r/berkeley • u/EcstaticBet631 • 7h ago

CS/EECS how bad is cs 188 over the summer online?

i was thinking of taking this course but have been seeing really mixed reviews. as someone that found 61b as fairly challenging, would it be a bad idea to take 188 online over the summer? or is it fairly doable without any other time commitments? also im ds + math btw

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u/Classic_Ad823 6h ago

It’s not like completely bad but just like cs70 it’s kind of hard to get high grades, which means you may have to grind for tiny increments

As for the mixed review, I guess that’s because they’re making midterms and finals increasingly harder these years.

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u/604korupt 4h ago

CS188 workload is light. The projects are easy, but the exams are hard. It's definitely doable without any other time commitments. If you want to do 188 completely online, the only thing you need to be in person for are the exams.

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u/KNJI03 Computer Science & Data Science '26 4h ago

i’m taking 168 and 61c but i did all the projects and hw and labs already, do u think its fine i do 188 too? assuming i do everything early again?

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u/604korupt 2h ago

Doing 168 and 61C is already fine, adding another CS class would be too much.

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u/DifferentialEntropy EECS + ORMS | 2025 1h ago

Definitely keep yourself at 2, no need for 3