Need some advice on EECS (as a transfer)

Thomas_1
Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:08:24 +0000

Hello fellow CCers,

First of all I want to thank everyone here. I’m sure I wouldn’t have made it this far without this board.

I just got accepted as a transfer student at Berkeley EECS. When I started Community College, having worked as a software developer before, EECS was the perfect major for me. I was interested in both CS and EE. However, the past few months my focus has been shifting a little. I found that my real passion is business and maybe a little psychology. My future goal is starting my own company (which I have done several times now). My two choices are:


Go to EECS, take as few ENG courses as possible (there are some that look pretty interesting to me) and load up on other classes just to learn something else.
Go to CC one more year and apply for a different major
Don’t get a degree ; )


I’m leaning towards the second option, but I really like the prestige of Berkeley’s EECS program and well, it was my dream from the very beginning to get accepted there. If there is any way I can combine my current interests with EECS (which I still find interesting, it’s just not my priority anymore) then I want to do it. I want to earn an MBA later on, so I am also a little scared about my GPA (all these rumors about EECS…).

I know you can’t really help me decide, but you could answer some questions of mine.

1. Am I even allowed to take all other classes outside the CoE as an EECS student? Even Haas? Noncredit would be fine too.

2. How much spare space for non-engineering courses do I have as a transfer student? From what I see I need to take about 45-50 units of ENG courses to graduate. That is about 10-12 units per semester if I include summer. Since ENG courses are pretty rigorous would it be overkill to add Business/Psych courses to that courseload?

3. Any first-hand experiences from EECS transfers on how much free time you have had?

What do you guys think? Any other suggestions or comments? =)

Thank you soo much!

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