<p>@nichtszumachen For Berkeley, so long as you turn in the housing app before the deadline, it won’t make a difference. Housing’s a lottery here… when you put in the app has no relation to which housing you’ll get. Everyone’s assigned a random number, and those with the best numbers are most likely to get their favorite housing (you submit a list of top 4 choices).</p>
<p>@giantsfan0824 I don’t think we needed to give the address, mine didn’t have the home address thing too. All I gave was the zip code.</p>
<p>@Yukaris </p>
<p>@Yukaris alright cool. Thank you for letting me know :)</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.595
Major GPA: 3.7
Major: Applied Mathematics
UC to UC Transfer
EC: UCM MAPS, Remedial Tutor,and Undergraduate Researcher
Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCD, UCI, UCSB, UCSD
Rejected: None
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Gender: Female</p>
<p>@mathwiz69 great job getting into everywhere you’ve applied to!</p>
<p>Any of you guys still waiting to get off UCLA’s waitlist? Did you just SIR to UCB for now? </p>
<p>Few questions…
- What are you doing about cal grant? It’s on reserve for 2 years, right? Do you let the UC campus know about the cal grant or do you just submit a school change on the web4grants site?
- My sister is going to UCB and for fin aid, she has to know where I’m going to school. Does it matter whether she puts UCLA or UCB for now?
- Where do transfer students generally dorm at Cal?
- Does anybody know how difficult it is to get into Bio1b in the fall at Cal (esp. without priority registration as a transfer)? Bit worried because I need that class to declare my major and since it’s a general bio class, a lot of science majors will be signing up to take it. I’d take it over the summer, but that’s way too sudden for me. </p>
<p>@conheo
transfers generally dorm at unit 2 Wada. </p>
<p>@conheo
- I don’t know any of the aid stuff, sorry.
- Wada and Martinez are probably the best housing for transfers… both are apartments, and they’re aimed at upper div students and transfers. No meal plan, cheaper than the normal dorms, you get a bathroom/kitchen, etc. It’s considered off-campus for aid, though. If you need something on-campus for aid reasons, nothing comes to mind as being especially transfer friendly. Many students also choose to live off-campus or in the co-ops.
- Bio 1B has tons of seats, so I think you’ll be okay? schedule.berkeley.edu lets you see how full classes are.</p>
<p>@failure622 or anyone who knows about this
Do you know the difference between Unit 2 double/ triples vs room in mini suite?
if possible please include links for more info about them</p>
<p>@Loyshi I lived in mini-suites my first year (I’m in Wada now as a senior). Mini-suite is two doubles/triples sharing a bathroom. If the link’ll work, here’s the [url="<a href="http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/roomviews_3d.html?xml=units&pos=10"]layout.[/url">http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/roomviews_3d.html?xml=units&pos=10"]layout.[/url</a>] I think the bedrooms are actually larger than the housing website shows them, we had both desks side-by-side between the beds and it all fit nicely. Bathrooms in suites/mini-suites/apartments are cleaned once a week, which is kinda cool. Highrise rooms (the non-suites) are smaller, and share a large floor bathroom. Mini-suites are kinda expensive. There’s also normal suites, those come with a lounge area and a bathroom (no kitchen).</p>
<p>Double and triple rooms are the same size… but triples have a third bed/desk/dresser. It gets pretty cramped. I think they typically bunk two of the beds, and loft the third. You don’t get much space or privacy. In doubles, the beds don’t start off lofted/bunked, but it’s open as an option if you want it. The only good news about triples is that they’re cheaper than doubles.</p>
<p>The housing website has lots of good information: <a href=“http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/”>http://www.housing.berkeley.edu/livingatcal/</a></p>
<p>@failure622
I saw in like a video of the wada dorm that there’s a kitchen and like a living room space shared with different double/ triple rooms. Is that just the normal ones, not the suites? </p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>@Loyshi Wada isn’t highrise or suites, it’s apartments. Each apartment in Wada is two doubles/triples with a bathroom, kitchen and living room. Matrinez and Channing-Bowditch are apartments as well. Suites/mini-suites don’t have kitchens, that’s specific to apartments. And apartments don’t require you to buy a meal plan, because you’ll have a kitchen. Yes, suites/mini-suites/apartments will have several rooms connected to a common space. The standard dorms (the highrises) just open to the hallway… there’s no bathroom/lounge/kitchen attached, you just get a bedroom, and you’ll have a floor lounge/bathroom.</p>
<p>Also on apartment-dorms, since I keep typing this up today: Wada is specifically aimed at transfers, though all the apartments are meant for upper div students, so it’s a good environment if you’re dorming as a junior. The apartments are much cheaper than the other dorms… partly because of the meal plan, but even if you but that it’s cheaper… no one really knows why. And apartments are considered off-campus when it comes to aid, if that’s important to you.</p>
<p>@failure622
I know Wada is transfer, thanks. When I’m filling out the housing app, all i see is Unit 2 double, triple, double suite and etc… Doesn’t mention anything about Wada. So does that mean picking anything in Unit 2 as transfer = Wada?</p>
<p>Accepted!
Intended Major: Rhetoric
GPA: I don’t remember but I had all As and one B.<br>
Major GPA: 4.0
Transferring From: Berkeley City College
ECs: Student Justice Council at BCC, Started a monthly student newsletter, part-time work. I also took concurrent enrollment classes at Berkeley to satisfy pre-reqs in my major.
Applied: UCB only. So my Personal Statements were specifically tailored to Berkeley
Ethnicity: Not stated in application
Gender: Female</p>
<p>I think if there is a school you really want to go to, just focus on that school and do everything you can to get in. I moved to Berkeley, took concurrent enrollment classes there in my major (since no CC offered rhetoric 10 and 20) and made my personal statement focus on Berkeley. I didn’t even apply to other schools because I was so sure about Berkeley.</p>
<p>The lesson here is - if you want for something, go for it 100%</p>
<p>Guys. I have a quick question. I was admitted to L&S CS program which doesn’t require physics or chemistry. However, on my app, I wrote that I would be taking physics & chem for my spring quarter (since I was applying to USC, a school that does require both courses). However, I decided not to take these two courses and I’m currently panicking. I will still have 90 quarter units after this quarter though…</p>
<p>@stabbystabby</p>
<p>What’s up? Just let your admissions officer know right away. They should sort things out for you and if it states that on your conditions of admissions that you have to complete those specific classes (when you’re not enrolled in them) then hopefully they will revise it.</p>
<p>well everyone, it was exciting being accepted. however, I won’t be attending since I am out of state and simply cannot afford it without any aid. i wish you all the best of luck at berkeley or wherever you decide to attend.</p>
<p>@toucheamore
Bravo… I don’t think i have the confidence to do that. The fear of staying an extra year at CC. 
Some people might call this stupid, but in your case it shows how dedicated you are to your dream school.</p>
<p>Go Bears!</p>
<p>@ocnative I emailed my officer on Friday night. However, I SIRed like a dumba** and I’m kind of freaking out now… Chem & Physics aren’t major prereqs and I’ll have completed 90 quarter units. I’m hoping that I’m safe.</p>