<p>I applied to computer science to both school and got in both. UCB accepted me as a Spring admit, but UCLA accepted me along with Regent scholarship. </p>
<p>UCB will give me an estimate of 22k gift aids while UCLA gave me a full ride. I know that a CS major at UCB is more reputable (I know it's CS in CLS, but I heard the courses pool is the same as CS in EECS?) than one from UCLA, but do you guys think it would be worth it to pay extra money and give up Regent benefits in UCLA to attend UCB? I have not visited neither campus, but probably will eventually.</p>
<p>Congrats on your acceptance to Cal and regents at UCLA! I’m a CS major at L&S but it’s very difficult for me to compare it to Henry. I seriously doubt that anyone on CC, or anyone you can talk to really, is able to give a convincing logical argument to choose one over the other.</p>
<p>I love CS in L&S here. That’s really all I can say. If you were ever worried that it’s not EECS, don’t because it’s not a big deal. In the long run, you can probably get better networking here and it’ll pay off in the longrun. But again, Idk much at UCLA.</p>
<p>You’re really choosing between two great options. Whichever one you pick, you should know it was a good decision. Hope that makes you feel less worried about this decision if you were.</p>
<p>Thanks. </p>
<p>I know each option have its own pros and cons, which is why I want people to give me opinions on both far end of the spectrum. I know this will be a hard choice for me to decide =/</p>
<p>At Berkeley, L&S CS majors choose from the same CS courses as EECS majors. Berkeley gives a lot of freedom of choice in selecting upper division CS courses for either major. L&S CS is currently not a capped major. UCLA’s CS major degree program is somewhat more structured in terms of required CS courses. Check the department web sites for more details.</p>
<p>As a Berkeley spring admit, you would likely not be able to take a CS course in the fall, unless you happen to be near a community college that offers a CS course that articulates to CS 61A (Laney College) or CS 61B (a minority of community colleges offer a course fully equivalent to CS 61B). The Fall Program for Freshmen does not include CS 61A in its course offerings. However, starting CS 61A in the spring would not delay graduation as an L&S CS major.</p>
<p>Net cost wise, do you mean to say that it is approximately $0 for UCLA, but approximately $6,000 to $10,000 per year ($3,000 to $5,000 per semester) for Berkeley? That would mean that Berkeley would cost $21,000 to $35,000 for seven semesters at Berkeley, plus whatever the cost of one semester of community college or Fall Program for Freshmen is.</p>
<p>Yeah, ucbalumnus, that’s what I meant.</p>
<p>When you said UCB gives more freedom for CS compared to UCLA, do you mean that there are more options I can specialize into, while there’s only one “route” in UCLA?</p>