<p>Hello....so I just flat out failed the CS61 midterm (under the median and all). I see the mistakes now, but it's too late. Should I just forget about trying to switch into EECS and go to a different major to save my GPA at least?</p>
<p>You should’ve taken 61as: we don’t have any midterms, only weekly quizzes and a short final.</p>
<p>I was in 61as…but I dropped it -____- CS61A was a lot easier then so I kept it, but this midterm screwed me over. I was being stupid and didn’t like using recursion for everything and thought I was taking the “easy” way out. </p>
<p>But realistically, can I even get into EECS with a B in CS61A? I honestly don’t think I will get lower than a B-, but then again, I didn’t think I would fail this either.</p>
<p>Are you interested in CS or EE? If you are primarily interested in CS (and not planning on going into a niche area like patent law where ABET accreditation matters), then why not declare the L&S CS major after passing the prerequisites?</p>
<p>Hmmm…I guess that’s an option too…wasted this sem with physics 7A and EE20n…but is this a sign that I should just forget about this major in general?</p>
<p>I really like EE20N now though.</p>
<p>Did you fail because of an anxiety attack (I can relate) and stupid mistakes, or because you didn’t understand/get the problems? If it’s either of the two, just study harder. Go over past midterms (hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu as a ton), read the textbook, and go to lecture/discussion. If it’s because you have little to no interest in computer science or electrical engineering, you might seriously want to reconsider the major. </p>
<p>Every major (other than humanities majors) requires lots of work at Berkeley; in engineering, you can work hard but still not get what you consider a “good gpa”. That’s just how Berkeley is.</p>
<p>It was definitely not an anxiety attack (I’m usually extremely calm for exams - except for EE20N haha def shaking before/during that one lol…so calm that it ****es people off). </p>
<p>I guess I really only studied for EE20N (same day as CS), but I really felt like I knew the material (so I was partially chilling). To be honest, I have no idea what happened…which is why I’m doubting myself now, and am assuming I’m not as good in this stuff as I thought I would be/am. I have no idea what else I could have studied to have done better, since looking through the answers now, I knew “how” to do all but two, so I obviously just couldn’t do it right! I do have a problem of disliking things I don’t do well in…so I’m just hoping that doesn’t happen here (hasn’t yet).</p>
<p>Eh, I don’t know if I should discourage you from going EECS, but I was in your position. Now, I’m pretty much decided going down the path of LnS CS.
I took physics 7a + 7b (did decent in those), as well as chem 1a and math 53, all classes which I would have needed for EECS, but no longer need for CS.</p>
<p>Really? What made you back out? Was it too much work to cram in or did you feel it wasn’t worth it?</p>