<p>As a Cal student, I find this thread pretty funny.
OP, you wrote this thread when you weren’t even a week in school, as a new transfer, who didn’t received his first grade on any quiz/exam. You have no idea how hard it will be during the road and judging your professor or GSI after a week in school is pretty lame.</p>
<p>Many upper dev classes don’t have 200 people, not even 100 (at least in the science departments: MCB/Nutri Sci).
You can break your dorm contract when Spring semester would come over, I think the fee is $100 and there is no hassle at all since new students are coming over during that time.</p>
<p>UCB doesn’t make you to attend any lectures, so be clear with whatever you’re saying. Lectures are 100% optional. Discussion sections usually give you points for attending (1-10% of you total grade, depends on the class).
Anyway, why do you care that you have 200 people with you in lecture? how does it affect your education?</p>
<p>It looks like you came to Cal thinking you’re the greatest and smartest since you have 4.0 in CC. With this attitude you will be alone during your journey here, and I can assure you that it will make you even more miserable than whatever you’re right now. Put you ego down and try to be open to new ideas, and more importantly, to new people. You will be surprised to find here high quality people that even have many things in common with you. But if you’ll continue with the smartass attitude, your best friends will be your books, and even then your GPA wouldn’t be 4.0 since your mental status will bring you down eventually.</p>
<p>Hope that now, a month into school, you changed you mind a little bit.
GL.</p>