<p>I’m currently a OOSer working off my first year in California to gain residency. I am starting my first semester at DVC next fall with transferring to Berkeley as my ultimate goal. I have never had trouble maintaining a 3.5 GPA for all four years at my Catholic H.S., including some college level courses during the latter 2 years. I don’t anticipate maintaining the same, if not higher, GPA at DVC to be a problem. But Berkeley is a different story, or so I’ve heard.</p>
<p>Even if one possesses the right study habits and gains admission, Is the transition still overwhelming? If so, what should one do to to further prepare for taking on such a challenge? Any advice, especially any gained through personal experience would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!
The Dude</p>
<p>Taking computer science and sociology</p>
<p>Actually I m a transfer student from DVC. I can tell u at least DVC has a pretty good curriculum for engineering majors. I major in industrial engineering and operation research and have some friends in mechanical and electrical/computer science.</p>
<p>Since you are interested in computer science, I would say that’s a very good choice since Cal does have a huge electrical/cs department and most of the companies coming to the career fair are looking for it.</p>
<p>Do maintain a GPA higher than 3.7, which is not that hard at DVC.
Also there is a big gap in terms of course difficulty between Cal and DVC, especially for cs. So be prepared.</p>
<p>I think it all depends on the courses you take and which instructors you choose. DVC has tons of teachers from four years, including from CAL, Stanford, St. Marys, UCSF, and more, and that is only in the philosophy department. The other departments have just as good of professors, but it all depends on who you take and what classes. I had a 3.7 gpa, but after the last two semester, it has dropped to a 3.2 and im trying to get into Berkeley’s business school, i still have 7 more classes to take though</p>