<p>I'm almost done with my first year at Cal and while I had a good time, I still wish I would have gone to UCLA. The two schools are completely different in terms of social scenes.</p>
<p>People always try to claim that the sterotype of Cal's social scene as being a dead one isn't true and that there are parties and other fun things to do, but like most sterotypes it's based on facts. Cal kids are most likely in their rooms on weekend nights either watching a movie, playing video games, or studying. There are those who do go out, but even then the parties pale in comparison to those at UCLA.</p>
<p>So I'm going to break down the two schools in a very blunt manner and if you get offended by what i say, well then you most likely will fit in at Cal</p>
<p>Go to Cal if:
-doing undergrad biz is your goal
-you have no problem staying in on the weekends
-you like your guys/girls ugly
-political correctness is importent to you</p>
<p>Go to UCLA if:
-you like a big greek system
-you're a hot girl/guy
-you're laid back
-you consider college more about the expirence than about the academics</p>
<p>Personally, I'm planning on transfering to UCLA</p>
<p>Remember kids, take these as fact. If you like ugly people, Berkeley's the place for you!
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<p>No, but honestly, the Bay Area's one of the best college neighborhoods I can possibly think of. How on earth did you get stuck staying in on weekends? If you can't find anything to do, fine, maybe you should go to UCLA and have others lead you around and show you what to do.</p>
<p>Co-ops, fraternities, and house parties, besides in-dorm parties (rarer and smaller)? I pass up parties all the time, they just arent interesting to me, but theyre here.</p>
<p>You ever go to San Francisco?</p>
<p>Perhaps there are a smaller percentage of attractive people here, but really, there are attractive ones. The fact of the matter is most people wont be getting with the most attractive ones anyway. There are plenty of more reasons to go to Cal, but good luck in LA. Beware, you will encounter political correctness in UCLA, too. Graduation by race? Liberalism to the extreme. Over 10% of Cal is greek. There are laid back people here. Where do you live? Dont you think that the immediate group of people living around you has a huge effect on your perception of campus? Good luck to you in transferring.</p>
<p>genxy...I semi-agree with what you say. However, seeing as UCLA is still known as a "jock" school, would you want to go to school with a bunch of jocks who go there simply because of sports?</p>
<p>sit in some of my classes and you'll see some morons who got in just for sports as well. not to mention that since cal "is less numbers based" in admissions than ucla there are a lot of undeserving students who can barely understand the material being presented</p>
<p>I keep hearing how ugly and deprived of a social life everyone is at Berkeley. To be honest, I'm a UCLA guy. I'm very very social and laid back and I really think I'd be suited more at LA... but I'm a business major and it's always been my dream to go to haas. I don't even know what I'm asking, but somebody say something to ease my mind. Is there anyone from berkeley that can clear up the rumors or truths?</p>
<p>You really claim thatgenxyboi20, without even have been in a UCLA class? ? Do you think its so dissimilar? I think you're just in the wrong classes. And it seems like most schools have their "how'd you get here?" types- even my friend at Penn wonders it about some of her fellow students.</p>
<p>Filmmakerjack, like every issue, it seems that there are just the for and against. And those that don't care. I disagree with the original poster, but others agree.</p>
<p>Filmmaker... you can aim for Wharton instead. </p>
<p>Secondly, yeah Berkeley is pretty damn ugly, but don't worry, it will help you focus on your academics, so you can get into Wharton for grad school. </p>
<p>Social life: Berkeley is okay. It's in the middle and the kids here who drink and party all the time talk about it too much, thus perhaps overexaggerating its "coolness." Real druggers/partiers don't talk about their experiences. But I wouldn't say the social life is crap, although it's certainly not UCSB.</p>
<p>I think I would just get sick of the social life at UCSB pretty quickly. I also don't think that Berkeley's campus is ugly, considering the architecture, trees, squirrels!, and stream.</p>
<p>Wait a minute, I go out on the weekends (sometimes weekdays too, but don't tell anyone), and the people I go out with are berkeley students too. I don't think I'm abnormal. Obviously this person has a right to his opinion, but really think about it. Basically, this guy can't make friends. Does that make Berkeley a bad school? Maybe so. This person, and anyone else that claims that berkeley doesn't have any parties or social events, would be sitting at home by himself anywhere he lived. Its sad. I almost want to take him out to a party, but I'm afraid there's a reason that he doesn't have any friends and he's probably boring or has some other social problems, so I won't actually take him out. This is a pretty standard case of the grass is always greener on the other side, which is a tactic that people who need excuses for why they have no lives often use (see collegesenior/liberalcensor/whatevever he calls himself this week) The bottom line is that if you can't make friends then you're going to be lonely and bored wherever you go, Cal included. Btw, if you sense that you might be a complainer like the op, please opt for UCLA, because you'll just be a downer here, and god knows we have enough of those.</p>