Schmoomcgoo

I'll be touring Cal later this week with my daughter and we can't make any of the scheduled dorm tours. Is there any way to see a room aside from an official tour?

vienna

Hey! Does anyone know how difficult College Writing R1A is? And how much time does it take to finish up work from that course? I'm having a little trouble deciding between College Writing R1A and English R1A at the moment.

Thanks!

jy03241526

Is is better switch major at the end of freshman year or sophomore year??
I want to switch from Mech E. to EECS?
I heard EECS is pretty competitive.
Does anyone know the percentage?

Cupola

jy: You can't switch to EECS right away. you can request to change to EECS during your 2nd semester at Cal. If all goes well, you will be an EECS major starting your 3rd semester. Competitive applicants typically have a 3.7.

foxiechick9

I was reading on the website for l&s and it said you have to apply to be in Computer Science...i was admitted into CS for fall of 2008...i didn't know i would have to apply again in my sophomore year....it said that ppl who chose CS should have a back up major.....?!?!
how true is this?

rider730

Were you admitted into the college of Letters and Sciences? If so, everyone is admitted as an undeclared major into L&S. It is up to you to satisfy pre-requisites to declare a specific major.

For a few, the 'capped' majors, doing the pre-reqs is not sufficient to guarantee entry into that major.

The L&S web site does not list Computer Science as a capped major, thus you should only have problems if you can't pass the pre-reqs with a GPA of 2.0 for those classes:

Computer Science 61A*, 61B*, 61C*
Electrical Engineering 42*
Mathematics 1A*-1B*, 54*
Computer Science 70*
Strongly recommended: Electrical Engineering 43

calitennisgirl55

Hello. I want to do pre-med at Cal. Is it really hard an competitive? I know i have to expect competition for med everywhere, but how hard is it at cal?

Also, is it true that there is something called grade inflation? Like when you apply to a graduate schools, they take berkeley's hard classes/GPA into account?

AND! how is the semeseter system there? do you get like a lot of midterms compared to quarter?

calitennisgirl55

Considering Pre-med.. Is economics hard at Berkeley?

Also, i know this sounds dumb... but did you have to apply to HAAS at the beginning of your app?

Thank you.

FlashingDots

hello. i've decided to go to berkeley and i'm interested in majoring in intergrative biology. can anyway give me some specific information about it.

and to current students who are currently doing this major, what would be an ideal schedule for ur first year? i'm totally lost when it comes to picking classes for a schedule and have no clue which profressors are harder/easier, how to balance out so its not too easy but not too difficult either. i know they have that Pick-a-Prof website but i'd like to hear from a current student and get more personal insight.

thank you so much.

stanfordbound

im so confused over whom to choose for business.....UIUC or Cal....i need about 8-10x more money for Cal but i think it may be worth it but idk....someone help?

lita76

Hey guys,

how do you go about finding good housing? I've only looking on craigslist it is seems very competitive, especially in berkeley.

Want to say hi to all of the EECS people out there. I didn't know there were so many of you guys posting here. Another EECS question is how do you find good people to work with for the class projects?

Azure326

A lot of people use Craig's List. Practically everyone I know that's looking for an apartment is using Craig's List. Yes, it's competitive, but that's the nature of the market.

What do you mean by "good" people? You can work with a friend in your section if you want a "good" partner. Or by "good" do you mean someone that's smart and knows what he is doing? In that case, you can usually tell who these people are by the time it's time to find partners, and you can just ask to be with for the project (though I'd expect you'd have to be around the same level of intelligence/capability with regard to the material).

aveng

Hi,
Have you heard about a pass for cal students who can fly frequently? I'm not sure if its some kind of annual pass for students?

AznN3rd

Can you explain about AP credits, how they affect choosing classes, restrictions, etc. ?

goddessxx

Can I apply to work-study if I currently don't have it (int'l, couldn't fill out FAFSA)?

Are there jobs available on campus if I don't have work-study?

Thanks in advance!