<p>Hi. I am an EECS major. I have taken Math 53 and CS 61A this semester. I'm not sure whether I should take CS 70 in spring since it seems so early but some people say it's good to take it as early as possible. My schedule would then be like this:</p>
<p>Math 54 Ribet
CS 61BL Clancy
Physics 7B Zettl
CS 70 Wagner
Plus two 1-unit classes:
CS 9C Garcia
Math 24 Woodin</p>
<p>Is this schedule managable? Thanks a lot for any advice!!</p>
<p>wow thats a ton of technicals. how are math53 and cs61a together?</p>
<p>That's pretty similar to what I was thinking of, I'm Engineering Undeclared myself; Math 54, CS61BL, Physics H7B/7B, E45, E39B, ISF 60 and either Eng 24 or Math 24 Woodin/Weinstein...</p>
<p>I've heard that CS70 can be extremely time consuming especially if you're a freshman, I'm interested in taking the Math version of that myself, only probably in a later semester...</p>
<p>you should of told us how many units that is.</p>
<p>and these are your first compsci classes excluding cs61a, then you should expect more work than the units imply. i was told by my counselor that cs9 is more than 1 unit's work for the avg student.</p>
<p>if you think you are hot stuff in the IQ department, then go for it. i'd personally do a club, join an IM team or something in place of a class to balance myself out.</p>
<p>In case you haven't heard of it already...
E45 lab is ridiculous. Its courseload is probably comparable to a 4-5 units class.</p>
<p>Sorry, I should have told everyone that it's 18 units total.</p>
<p>It's almost always a mistake to take 18 units. It's always a mistake for a freshman to take 18 units.</p>
<p>personally i'd say that's way too heavy of a load, but then again berkeley students' abilities have wide range. if you're currently taking 3-4 techs as a freshman and find it bearable / doable / not too stressful, then i'd say go ahead and try the 18 unit schedule you've proposed. if this is not the case, then i'd encourage you to think twice about going through with all those technical units. more importantly, remember to always leave room for you to, in the end, drop a class (or two) in the case that the load gets too heavy.</p>
<p>almost impossible for other people to judge your abilities. some will think it's too hard...personally i think it's pretty light, but that's just me.</p>
<p>i thought math 54 with ribet was a joke. cs 61bl is nothing compared to cs61b with hilfinger this semester. physics 7b is pretty easy if you've taken E&M before..never taken 70 but i hear it's not that bad</p>
<p>so yeah, thats just how i feel...im sure other people will tell you differently</p>
<p>It's not just an issue of abilities. It's an issue of how to spend your time. There's very little advantage to piling courses on like that. Even if you could take all of those classes, get A+s in all of them, it's probably not wise for a freshman. Better to wait one one of them, find something fun or interesting to do, even if that fun/interesting thing is academic.</p>