<p>Yesterday I visited Berkeley for the first time in my entire life, despite living just south of SF.</p>
<p>I knew it was right for me when within the first few seconds on Telegraph, a crazy homeless man approached me and said, "UC Berkeley - Great school - Great sex." </p>
<p>hahaha. I really hope I get in....not for the quote above, but I can't believe how much I loved it there. </p>
<p>Sather Tower is enormous and awe-inspiring. The food was excellent, the people were surprisingly extremely nice, and Telegraph.....I've never seen anything like that at any university. I was blown away. Initially I wanted Berkeley, but would've been just as happy with Davis. Now, there's nowhere else I want to be other than Berkeley. </p>
<p>lol just thought I'd briefly share that with you guys since over the past few months we've all gotten to know each other and share our experiences a little bit.</p>
<p>thats a lovely and romantic story the hobo shared with you.</p>
<p>it sounds great, im planning a trip up there to visit some cousins and visit the campus, get a feel for it.</p>
<p>dont you love when your dream school is actually perfect for you? so exciting.</p>
<p>I once had a homeless guy come up to me and recite poetry about how “ravishing” I was when I was at a party in Berkeley. He was very funny, and surprisingly well spoken for someone who wears slinkys on his arms and 5-6 skirts.</p>
<p>HAHAHA lmao. Omg thats great. Impressive showing for such a scantily dressed homeless guy. </p>
<p>@ jane: Yeah, I agree, it’s really exciting. I’m soooo in love with Berkeley now. I even bought a shirt…better not be jinxing myself.</p>
<p>I was by people’s park and this homeless lady took a dump on the sidewalk. she looked at me and said “um you never took a **** before?”</p>
<p>^ and with that, the magic stops. Ha ha ha.</p>
<p>I wish berkeley’s weather was better though. I have a midterm today and i’m going to have to walk 25 minutes in the rain.</p>
<p>Thanks to the tap program, I am going to Berkeley next week for a free class. It’ll be my first time visiting there, even though I live 1 hour away.</p>
<p>I have a lot of friends who attend Cal and I’ve been up there plenty of times and have attended a class, so the “magic” as it were, has worn off for the most part, hahahaha. But I do still remember my first time there as a sophmore in HS - it was CalDay and I was conducting interviews with astronomy undergrad and grad students (back when I wanted to be an astronomer, haha). Lots of people and lots of excitement and the people at the astro department were all super nice and really welcoming. I had gone back for a photography assignment that same year and I was really blown away by the architecture of the psych building and library. And the t-rex, can’t forget the t-rex. </p>
<p>Unlike you, though emil, I’m still pretty much on the fence between UCLA and Cal. Let’s hope that I even get to the point where i have to make that choice.</p>
<p>And everyone thinking about Cal should definitely try and attend a CalDay. I think it’s around April, can’t remember, but it’s a great opportunity to talk to students and faculty.</p>
<p>Yeah it’s on April 17th. I’m definitely going. I really hope to bring my family along and get a more complete vibe and understanding of the campus and culture.</p>
<p>I wish CalDay was after April 30, that way if I don’t get into CAL, I wouldn’t have drove 6 hours up there for nothin’ and requested a couple days off from work.</p>
<p>I’m looking at [A</a> Dozen Secret Study Sites at UC Berkeley](<a href=“http://www.berkeley.edu/news/multimedia/2003/08/studysites/]A”>A Dozen Secret Study Sites at UC Berkeley) and GOSH I really, really want to get accepted. I’m going to shed tears of absolute happiness if I do lol :)</p>
<p>UCB is soooo amazingggggg, damn i want it soooooo baddddd, you guys dont even knoww</p>
<p>Hey, that was a great link, @ItsMe213! I hope I get to study there!</p>
<p>I knew UCB was right when I feared their academic challenges. Nom nom knowledge, bring it on! Please? Q.Q</p>
<p>@ CalBearGuy: I know man, me too!!! I am sooo sick of community college. I’m literally just cruising through this semester with homework maybe one night a week. It’s extremely boring. I can’t wait for April 30. But your TAP, if I remember correctly, so you should be fine lol!</p>