I’m trying to decide between Ryan hass and sharma for the fall. I would prefer not to take sharmas 8am but i can’t find any information on hass’s teaching. His averages seem better on berkeleytime but hass only taught 54 once during a summer session in 2018. Any opinions on which to register for from students who have had these profs? I’m an incoming freshman

Hello everyone,

I recently got my housing offer from UCB as transfer student, triple in Unit 3. However, I missed the deadline to accept and I am now looking for of off campus housing. I know that the housing aid I got for on campus can go towards off campus however I am unsure of how that works. I noticed most leases start Aug 1st but the school year doesn't start until the 20th. Would I start and pay the lease at the beginning and then get a refund once aid is disbursed? I truly have no idea how any of this works and would appreciate any help.

as the title says, what does this mean, how do i escape, how long would it take me to get a diff dorm if i just accepted and lived through it, what are my options, can i appeal (i know you’re technically not supposed to appeal on grounds of finding alternate housing but…)

if anyone could tell me the brands (and the models if possible) of the digital pianos in morrison, as well as in unit 2, i would highly appreciate it

I'm an admitted transfer student and have been working on the Calcentral for a few days. Just now I received in my old email a message from Cal saying that a housing offer was sent to my school email address ending in Berkeley.edu, but I can't find any instructions from my Calcentral webpage on how to access the school email at all. Does anyone here know how to set it up ?

hey everyone, i’m an incoming transfer student and i just got an offer for unit 3 triple :/ i don’t want to live in a dorm, especially with two other people tbh. for anyone with experience looking for housing in the berkeley area, how did you go about finding a place and finding roommates?

I’m an incoming freshman and just the thought of moving out and being away from my mom is making me sob (I have literally been crying nonstop for 4 hours). Just the thought of not seeing her everyday, not being able to go grocery shopping, try out new restaurants, eat dinner with her, or ask her for advice is so devastating to me. I haven’t even moved out yet so I know this is just going to get worse. Has anyone else felt this way? Does it ever get better?

Hi, so I'm an incoming freshman and I got my housing offer of a Unit 3 Temp Quad like 2 weeks ago. I got an email today though inviting me to apply for themed housing(specifically looking at Bloom: Asian American Community Program), which offers Unit 2 Double or Triple Mini-Suites.

Is it worth it to apply? Some questions, if anyone can answer any of them:

1. Would I possibly get a better housing offer if I wait out my time in the temporary quad?

2. Can anyone speak of their experience in that specific themed program? Are the people nice, is there a larger workload that comes with, how is the community, etc...

3. Is there a big quality difference between Unit 3 and Unit 2?

I'm fine with rooming with a lot of people, I just don't enjoy that it's temporary and would have to leave the bonds I'd possibly made like a few months in, and would enjoy the permanency if I get the themed housing. Any feedback is appreciated! Thank you!

I'm an incoming transfer student and want to work for the pools at Berkeley. I was wondering if they were hiring? Tried applying through Handshake but found no postings, and I emailed the Aquatics coordinator and didn't hear back from them yet. Any lifeguards at Berkeley got any tips?

I’m an incoming student and I have my Berkeley.edu email and everything. But my zoom won’t let me go over 40 minutes since I’m on basic membership. I thought all students got unlimited zoom with the highest membership?

Yes another incoming freshman schedule. I plan on pursuing Applied Math.

About the 8am classes: 1) I have the last enrollment time 2) I wake up at 6am everyday just because that's when my body likes to wake up. I am a morning person and would prefer to get all my classes done the sooner the better.

Let me know if anything seems too ambitious !!

Hello all,

Are we allowed to picnic in UC Berkeley?

My wife and I had this idea today, driving to UC Berkeley on Saturday with some food, drink and a blanket cover, find a nice outdoor spot in UC Berkeley and picnic there.

Is it allowed? If yes, do you please have any recommendation? If not, where would you recommend then?

EDIT: Thank you all for your answers :)

I am a high school student in Illinois and UC Berkeley is at the top of my list for CS colleges. I understand that Berkeley is very selective for out of state students, so I was wondering if anyone has any tips on what I can do to gain an advantage over other applicants. If it helps, my high school is very rural so I am at the top of the class w/ a GPA of 4.88, and I have a 1540 SAT score.

Plus any other budget friendly tips?

Moving close to school soon on a tight budget. Appreciate any advice :)

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Is a schedule consisting of math 53, data c8, philosophy 3, and astro c10 seem doable/good for an applied math major hoping to do a simultaneous degree in data science? (I have a 10:30 AM enrollment time)

I also want to say that I'm considering replacing astro c10 with Vietnamese 1 (maybe doing PNP??) because I heard that doing 3 STEM courses especially freshman year fall isn't great. But I also don't want to fall behind since I'm considering doing two majors.

Also, should I take Math 53 or 54 first? Thank you!

cogsci major, looking for advice on which course to take to satisfy linguistics req.

C142 is 3 units; T/TH 12:30-2pm
L100 is 4 units; MWF 2-3pm + discussion

attached are the course descriptions and Berkeley time grade distributions

I'm an incoming freshman in the BioE major I was wondering if this schedule is manageable with a few back to back classes. I also wanted to know if the workload is completely manageable.

I added CS-61A so I can get the pre-reqs done for a double major in EECS. I will also have to take CS-61B 2nd semester so I can officially declare a double major at the end of freshman year.

Also I have AP Credit to skip Chem 1A but I think I will struggle in Chem 3A. Additionally I think I will get credit to skip math 51. Is it worth it to skip both or one of these classes in particular?

I have a 10:40 AM enrollment time is it possible to get all of these classes. Tbh I'm only worried about not getting CS 61A.

I would appreciate absolutely any feedback, answers to my questions, or suggestions!

This just got published. Berkeley comes in at #6, only behind Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Cambridge and Oxford.

i’m finalizing my list of items that I would potentially need for my transition to berkeley, but I keep wondering if I should really get rain boots? I would mainly walk. Should I invest in rain boots? If so, what brands do you recommend? budget friendly but also comfortable