<p>Hi, I'm a student at Sacramento City College planning to transfer to UCB in Comp Sci in two years. I'm curious as to just how competitive is it to get into the Comp Sci (the version under the College of Letter and Science NOT the EE version) program at Berkeley? Also what is the major difference between the L&S Comp Sci and the EE version? I'm hoping to enter the gaming industry in the future and currently have a 4.0 gpa from 8 units of college work in the summer after my graduation in 2005. Most likely I'll have a 3.8 come end of this fall semester. I'm totally into the programing aspects of game design and have been working on it as a hobby ever since the 7th grade. Thus far, I have three games (some done just by me, others that required a team of 4 and were mcuh more extensive) under my belt. Sadly, as dumb as it sounds, this is something that bothers me. Do you think if I were to mention my dreams to work in the gmaing industry and my accomplishments that UCB will laugh at it and see it as childish? I mean it's not like I'm some random teenager just day dreaming, I've actually done the stuff and know what it's like. Thoughts and Comments please.</p>
<p>does anyone know the difference between EE and the BA Comp Sci?</p>
<p>BS vs BA
Tech courses vs humanities courses</p>
<p>Simple is that.</p>
<p>You have to take more 'breadth' courses in L&S.
EECS is all about tech courses.</p>
<p>Actually, THE key difference is that EECS guys are guaranteed to get the EECS degree as long as they stay eligible in the program. However, things are far more uncertain with the BA guys. Plenty of people want to get their BA degrees in CS and find that Berkeley will not allow them into the major. This happens even with transfer students - some transfer students will get admitted into L&S as BA CS majors, and then find that they can't actually declare CS as a major, hence forcing them to major in something else. </p>
<p>The even more painfully risky aspect of the process is that you won't know whether you will be able to declare CS as a major until after you have decided to matriculate. In other words, you can't wait to see whether you got into CS at Berkeley before you decide whether you want to transfer to Berkeley or not. You have to first decide to come to Berkeley (and hence turn down all your other transfer admissions offers) and only later will you know whether you can get into CS. </p>
<p>"Unfortunately, [as a junior transfer student], once you are admitted to Berkeley you are NOT admitted to the Computer Science Major. Separate application to the major must be made. As soon as you decide to come to Berkeley, you should contact the CS Advising Office. The CS Advisors can answer questions about course equivalencies and walk you through the application process. It is possible that you will not be admitted to the major; therefore it is in your best interest to complete prerequisites for another major in the university while satisfying prerequisites for CS. "</p>