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Originally Posted by julirides Can Spring Admits participate in the overnight visits in April? If so, how do you go about signing up? |
I think you can, and I would imagine you sign up the same way the fall admits do. Personal opinion though: I don't think it's worth it. You stay overnight at orientation anyway. The only advantage might be if you're still pondering over which college to go to, but even then I think Cal Day is enough for you to get a feel for the campus.
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Originally Posted by yayarea510 what's theme housing? can you apply for both theme housing and dorms? |
Theme housing is in the dorms and it's pretty much like regular housing except it has a theme (for example, the Asian one has...all Asians on the floor), and you have to take a 2-unit class on it or something (not sure if this applies to all theme housing). So for some people who don't get housing they apply for theme housing because it's almost the exact same thing.
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Originally Posted by waffles? I read on their website about the FPF program requirements....There is a minimum 2.0 GPA requirement in order to enroll for the fall. Does this mean that, with the heavy curving at Cal, if you dont get those grades, you dont get to continue @ berkeley?
Isn't that almost like gambling then? Isnt there the possibility that your grades don't quite make it, then you have no choice but to try to transfer to another school....and the other school probably isnt going to cut you any slack on those bad grades simply because you came from cal?
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I think you mean...you need a 2.0 GPA in FPF to enroll at Berkeley in the spring semester. There's really no need to worry. For the most part the classes at FPF are pretty easy and I'd be surprised if someone actually got below a 2.0 (unless they tried to? I dunno why?).
It's really not like gambling at all because let's say you get below a 2.0 but Berkeley still lets you enroll in the spring. Well if you can't get a 2.0 in FPF you probably can't get a 2.0 at Berkeley which means you'll be put on academic probation and then flunk out anyway. Same scenario applies to other schools. Let's say you decide to attend UCSD instead. Well if you get below a 2.0 there you'll also flunk out. So this policy is really no different from any other college policy.
But anyway, I really think it's next to impossible to get below a 2.0 in FPF so don't worry about it.
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Originally Posted by mofmog I thought curves were for weeder and impacted classes. What reason would they have for purpouse failing 10% of the class in gen req classes? |
Well, many weeder classes and impacted classes actually are general requirement classes on campus. But in FPF, with only several hundred students and classes no more than ~50, you don't any get weeder/impacted classes. Lucky you.
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Originally Posted by Waffles? What? I thought they curved every class in the UC system...except for maybe the lower UCs |
Nope, many classes are actually graded on a straight scale. The grading in FPF tends to be pretty lenient so if a class has a curve it's not one of those killer curves that fails 30% of the students.
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Originally Posted by zeropatience i was wondering how hard are the classes in the extension program compared to the real classes at cal?
also im planning to apply to haas, will there be the UG prereq class at the extension program? will it be just as hard as the real class at cal since its a weeder class? |
I really think the classes at FPF are noticibly easier than the ones on-campus. Some people say differently. If you're one of those pre-med/pre-Haas/engineering/other-hard-major people then obviously the classes you'll be taking on-campus will be harder. If you're going to major in an easy major then perhaps the classes you'll take on-campus might not be harder. One notable class is Math 1B. That's an infamous weeder on-campus that many students need to take, but it's not a weeder in FPF at all. So if you need to take Math 1B I recommend taking it in FPF.
As for Haas, you could fulfill the calculus requirement, or the breadth requirements. I think that's it. There's no Undergraduate Business Administration 10, Statistics 21, Economics 1/2, or CS classes. But the breadth requirements for Haas is a pain so it's good to get those out of the way.