any anandtechers heading over to berkeley?

[PistachioByAzul]

Apply to the College of Natural Resources if you want an easy in to Berkeley.

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: EngineNr9
Apply to the College of Natural Resources if you want an easy in to Berkeley.

If your ultimate goal is become an engineer, this is NOT the way to go. Your chances of switching colleges into the college of Engineering are one in a billion. You chances might be a little higher if you're trying to switch into L&S. However, I would steer clear of this route altogether.

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: McPhreak
edit: How about taking a look at a Public NY State University Like Stony Brook instead.

that's pretty sweet. ever since affirmative action was banned in the uc's, the diversity has been decreasing... but all in the interest of equal opportunity.

 

[worth]

Berkeley is a selective school, Stony Brook is not. How about we look at a selective NY school?

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: worth
1. ed21x
2. worth
3. ...

I'll be doing EE/CS, starting Spring 2003. I got accepted for the Spring term, meaning I don't get guaranteed housing, so I have no idea where I'll be living.

oh, it's a good idea to start looking for a place now- finding a place to live at berkeley is extremely difficult. the easiest way to get an apartment is to have connections... other than that, try calrentals.

 

[calbear2000]

Its funny to hear some of these liberal-haters like Lucky and Nightflyer who loathe a city so much (even though they've never been there) that they try to associate the academics with the protests to slander any student that attends. How insecure they must be about their own education

Congratulations on your acceptances to the #1 public university in the country. If you're an engineering major for any engineering discipline, you are in a program than ranks top 5 in the world. In fact, almost any discipline at UC Berkeley including physics, english, business, pre-med, economics, is world-renowned and ranked highly.

I was EECS for undergrad and grad... it is not an easy ride 🙂

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: worth
Berkeley is a selective school, Stony Brook is not. How about we look at a selective NY school?

Sure...since there are not really any public schools in New York as selective as Berkeley, we can compare Berkeley to the much more selective private schools in NYC

Here's Berkeley
Asians and whites make up 82% of the student body
26% acceptance rate

Here's NYU
Asians and whites make up 81% of the student body
29% acceptance rate

Here's Columbia
Asians and whites make up 79% of the student body
13% acceptance rate

I'm not saying that this sort of thing is good/bad, I'm simply saying that for a public school that prides itself on it's "diversity" of the student body like ed mentioned, this is pretty sad. Even Stanford has only a 75% white and asian population.

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: ed21x

Originally posted by: worth
1. ed21x
2. worth
3. ...

I'll be doing EE/CS, starting Spring 2003. I got accepted for the Spring term, meaning I don't get guaranteed housing, so I have no idea where I'll be living.

oh, it's a good idea to start looking for a place now- finding a place to live at berkeley is extremely difficult. the easiest way to get an apartment is to have connections... other than that, try calrentals.

I would also suggest looking for housing NOW. Another great place to consider are the privately owned dorms out there (Tau House, Hillside, etc.) I used to live at Hillside (not to be confused with Foothill). You get a sort of pseudo-dorm experience. While I was there, it used to be filled with a bunch of international students, but I've heard it has really switched to being mostly freshmen who can't find housing.

 

[ed21x]

Originally posted by: McPhreak

Originally posted by: worth
Berkeley is a selective school, Stony Brook is not. How about we look at a selective NY school?

Sure...since there are not really any public schools in New York as selective as Berkeley, we can compare Berkeley to the much more selective private schools in NYC

Here's Berkeley
Asians and whites make up 82% of the student body
26% acceptance rate

Here's NYU
Asians and whites make up 81% of the student body
29% acceptance rate

Here's Columbia
Asians and whites make up 79% of the student body
13% acceptance rate

I'm not saying that this sort of thing is good/bad, I'm simply saying that for a public school that prides itself on it's "diversity" of the student body like ed mentioned, this is pretty sad. Even Stanford has only a 75% white and asian population.

hmm... maybe we should just agree that diversity at any selective college sucks in general... =P i mean, sure stanford has more diversity, but then again, is 75% asian/white really that good at all?

 

[Kelvrick]

If you ever wanna meet more AT'ers, come on over to Davis. I'm not sure how many of us are at Berkeley, but I think Davis At'ers out number em. 🙂

 

[Zebo]

While Cal is very good I liked CalPoly slo best. Small 20K and less populated area with all the same recruiters that went to berkely but 2x a year instead of just once. Also you get cheaper tuition since it's state around $900 a quarter. Beware though this county voted 58% Bush in 00'/

 

[Sachmho]

yikes

 

[tokamak]

i was accepted to berkeley for fall 2002 - would have been a physics major, but i chickened out and decided to stay closer to home. going to UT instead.

<edit> maybe i'll start a thread like this for UT as well. i bet theres a few future longhorns around here as well, considering that there's about 10,000 new ones a year 😉 </edit>

 

[The_Dude8]

what is the gpa of a typical electrical engineerbeer @ berkeley?? what are the qualifcations of accepectanace into the EE @ berkeley?

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: EngineNr9
NightFlyerGTI is such a great Christian. Cursing, anger, resentment, totally following Christ's teachings.

Dude, somewhere else, PM, email, AIM, somewhere, but not here.

 

[First]

Originally posted by: The_Dude8
what is the gpa of a typical electrical engineerbeer @ berkeley?? what are the qualifcations of accepectanace into the EE @ berkeley?

I have a good friend from L.A. who got into the Berkeley EE school. He was Valedictorian of our High School (all A's ---> 4.0, and that doesn't include AP credit), had somewhere over 1400 on the SAT, SAT II scores were all over 650, with his best being a 780 in Math, and he was on the Track and Field and Cross Country Teams during that time.

Then again, I know a guy who got into Berkeley (not the EE School) who had a 3.2 GPA, 1200 SAT, 600ish SAT II, and played on the Tennis Team during that time. Not spectacular, so don't think you have to have perfect stats. The Berkeley EE School does require better stats, but you don't have to be Valedictorian to get in. Just make sure your Math scores are exceptional.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: The_Dude8
what is the gpa of a typical electrical engineerbeer @ berkeley?? what are the qualifcations of accepectanace into the EE @ berkeley?

If you white or asn you'll need over a 3.5 and top 10% nationwide sat. and at least up to trig in HS.... EE is the easiest to get into of other eng. from things I heard.

 

[Stojakapimp]

Originally posted by: Evan Lieb

Originally posted by: The_Dude8
what is the gpa of a typical electrical engineerbeer @ berkeley?? what are the qualifcations of accepectanace into the EE @ berkeley?

I have a good friend from L.A. who got into the Berkeley EE school. He was Valedictorian of our High School (all A's ---> 4.0, and that doesn't include AP credit), had somewhere over 1400 on the SAT, SAT II scores were all over 650, with his best being a 780 in Math, and he was on the Track and Field and Cross Country Teams during that time.

Then again, I know a guy who got into Berkeley (not the EE School) who had a 3.2 GPA, 1200 SAT, 600ish SAT II, and played on the Tennis Team during that time. Not spectacular, so don't think you have to have perfect stats. The Berkeley EE School does require better stats, but you don't have to be Valedictorian to get in. Just make sure your Math scores are exceptional.

He got in with a frikkin 3.2 gpa and 1200 SAT? frikkin A. that makes me mad. I was better than that and didn't get in. But do you have to declare a major when you apply to Berkeley? Cause if you do, then i probably declared computer engineering, which would make sense as to why i didn't get in

 

[Moonbeam]

😀 Berkeley 😀

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: McPhreak
You know, when I first went to Berkeley, I always thought it was this "diverse" population as well, but if you ever travel to New York, now THAT'S diverse. Just because you sympathize for all the minorities, it doesn't hide the fact that Asians and Whites make up 75% of the student population in Berkeley. Diverse for a UC School, maybe....

Perhaps you should look at the facts before you make a fool of yourself. Seventy-five percent white and Asian is hardly unrepresentative.

 

[quirky]

<EE is the easiest to get into of other eng. from things I heard.>

nope. simply not true. I believe civil engineering is the easiest by FAR. I know someone majoring in civil eng who transferred to cal from a junior college with barely a 3.0. know a couple others who also got in at a little above that GPA.

<He got in with a frikkin 3.2 gpa and 1200 SAT? frikkin A. that makes me mad. I was better than that and didn't get in. But do you have to declare a major when you apply to Berkeley? Cause if you do, then i probably declared computer engineering, which would make sense as to why i didn't get in >

yip, cal's admissions are really wierd that way. know a guy who got in with 3.2, 1020 sat :/

 

[McPhreak]

Originally posted by: Scipionix

Originally posted by: McPhreak
You know, when I first went to Berkeley, I always thought it was this "diverse" population as well, but if you ever travel to New York, now THAT'S diverse. Just because you sympathize for all the minorities, it doesn't hide the fact that Asians and Whites make up 75% of the student population in Berkeley. Diverse for a UC School, maybe....

Perhaps you should look at the facts before you make a fool of yourself. Seventy-five percent white and Asian is hardly unrepresentative.

Let's compare the stats of our universities, shall we?

U.S. Concensus
75.1% White
12.3% African American
3.6% Asian
12.5% Hispanic/Latino

Berkeley
White: 42%
African-American: 4%
Asian-American: 40%
Hispanic: 10%

Columbia
White: 61%
African-American: 8%
Asian-American: 18%
Hispanic: 7%

NYU
White: 67%
African-American: 6%
Hispanic: 7%
Asian-American: 14%

Harvard
White: 59%
African-American: 8%
Hispanic: 8%
Asian-American: 17%

I'm simply going to reiterate my point which I'm standing by: For a college who's identity stems from and prides itself and with it's so-called "diversity", it's pretty sad that it's "diversity" is the same, if not less representative (40 percent asian? Please...they should just rename the place U.C. Chinatown) than your other colleges.

 

[RalphWiggum]

Another Californian Golden Bear here...

McPhreak, do you understand that their can be diversity within the Asian classification? With only 4 groups to choose from, I think something is missing from the stats.
I'm going to guess you are from California and see Asian people all the time so it doesn't register to you as diverse. Either that or you seriously think all Asians are alike.

As for engineering... Certain JUCOs have programs where you can enroll there for 2 years, and as long as your GPA is above a certain number, you are gauranteed admission into a UC school you designated first. It has nothing to do with the major at that point.

 

[Scipionix]

Originally posted by: McPhreak
I'm simply going to reiterate my point which I'm standing by: For a college who's identity stems from and prides itself and with it's so-called "diversity", it's pretty sad that it's "diversity" is the same, if not less representative (40 percent asian? Please...they should just rename the place U.C. Chinatown) than your other colleges.

No university's identity stems from "diversity." It comes from academic excellence and the pursuit of the truth. Admissions in California are now supposed to be based entirely on merit. If a person believes that colleges and universities should lower their standards for people with certain skin colors, then that person is a racist, plain and simple.

 

[RudeBoie]

Originally posted by: RalphWiggum
Another Californian Golden Bear here...

As for engineering... Certain JUCOs have programs where you can enroll there for 2 years, and as long as your GPA is above a certain number, you are gauranteed admission into a UC school you designated first. It has nothing to do with the major at that point.

Yup, that's for all UC's except for UCLA and UCB, and major is not necessarily guaranteed.

McPhreak, you shouldn't be comparing stats with other schools like NYU, you should be comparing with other CALIFORNIA schools. The same people who apply to Riverside apply to Berkeley, but they're NOT applying to east coast private schools.

I don't think diversity really is a big deal, unless there's bias AGAINST a particular type.

Berkely is fine. It's all great to make fun of it as "out there," but I'm there and everyone I know is a regular person. Just because a minority of people here have extreme beliefs doesn't make it necessarily crazy over here.

If we wanna start busting out sterotypes about schools nationwide and spreading the hate, all of us could.

Btw ed21x,
I'm a Comp Lit Senior here (don't ask how I'm somehow a Senior 😉)