Need help making the final decision among UCs

[hulahoope]

@lkg4answers

@hulahoope I am not sure about the graduate courses at UCSB. It is easier if you are in the College of Creative Studies which is an extremely small and competitive program to get into.

I would be careful about getting ahead of yourself in looking at graduate courses before you start. @Gumbymom do you know anything about the ease or difficulty of taking grad courses as an undergrad at the UCs?

Thank you @lkg4answers. I might try to get into CCS, after going there and exploring.

@Gumbymom

@lkg4answers @hulahoope: I do not know the procedure for taking graduate classes at the UC’s. My son took some CS graduate classes at SDSU, but he was only able to register for these classes after all the graduate students had registered. He also had to have Senior undergrad standing so it may be similar at the UC’s. I would contact the CS departments to get the most up to date information.

Thank you for the information @gumbymom . Yes, that’s what I have read on the UCSB that you have to have the senior undergrad standing and showcase with the upper-level courses. I guess its similar across UCs. Looking at the UCSB though there doesn’t seem to be limit and quite a few courses are open for undergrads.

@firmament2x

@hulahoope . . . I just wanted to add an outcome perspective to the links gumbymom provided:

Here are UCD’s ASEE degrees awarded in engineering in 2018 (including CS degrees):

All the best…

THanks @firmament2x. This is great information. Thanks for sharing. It definitely gives the perspective for me to make a final call.