<p>By floor 2 do you mean floor "1" on the elevator? Or do you mean the 3rd floor when you say floor 2? I believe that "Ground" is the first floor, and "1" is the second floor, and "2" is the third floor, right?</p>
<p>how big are the lockers? i'm getting a shower basket but not sure how large should it be...</p>
<p>"They are decently-sized. I've never heard of a shampoo bottle having trouble fitting in there. It's probably big enough to hold a few 2-liter bottles of coke."</p>
<p>a post from the Cal Bar thread answering a similar question to yours, pikasof</p>
<p>yea the locker space goes in pretty deep (horizontally)</p>
<p>Are PE classes hard if you choose the letter grade option? Someone told me it would be better to choose the P/NP ?</p>
<p>if you sign up for SHIP, where do you get the cards for health insurance and dental insurance?</p>
<p>Your SHIP card should arrive in the mail a couple weeks after school begins.</p>
<p>Would it be stupid to take Econ 140, 152, and 161 this fall semester?</p>
<p>What's a good place to buy healthy sandwiches near campus? Stuff like whole wheat bread, alfalfa sprouts, avocado, etc.</p>
<p>Cafe Intermezzo on Telegraph and....Dwight I think? Rretty darn good sandwiches. During mealtimes, expect long-ass lines out the door and very healthy to boot.</p>
<p>cheese n' stuff, it's in the sather lane shopping center place next to revolution books, next to unit 3.</p>
<p>Thanks tastyb33f and punkdude.</p>
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<p>Yeah Cafe Intermezzo, I think it's on Telegraph and Haste. There's also Smart Alec's which is on Telegraph and Durant, and there's always Subway.</p>
<p>Hi, I am going to be a senior and I am looking at Berkeley as a prospective college (I live in Fremont, so I've gone to Berkeley many times for not just the college but for bands and stuff, so I know the city.)</p>
<p>My question is: How did you decide Berkeley over your other choices. What were your main concerns with Berkeley, and did they turn out to be true?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>I think you're approaching this the wrong way. You should ask yourself, what other colleges are you considering? What are your main concerns with Berkeley? What factors matter the most to you in choosing a college? Once you figure that out, then we can help you by saying "oh yeah, this concern with Berkeley is untrue" or "regarding this factor, Berkeleye is better than these other colleges for so-and-so reasons".</p>
<p>Well my main problem with Berkeley is the size. I've felt that I might become essentially a sheep in a herd of 26 thousand. Another problem has been class size. </p>
<p>Those are really the only problems I have seen, but there may be other I'm not taking into consideration. Some of the things I want in a college is good academic environment, a good amout of diversity (both in the people there and their interests, which kinda contradicts my wanting to not go to a large college because in order to find a lot of people with different interests you need to go to a larger school. I know, I'm dumb.)</p>
<p>Essentially, I'm only looking at the other UCs, UCSD to be particular. I was also looking at some LACs, Pomona and a few others.</p>
<p>The large classes aren't a big problem for the most part. They actually make you feel like you're in college! You can always find a seat in the front, but you can see perfectly fine from the back too. And most of Berkeley's classes are actually very small. Only some intro classes are very large.</p>
<p>Berkeley isn't very diverse. It's mostly Asians, then Caucasians. Then again, I don't find most colleges that diverse. You have to look for diversity but I also think diversity is overrated.</p>
<p>LACs probably have better teaching quality, more attention, but also lack the incredible variety that you find at large universities. From clubs/sports, to classes/majors, and so on.</p>
<p>I think the quality of life at Berkeley is definitely better than at most other colleges, and especially at UCSD. The campus is huge, and feels really dead sometimes. You basically need a car to get out into the city.</p>
<p>Some other problems that may come up are lack of advising (hey, you got CC), impacted majors (there are a few), waitlists (usually isn't a problem), and graduate/professional school admissions (definitely better than UCSD, might not be as good as say, the Pomonas).</p>
<p>In general though, it's a great university. You have to be smart about it and utilize it to its fullest to get the most out of it.</p>
<p>My best friend started at Berkeley this year. I haven't started college yet, and her calls to me are a little frightening. She says that she feels very alone in classes of 500 where the professor doesn't speak very good english and the TA is french. She says that she may meet someone nice one day, but can never find them again because of the class size.
On the diversity front, she has told me it is very diverse and there are all kinds of people there. But academically it seems frantic and daunting. It makes me glad I'm going to a smaller, more laid back university.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think you have to make more of an effort at Berkeley than at many other colleges. There are always small discussion groups for the class of 500, where you can meet people, and then you can find them in lecture. As for professors who don't speak English well, that's pretty common at large research universities. That's why I said you have to be smart about it. Go on ratemyprofessors.com and check to see which professors teach well, and avoid those who don't. But for a first-year who doesn't know any of this, it can be frustrating.</p>
<p>CELL PHONE.....get people's numbers, call them, invite them to party with you, invite them to chill, invite them to eat, or invite them to toke from a bong. get a group of people, do above,......make your own social scene.</p>