Cutting costs at Berkeley - Page 2

20LEGEND · 07-14-2008, 07:31 AM

Agreed mate. Thanks for the reply.

Do you have to like clean the toilets et all yourself in the coops?

fashionaddikt · 07-16-2008, 02:08 AM

During CalSo I stayed with a friend who lived in a really cool Co-op-- Wolf House to be exact. She's going on her fourth semester living at the same co-op so she's definitely built her seniority. She mentioned that there are a lot of dirty, drug-infested co-ops so where you get placed depends on your luck and place on the waiting list.
I guess there was this one co-op at Berkeley that had a party and made like three batches of "special" brownies and served them to everyone. One girl claimed she had been drugged and took it to the authorities. And I guess the Co-op association has to deal with all of this BS. That particular co-op really lives up to the dirty hippy drug scene stereotype co-ops tend to have.
Basically, Co-ops could be a great experience (like my friend's) or a horrible one. It all depends which co-op you're placed in. Since you're an international student, have you thought of applying to I-House?

tastyb33f · 07-16-2008, 02:15 AM

The IHouse is cool and the food is amazing but the rooms are ridiculous. The rooms are seriously even smaller than the ones in the Units. They're unbearable.

Ektaylor · 07-16-2008, 02:58 AM

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Since you're an international student, have you thought of applying to I-House?

Ihouse is reserved to upper-division/grad-students for domestic students, I would assume the same would apply to internationals.

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IHouse is cool and the food is amazing

Is it really? I have heard the opposite from what I read while forum searching.

tastyb33f · 07-16-2008, 12:37 PM

Sorry, I meant the I-House cafe, not the actual food offered through living there. I've never eaten the regular meals served there, but based on Wikipedia, one major criticism of the house is the food quality. So...I-house cafe is great. Apparently I-house dining is not.

And also, to give you an idea of just how small the room is, it's 9ft x 13ft.

20LEGEND · 07-16-2008, 01:34 PM

...And the I-House costs even more than the Units.

Ektaylor · 07-16-2008, 02:07 PM

No it doesn't.

Room Type 2008-2009
Regular Double (D1) - per person $10,903
Large Double (D2) - per person $12,204
Premium Double (D3) - per person $12,232
Low Price Single (S1) - per person $12,007
Regular Single (S2) - per person $12,527
Bay view Single (S3) - per person $14,157

UCBChemEGrad · 07-16-2008, 05:18 PM

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The rooms are seriously even smaller than the ones in the Units. They're unbearable.

The rooms are smaller...bunk beds for doubles. The good thing is you dont have a triple option.