<p>What are the UC Berkeley requirements for undergrads (civil or electric engineer major)</p>
<p>@curtisdean</p>
<p>A bit late, but I know a few chem majors who have fun. Time management and finding good study groups is key.</p>
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<li>Can a freshman living in a residence hall buy a parking permit?</li>
<li>What are the chances of getting a single occupancy room, if you request one?</li>
<li>How quickly can you get around campus by walking?</li>
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<p>Hi , my question is ,
If an out-of state or an international student gets Regent’s and Chancellor’s Scholarship at UC Berkeley , will the scholarship cover the non-resident student supplemantal? If yes , How much aid can an out-of state of an international student get?
Thank you.</p>
<p>@swagmaster69: </p>
<p>You can get around campus within 10 minutes usually. Sometimes it will take longer, depending on the building location. The campus is hilly, so I wouldn’t recommend a bike, if that’s what you were going for. Of course, students do have bikes, and they do use them. I just found them unnecessary. </p>
<p>I don’t think you’re very likely to get a single unless you have some special circumstances. </p>
<p>I’m not sure what the exact rules are for parking permits, I would check on the P&T website. I would also not recommend having a car though, it is also really unnecessary, plus parking is expensive/difficult to find. Berkeley has some great public transportation options.</p>
<ol>
<li>Can a freshman living in a residence hall buy a parking permit?</li>
<li>What are the chances of getting a single occupancy room, if you request one?</li>
<li><p>How quickly can you get around campus by walking?</p></li>
<li><p>Yes</p></li>
<li><p>Very very very unlikely that you’ll get a single room</p></li>
<li><p>Depends on where you live and where your classes are. It can range from 3min to about 20min. I live in unit 1 (dorm) and I can get to my classes in about 12 minutes from my dorm</p></li>
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<p>As an international student applyng from england, how is the campus life and is it easy to make friends and talk to people.
Also im suprised they dont offer single freshman rooms, in england everyone gets there own room and bathroom.
Also im quite sporty i play football and american football would it be hard to get into teams - i know americans take their college sports pretty seriously
thanks matthew</p>
<p>I saw on the UC website that Economics is one of the few majors which is capped.
- Is it a lot harder to get into Economics?
- Is the Haas school easier to get in that Economics? Which is better?
- Also, I do not really understand the alternate major. Is it basically a second choice you put on your application?
- For double majors, can we double major in any two subjects? In different schools?
- How do you select double major on the App? It only allows me to choose 1 major.</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>falody:
2. Pretty sure Haas is more prestigious/selective.
3. Alternate major is where you end up if you don’t get into econ. This isn’t something you need to worry about when you apply to Berkeley, it’s for after you get in. L&S admits all students undeclared. You need to complete your major’s prereqs with some GPA (3.0 for Econ, I think?) and then you can declare your major. That’s when the alternate majors comes in. I think Political and Environment Econ are popular alternates.
4. Definitely easier within the same school, don’t know all the specifics.
5. You don’t, just pick one (unless it’s specifically a joint major).</p>
<p>Thanks so much @failure622! :)</p>
<p>Re: #1948</p>
<p>1, 2: Business is more selective than Economics. For Economics, you just need a 3.0 GPA in the prerequisite courses to declare the major. Business has a competitive admissions process, and it is generally thought that a much higher GPA, and other criteria, are needed for admission. Note that neither major can be entered as a frosh (students intending either major usually enter in the College of Letters and Science, which admits all frosh as undeclared).</p>
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<li><p>For double majors in the same division, you need to complete both majors’ requirements. For simultaneous degree with majors in different divisions, you need to complete both majors’ requirements and both divisions’ requirements (e.g. possibly different breadth requirements).</p></li>
<li><p>Except for a small number of joint majors in the College of Engineering or College of Chemistry, one does not enter as a double major.</p></li>
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<p>Hii I haven’t seen any info on CNR so I will ask a few questions. 
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<p>How is the competitiveness for CNR in general (admissions wise and once you’re in the college)?
I know it’s pretty small but are the students super isolated from everyone else, especially people from L&S?</p>
<p>How is social life at UC Berkeley? When I visited there to check out the campus people looked sort of mean, or the atmosphere that I got from the place seemed pretty cold (like people were giving me the cold shoulder). When I asked someone to show me around they seemed unenthusiastic, and so did the next person I asked, so I felt like the environment was pretty unfriendly… how is it?</p>
<p>I’ve heard that for out of state applicants, we should have higher GPAs and test scores…is this true? And if so, what kind of numbers are we talking about?</p>
<p>Is it difficult to do EECS if I primarily want to do software?</p>
<p>slashed2gnr: Yes, you can focus on software if you’re EECS, many students do. Of course, if your focus is software, you may also want to consider L&S CS. The programs are pretty similar but differ in terms of admission/registration processes, breath requirements, etc. But the bottom line is that EECS and L&S CS are both equally good for software people.</p>
<p>Hi–
Does anyone know if Berkeley accepts visual art supplements, and if so, whether they use slide room (or some other website) or required you to mail a CD? I’m not an intended art major, but I do it on the side and want to include some pieces in my app.
Thank you!!</p>
<p>Hi,
So my friend went to UC Berkeley (Class of 2017) and she’s doing a double major in Biology and History. She’s told people that the courses are extremely difficult and what we do over a month in school, classes at Berkeley do in a day. I really like rigorous academic pressure like that. However, I just want to know how hard the Economics classes are.</p>
<p>Also, How hard is it to get into the Business program at Haas in your Junior year?</p>
<p>hichristen - There’s a bit of a barrier to the students you meet at Berkeley, myself included. It’s a big school, which means that as a student you won’t see as many familiar faces walking from one place to another. People just get used to not paying attention to passerby.</p>
<p>But that’s not to say that the students of Berkeley are all cold! Most of the people I meet at Berkeley are perfectly friendly after you introduce yourself. Jerks do exist here, but they’re not any more common than they would be other schools. As is the case anywhere, you just need to know where to look.</p>