<p>I'm thinking of satisfying some of my L&S breadth requirements at a community college this summer before I start my freshman year at Berkeley.</p>
<p>To all current Berkeley students-</p>
<p>Do you think this is a bad idea? I'm aware that the purpose of breadth requirements to give you a more liberal arts education, but I still want to try to get ahead. </p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I thought about doing this, but decided not to. Why? Berkeley has such a limited list of classes that they will actually accept for credit. It's such a hassle to get the paperwork and other stuff straight, that in the end, chances are pretty high that you're not gonna get credit for what you do.</p>
<p>check on ASSIST</p>
<p>I was thinking about taking courses at community college, too.
They accept classes on assist.org for credit, right?
What kind of hassel do you mean?</p>
<p>Yes, they do accept classes on assist.org for credit...but make sure you check with an academic adviser at Berkeley...just in case!</p>
<p>And as for the "hassle," I'm talking about...
-either taking an easy community college course and not really learning much of anything as opposed to going to Berkeley and taking an interesting, but somewhat challenging course...if that makes sense.</p>
<p>-there's some kind of "senior residence"..</p>
<p>This was from an email I got from an academic adviser at Berkeley: "Will you meet senior residence? (24 units on campus through two terms, after you have reached 90 units) Senior Residence means that after you reach 90 units, you need to complete a minimum of 24 more units at Cal. I'm not exactly sure what that means yet though!</p>
<p>-is it really helpful to take them in advance?? Personally, I wanted this summer to be relaxing for me because during every other summer...I've always had some kind of class, extracurricular activity, etc. For example, I know that a breadth requirement may satisfy a major requirement also, etc. etc....so I'm guessing a lot of these classes overlap? </p>
<p>This is from a Berkeley academic adviser: Is it really helpful to take them in advance? "Typically students take 2-3 major courses per term once they arrive at Cal. This means you would typically take 1-2 elective courses as well, which could be breadth courses. Depending on your remaining requirements, you may have room to take these during the year."</p>
<p>well you see, i took an ENG 1A class thinking i'd get exempted from the 1st half of the required R&C at berkeley. however, after speaking with a counselor (which took FOREVER to arrange), i learned that you cannot waive the 1st half only; here's what you have to do (you have a choice)</p>
<p>OPTION 1
- Take English 1A/English 1B/English 4A at the community college to compete both halves of the R&C</p>
<p>OPTION 2
- Fulfill both halves of the R&C requirement by taking two English classes at Berkeley</p>
<p>So you see, I took a Eng 1A class for nothing! I wasted my ~$100 and time during the summer (5 days a week; 4 unit class)</p>
<p>i'd like to know too...bump!</p>
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<p>Does that mean that many of those transferable courses according to ASSIST.org will actually not be accepted for say, particular breadth or other GE requirements?</p>
<p>yes and no. when i checked the site, it wasn't updated yet for the 08-09 year, and also, it was very difficult to understand. therefore, i played it safe, and talked with a counselor and sorted out my issues</p>