<p>Thanks GoBears. How great of you to take the time to create an account and answer all these questions for those of us seeking answers.</p>
<p>Another thanks for this thread. Very helpful. My daughter is ecstatic about getting into Cal at all, but the spring admit status and the FPF possibility create a lot of questions that wouldn’t otherwise have been there. Housing probably is my biggest concern, followed by her opportunity to feel at home on campus. Sounds like she probably would be just fine on both counts.</p>
<p>Wow! In the course of several hours I have gone from being incredibly disappointed to totally happy. All of these blogs have been SO helpful. I also contacted 2 students from my school who are now at Berkeley and participated in FPF. They LOVED it. They actually said they were glad they were admitted into the Spring instead of fall!</p>
<p>Both of my friends were lucky enough to score dorms, but it looks like a house would be fine too. Anyway, woohoo! I"m excited to be a bear!</p>
<p>With the cutbacks in Admissions I would expect that more FPF kids will get housing. I have a friend who’s son did FPF this year and loved it. My son who was a fall admit envied the FPF kid as the classes were more convenient, smaller and they could do everything a normal student can. There is no difference. Take the opportunity and run with it if Cal is where you want to be. GO BEARS!!!</p>
<p>FPF is a great experience. A few years back, when I was in your guys’ shoes, I picked Cal spring admission and FPF over UCLA</p>
<p>I’m actually planning to double major in poli sci and communications so would the FPF cause me to graduate a bit later than others? I do have about 8 AP classes worth of credits so I should be fine right…?
and i must admit, seeing the spring admit thing did bruise my ego a bit.</p>
<p>^ Haha me too. People with 3.6 weighted GPA’s got in as Fall Admits, but I had a 4.3 weighted and was a Spring Admit. Kind of a slap in the face.</p>
<p>But maybe FPF is the silver lining in the cloud? Hopefully!</p>
<p>^ agreed.
I have a 4.3 weighted as well, not to mention attending a camp taught by a Haas professor 
I thought that would have shown my interest in business.</p>
<p>Wow, this thread is incredibly helpful. :)</p>
<p>So like most of you, I was pretty disappointed when I found out I got into Berkeley as a spring admit, and I’m deciding between SD and Berkeley. ( I plan to go on the pre-med path, so FPF might somewhat be of a disadvantage for me)</p>
<p>The main problem with Berkeley is the housing; if I choose to go to Berkeley, I’m definitely going to do FPF, but I want to stay in the university’s dorms (campus feel, feel like a freshman!). </p>
<p>I’ve heard that for spring admits, housing is basically a crapshoot, but I don’t want to go to Berkeley if I’m not able to secure a dorm (not themed, not private, just a dorm with regular freshmen at Berkeley). But to get housing, you have to turn in your SIR and everything, and I’m afraid that if I turn in my SIR I’ll get screwed over with no dorm housing. </p>
<p>What should I do?</p>
<p>Can anyone help with my predicament?</p>
<p>Chances are you will get university housing. It make’s sense what ChargersFan said about the cutback in admissions and that there should be more housing available for FPF students. I would say go for it with an open mind of all housing situations. Be prepared for the possibility of getting placed in Stern (if you’re a girl) when you wanted Unit 3. It’s only a possibility though. I know plenty of FPF students who lived in Unit 1, 2, and 3.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t get housing fall semester, you’ll are guaranteed housing for spring.</p>
<p>even though you’re guaranteed to have housing for spring, wouldn’t it be a bit difficult to fit in with the rest of the dorm since everyone would have already forged some sort of bond by the spring semester? any past FPF students willing to share their experiences regarding this issue? please and thank you :)</p>
<p>I definitely don’t think that’s always the case. I feel that people are more excited and welcoming for someone new to come. I could see however how the opposite could be true.</p>