Chance me for UCB EECS! Will chance back

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I think you have a good chance of getting in. Your extracurricular are great. Lots of leadership positions and a research assistant at Stanford is amazing! Also, good GPA, SAT scores. I asked me counselors about college stuff and she said if you want, you can email the colleges to see what specific things they want in their applicants. Anyway, I think you have a good chance! </p>

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<p>Besides the fact that your rank sucks, everything else looks solid! You should be able to get into Berkeley! Good luck</p>

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<p>My school actually does not rank. It gives deciles and I am in the top one (top 10% of the school).</p>

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<p>You’re definitely competitive! Are you applying to UIUC?
BTW do you mind chancing me?
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1683453-chance-me-for-upenn-ed-stanford-uc-berkeley-northwestern-georgia-tech-ut-austin-uiuc.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1683453-chance-me-for-upenn-ed-stanford-uc-berkeley-northwestern-georgia-tech-ut-austin-uiuc.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;
Thanksss</p>

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<p>I may be applying to UIUC. Anyone else?</p>

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<p>bump</p>

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<p>bummmppp</p>

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<p>Berk EECS is never a lock, but I think you are sitting on pretty solid ground!</p>

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<p>What is the purpose of this chancing? Are you trying to decide between EECS vs non engineering CS.</p>

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<p>@DrGoogle‌ Yes, that is exactly it.</p>

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<p>Do you want to EE or just want to do CS but inside EECS? Because my kid applied to EECS and now just want to do BS CS. Originally I was having reservation because I have an EE and CE degrees but I did some research and it turns out the CS was actually better than EECS at UCB after reading this thread. But money was not the reason, she doesn’t like Physics, so CS she doesn’t have to take Physics but she does have to take Chemistry instead.</p>

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<p>I am interested in both the EE and CS sides of EECS but I will probably pursue a CS job. However, I’ve heard that people from EECS have a better chance at jobs since EECS carries more prestige. That being said, do you think that my chances are good for EECS? And, may I ask what your daughter’s stats and EC’s were? Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>I think your chances are good for EECS but I now change my mind that EECS carries more prestige. If anything I worry that she gets bogged down to the hardware side. She has similar stats as yours, not as strong in ECs. But she did attend a MIT summer program for EECS and that’s give her a small boost.</p>

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<p>@FlyingLark‌ </p>

<p>Quick tip: if you are looking for a Silicon Valley job, my cal friends tell me EECS and CS doesn’t make much of a difference. If you are interested in a CS job, it may even be a better use of your time to take only CS, and use the extra time on internships and other projects that matter more for getting a job. </p>

<p>The main advantage of EECS comes if you ever want to do hardware. You can’t go “backwards” and do hardware after CS. Apple/HP = do EECS. FB/Twitter/Google/Startups = CS might me better. </p>

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<p>Thanks for the insight. But, I know plenty of people who graduated from EECS who now do software in startups or well-established companies.</p>

<p>I am interested in the hardware side of things, but is EECS significantly harder to get into than just CS?</p>

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<p>I can say you have a very good shot at getting accepted as my friend got accepted to berkeleys computer eng. with a lower GPA but slightly better ECS. </p>

<p>chance back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1683567-please-chance-my-final-engineering-school-list-will-chance-back.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1683567-please-chance-my-final-engineering-school-list-will-chance-back.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>bump
can anyone tell me my chances specifically for UCB EECS versus just CS?
@puzzled123‌
@DrGoogle‌ </p>

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<p>I agree with puzzle, the minute you do some hardware, you can’t go back, because experience built on experience. Your chance is as good as what Puzzle posted, which is 6-7%. Again it depends on the applicants pool as well.
Look at all the jobs for internships at Google for example, I didn’t see a lot of hardware. Even among software jobs you have to be very careful which job you picked because the experience feed into the next job.
What exactly about hardware you want to do? Do you know?</p>

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<p>So I think I get you want EECS because of prestige. Yes it’s a little bit more prestigious than BA CS but you also run the risk of being rejected.</p>

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<p>I’m actually not sure what exactly I want to do in hardware, but I’ve always loved doing things with my hands and so hardware seems like the natural way to go. Of course, I still may end up in CS. @DrGoogle‌ Would you say that I have a very good chance for L&S CS?</p>