<p>Describe it please.</p>
<p>Stolen from another forum</p>
<p>There is no such thing as "a typical day as a cal student." As a student here, you're free to do whatever you want when and how you want to.</p>
<p>No, read [url=<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=172896%5Dthis%5B/url">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=172896]this[/url</a>] to get an idea of what I'm saying. Basically what is YOUR typical day consist of.</p>
<p>Wake up early. Walk to campus in the rain. Go to class. While rushing up those hills to your next classes, study your notes while holding your umbrella at the same time. Eat the crumbled pop tarts in your back-breaking backpack and down red bulls when you get the chance. Go to Moffit and study until they kick you out @ 2am. Go home. Sleep. Repeat.</p>
<p>Haha ^^^. Your pleasant post has reassured me to go to UCLA.</p>
<p>Hm, ok. </p>
<p>greatestyen's typical CLASS day at Cal:</p>
<p>3 am = wake up, shower
3 am - 9am = study, homework, mindlessly surf the web
9 am = breakfast
9:30 am - 3:30 pm = classes
3 pm - 5 pm = study in the library
5 pm = eat
6 pm = sleep </p>
<p>Not very many people share my schedule, I assure you.</p>
<p>Hmm, sadly I have greatestyen's schedule, only I don't study as much and super-cram as necessary 2-5 days before an exam as needed. That's only recently; I use to care before and study everyday.</p>
<p>whats a typical day for a Haas business student?</p>
<p>2 meals a day? That's not really healthy.</p>
<p>Anyways, this is a great thread. Any other input?</p>
<p>uh seriously??</p>
<p>is it normal to study more than 5 hours on a typical day?</p>
<p>cuz i barely do that in a month in high school. I do plan on working harder in college, but 5+ hours/day? Life would suck.</p>
<p>No, not really. Most people don't study that much. But this is CC-the college students that STILL go on here are after getting in are...obsessed. :)</p>
<p>But....it IS said that every hour of lecture should = 2 hours of studying. But most people don't do it. Either way, don't let it scare you. It is certainly possible to come to Cal, do well, and not study that much. (Although you have to be good at test-taking for science/argumentative-writing skills for humanities.)</p>
<p>My typical Mon. Wed. last semester:</p>
<p>4:30am crew practice
8am breakfast
9am-12pm work at the biolab
12:30-3:30 class
4:00pm sandwich/finger food
4-6 go online to reply to emails, homework, readings
6pm dinner
7pm homework, readings
12am shower
sleep by 1am </p>
<p>early sleep if less homework/readings</p>
<p>What is this crew practice?</p>
<p>ummm... is it normal to be consistently only getting 3 hours of sleep? this is really starting to scare me.</p>
<p>6:00am--Wake up and practive my juggling and fire breathing skills
8:00am--500 push-ups
8:05am--1,000 situps
8:10am--Ten eggs (over easy)
10:00am-2:00am--massive consumption of alcohol and drugs, then sleep</p>
<p>Crew practice is rowing, as far as I know.</p>
<p>You'd get used to the 3-hour sleep thing. I think I get the most sleep out of everyone on my floor, and I usually get around 5 or 6 hours per night. People tend to take a lot of naps here and there, whenever they have time.</p>
<p>yikes... and i thought getting 4 hrs in high school was bad...</p>
<p>lol, G&S.</p>
<p>OP: if you live in the dorms, your life/schedule will be more regimented.</p>
<p>Basically, Cal is a pedestrian campus and that will cut a lot of the commute time off. Compared to other campuses, there are a lot of places and cafes to hang out and do light reading and studying. There are also a lot of fun things to do around town, be it outdoors (hikes up Tilden, jog up the fire trail, 4 campus outdoor pools, intramurals, lots of cheap restaurants for late snacks, a lot of interesting cultural venues especially in SF, which is only 22 minutes by subway.</p>
<p>The problem is a lot of students end up going to Cal just to get the degree and spend most of their time watching anime, surfing or driving to the mall to go to some crappy chain restaurant just like back home. Maybe a third to a half of the student body. Those kids would be better off at Davis.</p>
<p>There are a lot of undiscovered jewels around town and campus that really make the Berkeley experience amazingly unique. Like the best collection of bookstores and record stores in the west, amazing food offerings, great vistas, nice outdoor cafes and the whole pedestrian vibe. Not to mention the quality of the student body.</p>
<p>amoeba berkeley, cant wait for that!</p>