<p>Hey. Spring will be my first semester, so this is what I have planned out.
Math 53 (4)
CS 61A (4) - is this class a killer? cause the course description sounds like it
English R1B (4)
and some seminar that I have yet to determine...maybe a compsci seminar? </p>
<p>What do you think?</p>
<p>That's a completely typical freshman schedule. I don't see the point of a compsci seminar if you're already taking 61A, find something in a different area, not too hard, that you enjoy learning about.</p>
<p>I recommend E 98: Survive Engineering. It's easy, fun, and very rewarding.
Your schedule looks very good to me. That's just like my Fall 07 schedule:
Math 53, CS 61A, ESPM 50AC (4), E 92, E 98, Math 98. 15 units total. So far it's been easy for me, but ESPM 50AC is one of the easiest classes on the Berkeley campus.</p>
<p>What were you taking Math 98 for?</p>
<p>Advanced Rubik's Cube: Speedcubing. ^_^</p>
<p>which classes should i sign up for first?</p>
<p>Definitely English in Phase I. The other phase I class is up to you. I would choose CS61A if your math 53 class is very big (400+ students).</p>
<p>Yeah CS61A is tough. I had two years of high school computer science and a score of 5 on AP CS AB but still struggling with this class. A lot of abstract concepts and fast paced compared to high school CS.</p>
<p>which period of the course do you believe is worse? Like does difficulty increase as the course progresses or is it difficult in the middle then eases off toward the end?</p>
<p>btw thanks for all the help! and whats your fastest cube time?</p>
<p>I haven't finished CS61A yet, but I heard from a friend who took it last spring that the last 1/4 (especially "metacircular evaluator") is toughest.</p>
<p>My best time for solving a Rubik's cube is 27.48s.</p>
<p>I would say that it does get progressively tougher as the semester goes in CS61A. It's true that the last part of the course is the toughest (well according to me and a lot of my friends). And the start of the course is quite basic, as it is basically introducing you to Scheme.</p>
<p>And actually you shouldn't have problems getting into CS61A either. I believe pretty much everyone who wants to take it ends up being able to. You probably should only need to worry about signing up early for CS or Math to secure favorable discussion/lab times.</p>