<p>Hello, I am a prospective Cal student. I have a question about the girls/party scene at Berkeley. I am the party type, one who enjoys drinking/socializing with hot girls. But I have heard that the girls at Berkeley are ugly, and parties are lame. If I go to Berkeley, will I still be able to enjoy a fun filled college experience with hot girls/hookups and w/e or will I have to downgrade significantly? I read somewhere that the Greek scene is the place to go, if so then how easy is it to get a bid, and will the Greek social scene be good enough to provide a good atmosphere to meet attractive women? </p>
<p>I also read somewhere that there are more attractive guys than attractive girls at Berkeley. Is this true? If so, by how much?</p>
<p>I don't mean to be condescending or w/e but college is an important decision and I want to make the right choice.</p>
<p>I posted this on the "Ask a current Cal student anything" thread but no one seems to be there, so I posted it here.</p>
<p>if you look in the right places, youll find those "hot girls." But if that's your main focus of coming here, I'd say dont cause berkeley academics will just kick your ass.</p>
<p>You'll get an occasional hot looking girl in one of your classes/sections. But don't go into each class expecting a good looking female. If you want those type of expectations, I'd suggest UCLA.</p>
<p>Definitely, hot girls arent the main reason I am choosing a college. I want to come to Berkeley due to its world-renowned academics (and for its up and coming football program). But I just want to have fun in college as well. I'm not looking for widespread attractiveness in which every single student is attractive (like ASU/SDSU). As long as there is a few, that is enough for me. The question is, where, and how can I go about meeting/hanging out with them.</p>
<p>There definitely are some good looking girls here. They just might not be very abundant because of the large Asian population. If you're looking to party and meet the attractive girls then I would definitely recommend that you come to Berkeley and rush a Frat. That's where you will find the fun parties and the hot girls will be at the parties.</p>
<p>so now asians are stereotyped as "annoying" AND "ugly"?
goodness gracious.</p>
<p>anyway, if you really want a party school, go to ucsb or something.
i'm not sure what your definition of "hot girls" are but i have no doubt you'll meet at least SOME girls you find attractive, esp ones who party as well.</p>
<p>useless thread.
not because the question doesn't matter, but because posting this sort of question on CC is pointless. if you really want your question answered, be SOCIAL and ask people in REAL life.</p>
<p>There are 13,500 undergraduate females at Berkeley. Even if 95% don't met your criteria, you still have a pool of 675 girls to choose from. I don't know about you but my high school definitely did not have 675 hotties so Berkeley was still an upgrade.</p>
<p>By the way, UCLA girls are definitely overrated. They just show a little more skin because of the LA weather and the engineers go nuts for it haha. </p>
<p>If this type of stuff is important for you, USC is definitely the place to go. It's got the big time sports, parties and women. Academically, it gets better every year so you can't go wrong with USC.</p>
<p>Yeah, I definitely plan on rushing a frat where ever I go, especially if I end up going to Berkeley. Does anyone know about Cal Greek Life in general?</p>
<p>As long as there ARE cute girls, and there ARE parties to meet/mingle with them, I will be ok. It doesn't have to be a party school, just so long as its there. I basically want a normal college experience to complement my studies.</p>
<p>And I am heavily considering USC and UCLA, but I still like Berkeley a lot.</p>
<p>@ santabanta: Who, then, in real life do you propose I ask? I live in Michigan, so I don't know anyone who attends, or is even planning to attend UC Berkeley. I have been up to University of Michigan and asked about (and even experienced) its social life, but thats because I don't live very far from campus, and I know tons of people who go there/are planning to go there.</p>
<p>LOL @ competition. Most of the guys here are too afraid to approach a girl. Then when they're done with their 4 years, they blame the bad looking population for their sexual incompetence. </p>
<p>But I must say... If girls are a problem area for you in high school, then don't expect to come to Berkeley and get laid. Go instead to USC or UCSB.</p>
<p>Most guys are not afraid to approach girls. The problem isn't in the approach (or the lack of it), it's in the interaction.</p>
<p>During my first year, my roommate often complained about how girls didn't want to talk to him after an initial encounter and subsequently cried himself to sleep. After a while, he became bitter and started saying the girls are not attractive enough for him anyway. I didn't think much of it because, let's face it, he wasn't going to win the sexiest man alive award anytime soon. However, it wasn't until I saw him at parties that I knew it wasn't his physical appearance that sealed his social demise. The guy was downright awful at striking up conversations. And during the rare times that he engages an attractive girl in a conversation, he butchers them with pathetic self-praises of high school academic achievement.</p>
<p>The point is, there are attractive women at Cal. If you have the skills, and you don't need to be a casanova since very few around you are, then the scene is yours for the taking.</p>