University of California, Berkeley

The public research university of great prestige was ranked the 4th best in the world in 2011. Visit the grounds which several Nobel laureates came from.

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The Visitor Center is open 8:30 am-4:30 pm
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HaZe1071 2018-03-29

I'm a white male and neither liberal nor conservative. I've never been offended or something like that. It frightens me a lot how people trying to make this place bad only because of their political attitude. Please be smart and draw your own conclusions! Don't be unsettled by those stupid reviews!
Evan Schwartz 2018-03-13

Berkeley is a difficult place. There is undeniably an impersonal, cut-throat atmosphere in most classes, particularly the larger ones (so, again, most of them). Students are primarily preoccupied with their phones and laptops rather than with their peers and lecturers. Additionally, clubs are competitive to gain entrance into, so simply putting yourself "out there" isn't a guarantee of social acceptance. In humanities courses, B-grades are mostly manageable, whereas A's typically take effort; in STEM, it's probably more difficult to maintain a reasonable GPA. With all that said, having taken a handful of interesting courses so far, I do feel mentally stimulated here, and there are definitely lots of things to do, beyond the standard drinking/partying college culture (hiking, sailing, kayaking; going out to eat; going to the movies; going to the city; etc.). However, it is finding the people here to do them with, and the time to do them, that are the limiting factors.
Alice Wu 2018-02-03

I was here from August 2011 till May 2015 for my Applied Mathematics undergrad degree. This is a great university for all STEM related majors. You meet all sorts of people here, and the political scene is pretty active(one major protest every year that makes national news+people talking about issues and taking action in everyday life). Social life tends to revolve around frats if you are under 21, or if it is Cal Day or rush week. Otherwise, you are near SF and Oakland which have better choice of scenes than Berkeley. People are very tolerant and accepting of your views if you agree with them. The republican club advertises themselves as "the counterculture" and that is a fairly accurate self description. Berkeley is a beautiful city with great views in the trails. I will never forget the time I spent here, and met many lifelong friends.
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