<p>does berkeley have any fun school traditions? as in crazy dances or events
there seems to be a lot of school spirit but with such humongous classes, is there any class pride/spirit at all?
are intramural sports offered?</p>
<p>freddy1080, you shock me with your questions.</p>
<p>Of course there are intramural sports offered! TONS to choose from.
There was a nude run down the mainstacks during finals week.</p>
<p>Best thing about Cal- The town of Berkeley
Worst thing about Cal- The town of Berkeley</p>
<p>Lol Ari. Yea, Berkeley can be a pit, especially at night.</p>
<p>How about just having to walk from the dorms and back? That hill is killer.</p>
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<p>Zipzoo...what were you doing in hs that you're not doing now.</p>
<p>I'm trying to understand what students want in the way of social outlets, other than the usual drinking and drugging. What exactly are students looking for besides the comfort zone of their hs friends?</p>
<p>To me Cal is the perfect school, socially, because I would never be so dependent on other people to define my social needs. I would enjoy going to plays & concerts on & off-campus, new entertainment experiences at Zellerbach Auditorium and elsewhere around campus, Cal football & basketball...maybe other sports I'm not familiar with...just for fun, the playground that is San Francisco, museums on & off campus, trying off-campus restaurants on weekends (I do love to eat), enjoying (from a safe distance) all of the street crazies in Berzerkly, pretending to study while listening to the drummers on weekends (do they still do their thing in the lower plaza?).</p>
<p>My problem would be spending too much time socially and not enough time academically. I'm just not one of those people who is dependent on other people to satisfy my social needs.
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<p>Well, I'm from out-of-state, and the people seemed quite different. Or maybe it's because everyone at Berkeley--in general--is really intelligent. In hs I hung out with people who didn't care as much as I did about academics. I'm the type to be hardcore in the classroom, but I try not to be outside of the classroom. Hence, I'm not the type to strive to always " think" if you get what I mean. Let's just say most of my friends are not going to great universities.</p>
<p>I never drank or smoked in high school, and most of my friends didn't. (Some did...but we knew each other's distance.) We had our own cars--something I lack now--and we went shopping, to the movies, played pool, went bowling, went to each other's house for a night in, went clubbing a few times, etc. We mainly did things like that.We also spent nights playing poker at one person's house. I miss all of that.</p>
<p>Maybe it's just me, but at Berkeley I've met a lot of people who don't have a sense of humor--or the same kind as me--and it seems people really just want to compete with each other through lies and bogus. I haven't found that many people I trust here nor have I found those I can talk to about random crap endlessly.</p>
<p>I thought the definition of being social was hanging out with others, and having social interactions...so in a way, it is dependent on others.</p>
<p>There are 30,000 people at Berkeley. Surely there is one other person that shares your interest.</p>
<p>my frat has 50+ active members and my pledge class had 12 people in it. houses with reputations as party frats generally haze harder while "preppy" frats like SAE and Fiji aren't really known for hazing. ethnic fraternitites haze harder than anyone those people are insane. sororities don't haze, their pledge semester is actually "fun" and they get things like presents and stuff but they really miss out on the bonding you experience in a frat. greeks do exert some influence on the social scene and all the best parties i've been at this year have been at frats. house parties get broken up in 10 minutes although athlete parties are pretty fun.</p>
<p>ps i pulled a 3.75 during my pledge semester at what is considered one of the harder hazing houses so its not like its a total drain on your life</p>
<p>i thought Fiji wassupposed to be one of tghe worst for hazing - my suitemate pledged last semester. they made hell week right before finals and it seemed most other frats had done it earlier.</p>
<p>Fiji isn't as bad as some other houses. It's just a long pledge semester.</p>
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<p>Surely... care to point them out?</p>
<p>Anyway, I do have acquaintances--i wouldn't call them friends--but none like my friends prior to university. Nevertheless, this least worries me. The lack of hot guys probably worries me more...no eye candy to motivate me to go to class.</p>
<p>once i get into cal u wont be complaining about hot guys anymore ;)</p>
<p>Zipzoopzabulous: I've already found my group for friends (who share my interests in that 30,000 and I continue to. It's not my job to identify who shares your interests. </p>
<p>My implication in my statement was that Cal offers a large student body, which have many different interests. Whether you meet them or not is a different story. Part of having a large campus also means filtering out the others.</p>
<p>Everyone chooses to make a different experience out of their university years.</p>
<p>UCBUCB: Oh jeez, ROFL</p>
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<p>haha...pic? If only I didn't have a boyfriend...;)</p>
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Everyone chooses to make a different experience out of their university years.
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<p>True. My dad says that college is all about partying and drinking, which I have found odd. He encourages me to drink and party. He also says that college is much easier than high school, and then expects me to get into Harvard for graduate school...</p>
<p>Zip: Parental ironies...gotta love them, right? :)</p>
<p>Fiji haze hard...hahaha</p>
<p>Nothing is given to you at Cal, you have to seek it out for yourself. But it's there, whatever "it" is.</p>
<p>the city is the i love the most about berkeley. with three streets of ethnic restaurants, one chocolate factory, and a huge gelato store...what more can you ask for? especially with SF so close?</p>
<p>there's ALWAYS something happening in berkeley.</p>