<p>@JewBacca
Not even Harvard get the honor of being the cover picture. lol. jk. </p>
<p>Yep. Definitely not doing transfer edge lol. Still deciding between UCLA and UCB though. The fact I can’t get a head on classes was one of the perks I was happy about that UCB offered. </p>
<p>@underbear I don’t have much experience with the summer version. I didn’t think it was too bad during the normal semester. There’s about 4 projects during normal semester, Matrix Multiply (efficiency, SSE intrinsics, threading nightmares) and the processor (logisim, mips, pipelining) are really hard/long, but the other two and the weekly problem sets weren’t bad. Solid background in C and assembly should help you, though most of the class should be about architecture… you’ll learn how caching works, how assembly instructions are stored/read, how a processor works, etc. You’ll also be doing some programming in C and MIPS, of course. I’m pretty sure I’ve had the summer lecturer as a TA before, he was pretty good then.</p>
<p>As for what you need before taking 61C, you should know how to program, and some simple data structures might show up (not sure, probably won’t). First project might use Java, but if you know C++/Java that’s not really a problem. But for 61C, the pre-reqs are more about students being at a certain level of programming maturity, and less about the specific concepts from 61A/B.</p>
<p>So, short answer: If you’ve got a good grasp on programming, you’ll be okay. I’m not sure how much work summer 61C is, should be less than B, probably more than A, GSI should be pretty good.</p>
<p>Dang, Berkeley keeps calling me about transfer events and whatnot.</p>
<p>They really want me to go there, I guess.</p>
<p>@Cayton you should seriously consider berkeley…</p>
<p>@lkm291 </p>
<p>I did. I won’t go. :D</p>
<p>@Cayton
I think they got the numbers mixed up with you… UCLA keeps calling me, but I’m always in class or not at home to pick up.
“They really want me to go there, I guess.” :)) </p>
<p>Will Cal be sending acceptance packets in the mail? Even though I’m not going to UCLA, my folks are doting over the packet that UCLA sent lol </p>
<p>@dell15
I just got Davis and Berkeley both today. Don’t expect it to be as fancy as LA…</p>
<p>@Catullus</p>
<p>Yes, if you’re coming for a 4 year university, then you are limited.</p>
<p>Nice @Loyshi!</p>
<p>I’m excited to see what they acceptances look like (potentially even smell like after getting my UCLA packet) :D</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo
My parents saw the difference in the presentation and size between LA and Berkeley. They were like, “Berkeley doesn’t need to waste money to make the acceptance packet more fancy to attract students.” lol =)) </p>
<p>@Loyshi </p>
<p>Yeah, UCLA receives enough applications as it is. :P</p>
<p>Well, your parents are kinda right @Loyshi but that isn’t to say that UCLA needs to entice people with fancy acceptance packages. But I hope the Cal packet is nicer than the UCSB one.
I plan on keeping these things for a long time so I want them to be kind of nice (:</p>
<p>@Cayton
UCLA’s was almost nice enough to make me want to go there…</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo
I bet if all UCLA and Berkeley sent was a piece of paper in an envelope, people will still go. It’s just that presentation just makes it a bit more persuading.</p>
<p>Honestly, UCSB’s admission packet is the lamest of them all.</p>
<p>@k4201505
I definitely would agree with that statement… Only good thing about UCSB’s packet was that even your postman knew you got accepted to UCSB. =)) </p>
<p>@Loyshi, true (: both are great universities.</p>
<p>@k4201505 I was also a little disappointed by the UCSB packet…</p>
<p>@Loyshi lol for sb :)) </p>
<p>Even though I’ve decided that the other top UC school is best for me and I’m sure I’ll be very happy there, it still hurt me a little to decline Berkeley’s offer of admission. :(</p>