<p>All he really needs in terms of prereqs is circuits and E&M Physics, but those other courses will look great on his app… </p>
<p>I wish my CCC taught any advanced programming courses beyond data structures. I’ve been greatly unchallenged in CS, aside from Assembly Language programming and that challenge was self-imposed because the project topics were vague (i.e. I could have gotten my A+ doing much less work).</p>
<p>@whatasunnyday Where did you hear that? There were only ~400 applicants to EECS last year. That is a ridiculous increase of 2200+%.</p>
<p>i guess advanced programming courses in c++ is just object-oriented programming… i remember from the slide, they showed us there are 9xx people (almost 1000) applied for engineering field for Fall 09. only 5x people applied for nuclear.</p>
<p>When I was younger I wanted to do Nuclear engineering. But all the jobs are either government jobs, government contracted jobs, or government funded jobs. No thanks.</p>
<p>A big reason I’m in EECS is the lack of regulation in this field, largely because there are no arguments (as of yet and hopefully forever) against its application. So the field is booming consequently.</p>
<p>A lot of people do ME then graduate studies in robotics, because motion is ME intensive. So long as you take a lot of CS classes, I don’t see why you couldn’t do an MS in CS. </p>
<p>There’s always the slim chance of switching into EECS too, provided you spend your 1st semester or so completing its major prereqs.</p>
<p>I applied for EECS. I completed all the prereqs except the discrete mathematics class and the programming courses, and the engineering classes, since none are articulated for my community college. I completed all the physics, all the math, all the English, the natural science requirement, and even IGETC (just because I could) in two years with a 4.0. I’ve taken a few lower-level programming classes in C and C++ since that’s all my school currently offers. I don’t really have any EC’s or a job, so I really hope their decisions are strongly based on academics. What do you guys think about my chances?</p>
<p>I’ve taken the equivalent of: Physics 7a/7b, math 1a, math 1b, math 53, english r1a/r1b, chemistry 1a, chemistry 1b, a c++ class and a C class, and ge’s for igetc all with a 4.0.</p>
<p>I’m currently taking: 2 courses to satisfy Math 54, physics 7c, one of the classes that counts towards co sci 61b, English 205 (3rd English clash to satisfy r1a/r1b). </p>
<p>^ I think you look pretty good. Your GPA is strong, but amongst those posting on this forum it’s common. Not having any EC’s might work against you, but it isn’t a deal breaker either.</p>
<p>You’ve taken EE20 and EE40? I’m pretty sure most CCC’s don’t offer articulating classes for those.</p>
<p>With your GPA, and based on the scant info you’ve given, I give you a 70% shot. But most of us posting on here have the same odds too. What’s going to matter is whether you’ve distinguished yourself from all the other 4.0’s in a relevant way. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to care about IGETC.</p>
<p>If I were you, with IGETC completed, I would have applied for CS in L&S. But I think you want to pursue EE so that obviously isn’t the right thing for you. </p>
<p>Personally: I work, have taken 6 programming classes (C, C++, data structures, Java, unix shell programming, assembly language programming), and have a robotics EC along with an engineering summer camp EC. My essays are pretty solid as well. I hope that’s distinguished me.</p>
<p>But who knows what the applicant pool looks like. We all might be a huge cut above. GPA and prereqs are king – you’ve got them.</p>
<p>@EmpathyInAnarchy, I haven’t taken EE20/EE40…I’m surprised you think the odds are so low for me, considering I have a 4.0. We’ll see what happens i guess. If I can’t get in with a 4.0 and all the prereqs you can possibly take at my school then something is very, very wrong.</p>
<p>70% is not low. I want to assure you I’m not discounting your achievements (which are obviously many), I just think you might be underestimating the competition. I give myself a pessimistic 70% shot as well; I think my 2nd essay could have been better and I should have taken circuits.</p>
<p>Cal does a holistic application review because admission is so competitive. You are lacking in EC’s – a missing part of the whole – and EC’s are the only opportunity apart from your essays (which have to be taken at face value) that you have a serious interest in your intended major. Having a serious interest in your intended major is one of the three-legs to the admittance stool. </p>
<p>People with 4.0’s get rejected more often than I’d like to remember. >40% of transfers with a 3.8+ GPA got rejected last year – and that’s campus-wide, which is about 5% less competitive than EECS.</p>
<p>I’m an OOS applicant for EECS. I have all the math, physics, a year of chemistry, and the reading and composition requirement (I called to make sure) completed in two years. I also have four CS courses (on the quarter system), as well as a digital logic design course, UD discrete math, UD probability, and two quarters of UD linear algebra. It’s hard to say what requirements these satisfy, since there’s no articulation. I’m hoping extra technical courses improve my application. I have ~105 quarter units.</p>
<p>In my first essay I discussed my decade-long interest in CS, including an ongoing CS related public service project, long term involvement in a politically relevant free software project, and my interest in the more academic side of CS (FP and PLT, which relate to the previously mentioned projects). I think my commitment to CS really shows in my essay.</p>
<p>Even with a 4.0, I know being OOS severely hurts my chances. However, OOS freshman admission increased ~130% this year compared to last year, so all hope isn’t lost.</p>
<p>Any guesses as to my chances? Also, any comments on whether EECS at Berkeley is worth OOS tuition? I’m also considering UW (Seattle).</p>
<p>^ Your UD coursework and EC’s will do you a lot of good – they’re impressive. I’d say if they admit any OOS you’d be one of them. 40% sounds like a good number, but I can only guess. You at least have a better shot than most OOS students. </p>
<p>EECS at Cal is one of the few programs worth the tuition; it’s ranked 2nd nationally and graduates have a (reported) average starting salary of $75,000. There’s always graduate school at Cal if you decide not to pay or don’t get in.</p>
<p>I also want to revise my previous stats for anyone reading this thread in the future: it looks like I have not fulfilled all core prereqs (I took 2 english courses from different series which disqualifies both of them per the articulation agreement, despite each of them individually meeting each of their requirements). I’d like to revise my odds of acceptance to <5%.</p>
<p>I too am applying for EECS at UCB. By the end of the spring semester, I will have completed Calc 1, 2, & 3, Differentals and LA, English 1A and 1B, and Physics 1A, 1B, and 1C (1D ain’t articulated at my CC). Also, Circuits, Circuits Lab, and Beginning Java at a nearby CC (where they’re not even articulated) because my main CC doesn’t have these classes either. </p>
<p>I also have Chem 1A, and a few other general ed classes. So far, my GPA is 3.88 (got a B in Calc 3). I don’t have much going for me EC-wise, except for a research internship I did which was a joint program between Oxnard College (my CC) and CSU Channel Islands.</p>
<p>I’m really hoping I’ll be able to transfer within 2 years, but I understand that may not be feasible for such an intensive major as EECS.</p>