<p>Hi, dear friends. I know a lot of you have really good experience about UC transfers, or at least, many of you are in the same situation as I am. Because I am planning to transfer to Berkeley from cc in east bay area, I will really appreciate if you guys can give me some suggestion and evaluate my transfer preparation~ </p>
<p>My situation is </p>
<p>Major: pure math
GPA: 4.0
Extra-curriculum: running a charity website after high school; once going to mathematical meeting held by american mathematics society and mathematical association of america; having an innovation with patent right; having a math research paper about the continuity of irrational numbers in number theory ( done recently and waiting for response from american mathematics society for check-in and publish on magazine);
I've also attended school clubs in my college, and participated in math competition. </p>
<p>All major classes and IGETC classes will be done before the spring term.</p>
<p>So guys, if you have any good suggestion and evaluation for me, I will really appreicate!</p>
<p>If you want to take honors math courses, note that H110 and H104 appear to be offered in the fall, while H113 and H185 appear to be offered in the spring.</p>
<p>Thanks, Ucbalumnus. I have read these pages before including the math courses description in Berkeley. Actually, I am gotta take two math classes in the coming Summer in Berkeley. By the way, could you chance me for getting in Cal? Appreciate!</p>
<p>Uhm, be careful doubling up Berkeley classes during summer. Unless you’re already pretty familiar with at least one class’s material, I wouldn’t suggest taking two hard classes over the summer. It moves twice as fast. And it’s Berkeley, HUGE leap from CC. Just… be careful with how much you take on. Remember that your terms and conditions might require you to get a 3.0+ summer GPA.</p>
<p>Your post doesn’t make it clear on whether or not you’ve already applied… if you have (and only have one semester left) there’s not a whole lot you can do, but you’ve got a pretty good chance. Just keep working hard and you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>If you’re just starting out and applying next year, it sounds like you’re already on the right track. Keep your GPA up, do your pre-reqs, be interesting, etc. It’s also a bit early to guess chances if you’ve only done one semester at CC.</p>
<p>Thank you for your helpful advice, failure622. Yes, I am gotta make application this fall and transfer in 2015. Honestly, like you said that I ONLY done once semester, and there is some uncertainty to be decided. I will take it carefully enough. Actually, I’ve learned most of math classes by my own in lower division except differential equation and a little bit linear algebra, some of the upper classes such as analysis I have been approaching by my own too.
Dear friend, do you think taking two math classes is that stressful in berkeley? I took 18 units last fall and registered 25 units for this spring. And also, do you think my extra-curriculum might help a little bit in later application? Looking forward your response again. Thanks!</p>
<p>Probably difficult. I am taking 6 units in our 3 week winter intersession; these classes are basic but because of the time it’s harder than the 19 units I took last fall.</p>
<p>I don’t have any personal experience with taking math at Berkeley, at least not outside of CS70 (discrete math). But I have taken two lower div CS classes together over the summer, and it was a lot harder than I expected. I knew most of the material ahead of time and had been programming for years, but it was still hard to keep up with somedays, and I would’ve done better had I not taken them together. That’s not to say you can’t handle it, or that it’s a bad idea… sometimes it’s what you’ve gotta do. You’ve also got another year to go, so even if you did get a “bad” grade (B- or C) it wouldn’t be the end of the world, no worries about being rescinded, etc. Just, be ready to work hard if you go for it, wouldn’t want to put a scratch on your pretty GPA.</p>
<p>Yes, ECs are usually a good thing to have, it looks like you’re doing well with those. Just from GPA and prereqs you’ve got a pretty good chance, even if you had no ECs.</p>