It's so refreshing to find a school that's tough while the students are competitive and go-getters. We need more Berkeleys but sadly most people want easy school. lots of parties, end up with a useless degree and huge student loan debt

I love Berkeley. It is hard and challenging but it prepares you well for the real world and the academic we got at Berkeley is unmatched.

4 years at Cal is brutal.. and I bet 2 years as a transfer is the same as well. I don't regret it one bit. GO BEARS! Once you are done and get that degree, take a deep breath and its quite amazing.

Thanks so much Adam am trying to decide between Cornell and UCB. this video was very helpful in my decision!

thanks! I just watched the first video. Ive been accepted to both universities and both videos were very hopeful!

I love Berkeley!!! I love the campus and people.

Well done. Thank you.

Thank you, I'm choosing between Cal and a private school in Southern California, this helped a lot!

Nice Good work I like this one a lot Hopefully I'll get into both and decide on Berkeley for what you said. It'll suck because the girls at UCLA are stunning, but I can't look at it like that if I'm playing the long-term game.

Very informative.

As far as social scene goes DT Berkeley has a lot of great spots and it’s right by campus and dollar days at golden gate fields is a must do and first Fridays in Oakland were always fun. You could go with 30 or 40 bucks and have a good time. The social scene at Berkeley requires a desire to be social but once you find it you’ll make memories for sure. My only regret about going to Cal is the first time I used the word “hella” naturally and it made me mad being a SoCal native hahaha

Interesting . . . I graduated from Cal in 1979 and 1983. I was also a transfer student. Back then it was pretty much just schoolwork. I made some friends in the COOPS. I met my future wife there. The social/cultural scene was decent but standard for any college campus. There were no protests during those years. I wasn’t interested in sports or student clubs/actvities. Studying physics and mechanical engineering kept me busy enough. I had some of my worst and best professors at Cal. The whole entrepreneur thing took off decades later. There was no thought about jobs while I was there. When I interviewed for jobs I was seen as an oddity. I eventually had a 30 year career at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory located above the Berkeley campus and actually retired in the UC retirement system. My UCB degrees served me well but the school experience was challenging and the social environment was nothing special. I don’t know what to think of today’s competitive school experience today. I graduated debt free. The school costs were about $1,000/quarter back then.

Cal alum and UCLA parent - Your comparison is spot on 👍👍👍

i got into cal for cs early and this is making me feel better

I'll be honest most UCs are pretty similar except Cal and UCLA they just have way smarter people

I recently got accepted for undergrad EECS early. I am definitely leaning toward Cal > any other UC. Thanks for telling me your experience :)

Thanks

Im choosing UCLA over UCB. Prestige wise UCLA caught up academically. However positive vibe and image, UCLA wayyy better.

never go wrong with UCLA 🐻

Some students don't qualify for med school because they attend Berkeley and fall below a 3.0 GPA. UC Davis always made more sense to me. Sometimes, swinging for the fences turns into a long, fly ball.

Go Bear.

Im currently in the process of transferring as an Econ major. Which school would you say is better for a finance career? And if there’s a major difference.

Having to actually apply to “get in” to a club is f-ing ridiculous- same BS as fraternities.

Let me do a shortened version of what I just wrote -- some disagreements to what you stated, some agreements: -- There is no grade deflation at UCB; in the academic year of 2021-22, the average gpa of a bac-recipient was 3.53. (At UCLA it was 3.59.) COVID did have an effect (Zoom, open book tests, etc.), so after factoring out the terms affected, I'd guess the average will be 3.4s at Cal & 3.5s at UCLA. --UCB has two 15-week instruction terms, a dead week, then a finals week. UCLA has three 10-week instruction terms, and a finals week immediately following. Quarters (trimesters) mean immediate immersion in studying, and no slacking. -- UCLA has more preprofessionals, future law and med students, so there is more attempts at grade preservation there, than at Cal. Both Cal and UCLA have similar nos. of undergrads with Cal having a bit more now. -- UCLA has a bigger greek presence, and some of these students would rather socialize than spend most time studying, and then go into real estate, or general marketing, etc. A lot of the hot girls at UCLA study Comm or Psych and use their connections to get into these fields. -- UCLA has strong business-related clubs, inc. entrepreneurship and VC, but they are similarly hard to join. -- UCLA has a strong presence at MAANG, etc. but has just a CS major and a CSE in its E dept, as opposed to Cal having L&S CS and EECS. UCLA has peripherally oriented CS majors in different depts. -- UCLA has Math/Econ, Econ, and Business Economics, and about 7-8 math majors for those who want to go into analytics, finance, consulting, banking.

Do you think you might have chosen a private school like USC?

Do you feel like you became street smart by living in Berkley?

Bravo - yes, the academics and career are (obviously) the most important aspects of higher-education. These will benefit you for the rest of your life. So many people treat these years as a social party. Guess what, those people will pay with the rest of their unfulfilled lives.

What's ur major ?

Go Brauins