<p>Hi,
I have been selected to Cal as an EECS major in the College of Engineering. I will be joining as a freshman this fall. Any advice on Campus Housing? Cost does matter.</p>
<p>Living</a> at Cal 2013-2014, UC Berkeley Housing</p>
<p>Also, if it matters, I am Indian by citizenship and ethnicity.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>If cost is extremely important to you, and you don’t mind a relatively crowded housing arrangement, you could go with a triple in Unit 1 or Unit 3. If having a bit more space is important to you, you could also go with a double in Unit 1 or Unit 3, which is slightly more expensive. Both are located close to campus and most people have a good social experience in both places. I lived in a Unit 3 double freshman year. </p>
<p>Again if you’re willing to pay a bit more (about the same as Unit doubles, more than Unit triples), since you’re an engineer, your best bet is probably to go with a quad or triple at Foothill. Foothill tends to have a very large engineering/science student population, and is close to the engineering/science part of campus. It has a reputation for being quiet and a good place to study. Most of my engineering friends lived here, and I kind of regretted not living at Foothill.</p>
<p>Could you tell me where are most of the EECS classes held? I mean the names of the buildings and lecture halls. So I could use Google Maps to compare distances between the residence halls.
I am leaning towards Foothills but the cost seems a lot more than Units 1 and 3. Is a quad room too crowded? Do you ever hear your friends complaining about living in quads?</p>
<p>Foothills triple room in Suite seems perfect. Is that too crowded?</p>
<p>We are going to Cal this Tuesday and signed up for a dorm tour of Foothill. I will post info here when we return. Much cheaper than the dorms are the co-ops. Our son’s friend is in Euclid and pays much less than the dorm prices and says it is a good one for engineers. I just don’t know if co-ops are an option for Freshman.</p>
<p>[General</a> Information](<a href=“http://www.bsc.coop/housing/general-info-housing]General”>http://www.bsc.coop/housing/general-info-housing)</p>
<p>Here is the coop info</p>
<p>Please do post details about Foothills. The atmosphere, the feel of it, and whatever else you can’t get off the internet.
Even I thought of Co-ops and Off Campus Apartments but I think living on campus will be the safest option for my first year since I have absolutely no idea about America. Once I have got a hang of living there, I can probably think of moving out.</p>
<p>Another friend of my son lives in Bowles Hall and is a sophomore in computer science. If he can meet us I will ask him where he takes most of his classes. I know he did say that Bowles has been very convenient for him.</p>
<p>^^ I have spent the past five years of my life in an all boys boarding school. This already sways my decision against Bowles 
But yeah, I have heard that in terms of distance, Foothills and Bowles are the best options for EECS majors.</p>
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<p>[Home</a> Page - Online Schedule Of Classes](<a href=“http://schedule.berkeley.edu%5DHome”>http://schedule.berkeley.edu)</p>
<p>As a frosh EECS student, you will likely be taking math (typically from 1A, 1B, 53, 54, or their honors versions depending on how advanced you start), physics (7A and 7B, or their honors versions), and CS 61A and 61B. You will typically also have some English composition or other humanities or social studies courses.</p>
<p>We spent the day at Cal yesterday and had a great time. I looked around the Foothill dorms for about 10 minutes and then took off, so my son could hang out with his friends. Here are my impressions:</p>
<p>The Foothill dorms are very convenient for engineering majors, the engineering buildings are right across the street. Also, LeConte, where Physics classes are held (although a new Physics building nearby looks like it will be finished by next year). When I toured the engineering buildings it seemed as if every study carrel was occupied and every open study space was occupied by a study group. So the Foothill dorms would be very convenient for location in that respect.</p>
<p>The set-up is all suites, and all the kids were hanging around in the “common” room. My son’s friend lives in an 11 room suite with a single, some doubles and some triples. 3 international students lived in the suite and a student from Yemen told me he didn’t know anyone when he arrived and now was planning to move off-campus next year, to an apartment with 4 other students who had all become close friends. </p>
<p>It is a very quiet end of campus, far away from the shops and restaurant area, that the Units are right next to. Frat row is also next to the Units, and provides a lively party scene on weekends for students in that area. A few students who got put in Foothill, although they requested the Units, complained that it was “socially dead”. But a larger number seemed very satisfied and a few told me they plan to stay as Sophomores and request Singles, which Sophomores get priority on. Most were planning to move to apartments, but had enjoyed being in Foothill.</p>
<p>Many EECS classes are held in Evans Hall and Soda Hall. Both are near the northeast corner of campus by intersection of Hearst & Gailey-Piedmont.</p>