<p>this is for those of you awaiting transfer decisions to berkeley. talk about anything berkeley really. the culture, the surrounding area, transportation, housing, what you're looking foward to at berkeley, or whatever else pertaining to berkeley.</p>
<p>just try not to turn this into a comparison thread. :)</p>
<p>is there housing for transfer students? i really hope so...</p>
<p>there is supposed to be housing for the first year for transfer students</p>
<p>does anyone know what the average apartment rental runs about at Berkeley? Also, if we get accepted, is there a website that we can go to check out the available apartments at Berkeley? Lastly, when we get our admission letters, does Cal send out housing options to admitted transfers?</p>
<p>University of California, Berkeley. 19 Nobel Prizes (7 of which are for Chemistry :))... 17 chemical elements discovered (including Plutonium)... where the 1945 UN Charter was translated, designed and printed...</p>
<p>You guys are welcome to add other inane Cal trivia. :)</p>
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<p>I have a question. I'm apply to the school of haas as a business admin major. There is a guy in my class that is also applying in business admin and he said that once you get into berkeley as a transfer you still have to apply again to get into haas. Is this correct? I thought for transfer students, you are applying directly into haas.</p>
<p>17 chemical elements discoverd at Cal???? I thought it was only the typical 3 (Seaborgium, Californium and Berkelieum). Dam that says alot about Berkeley.</p>
<p>I believe the city of Berkeley has rent control. Rent in the surrounding areas should be low but I heard the apts are rundown partly because of it..</p>
<p>Astatine (33)
Neptunium (93)
Plutonium (94)
Curium (96)
Americium (95)
Berkelium (97)
Californium (98)
Einsteinium (99)
Fermium (100)
Mendelevium (101)
Nobelium (102)
Lawrencium (103)
Dubnium (105)
Seaborgium (106)
Technetium (43)
Ununhexium (116)
Ununoctium (118)
*The claim of discovery for Element 104, Rutherfordium, is still contested between the Lawrence Berkeley lab and the Dubna lab in what was USSR. So there may be 18 elements discovered in Berkeley.</p>
<p>A lot of Berkeley grad students played around with the "unfriendly" use of Plutonium back in the 1940's with the Manhatten project.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, they definitely did.</p>
<p>Ya, Cal rocks anytime....</p>
<p>Univ of (element # 98) at (element #97) - On your periodic table ofcourse ! Thatz how I refer to it a lotta times... :D</p>
<p>ericx, you can apply directly into Haas.</p>
<p>ericx, i am definitely not an authority on Haas admissions, but from what i have been told by older students who have been admitted into Berkeley:</p>
<p>the first semester that you are there, eg Fall 05 (if our fates are kind), you are "undeclared." Apparently this goes for all transferees. After one semester, eg beginning of Spring 05, will you only be allowed to declare a major. I don't know the particulars but this is what I've been told.</p>
<p>ericx, visit haas.berkeley.edu. All the information you could ever want about Haas and more. </p>
<p>In summary, you apply in November, you submit the supplementary application in March (second round;from what I understand about half are accepted from the second round), acceptance, begin as a HAAS student in the SUMMER (July 5), continue through the program in the Fall and following semesters</p>
<p>In contrast, UCLA does not allow you to transfer directly into the business economics major. Intead, you transfer as a pre-business economics major. Then you apply for the business economics major after completing at least one semester at UCLA.</p>
<p>I warn you: Rent is very, very high. Apartments are everywhere, but if you want something reasonably close to campus (walking distance) you will be paying an arm and a leg for it. </p>
<p>Mosharma, you asked about websites for housing. Cal has its own pay sight called something like bear-rentals or something, I cant really remember. Either way, its like 30 bucks a month and it gives you a couple of decent leads, but the best way is good old craigslist. There is even a new merger between craigslist and mapquest that will (you guessed it!) map out the available apartments for you. Also, there are always a couple of places up in the berkeley hills above campus but I would advise agaist them unless you want to drive to school or get into the best shape of your life walking up and down the hill.</p>
<p>Emeryville is cheap and it is close to Berkeley. On the other hand, Emeryville is not for everyone.</p>
<p>yeah..my brother lived relatively close to campus, and he paid around 800 or some for a freaking LIVING ROOM. Not a room, but a living room. The owner was some greedy ******* who HAD to rent out every freaking room in the house, so every room in the house was filled, and even the living room...he had to set up his own "private" area.</p>
<p>thanks conor. I was thinking to take my car to Berkeley but that is just so that I can go home on the weekends. I was thinking of riding my bike to Cal everyday since parking can be a ***** . However, if the apartments don't work out, does anyone just suggest living in a dorm?? How about commuting to Cal everyday through BART? I just wanna save as much $$$ as possible but I don't want to sacrifice studying time by commuting back and forth from home to school, especially during heavy traffic. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>^ i know a guy that lives in davis, and DID commute via bart or shuttle from davis to berkeley 2 or 3 times a week...dont know what happaned with him though, but tounds pretty EHh..</p>