For those still on the fence on Berkeley, here’s a lovely post (liked by the chair of the EECS department)
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Following up with my son’s journey
Accepted to UCLA (5/12), CSE major.
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In this thread #1 Academics wins over #1 Dining all the time. Just kidding, pick wherever you are happy for 4 years.
absolutely no kidding. But Berkeley EECS is a huge cut above ucla cs even though ucla cs is a stellar program.
FYI: This is the general trend at most schools now.
Programming assignments have strict checks for AI usage and sometimes there are oral presentations/review for projects. Math skills are a different topic.
Finals are in-person and a bigger percentage of the overall grade.
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Reading comprehension seems to be another issue. But I agree that none of this is limited to Berkeley… these trends are affecting most schools.
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Were students notified of their dorm move in date and option to choose a move-in time, or are students just looking in their housing portal? It’s weird to me that my daughter apparently wasn’t notified about these things. I hope she gave housing the information she was supposed to.
It is been a year. From what I remember, the move-in day is fixed and you are asked to select a one hour time slot that day.
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Thanks!
Reduction in Middle Class Scholarship will impact our family unfortunately. It helped us greatly for our S22 who just graduated.
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Academics can wait, there is an IPO waiting to happen. Just kidding of course, fully deserving .. The article below seems surprised about the theoretical computer science background of the Berkeley professor.
Berkeley has always had a pretty smart industrial leave policy that allows professors to explore startups and other outside endeavors. It’s also how they’ve been able to get people like Stoica and Abeel to stay at Cal for the long term.
Have all Berkeley students been able to find their AP scores in Cal Central, or are some still loading? I wonder if my daughter’s scores were requested correctly.
You should be able to see on College Board’s web site if they were sent.
Thanks, that’s what I thought, but we do not! So much for the teacher helping them do it!
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For those who took IB exams, my daughter can see her test results in Cal Central. Surprisingly uploaded on Sunday.
This has been a quiet group. How are the future Golden Bears and their families doing with move in this week? Mine is dragging her feet to get fully packed. Excited with some trepidation, for sure.
Also, have students been able to sign up for direct deposit in the portal? My daughter says it isn’t working for her.