<p>What are your opinions on the co-ops at berkeley for an incoming freshman. they are really cheap...almost half the price of the dorms (Academic</a> Year Rates). I have read the details on the website, but do you guys have any insight on actually living in a coop. How does the system work out? is there any social life?</p>
<p>the social life will be there (it varies depending on what house you get)
you probably won’t get a coop as an incoming freshman because theres a pretty long waitlist for coops and its on a first come first serve basis (priority is given to people who have already lived on coops) . if you want to secure a coop for fall you probably should have applied to be put on the waitlist a few months back</p>