<p>well one advantage berkeley has over UCLA is semester system...but that also means that you will be spending more time in college. Also berkeley has more courses I think for EECS than UCLA for which courses in CCs are not articulated.</p>
<p>Citan what do you mean by being on the semester system means that you will be spending more time in college?</p>
<p>yellow: well UCLA has three quarters per year...each quarter you will take 16-17 units...in UCB there are two semester and you will prolly take the same amount each semester. Thats why I think you will take more time to graduate.</p>
<p>I'm in the same boat..i got a C in a Calculus class i took at the local community college when i was a sophomore in high school. It's brought down my overall college GPA (to a 3.72). When i was visiting Cal I talked to a transfer admissions guy and he told me not to worry about it too much because it was so long ago and i've obviously grown since then. I wouldn't really worry too much if i were you as long as you explained the situation in your personal statement.</p>
<p>thanks aubstopper.</p>
<p>i really wish somebody would tell me "DONT WORRY AT ALL, THEY DONT CARE!"</p>
<p>lol but obviously that isn't the case, and it is a C..so i'll just aim for 4.0s in college..hope its not too impossible lol</p>
<p>Citan, doesn't UCLA--and the other quarter based UCs--mete out quarter credits rather than semester units? Also, doesn't 90 quarter credits come out to be equivalent to 60 semester units? I don't think there's that much of a difference in terms of progressing toward the degree.</p>