<p>Hi</p>
<p>i';m currently in high school, and will be going to community college soon any tips on what classes i should take to be able to get accepted into the eecs major at berkeley? anyone who has been accepted could tell me what they did to be able to get accepted it would be really heplful thanks</p>
<p>google assist.org and go from there. also there is a UC transfer subsection right about this one.</p>
<p>but assist will answer your question.</p>
<p>do you know where i could talk directly to transfer admissions people?</p>
<p>as in UCB’s admission board? no clue. probably not likely.</p>
<p>for ppl who applied to UCB, the UC transfers thread has a bunch.</p>
<p>bump</p>
<p>anyone give me tips if your an eecs major at UC Berkeley or if your applying this year it would be really helpful</p>
<p>Berkeley has an IM account that they activate during the application process that lets you talk directly to people who currently or in the past have reviewed applications for berkeley. I’ll look it up in my inbox if you want it but they wont be on it for a while. </p>
<p>On another note, if you live by berkeley visist the transfer center on campus. If not Angela Skrivanich is someone who’s good to talk to. She used to be an admissions director now she works in the transfer center. I’m not EECS but I’m political economy, same section (interdisciplinary studies).</p>
<p>sorry heres the site with the numbers, i forgot. <a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/materials/ETS07/07_directory.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/resources/materials/ETS07/07_directory.pdf</a></p>
<p>Hi, This thread has really great information. Maybe it will help you.
Where is EmpathyInAnarchy ? he would def. give you some good info. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/903524-how-many-people-applied-eecs-berkeley.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/903524-how-many-people-applied-eecs-berkeley.html</a></p>
<p>Visit assist.org if you haven’t already. Your first priority should be completing the major prereqs – and recommended courses – listed on your schools articulation agreement and maintaining a 4.0. IGETC does not apply to you; they won’t even consider it in admissions. Getting some GE stuff will be necessary to fulfill the 60 unit requirement, but doing anything more than this should be your lowest priority. </p>
<p>If you can, use your summers to take any major prereqs at Cal as a visiting student. Also, get involved in an EC that shows your interest in EECS. Also, start writing your essays.</p>
<p>Your focus should be:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Fulfilling all major prereqs and recommended courses. </p></li>
<li><p>Getting the highest GPA that you possibly can.</p></li>
<li><p>Getting some substantial proof that you are interested in EECS (like a/several related EC(s) of some kind).</p></li>
<li><p>Writing awesome essays. </p></li>
</ol>
<p>4 (optional). Getting GE’s out of the way when possible. This won’t help you get admitted but will make it easier when you transfer.</p>
<p>It’s as simple as that.</p>
<p>see what did i tell you? he is such a swell guy. </p>
<p>miss u bro </3.</p>
<p>^ Been busy. :)</p>
<p>^ that’s too bad, i hope you have been well :)</p>
<p>@Dainese, why would someone want to google assist.org? Isn’t that a bit unnecessary?</p>
<p>EmpathyInAnarchy, how do I take prereqs at cal? if i’m not a student,</p>
<p>also which cc do you got to?</p>
<p>and since I am in 11th grade this year i’m thinking of taking some pre reqs at cc during school and summer do you think its a good idea or should I wait till after high school?</p>
<p>Taking summer classes at community college during summer is a good idea. I took 9 units the summer after junior year (I was starting at the college at this point) and got straight As and got rid of some GEs.</p>
<p>@OP [Berkeley</a> Summer Sessions](<a href=“http://summer.berkeley.edu/]Berkeley”>http://summer.berkeley.edu/) </p>
<p>I don’t want to disclose my CC because I want to remain anonymous, but my CC doesn’t offer as many articulating prereqs as some. So, I recommend going to a CC that offers the most major prereqs. I heard Ohlone offers most of the CS classes (which my school and most schools don’t), but I’m sure Ohlone isn’t the only one. </p>
<p>BUT, I want to remind you (or inform you), that for admissions purposes, if your school doesn’t have prereq courses that articulate, it DOES NOT count against you. If you can only attend a local CC, don’t sweat it too much.</p>
<p>I just – personally – RECOMMEND taking summer classes at Cal and going to a CC with articulating classes because getting to Cal is intense if you haven’t completed those prereqs; most EECS transfers are missing ~4 prereqs and they’re expected to complete those courses and UD coursework in 4 semesters (5 semesters of rigorous work in 4 semesters). Most of the time EECS transfers can petition for extensions, but it’s best to be safe.</p>
<p>As for taking classes during the summer, go for it if you know you can get A’s. Otherwise, you might want to wait until you’re a little more mature and confident. Your GPA is going to be a really, really big deal. Admission to UC’s gets about 2% more difficult every year (or has been); it’s best to be as good of an applicant as you can be.</p>
<p>@corinnejay how did you go to college after 11th grade?</p>
<p>@EmpathyInAnarchy you said i should do some GE’s which one do you think i should do?</p>
<p>Also have you ever done the summer program at Berkeley, and if you did how were the classes?(easy or hard?)</p>
<p>@OP</p>
<p>On GE’s: The campus of Berkeley has graduation breadth requirements. They are listed on the first couple pages of this handbook. If there are any that you should take, it’s transferrable courses from your CC that meet these requirements. <a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/advising/advising07-08.pdf[/url]”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/advising/advising07-08.pdf</a></p>
<p>On difficulty: It depends on how much engineering/programming/math experience you have. You should have some programming experience before you take any of the 61ABC, not to mention any mentioned prerequisites of the courses. It’s safe to say the courses are more likely to be hard than they are easy. Most current EECS students would be better people to ask; if you search the forums of this site you can find their opinions on class difficulty. All of the courses are at best time-consuming and at worst time-consuming, technically difficult, and competitive (curved grades); a lot of people change majors because of how demanding it is. The average student at Cal can expect to get only as high as a B- in EECS courses. How you measure up against the average student will give you an idea of how hard their courses will be for you.</p>
<p>@EmpathyInAnarchy</p>
<p>are you applying for a transfer to Berkeley this year?</p>
<p>Yes, but despite having a 4.0 (among other things), I might not have met the English writing REQUIREMENT; not meeting a core prerequisite is an automatic rejection. So I’m probably an auto-reject.</p>
<p>Hopefully I’ve gone to some length helping you to avoid making a similar mistake.</p>