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Originally Posted by ucla011 Flopsy,
My son is a CSE freshman. I asked him is he going to take summer school in UCI or community college for some general elective. It will be much cheaper without housing cost since we live in Irvine. He says he needs to balance his GPA with easy and hard courses over the regular school year to maintain his GPA. Is he “pulling my leg” with excuses or is this legitimate strategy? Can freshman find any intern training even without pay? My husband is a CS engineer, perhaps I will ask him. Or else he is going to get a PT time job. Advice anyone? |
This is a legitimate strategy. Summer sessions courses at other UCs (not sure about community colleges) can count towards the general education requirement, and are good for raising one's GPA since summer sessions tend to have easier grading. Also, it is very difficult for a freshman to obtain an internship (paid or unpaid), since most internships are targeted towards juniors, who have more programming experience.
