<p>I plan to transfer in Fall '14 to UCB EECS, but EECS is known for its competitiveness, so I'm worrying if there is any chance for me to get in. </p>
<p>My GPA now is 4.0, and I almost finish all of the IGETC (which is not very important for EECS) as well as pre-reqs including all Calculus, Chem, and Physics series except for PHYS 7B (I'll take it next spring). I'm also volunteering in a local clinic and working as a math supplemental instruction leader right on campus. I'm also offered a tutoring position in math lab, but I'm thinking about it now and haven't decided yet. I supposed that might give me a promising hope for a chance to get into UCB, however, I am afraid that the recommended courses may be a danger since my school used to offer 61B but now they don't. The only thing that they have is the Intro to C+++ which I plan to take it next spring. So I don't know if those recommended courses are really necessary or not, especially for a competitive department like EECS. </p>
<p>If anyone was or by any chance knows someone was in the same situation like me, please give me some advice. I do appreciate that.</p>
<p>It’s really hard to find 61ABC, EE20N, and EE40 at CC. If you search on here you can find the very short list of CCs which offer each of those. CS70 you can’t transfer in from anywhere. So, not having them won’t particularly hurt your chances, since many students cannot find them. If you can take any of the recommended classes it does help, though. (Especially after transferring, if you don’t have to make up all 6 lower divs it makes scheduling a lot less hell-ish.)</p>
<p>I’d still recommend taking some CS classes before transferring. CS61A expects knowledge of recursion and basic programming, and moves pretty quickly. 61B, assuming you can’t find it before transferring and have to double it up with something, it definitely helps to know Java/C++ before you start (it moves fast). Discrete math is good to take pre-transfer too. Basically, taking these classes gives you some understanding of the material ahead of time (always good here) and shows that you’re interested/capable in CS classes. You should also have a back up school in mind, just because EECS admissions is super unpredictable, and they’ll probably want basic programming classes completed before transfer on the chance you don’t end up at Cal.</p>
<p>@Failure622: Thank you for your advice. The only CS course offered is not the one UCB recommends, so I am worried a lot cause everyone knows how tough it is to get into EECS. </p>
<p>Also, does being a girl somehow raise my possible chance a little bit? Since there are not many women in engineering field.</p>
<p>Technically no, they’re not allowed to consider gender in admissions. But it certainly doesn’t hurt your chances. :P</p>
<p>EECS is relatively hard to get into, but it’s by no means impossible… I’m an EECS senior at Berkeley, I transferred in last year. GPA was around 3.7-3.8 during application time, had a lot of CS classes which didn’t articulate (and none of ABC, 70, 20N, 40), and with that I got in. So, 4.0 and most of your pre-reqs done gives you a pretty good chance, even if you can’t get classes to articulate (but again, I think having taken CS/EE class before transferring, or having relevant ECs, helps your chances a lot).</p>
<p>Hey OP, are you attending Cypress College?</p>
<p>@Failure666: It’s a big relief to know that you are a EESC senior :). Your advice is really helpful. And yes, I will definitely take CS course next spring. Hopefully, they still take it into account :). Did you have any extracurricular like being a math tutor or something? Cause in the transfer to UCB EECS thread, most of people there were tutoring math/physics.</p>
<p>Also, I know the personal statement is very important, but does EECS pay attention to it more than the GPA and pre-reqs?</p>
<p>@LaysOriginal: I am :). How do you know?</p>
<p>Things would be easier if you were taking CSCI 123 now; you could take CSCI 133, equivalent to CS 61B, at Fullerton College next semester.
It is hard to tell whether you will get rejected because of missing CS 61B. You will compete with other applicants this year, and we do not know how strong other applicants are. Your chance of getting in is lower if many of them have great GPA and complete all the required courses, CS 61B, and other strongly recommended courses; however, your chance is better if a few applicants complete strongly recommended courses.
Besides, I think we are taking PHYS 223 together.</p>
<p>yeah, I just know that because I didn’t think those recommended courses would hurt my chance. I’ll still take CSCI 123 next spring, though. That’s the only way for me now, and yeah I’ll definitely work hard on PS.</p>
<p>I guess so lol.</p>
<p>I don’t know how much attention they pay to ECs and personal statements, there are tons of admissions factors and EECS in general seems pretty hard to chance. Obviously if you’ve got relevant ECs and a good personal statement, it’s gonna help.</p>
<p>I actually didn’t have any tutoring, but I had a lot of technical/math ECs… things like contests (bridge building, AMATYC, FIRST), clubs (robotics, math), and pet projects (Solitaire, minesweeper, other little projects) were somewhere in ECs or personal statements… along with more normal activities (marching band, girl scouts, volunteering). I also had a ton of CS classes I had taken (3 years of highschool, intro to C++, C#, Java/Data Structures, Data Structures, Discrete, Circuits…) which might’ve factored into the general “who is this person” part of the app.</p>
<p>But there really is no magic set of things to do to get in, and I don’t know if anyone can tell you how things are weighted. But you’ve got a good GPA, and you’re doing okay with pre-reqs, so you’ve at the very least got a fair shot at admissions.</p>