<p>As the title suggests, I am interested in applying to I-House for my first year as a transfer student; but, am wondering if this is a good idea. Does anyone have any experience with rooming at I-House as a transfer, or any other information on such a situation?</p>
<p>Sounds like a great idea to me, more likely to have older students there, international students (of course), etc.</p>
<p>Yea, the older, assumably more mature, student population is one of the reasons I want to house there; going to CC tends to wear down any tolerance for immaturity, as pretentious as that may sound.</p>
<p>I actually like the location a lot too. You'll have to walk uphill, probably, to get home, but it's a nice place, and there are some nice cafes right there on Bancroft.</p>
<p>I House is nice, only doubles...or at least when I went to Berkeley. I think it's more expensive though.</p>
<p>You could try Unit 2 Davidson...it was the transfer dorm (may have changed). IMO, Unit 2 was a more fun environment...but the triple kind of sucked.</p>
<p>wada is the transfer dorm currently.</p>
<p>^ Is that a new building at one of the units?</p>
<p>it's unit 2, and I think opened in 2005. It is fearsomely ugly, and has some differences in rooms I think, though I'm not sure what.</p>
<p>I also think I-House only takes a very limited number of upper division undergrads...it's primarily an international graduate student dorm.</p>
<p>Yea, the I-House website was noting that it is competitive; I think I'll send in an application on the chance I get accepted, and if not, I can always fall back on Wada, assuming it's guaranteed.</p>
<p>EDIT: this is the quote I was talking about; a bit vague on how competitive, though:</p>
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International House does not have an admissions deadline for new residents, but we do encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Post Doctorates and Graduate Students are given the highest priority.</p>
<pre><code>The House seeks to have a balanced resident population of U.S. students and students from abroad. We also try to have students from as many countries as possible. All of these factors are considered before room offers are made. Finally, you should be aware that the number of applicants has exceeded the spaces available for the last several years.
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<p>And in regard to the costs, it really isn't that much more, if not cheaper, than the units when factoring in their meal plan.</p>
<p>^ Housing is guaranteed somewhere...hopefully you can get in the transfer dorm...it was very fun environment - everyone sharing the same transfer experience, etc. Lots of friends made/good memories for me.</p>
<p>If you do get in I-House though, it's pretty easy to renew from year-to-year...looking for housing at Berkeley is pretty stressful, so you'd buy yourself some peace of mind.</p>