<p>i have no idea as to which it would be and i googled but didnt really get anything. any help would be greatly appreciated! I hope to transfer into berkeley engineering</p>
<p>Ask someone at Berkeley for a good school .</p>
<p>i dont know anyone at berkeley [for engineering]</p>
<p>The answer is whichever one has the most complete coverage of the lower division courses for your intended engineering major, according to [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) . In some cases, you may have to go to more than one community college to get the best coverage.</p>
<p>The needed math and physics courses can be found almost everywhere, although semester system community colleges near Berkeley are most likely to have one-to-one course mappings. However, lower division engineering courses can be harder to find.</p>
<p>For Berkeley, consider the following for the best coverage of lower division engineering courses:</p>
<p>Civil: Diablo Valley
Electrial: combination of Laney, Diablo Valley, and Chabot
Mechanical: Diablo Valley
Materials: Diablo Valley
Nuclear: College of San Mateo; or Laney, CCSF, or Diablo Valley, with one course at Chabot
L&S CS: combination of Laney and Diablo Valley</p>
<p>another important characteristic is the enrollment of students: being able to get all the classes you need on time is critical; else your graduation will be delayed by at most 1-2 semesters.</p>
<p>ucbalumnus: what if i am not near any of those? are there alternatives?</p>
<p>buranka: thanks :)</p>
<p>Diablo Valley has a wonderful selection of engineering pre-req classes in the summer compared to others in N. Cal (my county isn’t even OFFERING summer school!) but those summer school classes filled up in less than two weeks!</p>
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<p>You need to go through [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) to find which community college(s) near you can cover the needed lower division courses for your target major and campus.</p>
<p>Community colleges often model their courses on those of a nearby UC or CSU, so they tend to have better coverage of the nearby UC or CSU that they model their courses on. E.g. the community college in San Luis Obispo has good coverage of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo lower division courses.</p>
<p>thanks so much! :)</p>
<p>Don’t just consider classes offered but also consider quality of the school. For instance, the Monterey CC has a great reputation in the eyes of admissions counselors and the nearby Salinas CC is pretty low. For engineering, Salinas has more classes on Assist but, quite possibly, Monterey would be a better choice. Call admissions at schools you’re interest in and try to get some good names.</p>
<p>Also, this is so true
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<p>would it be a wise move to attempt to move out to attend a CC?</p>
<p><a href=“http://trsp.berkeley.edu/Transfer%20Guide%20F11.pdf[/url]”>http://trsp.berkeley.edu/Transfer%20Guide%20F11.pdf</a></p>
<p>That link is to the transfer student information pdf directly from berkeley’s website. on page 6 it lists the top 10 feeder CCs in CA for Berkeley</p>
<p>edit: page 7 not page 6</p>
<p>For that would depend on the quality of nearby schools and finances. If you do really well at almost any CCC you should have a strong chance of getting into UCB, UCLA, Cal Poly.</p>
<p>cool, the one i signed up for is #3 :)</p>
<p>a dumb question may be what does the school of engineering (or anywhere) look for from a transfer? good grades, clubs and awards, what else?</p>
<p>just grades and completion of lower-div requirements</p>
<h1>3 in that list is Santa Monica College</h1>
<p>You will be able to cover lower division courses like math and physics, but [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) lists “NO COURSE ARTICULATED” for many Berkeley lower division engineering courses. Santa Monica College appears to have better coverage of UCLA lower division courses (no surprise). Not having the lower division courses covered before transfer means taking them as “catch up” after transfer, which may delay graduation or reduce the amount of schedule space for in-major or out-of-major electives.</p>
<p>You can take courses at more than one community college to cover requirements before transfer.</p>
<p>can i go to more than 1 at the same time?</p>
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<p>Yes, grades and preparatory classes are the number 1 thing. But other stuff can be very important depending on the school you choose. There’s no quick answer for that… you need to do some research on their admissions policies. Generally, publics are more concerned with grades whereas privates want a lot of extras. But that’s a big and asterisk heavy generalization. </p>
<p>You can go to more than one CC but keep in mind that will double your transcript orders and increase your commute time most semesters.</p>
<p>thanks for all the helpful posts! 
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<p>a more personal question; is it possible to play a sport at a school while working on an engineering undergrad?</p>
<p>What about Pasadena Community College? I’ve heard that Caltech takes about an eighth of its transfer class from PCC. <a href=“http://www.pasadena.edu/studentservices/counseling/documents/cal-tech.pdf[/url]”>http://www.pasadena.edu/studentservices/counseling/documents/cal-tech.pdf</a></p>