Welcome to Cal! Ask your questions about Cal to current students, who will provide answers. From which classes to take to living life in the dorms, get your questions answered and be prepared for Cal.
Also, don't forget to check out the New Student Welcome Night, as it's a great place to meet other Cal students and kick off the semester. Both AnswerBoard and New Student Welcome Night are sponsored by three Christian fellowship that meet weekly on campus (Koinonia, acts2fellowship and Kairos).
How can I find a campus job? I need money to pay for college.
The best place to go if you have work-study in your financial aid package is http://workstudy.berkeley.edu/. There are all sorts of job listings on there and they generally pay pretty well, from $8/hr to $20/hr, depending on what kind of job.
If you do not have work-study, it i...
What are some differences between the northside and southside of Berkeley?
Northside is quieter, has a little bit better housing, and if you have a lot of engineering classes, is a little closer to your classes. The bad part is it's a little lonely up there especially when all your friends are southside. It also doesn't have that much food to eat, and i...
Where are the best places to study undisturbed?
Wow, you're already looking into this and school hasn't even started! Well you're in luck. Berkeley has twenty eight libraries on campus. The most serious place to study is Mainstacks, a multi-level library which is open 24 hours during finals. If you like a more humble place, you ...
What's a fun and easy class to take at Berkeley?
I took Physics for Future Presidents (L&S C70V) freshman year. All you need to do is wake up (it's at 9:30 usually), walk, and watch the cool displays, and take super easy midterm and final. HW is an email to your GSI every week. Most of the L&S classes are super easy, so I'd recom...
I don't know what to major in right now. How should I plan out my classes for freshman year?
Planning your classes for freshman year can be very overwhelming; I know it certainly was for me, especially because I didn't know what I wanted to major in. A good idea is to narrow down your choices and take common prerequisite courses (classes you need to get into a major). For ...
I was wondering what the difference is between MCB and IB? And if I'm pre-med, do I have to be MCB?
The difference between MCB and IB is that MCB emphasizes biology that's on a smaller scale or as its name dictates, on a Molecular and Cell level. IB, on the other hand, deals more with biology on a large scale such as anatomy, evolution, ecology, etc. So they both emphasize differ...
Where's the best/cheapest place for textbooks? Campus store, or online? What're the benefits?
Comegetused.com is my first stop for buying AND selling textbooks! It's a textbook exchange network between Berkeley students where you can buy your books for a lot less than in the bookstore and sell it back for a more reasonable price too. (Just make sure to meet the seller in a ...
