UC Berkeley EECS or CS?

[ucbalumnus]

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@sgtbrecht

Another thing that motivated me to go down the EECS path instead of the CS is when someone told me that the major you apply for in L&S at Berkeley is not guaranteed. It depends on your grades on the core courses during your first semester at UCB. So apparently it’s possible to go to Berkeley, apply as CS and end up not being able to major in CS at all.

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<p>Several years ago (probably before the .com crash of the early 2000s), L&S CS was a [capped</a> major<a href=“marked%20with%20a%20red%20#%20in%20the%20major%20list”>/url</a>; it no longer is. Capped majors in L&S require applying to declare and being accepted based on courses and grades at Berkeley compared to other applicants.</p>

<p>For L&S CS as a transfer student, see this page:
[url=<a href=“http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/csugrad/preparingtoapply.shtml]CS”>http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/csugrad/preparingtoapply.shtml]CS</a> Transfer Prerequisites | EECS at UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html]capped”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/major/majorlist.html)</p>