College Overview: UC Berkeley

UC Berkeley: Review of Cal
If you are considering attending UC Berkeley, make sure that you're ready to work your butt off. Professors expect 110% from you, but after finishing a class you feel like you've actually learned a great deal. I chose Cal because of its stellar academics, interesting and intelligent student body, lively location, and beautiful campus. If you're extremely sheltered or expect A's to be handed to you on a silver platter, Berkeley isn't the school for you (try Stanford instead!).

UC Berkeley: So Many Options...
I think one of the most difficult challenges for freshmen to overcome showing is being faced with so many different student groups, so many different opportunities and not having a good mentor or a good advisor to show them the path. I think that’s why a lot of kids go for the Greek system just because there are Seniors who can say “try this, this is what I did.” Freshmen are really just thrown into this pool and told, here’s where the advising office is and, by the way, the advisors there are...

UC Berkeley: Not Crazy Liberal
My Engineering experience is pretty tough. The competition’s rough. I feel like a lot of the engineers here, compared to other schools, all focus on studying and I guess you could say that’s a bad thing, but they’re devoted to what they study. I guess it’s hard for me because I try to do other stuff as well and I’m not as devoted so it’s been tough for me, but the professors are great and I learn a lot in classes. I’m taking a DECAL right not. It’s the Calling DECAL which is finding your vo...