Cheap Way to get to Berkeley?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hi, I'm a fall admit, and I was just wondering if there's a cheap way to get to Berkeley? I'm from the LA area; the drive there would take at least 5 hours, and both of my parents are unable to take/accompany me. And the round-ticket is pretty darn expensive, around $300 (low-income family). So yeah, I heard from my sister's boyfriend that a few years ago, his friend got invited to an overnight reception at Berkeley and the school even offered him transportation since he was a low-income student too. Is this true? It sounds too good to be true...if not, is there any other way to get there? </p>

<p>PS: I know this probably sounds like a stupid question, but I really have to get there to verify my citizenship in person. So please help me out, if you know anything. I'll call the school tomorrow too. </p>

<p>Thanks in advance! =) and GO BEARS!</p>

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<p>hahahahah!!! same here, i have to visit berkeley to verify my citizenship, but i was offered the overnight stay program for three days at berkeley…with everything paid for, including the airplane tickets, and everything else.</p>

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<p>I was given a free plane ride to Berkeley for the overnight host program a couple years ago. A round trip plane ticket should be more like $220 if you buy early enough. Otherwise, you could take a bus like this:</p>

<p>[Transporation</a> San Francisco : California : Services](<a href=“http://www.cashuttlebus.com/services.asp]Transporation”>http://www.cashuttlebus.com/services.asp)</p>

<p>I’m not sure how it is.</p>

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<p>@UC123cali: is it the Reach! senior program? 'cause i got that too but wasn’t sure if transportation was covered
@Liquidus: that’s so cool! and thanks for the link. haha i did check out the different airlines, it was all sorta the same price range</p>

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<p>yeah! its the reach program, they said everything is paid for, and you will get the airplane ticket once u meet a berkeley representative at the airport</p>

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<p>Omg, i totally didn’t know it covered everything!!!
Ahh…i’m so stupid…=( I didn’t RSVP’ed then.
just my luck…but gratz for getting the free ride there UC123cali</p>

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<p>If you need to travel between the Los Angeles area and Oakland (from which you can take BART or a local bus to Berkeley) at times that do not match the free rides, you can ask about the [“Chinese</a> bus”](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown_bus_lines]"Chinese”>Chinatown bus lines - Wikipedia) and “Vietnamese bus” among members of those ethnic communities.</p>

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<p>@everyone: thanks for replying to my thread! fortunately, i got an email confirmation back from berkeley today and it turned out that i got accepted into the Reach! program, so yay! free ride! again, thank you y’all!</p>