<p>Hi everybody!
So unfortunately my senior year wasn't in the country. I went overseas and got my high school diploma somewhere else. However I got my CHSPE certificate before I left cali ....
Now, I'll be back for fall 2012 hopefully.
With all the chances gone to go to a descent 4yr college I really don't wanna mess this up because I think I don't deserve it !
I've taken all science classes from biology to AP physics and AP chemistry as well as calculus all the way to multivariable calc ..I'm super interested in electrical engineering and math i took linear algebra and discrete mathematics. I'd consider Cal the best place for me and I love it. I'll start off with multv calc in CC.
So where do you think or suggest I should attend which would be regarded as the best community college?
I know that Berkeley doesn't have TAG with anyone so I'm on the same ground as everybody else.
With all that said, I've built two robots with my colleagues which clearly defines my interest in engineering.<br>
I can assure that I'll be finishing CC with GPA of 4.0 .
So if you can help me I'll appreciate it. Ask whatever you might think be useful or if you think I need to pack more stuff let me know :)
Thank you
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using CC</p>
<p>Best CC would be those that have the best coverage of prerequisites for your major at your target schools, as listed in [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) .</p>
<p>For Berkeley EECS, the math, physics, other science, English composition, and lower division breadth (humanities and social studies) courses should be commonly offered. To cover the lower division EE and CS courses, you may need a combination of CCs such as:</p>
<p>Laney for CS 61A
Laney or Diablo Valley for CS 61B
Diablo Valley for CS 61C
Chabot or College of San Mateo for EE 40</p>
<p>Thanks!
so basically i gotta go for CCs that offer those “recommended” courses which would increase the chance of getting in.
is there anything else that i should be doing out of campus? like comnty service & stuff?
do they have limited sits for transfer students or they’d take whoever’s they consider eligible?</p>
<p>You want to take as many prerequisites as possible before transfer to minimize having to “catch up” after transfer. Think of it this way: would you rather take the lower division courses at inexpensive community college, or use up some of the schedule space at more expensive UC to take them?</p>
<p>I got it…
How about the quality of the courses?
For instance if I take a lower division course at a CC I’ll be learning less than all the freshmen admitted in my major that are learning the same at ucb?. make sense orrrr???</p>
<p>Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using CC</p>
<p>Part of that price difference in courses between Berkeley and community colleges implies that the quality of the education at the former will be greater than that at the latter (to justify the price difference). That being said, as ucbalumnus said, you do want to finish as many pre-requisites as possible, even if that means, taking them at different community colleges based on which schools offer which courses, in order to graduate Berkeley on time. You can always retake the class at Berkeley if need be, but you’ll learn almost all of the same material at either place and can always review Berkeley syllabi/textbooks to determine where self-study may be helpful.</p>
<p>A part of choosing a school should be whether their transfer programs try to maintain a certain relationship with Cal. Like Cal’s TAP program, and if it’ll be available at the college. I’ve heard good things about Los Positas and City College of SF, I’m not sure exactly what attributes their high rate of Cal transfers but it may be due to former students coming back to help, or possibly the college’s programs that try to inform their students on upcoming events on transfer workshops geared towards Cal. I know down here, being so close to UCLA we see their reps visit our campus much more than Cal reps.</p>
<p>Also, just a heads up, the UC app is broken down into a few sections:
-Educational Prep Programs
-Volunteer/Community Service
-Work Experience
-Honors/Awards
-Extracurricular Activities</p>
<p>So outside of school work, you have to find something you do that will fit in with those sections, or start to pursue activities that would address them. Good school, finish as much coursework as possible, cover those sections, and a great essay you’ll be all set to send in a great application!</p>
<p>If you end up in SoCal, look to Santa Monica City college, Pasadena City college, or Orange Coast college. Make sure you get into their honors programs. Orange Coast honors, for example, has an 85% transfer rate to UC.</p>
<p>“basketballkid124” thanks a LOT,self-study: i think it’ll be fantastic going through the cal’s study materials and catch up with other students if i’m missing something! </p>
<p>“MeStudyStuff” wow this is the first i’m hearing of TAP program, I was looking for TAG which Berkeley does not offer unfortunately. This’d be pretty useful for me Thank you!
and i went to high school in LA, i lived in Woodland Hills and all those schools’ representatives visited us before i left (about late SEP 2011) so i know how it is, the closer you are naturally the more things you know and you get in easier !
I will definitely keep those tips in mind… THANK YOU :-)</p>
<p>“bluebayou” i actually took a summer course at SMC (semmer 2010) pre-calc right after the 10th grade’s final… my high school college-counselor told me about the HONORS program at CCs ! thanks for saying though :)</p>
<p>By the way, is it Okay to take required courses at multiple colleges? or is it just the courses that matter to the community college not UCB’s admission office?
according to “Assist” its okay so i just wanted to make sure
[ASSIST</a> Report: DIABLO 11-12 UCB Articulation Agreement by Major](<a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST)</p>
<p>You can take courses from other colleges. Almost all of my classes are from El Camino College, but when they didn’t have a class I needed on schedule I went to SMC. Not an issue at all.</p>
<p>Just make sure you are taking the courses Cal wants because each school uses different designations for their courses. Like in ECC, I had to take Bus25 but they didn’t have that in the summer, so I took Bus1 in SMC which is the equivalent.</p>
<p>Check assist.org for each college you’re planning on attending to make sure it articulates. I’ve gone to 7 different CCCs and not all of them articulate similarly but luckily they allowed combinations of certain classes to satisfy prereqs.</p>
<p>As far as “quality of courses” is concerned, the articulation agreements described on [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) are supposed to allow you to take CCC courses that cover the lower division requirements at the UC or CSU for your desired major.</p>
<p>Note that in some cases, two CCC courses are needed to cover one Berkeley course. Note also that CCCs often model their courses on those taught at a nearby UC or CSU, so you are more likely to find one to one course mappings to UC Berkeley courses at semester system CCCs near Berkeley (as opposed to CCCs elsewhere or quarter system CCCs).</p>
<p>@Mestudystuff, I’ll check the articulation stuff with Assist by the time of taking classes thank you !</p>
<p>@Silenthillnight 7 different colleges? wow that’s really awesome. i’ll check on that thanks !</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus well SMC’s courses are very close to Berkeley’s, even the names are similar sometimes ! </p>
<p>I really appreciate your help everyone, hopefully i do the same someday for you :)</p>
<p>SMC = Santa Monica College?</p>
<p>If so, not all courses line up well with UCB EECS major courses. While the math courses do match up pretty well, the physics, chemistry, and biology courses do not have one-to-one mappings. You need to take entire sequences of courses to get proper course coverage (UCB EECS requires Physics 7A-7B and probably 2-3 additional science and/or math courses of the student’s choice):</p>
<p>UCB Physics 7A-7B => need SMC Physics 21-22-23
UCB Physics 7A-7B-7C => need SMC Physics 21-22-23-24
UCB Biology 1A-1AL-1B => need SMC Biology 21-22-23
UCB Chemistry 1A-1B => need SMC Chemistry 11-12</p>
<p>And SMC has none of the six CS or EE lower division courses for the UCB EECS major (CS 61A-61B-61C, CS 70, EE 40, EE 20N).</p>
<p>[ASSIST</a> Report: SMCC 11-12 UCB Articulation Agreement by Major](<a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST)</p>
<p>You should find out if the CCC that you are interested in has TAP. You can find out by talking to the transfer center at the college.</p>
<p>@ucbalumnus yes SMC is santa monica college
well smc is the best ccc in the area, and their courses especially mathematics are arranged pretty much the same in higher levels.
I’ll try to go somewhere better in the state, like diablo
thank you</p>
<p>Hi everyone …
well i was going on about coming back by this fall to start from a CC, things have changed and that’s bot gonna happen ! :(. I got into a 4-year college though where I currently live!
Accepted as an Electrical Engineering student !
so here’s my question: i been digging through UC’s website about international junior transfer and so far coudnt find anything that’d help me out! First of all im considered as a domestic student with foreign credentials(i am a U.S citizen)
speaking of credentials, They’ll all be standard engineering courses which shouldn’t be a problem for UC admission office, am i right?
Is it possible at all? junior transfer with foreign credentials???
thanks is advance !</p>
<p>If you are a US citizen that happens to be living abroad, you are considered a domestic applicant at every US college. Thus, you will be a ‘domestic’ transfer.</p>
<p>Eng coursework does not have a lot of flexibility. Look up Cal’s eng requirements for the first two years and try to take courses that are similar. Look up Cal’s eng transfer requirements and follow the instructions religiously.</p>
<p>yup, so a domestic student living overseas doesn’t sound any good to me!
apparently i have the least chance to get in, the first priority for transfer goes to Community college students followed by other 4-year colleges and finally already UC students who are willing to go to another UC.
I’m not sure if it is possible to do JUNIOR TRANSFER considering my situation! ??? :(</p>