<p>I really want to know if its better to live on or off campus. If on-campus, which dorm is recommended for transfer female student?</p>
<p>unit1</p>
<p>its nice and clean and new, and for some reason, alot of girls get into unit1</p>
<p>unit 1 and 3 are 2 blocks away from school</p>
<p>isnt unit 3 more transfer oriented, though?</p>
<p>Yeah, Unit 3 actually has transfer space.</p>
<p>I would recommend off-campus. Most transfers live off-campus.</p>
<p>"I would recommend off-campus. Most transfers live off-campus."</p>
<p>Why would you recommend it? Because most transfer do it? Just curious..I mean, isn't living on campus a good way to meet people?</p>
<p>I plan on living on campus. I want to be with other transfers, at unit 3, but I heard unit 1 & 2 were all new. </p>
<p>I wouldn't mind going to unit 2 either. It's only a block behind unit 1, three blocks from the main campus.</p>
<p>"Why would you recommend it? Because most transfer do it? Just curious..I mean, isn't living on campus a good way to meet people?"</p>
<p>Do you want to meet other transfer students? The majority don't live in the dorms! You can meet many students by being involved in activities; you don't need to go into freshmen, sophomore style living.</p>
<p>Look at the total transfer entering class (which is around 1500) and compare that to the number of housing spaces they actually fill with transfers.</p>
<p>i gonna live in campus for summer session
after that, i need to see if i can get a friend to live with or not</p>
<p>Unit 3 is pretty kewl. My friend who transferred there last year lives there. However, it's extremely expensive compared to getting one's own apartment. Meeting people can also backfire as well. The people on his floor aren't too social and he wishes he had picked the apartment route instead.</p>
<p>i'm wondering whether to dorm or not too....is the cost much differnt?</p>
<p>"is the cost much differnt?"</p>
<p>yes, very.</p>
<p>depends on how thrifty you go with an apartment. If you get a studio, the costs are going to be the same. If you have a roommate, you'll save money especially if you don't dine out often.</p>
<p>bomb8... im doing summer session, too. you start on the 26th? i'm really excited to give this dorm thing a try!</p>
<p>The dorms cost about 11 thousand a year. Thats about $1,100 a month. Take out meal plan food costs and the monthly drops to about 900 a month. Without utilitys factored in the mothly drops about 50 dollars to $850. The average two bedroom apartment in berkeley goes for, at the least 1450 a month, and on average about 1550 a month. Thats about 750 dollars per person. I'd pay the extra 100 a month, just to not have to bring a car and have the ability to walk to school everyday.</p>
<p>"I'd pay the extra 100 a month, just to not have to bring a car and have the ability to walk to school everyday."</p>
<p>That's assuming you can't find an apartment that is close.</p>
<p>luba, i am going to take session D which is required for hass students..
i gonna have a super short summer!</p>
<p>how long is session d? im doing session c which is june 26-aug 18. it starts on finals week at my cc :( but then i have >1 mo for summer break</p>
<p>6 weeks
7/3 - 8/11</p>
<p>my classes at cc is going to end on the friday just before the summer session starts.. got a 2 week summer!</p>
<p>1 month summer break?</p>
<p>fall starts on 8/29, isn't it?</p>
<p>Has anyone registered for Summer Session yet? I am not sure if we are supposed to register as visiting Summer Students or as Cal undergrads. As far as I know admission offers will remain conditional until all official transcripts are received by the Cal admission office. Spring semester grades won't be available at my current college until mid june. I hope that's not too late for session c registration.</p>