<p>@imaplealot I’m not James, but chiming in anyways. Transferred to EECS 2 years ago, just graduated.</p>
<p>For dorms, depends on where you are. In Wada/Martinez, the upper div apartment dorms, a majority of the residents will be new junior transfers. In any other building, I’d expect it to be mostly freshman. I was in a mini-suite my first year, I think there were 3-ish juniors (2.5 transfers, one RA) on the floor… rest were freshmen. So, depends.</p>
<p>Different colleges should have different rules on unit caps and years, I think? Here’s the CoE policy on extra time: <a href=“http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/how-do-i-answers-to-commonly-asked-questions/extra-semester.html”>http://coe.berkeley.edu/students/current-undergraduates/how-do-i-answers-to-commonly-asked-questions/extra-semester.html</a>
Looks like you automatically get an extra semester if you study abroad.</p>