<p>High School student here hoping to get accepted into the EECS program at Berkeley. From the looks of it, I don't expect to be getting in right now. My plan is to attend San Jose State University for 2 years and apply as a transfer down the road. My question is, how hard is it to transfer into EECS as a junior? Is it significantly harder or easier than applying right out of high school?</p>
<p>If you’re applying from a different 4 year school, it really hurts your chances, honestly. How much? I dunno, but CCC students get priority. If you’re applying from a California CC, chances are a lot better, but it’s still Berkeley. I think acceptance rate is usually around 20% for EECS?</p>
<p>As for being harder than high school admissions… well, that depends on you. Transfer admissions are different, the biggest factors are major pre-reqs and college GPA. Some students are good at busywork and high school style classes, have good test scores, whatever. But now the focus is a lot more on relevant classes, and how well you actually perform in the subjects that matter. Some students do poorly in highschool and do much better in college, some are the other way around. Really depends on you.</p>
<p>But if transferring is your goal, make sure you’re on track in terms of coursework. Assist.org should give you an overview of what you should be taking, though don’t expect any of the EE/CS classes to articulate. You should also make sure you’re on track for whatever your plan B is… either continuing at the school you’re planning to attend or another UC’s transfer pre-reqs. Berkeley admissions are never a sure thing.</p>
<p>If my goal is transferring, would it be better to go to a local community college over SJSU? are there any negatives associated with that?</p>
<p>If your local CCs have courses that articulate to Berkeley CS 61A (Laney), CS 61B (some), CS 61C (Diablo Valley), EE 40 (some), EE 20N (few or none), CS 70 (few or none), it may be advantageous to start there, as opposed to SJSU, since SJSU’s lower division CS and EE curricula are organized differently and are unlikely to transfer course for course. However, SJSU is certainly not a bad place to study CS or EE, given its location advantage, so if finishing at SJSU is perfectly fine with you, then going there is certainly a good choice.</p>
<p>Course articulation can be checked at [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) .</p>