<p>im probably bringing a TV to my dorm… i was wondering if they had basic channels for free</p>
<p>basically how does the whole watching TV thing work in the dorms</p>
<p>The units have a cable connection for channels in your room - it is a jack to screw on a coaxial cable. You need a television, dvd or other device that can tune cable channels and uses a coax connection.
[Residential</a> Computing at UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.rescomp.berkeley.edu/cable/]Residential”>http://www.rescomp.berkeley.edu/cable/)</p>
<p>you get more than just the basic channels, but you can sign up to pay for the missing premium channels if you wish.</p>
<p>Wow, I didn’t know you could sign up for premium channels! Did you see that online anywhere Rider? Would love to know more about that!</p>
<p>I did but I can’t find it right now. Hopefully I will come across it again. IIRC, it said that Rescomp would have the instructions for how to sign up. Hope it wasn’t an obsolete post, as I have no direct experience doing this.</p>
<p>What kind of downloading speeds can I expect in the dorms? I do a lot of downloading at home, sometime 10 or 15 gigs a day, and it may be hard for me to break that habit.</p>
<p>speed is supposed to be really fast… but, you are limited to 12gb a week</p>
<p>caiacs: Do you mostly download games, music, movies? A word of caution is to limit downloads to otherwise peer-to-peer files as students have been caught in the past for illegal fire sharing on sites such as Limewire and DC++. Otherwise, streaming eats up a big chunk of the bandwidth so 24/7 youtubing won’t do you any good in the Res Halls brisk network.</p>
<p>I’m an incoming freshman who is planning to take the pre-Haas track. I have already signed up for 10 units, and for phase 2, I’m planning to take up one more breadth class. Does anyone have any suggestion for an easy class?
How’s music 27 with van orden?
Also, for math 16a, is Harrington or Slaman better?</p>
<p>So I’m an incoming freshman who plans on either majoring in eco/business at Haas. I took IB Calculus HL last year and I made a 5 on both the AP BC and the IB HL. I am currently enrolled in Math 16B, but after reading reviews on courserank.com “this is really easy” etc… idk if I should take a different course. I hate being in “easy” math courses, but at the same time I don’t want to overwork myself. Would it be weird or unnecessary for me to take Math 1B if I’m not a physical science/engineering major? Is Math 53 way too hard? Any help will be appreciated! :)</p>
<p>I’m not too familiar with the neighborhoods in Oakland. Are there any particularly neighborhoods that are favorable to Cal or college students in general?</p>
<p>Thanks for all your help.</p>
<p>Does every student have to set up an e-bill account?</p>
<p>@paperhearts
take 16b. 1b is all theory based, no calculators, and would give you more stress than necessary. if you truly despise the easiness then don’t go to lecture and just ace the finals–give yourself a break freshman year until you truly know what’s “easy” for you.</p>
<p>I was curious what % of the student body goes out to football games, and how many buy season tickets versus how many just watch the big game.</p>
<p>I’m basically deciding right now whether or not to buy season tickets or not (assuming theyre not sold out of course)</p>
<p>Season tickets sell out fast, tons of students watch them.</p>
<p>I’m going to be a first-year EECS major, and my advisor has already scared me out of taking quite a few classes. I finally got my schedule perfected (in my opinion), and she now tells me it will be too hard and recommends I replace a technical course–namely, EE20N–with a DeCal course or a seminar. Is she exaggerating? I am currently signed up for 17 units:</p>
<p>CS 3S (1 unit),
EE20N (4),
Physics 7A (4),
Math 53 (4),
and English 31AC (4). </p>
<p>Thanks ahead of time for any advice! :)</p>
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<p>As an EECS major, I’d agree with your counselor’s advice. CS 3S, however “easy” it many be, is not a walk in the park. The rest of your courses are also very intense. Most notably, Physics 7A + MATH53 at the same time is a challenge within itself as they’re corequisites.</p>
<p>EE20N can wait, and should wait. It involves a lot of MATH54-level stuff.</p>
<p>Instead, take it easy freshman year and enjoy exploring campus and the surrounding area. Look into fraternities and other on-campus organizations.</p>
<p>I suppose I’ll go ahead and drop EE20N. However, would you suggest only taking 13 credits, or adding on a DeCal or seminar? I mean, my parents don’t want me taking any unnecessary classes due to costs, yet somehow 13 credits–as a number–feels insufficient. Additionally, by now most other required classes are full.</p>
<p>@Cartooning</p>
<p>Ummm… I don’t think you actually pay per unit of class you take for the fees - it’s a flat rate. Thus, your parents should want you to take as many classes as possible to get the most bang for your buck!</p>
<p>Summer is different from the regular semesters. Summer is charged by the unit, but Fall and Spring have a fixed cost per semester and rules for minimum and maximum units you can take. </p>
<p>Generally, 13 is not so bad for your first semester as there is a lot of change going on, many differences in your life, plus it gives you a chance to learn the workload level and effort required for a high grade. High school experiences are not going to tell you what it will be like at Cal.</p>
<p>I meant costs in terms of resources (such as books). I don’t want to overwork myself first semester, but I don’t want to regret not taking enough classes later on. Thanks for all the input! :)</p>