Questions for a UCB hopeful!

emilsinclair9
Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:42:30 +0000

@ sparky: Wow lol that thread was from a long time ago. I’m glad you read and remember it! And as for knowing you, I’ve seen you post around on here.

As for the competition at Cal, it does depend on your major. The competition is the fiercest if you’re premed or at Haas. I say at Haas because now all of the upper div. courses are being curved (meaning 15% A’s). In terms of CS majors, I would not say the competition is that bad. There are -some- people who will want you to fail and derive pleasure out of that i.e. the ones who ask about your grade so they can gloat about their A. However, I would say this is really rare.

I think that as a transfer, you do have to be socially active to set up study groups and things like that, but everyone I’ve encountered is always down to study with me, even though I was new/transferred. Don’t worry too much about the competition; it’s really less existent than you think coming in.