<p>Any comments?</p>
<p>Sure. These are only for transfer or upper-classmen, IE third year students or above- these are not deteremined by class rank by units, much to some of my friends' dismay. Wada looks like the other new mini-suite buildings, Channing-Bowditch looks a bit different. They are a few hundred feet from each other, very close, Wada in Unit 2, Channing-Bowditch catty-corner and across from Crossroads. I haven't been in either, but hear they're nice.</p>
<p>Thanks DRab, I am a transfer student considering my options. Do you know any pros/cons to each of them?</p>
<p>Unfortunately I do not. Hopefully someone with more knowledge about the two will come and tell us about them. By when do you have to decide?</p>
<p>By June 5--I'm also considering Spens-Black...</p>
<p>yah i know that spens-black is more of a transfer student dorm than the other two but.... wada and bowditch are nicer. But if you want to meet as many people as possible I would suggest looking into Spens because it is not "suite style" like the other two and thus you will have more of an opportunity to meet people. Also I lived in the freshmen dorm Norton next to Spens and from what I remember was that Spens had a lot of international students and transfers who partied... lets say it seemed like fun. However, if you want to study more I would advise either Wada or Channing Bowditch.</p>
<p>You can live in Wada during the academic year only (ie must leave for Christmas break, and leave at end of spring semester).</p>
<p>Channing Bowditch is a 12 month lease.</p>
<p>Wada ~ $7.7k
CB ~ $10k for 12 months</p>
<p>for comparision:
co-ops = $6k for 10 months (food included)</p>
<p>Wada and CB <em>very</em> clean and nice (janitors clean rooms), but you pay the price for it.
co-ops: students clean it. dirty but has many venues for socializing.</p>
<p>Personally I would choose CB if I plan to stay in Berkeley for the summer, if not then Wada.</p>
<p>Thanks for the tips. What if I plan on staying in Berkeley for one summer session, but not the whole summer?</p>
<p>Then your options are: berkeley dorms, rent your own apartment, or co-op. student organizations don't meet over the summer so you won't be missing too much excitement if you do commute (ie living w/ relatives)</p>
<p>Anyone else have any comments?</p>
<p>What else do you want to know?</p>
<p>Does the difference in distance matter that much? Is there an advantage to being in a Unit, in the case of Wada? </p>
<p>Maybe, how difficult the four people, one bathroom thing could be?</p>
<p>FYI Channing Bowditch is a block closer to campus than Wada. It's on the diagonal opposite of the crossroads dining facility.</p>
<p>not difficult at all. that means you can make 3 potential best friends.</p>