Spring admits NOT planning on doing FPF? Also, a Q for CURRENT CAL STUDENTS!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hey! So, due to financial issues I can't ( <strong>tear</strong>) do FPF and will have to wait til January (omg... so far away) to enroll at Berkeley. Is there anyone else who's not doing FPF? What are you guys planning to do in between HS graduation and Cal? </p>

<p>Also, for any current students, is it hard for spring admits to adjust socially to life at Berkeley? I'm a little worried.. I mean, CAL IS HUGE and i'm sure its hard to adjust for fall admits but probably not as hard as it will be for those comming in the spring. At least with fall you feel more connection, being new, scared freshman and all. How is the experience for people comming in fresh in the spring semester? What's the best way to meet people fast? Should I join a bunch of clubs?</p>

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<p>There a lot of spring admits. Many do fine socially. I really don't think they have much more trouble than Fall admits. Clubs are a good way, intermural sports, joining a Greek house, co-ops, classes, hmm . . .</p>

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<p>It's up to you, really. If you choose to be proactive and aggressive in making friends, you will make friends. If you choose to wait until someone comes up to you and ask to be your friend, then no..</p>

<p>The best way IMO is to join a sports club that focuses on team work. I've made some fantastic friends in crew (rowing) because the whole sport depends on teamwork (trust, dependability, strength/power as a team).</p>

<p>There are social clubs that provide avenues for friendship as well. Seek and you will find!</p>

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<p>is crew a club sport at cal? I've rowed before and it was TONS of fun and I always wanted to do it in college...</p>

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<p>I think it's the real deal (NCAA). Anyone know for sure? Some students can walk on, but they have to be fairly good for that.</p>

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<p>There is the NCAA and the lightweight club sports. I know for sure from my painful but fun experience!</p>

<p>Very possible to walk on, as long as you have the right attitude. The current novice team is winning the novice competitions!</p>

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<p>My roommate is on the NCAA crew team. They're pretty hardcore. It has a lot of Olympians and they are reallyyyyyyy good. A lot of international students are recruited for rowing.</p>

<p>But I didn't know there was a club sport for it too, I just thought it was the NCAA.</p>

<p>Anyway, only reason why I asked you in the other post unlimited which rowing you were in, is because I know a couple rowers in person. Plus my roomie is a rower.</p>

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<p>That's cool. How much does your roommate pay to join the team?</p>

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<p>I don't think he pays anything, unless you meant with the early hours or something.</p>

<p>He was recruited to Cal strictly for rowing. He didn't even have to fill out an application.</p>

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<p>that just ****es me off.. It's not fair</p>

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<p>"I don't think he pays anything, unless you meant with the early hours or something."</p>

<p>what!! Sport club members have to pay $1000 each year, not even taking into account the mandatory fundraising, and the spiffy jackets and pants that costs way more than they should be.</p>

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<p>My roommate is not in a sport club. He's on the NCAA rowing team that competes, and some of the other members are Olympians. It's not the rowing club, but the actual Cal team!</p>

<p>Unfortunately the second guy I've been with was on the NCAA rowing team as well--not the club, but the actual Cal team-- and they sleep around, a lot. :(</p>

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<p>Sleep around?</p>

<p>And enough with the emphasis on "actual Cal team- not club."</p>

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<p>is it possible to get back to the original question in my post... not that hearing about someone's crew roomates who sleeps aroudn isn't informative, it's just not what i intended to hear...</p>

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<p>Hehe meh. . .</p>

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<p>"At least with fall you feel more connection, being new, scared freshman and all. How is the experience for people comming in fresh in the spring semester?"</p>

<p>Honestly, it's just fifteen extra weeks of being clueless about life plans, killing brain cells with vodka, and consuming about twelve billion more calories via dc food. As a first-year, in other words, you have nothing to worry about.</p>

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<p>Social life should be the least of your worries, and as a spring admit, you'll be fine. :) Because whatever happens socially, happens.</p>

<p>On another note, I used "actual crew team" to emphasize that its members sleep around, not the club crew team's.</p>

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<p>I'm planning on doing FPF, but if I didn't, I would study abroad!</p>

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<p>Or if you went to Occidental you wouldn't have to do FPF. Or have you decided to come to Cal??</p>