Confused about EECS/College of Engineering/Computer Science

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am applying next year to Berkeley and slightly confused. My goal is to major in Computer Science and I have a couple of questions:</p>

<p>1) Is there a difference between EECS and Computer Science? Or are they the same thing? </p>

<p>2) When I apply, I presume I'll be applying for the College of Engineering. If I don't get in, do they consider admitting you into other schools as well? Or is it all-or-nothing?</p>

<p>3) If I go in undeclared, how easy is it to transfer to Computer Science (or EECS) when I'm in?</p>

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<p>EECS = Bachelor’s of Science
CS = Bachelor’s of Art.</p>

<p>EECS = Only a few classes more than CS. (most classes overlap).</p>

<p>2) I believe it is generally all-or-nothing.</p>

<p>3) if you’re undeclared. you transfer after you take two years taking watever classes.
You should have a good chance to transfer as long as you’re above 3.2 GPA. below that, its nearly impossible.</p>

<p>hope it helped</p>

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<p>If you apply to COE and do not get in, they will not consider you for a second major. Transferring into the COE is difficult, esp. EECS. Keep that in mind. Good luck with your applications!</p>

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<p>Someone please sticky a thread regarding EECS vs CS, admission rates, transfer rates, etc…</p>

<p>Anyway, you should apply EECS if your stats are good and you’re very sure you want to study EECS. Otherwise, do CS in L&S - you can try transferring later if you really want, or you can stick to CS, which is perfectly good as well.</p>

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<p>I agree with ^^^^.</p>

<p>Especially if you do well in CS you can probably change into COE (and that way if you don’t get in then you’re still in CS).</p>

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<p>If you’re in CS it doesn’t make sense to transfer to EECS unless you’re interested in the EE side.</p>

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<p>Well, if you aren’t interested in EE whatsoever, I guess it doesn’t make sense. I would take an EE course and see if you like it, before determining if you’re into it or not.</p>

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<p>I echo the post above. If you don’t like EE, don’t major in EECS. It does not make any sense to me at all. Berkeley’s CS program is quite strong. Employers don’t make a distinction whether it’s EECS or CS if your intended job placement would just be programming or IT. A software engineer, which many Berkeley CS grads end up working as, is well compensated. And, of course, if you have a good GPA, which I suppose is more likely attainable if you’re a CS student as opposed to an EECS student, you’d more likely going to get admitted onto a top CS grad program.</p>