Do Suburban Kids Adjust to Berkeley?

Undercrackers
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 21:35:30 +0000

@ProfessorPlum168 Good luck to that San Jose native commuting up to school. That’s a 30-minute drive to the Warm Springs/Fremont BART station (no traffic), then an hour+ BART ride to Berkeley. THEN a 15 minute hike (slightly uphill) from the Downtown BART station to Sather Gate (less if hitting the westside of campus) or a 15 minute or longer (they are notoriously late) bus ride. I know this because my D is a San Jose native and lives up there, and we have done that trip many a time. I think it will get old after awhile. On the other hand, it’s the best option if faced with trying to get parking on homecoming weekend/Cal Day/game day.

There are tons of apartments surrounding the school. Berkeley is under rent control, so you shouldn’t see ridiculous jumps in rent each year.

BTW, shared bathrooms aren’t a big deal - lots of campuses do them now. The showers will usually have a two doors, one into a small dressing area, then one into the shower. The bathroom stalls have doors that go all the way down. At least, that was the configuration in D’s first-year dorm.