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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