UC Berkeley L&S CS - UDub cs?

BrownBoy17
Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:04:25 +0000

I have a friend who has already completed CS 61A and is now enrolled in CS 61B. He is an intended applied math major, but his account of these specific courses is that it’s really hard to maintain a good GPA (>3.3). That’s why I would lean towards UWash. I’m doing the same thing too. Got into L&S but am now considering other universities like Waterloo (amazing co-op program) and UIUC. It’s unnerving not knowing whether you can declare the major you want to. In L&S you declare your major in the 4th semester (atleast that’s what my friend told me). So bottomline, in my opinion it’s not worth the risk.
@ergunackz - lmk what you think too. I have the same decision to make and honestly you can never completely know whether you’re making the right decision.
PS - I’m an international student too.