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Burt: It's easy to transfer out of CofC; get in touch with CofC and request a transfer to L&S, it's not a big deal. You don't need to do it immediately. No one is going to force you into specific classes in the Fall because of your major. Remember though, when you go to L&S you will be undeclared.

CA2006

elizz: I would recommend calling Admissions right away and asking where to e-mail or fax a letter that explains your grades. If it were me I wouldn't explain every specific detailed grade drop, just why your grades dropped last semester. They may be lenient, depending on your reasons and they may not. If you just slacked, they probably won't be that understanding.

Good luck.

klarissa darling

ahh! this is my first post EVER!

okay.
so i officially got into cal this thursday
[yayy! my reeeach school!]

and i plan on visiting sometime soon.
but i was wondering about the safety around the campus, and within the city itself.
i hear it's dangerous in the area immediately outside of the campus
and that there is a riduclously large number of homeless people around the campus?

completely true?
or ridiculous exagerration?

punkdudeus

ridiculous exagerration. Any college in an urban area is going to be more dangerous than the suburbs. There are homeless people at berkeley, welcome to the big city kid. But 99% of them are gonna leave you alone, for the most part they'll only yell at you or ask you vigorously for money.

But there's some common sense ways to keep yourself from ANY danger. don't go to people's park late at night unless you want crack. don't do something stupid like walk alone in a dark place, and so on. It's just being confident and smart.

riyam

if you're smart enough to come to cal, then you should know how to keep yourself safe. at least that's what i think.
if you don't mind the dim lights, unit 3 is closest to the center of campus. unit 1 is the same distance but it's more to the east. unit 3 has horrible lighting and if you're sensitive about that, then you might want a different dorm or a bright desklamp.
football is very big here. ticket sales records are being broken every year and so are attendance records. tedford for president!!
you don't declare your major until your junior year anyway. you can swith whenever you want. however, for impacted majors like economics and engineering majors, you're not guaranteed that major. for haas (business administration), you have to file a separate application (just like applying to college again imo) during your sophomore year.

lostincode

you can get crack there?

punkdudeus

it's probably like a drug walmart--they have little old people at the entrance giving out samplers and they're not allowed to unionize.

ilovestan19

whats a cal 1 card and how many people use it to pay for things?
thanks!

punkdudeus

cal 1 card is your ID and meal points card. lots of people use it for meal points.
as for the debit plan, it depends, i have money on it for laundry, and you can use it at some places around campus, but don't put too much money in it, i had like 600 and it's way too much.

ccbound

should i take math 1b or 53? i am currently taking calculus bc and expecting to get 4-5 on the test. im going to be a freshman in fall 2007 as an engineering major. any help would be great.

Burt's Beees

http://chemistry.berkeley.edu/ugrad_.../freshmen.html

AHHHH!! apparently i have already delcared my major and will have to take at least one semester of CoC offerings....Oh, my gosh. I'm considering not going to Cal anymore just because of this mix-up. =[

DRab

I think you can switch out fairly easily, but the first term will have to consist largely of chemish classes. Some students on here and the office of advising for the college you want to switch into and the college of chemistry will be able to help you.

sinewy0495

Wait, one semester of CoC is mandatory regardless of student's wishes? Is there any possible means of switching out before the freshman year starts off?? That sucks. I heard CoC chem sequence is a GPA killer. What if, say, truly uninterested students are forced to take Chem4 and subsequently fail, are they ****ed and ****ing obligated to stick to the college for the rest of three years? I hope this is not true.

riyam

you don't have to switch out so soon. just take classes that are prereqs for your intended major and none of CofC classes. yes you are allowed to do that because the school does not force students to take certain classes. the school won't force you to take certain classes. and after a semester, you can switch out.
if you're an engineering major, you must get a 5 on calc BC to skip out of 1b. from my experience, take 53. a lot of stuff you learn in 1b are redundant and the only new thing you will learn that is useful is differential equations. but you have to take math 54 anyway (linear algebra and differential equations) so you'll end up learning diff. eq. one way or the other. plus, as you take more engineering classes you'll get familiar with diff. eq.

DRab

Well, I'm not sure how the CoC works exactly, but I know in general students must have their courses approved by an advisor. I'm not sure how that works with students who want to switch out, but it may be no problem. Additionally, I am not sure, but it might be possible to switch prior to attending . . .

At the very least, you should try your best to be calm- worst comes to worst, everything will work out in the end.