<p>Hi, I'll be taking these following classes:</p>
<p>Physics 7A (Ramesh)
Compsci61A (Harvey)
Math 53 (Frankel)
English R1A (Legere)</p>
<p>Total of 16 units, planning on transferring to EECS by the end of freshman year.
I did AP Physics B junior year and I just completed AP Calculus BC last semester (also did something equivalent to Math 1a at a community college in socal before doing calc bc, so i've had two solid years of calc already). I have some programming experience</p>
<p>Is this do-able for someone who plans on doing nothing but cramming and doing practice problems all day? Which class will probably be my hardest class? Things to be aware of for the classes I'm taking? Tips, advices, additional books to get beyond the recommended? Which classes should I attend office hours, which classes should I not? Other tips for surviving those classes & getting good grades?</p>
<p>Any advice/comments/suggestions/etc. are welcomed. Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Wow. It’s not impossible, but it def. requires a lot of work.</p>
<p>If you’re willing to sacrifice days upon days to studying and doing practice problems, it’s perfect for you. Math 53 or Physics 7A are going to be your hardest classes, not mainly because of the material, but the curves kill. Attend office hours for physics and math - it would really help.</p>
<p>As long as you get the required and recommended textbooks, you should be fine. Be sure to read ERRATHANG tho. You’re basically taking a freshman’s EECS schedule - say goodbye to a good GPA. haha</p>
<p>I got away with 3.76 that semester. I spent about 3-7 hours a week on physics, 0-4 hours a week on Math 53 and 10-50 hours a week on CS61A. It’s going to be Harvey’s class that you have to worry about. The rest of your classes should be straightforward.</p>
<p>haha g2g im taking cs61a and math53 too with the same people, with polisci2 and e98 as well. i didnt like any of the humanities stuff that were available in my schedule while i had physics 7a in there, so im just not doing it this semester. but i skipped out of it with a 5 on the ap anyway.</p>
<p>J01001000, what exactly did you spend 10-50 hours on in CS61A? I thought this class is gonna be pretty easy for me since I have tons of programming experience including 2 years of working in a company as a software developer. Did it take a long time for you to grasp the concepts because you didn’t have much experience beforehand or are the projects simply that time consuming? Or was it the curve?</p>
<p>I took 3 years of Java in high school and got 5’s on both AP CS exams (to be honest, AP exams don’t say much). The problem is not the difficulty but the breadth of the work you do. I have never seen language evaluators at work under the hood, nor did I see logic programming, parallel processing or the internal workings of the OOP languages in high school. Also, the MIT book is VERY dense. I felt like I was reading a philosophy book about math and computers. You guys have to read ~100 pages a week. The stuff is very cool, but I spent most of my hours reading. I got B+ in CS61A. Be aware: one test score can seriously devastate your grade in class. I went in to the final with all the projects and homework fully credited so I only had to get a C+ on the final to get an A-. I got a C- on the final and ended up with a B+.</p>
<p>I knew a guy who had a similar schedule. Ended up with a gpa just below 3.0
tough for some, alright for others. 53 and physics apparently ended up being a huge pain in the ass for him supposedly</p>