UC Berkeley L&S CS - UDub cs?

skynivea23
Sat, 28 Mar 2020 20:25:36 +0000

Hello
I am an international student and as you all know going to college is a heavy investment. 3 weeks ago I got into University of Washington CS program (directly admitted). I thought I was done and I already cut the hope of getting into UC Berkeley so I was really ok with it. Yesterday, I got into CS in L&S.(basically undeclared I guess) I am having a hard time to choose between them.
Berkeley is prestigious at CS. For me, even I am in L&S there is no difference between EECS except one thing. Maintaining that 3.3 GPA. I am not interested in electrical engineering. There might some differences I don’t know but I am happy with L&S.
Now, being directly admitted to University of Washington’s CS program which is prestigious as well, I have some concerns about Berkeley. When I started to research about berkeley I always saw negative blogs, youtube videos etc… I felt well it should not be in that way, right? So I had a chat with my friends in Berkeley and they told me that they love their time there which is good but I don’t understand why there is so negative things that pop on every site I click. I don’t say they are true and I know the environment is competitive but c’mon we are all humans, we interact with each other and it should not be all negative. So I want you to share your honest opinion about berkeley and CS, both.
Btw, I find the commitment to maintain 3.3 GPA in my motivation but I am not sure what I am about to face. On the other hand, UWash is solid as well and I don’t have to worry about this thing. But berkeley is really near to silicon valley and its prestigious is insane(better than UWash which has solid tech companies around as well like Amazon and Microsoft-if I am not wrong-)
I just want to be happy with the decision I will make.
Finance is not problem since they are both around 55-64k. But I heard dorms are not good compared to price.
Thank you for your contributions