<p>Melodie - what you said about Cornell is at least as true of Cal - “it’s a large school and it’s easy to get lost in the shuffle if you don’t take care of yourself (e.g. professors don’t say anything if you skip class, administration staff make you go through big long bureaucratic procedures when you try to do anything, nobody gives a **** about your well-being or helping you succeed”</p>
<p>Handholding and easy procedures come from LACs and a few of the Ivy schools, but Cal is certainly a big school too.</p>