Cal Spring Admission

emilsinclair9
Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:53:00 +0000

Pssh I’m pulling an all-nighter already, it’s definitely no problem! :)

At the beginning of CalSO everyone congregates in Dwinelle Auditorium to listen to some of the faculty/board people speak. They talk up Cal a lot (which I liked), and you get some papers/folders with important info…such as drop deadlines, how to register for classes, financial aid options and things like that. Afterward, the students are broken off into groups related to their majors. I actually dabbled in both the phil and psych groups lol!

Somewhere in there, there’s a lunch, and then a few options. You can listen to like 2 presentations out of 10 or so. I opted to choose the research and grad school admissions presentations. The research one helped me figure out how to get an RA position at Haas. :)

Afterward, the students go off with their major groups and pick their classes. It’s your Telebears Phase I, which means that you can only register for up to 10.5 units. Obviously, this is the time to sign up for your most pressing classes. Once you’re done with that (presumably with 9-10 units), you can basically do whatever you want.

Personally, I really liked CalSO because I managed to meet a lot of new people, and I’m still acquainted with a few, and also (weirdly, I became acquainted with a few College Conf. users at my CalSO haha).

Hmmm after all of that, I’d recommend grabbing dinner somewhere in Berkeley with your parents or new pals if you manage to meet a few, and yeah! That’s about it!