To LS CS students: How much free time/social life do you guys have?

<p>I’m EECS, not L&S, and I still have some free time. Depending on the classes you’re taking, what sorts of combinations you go for, how many units you have at a time, etc, it’ll vary a lot. Some classes (specifically upper div. project classes) will eat up ALL of your time, so put easy classes with those and be ready to not sleep. :stuck_out_tongue: Other classes will be closer to a math workload, and require less time to be spent writing code and such.</p>

<p>Hilfinger… yeah, he’s pretty notorious, but you can also avoid his classes if you’re really scared… he typically teaches 61B during the Fall I think, so you could just take that class over the summer or put it off til Spring if you really feel a need to. (Alternatively, take his class anyways, as people say you learn a lot from it.)</p>

<p>I think so long as you actually enjoy CS, and you do a good job balancing your schedule, you’ll be fine. Just don’t take too many technical classes (so, no more than 2 or 3 math/physics/CS/EE) at a time, and you’ll have time to have fun. Will your workload be heavier than other majors? Possibly, but so long as you enjoy what you’re doing and make a conscious effort to schedule well you’ll be fine.</p>