<p>I'm currently attending West Valley College with hopes of transferring to a UC in computer science for Fall 2014. I'm applying to UCLA, UCB (applied for EECS), UCSD, UCSB, and UCI.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.87 by the end of this semester
Major GPA: 3.84 by the end of this semester
IGETC: Will be completed by Spring 2014
TAG: Submitted to UCI</p>
<p>ECs: Tutoring at community college, volunteering at local organization, helping a student with a disability, joined several clubs in high school. </p>
<p>I will complete all prereq's for computer science for all schools by the end of Spring 2014. I'm working on my personal statement right now, and I think it's pretty good. Hoping that because I'm a girl, my application will have a slight edge to it. I want to go to either UCLA or UCB! Please chance me! Thank you for your time! :)</p>
<p>Supposedly they’re not allowed to use “girl” as an admissions factor. :P</p>
<p>Your stats look similar to mine two years ago… I’d guess you’re in for sure at UCSD and UCI, and Berkeley’s definitely possible but always hard to predict. Not super familiar with the other schools’ admission rates, but your stats should give you a good chance at any UC.</p>
<p>Everyone knows that girls can’t be computer programmers. It says so under Article 14, Section 4, Subsection 7 of the University of California Code of Ethics.</p>
<p>I’m totally kidding, your grades look fine and if you’re sufficiently motivated, you can get in wherever.</p>
<p>I’m sure one of the 6/500 people who got into UCLA CS this year was a girl…but I doubt they can truly take your gender into consideration when reviewing the applications…at least not officially.</p>
<p>If you are interested in CS and do not care about ABET accreditation (for the patent exam), you may want to consider L&S CS at Berkeley. It has one fewer of the hard-to-find-at-CC courses as degree requirements, and allows IGETC to fulfill L&S breadth, while EECS requires two upper division humanities and social studies courses to fulfill CoE breadth.</p>
<p>The hard-to-find-at-CC courses:</p>
<p>L&S CS: CS 61A, 61B, 61C, 70; any one of EE 20N, 40, 42
EECS: CS 61A, 61B, 61C, 70; EE 20N, 40</p>
<p>@oceanpartier, yea, I was really shocked that only 6 people out of 500 applicants got in. So I hope one of the 6 was a girl. LOL. My GPA is quite low compared to the average GPA admitted, so I thought maybe my gender could help my application. Thanks so much for your input!</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus, after doing some research on ABET, I have yet to come to a conclusion on how an ABET accredited institution compares to a non-accredited ABET institution in the long run. If you don’t mind answering, what would be the difference if I were to get a degree from an institution that was ABET accredited as opposed to a non-accredited university? Thank you for your time and response!</p>
<p>I actually have another question to anyone who has an answer. If we put an alternative major when applying to a UC, will they consider the alternate major if you don’t get into your first choice major? For example, I’m applying for computer science as my first major to UCLA and EECS for my alternate major. After checking assit, the prereqs are exactly same, and I will complete all of them by the end of Spring 2014. If they don’t accept me for computer science, will they consider my application for EECS?</p>
<p>However, some non-ABET-accredited CS departments are small and limited. Obviously, this does not apply to Berkeley L&S CS, Stanford, or CMU, but may apply to places like Emory or Amherst.</p>
<p>Of course, if you want to do EE, then you should choose EECS over L&S CS at Berkeley.</p>
<p>*As opposed to several engineering majors, where ABET accreditation is important, particularly when Professional Engineer licensing is involved. Note that ABET accreditation is major-specific, not by school.</p>
<p>Most UCs allow you to choose an alternate major so if you aren’t accepted to your first choice, you might get your second choice. Berkeley does not. You get in your first choice or not at all.</p>
<p>As the only UC with an entire school dedicated to CS and an abundance of local tech companies (who recruit there quite often), UCI would be at the top of my list for CS tbh…</p>
<p>I’ve heard from various students whom attended and or graduated just felt the CS program was a little lackluster. Take for whats its worth just what i’ve been told</p>
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