<p>Just curious if you guys get accepted at Berkeley what are you planning on doing for living arrangements? How are the transfer dorms? Anyone joining a frat or sorrority?</p>
<p>Just 23 more days!</p>
<p>My Berkeley friends say that most people move out of Berkeley living arrangements after freshman year because the options off-campus cost less.</p>
<p>If accepted, I’ll probably live off campus. Personally, I like to have a place that’s separate from school/work.</p>
<p>I plan to live on campus. I don’t want to have to stress finding a place and all the stuff that goes with it. Perhaps my senior year, ill move off campus, once I know the area better.</p>
<p>I’ll lease a house/condo/apartment within a few blocks of the campus, probably.</p>
<p>I’m contemplating about where to live too. If I get in, I am either want to live in Wada Apartments or with a few friends… Living off campus will definitely be cheaper, but living on campus will be a once in a lifetime experience.</p>
<p>Ill be living off campus.</p>
<p>Why do you all want to live off campus? I’m totally yearning for the on campus experience. Am I missing something here?</p>
<p>Off-campus ether commute from my house in SF or move somewhere in Berkeley.</p>
<p>There are basically no singles on campus and I don’t want to share a room.</p>
<p>I want the convenience of on campus. I’ve only been to Berkeley once, and would probably only be back in the fall (hopefully!) To start the semester. I just don’t want to have to worry about making other arrangements from San Diego.</p>
<p>@Riley You’re missing how expensive it is, how many rules there are, how cramped and of absent privacy the rooms are. There are maybe two benefits in this sea of negatives: no leases and they’re close to campus.</p>
<p>Me: off campus, in an apartment, most likely a studio, with a maximum 15 minute commute by public transportation, but preferably within walking/biking distance.</p>
<p>I’ll live off campus, immerse myself in the berkely lifestyle, be one with the hobos. I’m going to get rid of my car (which is going to save me stacks of cash) and get a bike, or a scooter or something. I’m going to buy groceries, I’m going to buy cheaper clothes, I’m going to do everything a prototypical UCB student would do, aside from the political activism garbage. Why? Because my lifestyle is the exact opposite here in LA. I buy designer, drive everywhere, club hop, eat take out every day…etc. If I’m moving anywhere, I’m going to let wherever I move breathe new life in me. I’m a junkie for complete and total immersion in new experience without bias or limitation.</p>
<p>I’ll be living outside the school on a park bench study by street light and showering from fire hydrants .</p>
<p>I figure this would save about 10,000 a year and i should really embrace the people of Berkeley</p>
<p>@riley and empathyinanarchy- The coops are a good way to get the on campus experience (living with other students with your major/classes, living right next to campus, instant social life/immersion to the area) without the cost or the rules. Food is included in the price (3200/semester), so you won’t have to go grocery shopping for organic produce, eggs, milk, spices, etc, and you won’t run the risk of eventually living off of ramen. Utilities are also included. In particular, Cloyne (the largest house) is entirely UCB upper division students. I would really recommend checking out that house or any of the other houses for at least your first year to save money and meet people.</p>
<p>@lintij- “I’m going to do everything a prototypical UCB student would do, aside from the political activism garbage.” hahaha</p>
<p>I’m debating. I want to live on-campus but if it’s cheaper off-campus, I think I’d lean more towards that. I don’t care too much about convenience, and if I can find a roommate to live with off-campus, I’m sure it’ll make the process a whole lot easier. Finaid also plays a big role… It’s not like UCLA, where $on-campus = $off-campus living.</p>
<p>@riley: i totally agree, i really want the full college experience of living in the dorms and getting to know people that way.</p>
<p>I’m also thinking about joining a sorrority 2nd semester, anyone else thinking about joining greek life??</p>
<p>Me! 10 char!</p>
<p>well, even the dorms are technically “off-campus”, you guys . . .</p>
<p>Off campus shared room. Craig is my best friend. I’m thinking of finding other like minded, really cheap people, and have four of us share a tiny studio. We’d only have to pay about 250 each i’d recon. I doubt i’ll be making much money after graduating, so saving money is important to me.</p>
<p>I’m a twin and i’ve shared a room with my brother for most of my life, and have lived with a few other people as well. It’s really no big deal as long as you pick the right people, (and why would you not? It’s not like dorms where you are often just pared with some stranger).</p>