a degree. The requirements of a major and the various institutional requirements (e.g. breadths, R&C etc) only account for a fraction of the 120 units that are necessary to earn a BA in the college of Letters and Sciences. The remainder will be classes that you take for various reasons - interest, good fit with major, value related to your major even though not part of the major itself . . .</p>
<p>Since on average, each of the 8 semesters would require 15 units of coursework to complete a degree, yet successful APs count for 2.7. to 5.4 units each, you can jump a year or more ahead just on units. </p>
<p>Second benefit - your appointment for registering for classes is a loose function of seniority, but within your official grade level, as a freshman for example, those with more AP units are treated as having more seniority. The earlier your registration appointments each semester, the easier it is to get a spot in the class you want, with the prof you want, at the time you want.</p>
<p>Oh my goodness, that clears so much up for me! So the units not included in my major or college requirements are like the general classes everyone takes right? and by taking ap chem, those credits will cover some units of those general classes? (sorry, i don’t know any college terminology) </p>
<p>So basically I should take it right?lol</p>
<p>Completely untrue. Harvard undergrads absolutely have an advantage when applying to Harvard Law. Harvard freely admits it. Berkeley undergrads absolutely have an advantage when applying to Berkeley Law. Same is true across most disciplines.</p>
<p>The exception is Berk’s College of Chem, which seems to hate it’s undergrads. No idea why.</p>
<p>^ Not sure about law, but I have empirical evidence that the same is NOT true across “most disciplines”.</p>
<p>Is there a grade deflation at berkeley?</p>
<p>To current students: are you happy? Are people around you happy?</p>
<p>I don’t mean whether you think you’re getting a good education or whether you’re happy with the curriculum - of course you are. But do you enjoy waking up every day going to Berkeley and look forward to school?</p>
<p>Not to sound stupid or anything like that, but what is grade deflation?</p>
<p>I’ve got a question about dorms.
I’m considering options for a computer. Because I got into the College of Letters and Science, I haven’t exactly set myself on a major yet, but I’m considering Computer Science (BA) as one of my options. If that’s the case, it might be convenient to have a strong computer, because I’d probably have to compile projects and maybe even delve in graphic arts (3-D rendering takes up a lot of hardware power), and laptops that can accomplish the tasks are ridiculously expensive (and/or hard to build) compared to a self-built desktop.</p>
<p>Is it possible to have a desktop in a dorm? I haven’t seen every dorm room option yet (all the suites and such), so I don’t know if I can fit a full desktop into a dorm room. From videos (the “online tours” of a few of the rooms), it seems like a desktop could fit in certain rooms, but I’m not sure which ones.</p>
<p>You won’t need a super high end computer immediately. An inexpensive (desktop or laptop) computer will be fine even if you want to do all of your CS 61A-61B-61C programming assignments on it.</p>
<p>Buying a high end computer as a freshman will likely be a waste of money; even if you do need a high end computer as a junior or senior taking CS 184 (not necessarily a given), you will get a better computer for less money then (when the high end computer you might buy as a freshman will be as powerful as a low end computer you might buy as a junior or senior).</p>
<p>How is the applied mathematics major like in Berkeley? Currently, I’m having a hard time trying to decide between Berkeley and Davis. I want to go to Davis because I have an interest in Food Science and the campus seems to appeal to me more than Berkeley. However, everyone around me kept pestering me to go to Berkeley because it is a much more prestigious school and I might have a better chance of getting a job coming out of Berkeley(not that davis isn’t a great school, it’s just berkeley is more world-wide known)… To be honest, i am tempted to go to Berkeley too because of that reason. I picked applied math as my major because i noticed that i seem to excel in mathematics more than any other subjects during my high school years. However, going into a major of mathematics, i’m sure everyone there excel in math too, so i’m scared about how i’ll be able to handle math in berkeley. Plus, i don’t know what field of career i’ll be interested in pursing that’ll involve math, but that goes the same for food science, it’s just that my current interest seems to lean towards food science right now. Can anyone give me some opinions about how the applied mathematics major is like? i want to know about the major more before i submit my sir.</p>
<p>Majoring in math at Berkeley:
[Majoring</a> in Mathematics | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/majoring-mathematics]Majoring”>Majoring in Mathematics | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley)
[Course</a> Requirements: Applied Mathematics | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley](<a href=“http://math.berkeley.edu/programs/undergraduate/major/applied]Course”>Course Requirements: Applied Mathematics | Department of Mathematics at University of California Berkeley)</p>
<p>Career survey of Berkeley applied math graduates:
<a href=“https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/AppMath.stm[/url]”>https://career.berkeley.edu/Major/AppMath.stm</a></p>
<p>I had a question about CalDay this weekend. Will this be meaningful to fly all the way from Texas to attend this?</p>
<p>Is my current financial aid report maxed out?</p>
<p>Right now, my net cost is $8,600. Is housing/meal plan included? If I get scholarships and I report them, will that lower my financial aid package? I’m really confused about this stuff! =</p>
<p>Is it super likely the tuition is going to raise a lot? Money isn’t on my side…
Also, what is the average GPA for students who are involved in club sports and things like that?</p>
<p>This might sound like a stupid question, but I have no idea what classes to take my freshmen year. I’m planning on applying to Haas in two years. Where do I look for all the details on what classes I should take, how many credits I need to graduate, etc?</p>
<p>How hard is it to transfer from L&S to College of Engineering? (I declared physics as my intended major but now I sort of wanna do engineering instead…) And would it be possible to do something in the middle, like applied physics sort of thing?
And how easy it is to find internship opportunities in Berkeley?</p>