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Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4126 Posts
February 18 2013 14:58 GMT
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Hi guys, I'll be attending UC Berkeley's summer school this coming July and have some questions for my fellow team liquid mates who are currently studying there.

Hows summer life like in Berkeley? What are the cheapest housing options available? What are the must do activities? These are some of the main questions for me right now, will add more as I think of them. Thanks for the help guys!

OMin
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States545 Posts
February 18 2013 19:58 GMT
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Hey! I'm a senior at Cal right now, and I'd be happy to try and answer your questions.

Cheapest housing options are probably the co-ops - I think they're officially called housing cooperatives or something. Examples are like Kloin, Kingman, Casa Zimbabwe, so try looking for those in google. But these are where the craziest parties and a lot of weird things happen on a regular basis - if that's not what you want, you really should probably just look to rent a single room or find people to get an apartment with. If that's still okay with you, you need to sign up for it in advance - there's usually a waitlist for getting in.

A typical 2 bedroom apartment costs about $2400 a month here, which is usually split 4 ways to about $600 a person - then add gas, internet etc ===> ~$700 a month is about average here. A studio apartment costs in the $1000+ range, so it's sort of an expensive option, but you will have the place to yourself. Another option is the International House, which is basically a dormitory for international students. I don't know the exact prices (probably more than apartments for sure), but you have food/dining options so you don't have to cook, and there will also be around a lot of other people who aren't from the US, so it should definitely be easier to make friends here.

You can also try looking on Craigslist - google "Craigslist San Fransisco" and go to that website, and click the Eby (East Bay) option. People post housing/apartment openings here, so if you're okay living with a random person, this is not a bad way to go.

Summer life in general is definitely less crowded than during the school year, but there are still a good number of people around for summer school and research/work etc. You can definitely find things to do. As for must do activities - in Berkeley itself, there's not all that much stuff, but off the top of my head, I'd say: hike up the Fire Trails, go to Tilden Park, eat at Cheeseboard and a lot of other food places, go to the Marina. For shopping and sight seeing and definitely for night life, you should go to San Fransisco - it's a 30 minute subway ride away and there are a lot of things to do there from food to shopping to sight seeing to clubbing and bar hopping.

That's all that I can think of now. I'll try to keep looking at this thread if you have any more questions. Feel free to PM me too
Dante08
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Singapore4126 Posts
February 19 2013 03:24 GMT
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Hey there, I was looking at the housing options and the coops seem like a really nice place to make friends and have fun. I can save around 1k+ usd compared to ihouse so I dont mind the weird stuff happening I'll keep a lookout at craigslist as well.

And hows the food in Berkeley? Thanks for the reply, I'll keep the activities you listen in mind and pm you for more questions!!

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