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| Cal Opportunity Scholarship | $10,000 | ||||
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University of California-Berkeley
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University of California-Berkeley Profile
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- Setting
- Mid-size city
- Enrollment
- 28,094
- Full time
- 26,597
- Part time
- 1,497
- Men full time
- 12,263
- Women full time
- 14,334
Mission Statement
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University of California-Berkeley More Information
- Type of School
- Four or more years , Public
- Religious affiliation
- None
- Highest degree offered
- Doctoral and First-professional
- Calendar
- Semester
- Distance learning opportunities
- No
University of California-Berkeley Diversity
- American Indian/Alaskan Native
- 1%
- Asian/Pacific Islander
- 41%
- Black/Non-Hispanic
- 4%
- Hispanic
- 11%
- White/Non-Hispanic
- 31%
- Non-Resident Alien
- 3%
- Race/ethnicity unknown
- 9%
Enrollment statistics are for a 12-month period as of 2007.
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University of California-Berkeley Admission Basics
- Admissions office phone number
- -
- Open admission policy
- No
- Undergraduate Application fee
- $60
- Applied
- 41,796
- Admitted
- 9,932
- Enrolled
- 4,157
- Admitted %
- 24%
University of California-Berkeley Admission factors
- Admission test scores
- Required
- Secondary school GPA
- Required
- Secondary school rank
- Neither required nor recommended
- Secondary school record
- Required
- TOEFL
- Recommended
- Completion of college preparatory program
- Required
- Recommendations
- Neither required nor recommended
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- Neither required nor recommended
University of California-Berkeley Admission statistics
- Students submitting SAT
- 98%
- SAT 1 Verbal 25th percentile score
- 580
- SAT 1 Verbal 75th percentile score
- 710
- SAT 1 Math 25th percentile score
- 620
- SAT 1 Math 75th percentile score
- 740
- Students submitting ACT
- 26%
- ACT Composite 25th percentile score
- 23
- ACT Composite 75th percentile score
- 30
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University of California-Berkeley Cost
- In-State Tuition, Full-time Undergraduates
- $7,165
- Out-of-state Tuition, Full-time Undergraduates
- $26,785
- Books and Supplies
- $1,234
- On-campus room and board
- $13,848
- Off-campus room and board
- $9,340
University of California-Berkeley Financial Aid
- Students Receiving Aid
- 61%
- Receiving Federal Grants
- 30% , $3,768 on average
- Receiving Institutional Aid
- 53% , $7,708 on average
- Receiving Student Loans
- 31% , $4,004 on average
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University of California-Berkeley Programs & Majors
Graduates in 2007/2008 academic year.
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Agricultural Economics 0 6 13 Range Science and Management 0 2 0 Architecture and Related Services Bachelor Master Doctorate Architecture 161 41 3 City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 0 53 12 Landscape Architecture 9 23 0 Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate African-American/Black Studies 10 3 3 American Indian/Native American Studies 3 0 0 American/United States Studies/Civilization 83 0 0 Asian Studies/Civilization 21 5 0 Asian-American Studies 11 0 0 Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other 51 5 3 Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 14 0 0 Latin American Studies 18 10 0 Near and Middle Eastern Studies 9 2 4 Women's Studies 7 0 0 Biological and Biomedical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Biochemistry 0 0 4 Biology/Biological Sciences, General 215 2 18 Biophysics 0 0 9 Biostatistics 0 2 5 Botany/Plant Biology 15 1 5 Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 562 8 42 Endocrinology 0 3 2 Epidemiology 0 2 6 Microbiological Sciences and Immunology, Other 0 0 2 Microbiology, General 39 0 9 Toxicology 21 1 4 Vision Science/Physiological Optics 0 3 7 Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services Bachelor Master Doctorate Business Administration and Management, General 374 555 14 Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other 0 63 0 Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Bachelor Master Doctorate Journalism 0 55 0 Mass Communication/Media Studies 219 0 0 Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services Bachelor Master Doctorate Computer Science 80 26 35 Information Science/Studies 0 31 0 Education Bachelor Master Doctorate Education, General 0 123 24 Education, Other 0 0 1 Educational Leadership and Administration, General 0 0 2 Special Education and Teaching, General 0 0 2 Engineering Bachelor Master Doctorate Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering 3 0 0 Biomedical/Medical Engineering 78 3 18 Chemical Engineering 92 12 26 Civil Engineering, General 106 179 28 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 222 42 52 Engineering Physics 10 0 0 Engineering, Other 0 0 4 Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 3 0 0 Materials Science 25 12 15 Mechanical Engineering 173 63 48 Nuclear Engineering 10 14 13 Operations Research 36 25 0 English Language and Literature/Letters Bachelor Master Doctorate English Language and Literature, General 353 4 13 Speech and Rhetorical Studies 56 7 5 Foreign languages, literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor Master Doctorate Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature 1 0 0 Celtic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 3 0 0 Chinese Language and Literature 8 1 0 Comparative Literature 33 1 4 Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 12 5 3 French Language and Literature 22 6 4 German Language and Literature 16 7 4 Italian Language and Literature 10 2 5 Japanese Language and Literature 18 1 0 Latin Language and Literature 2 0 0 Linguistics 43 9 4 Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 10 0 0 Scandinavian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 3 0 1 Spanish Language and Literature 33 6 5 Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Environmental Health 0 6 1 Health/Health Care Administration/Management 0 0 3 Optometry 0 0 0 Public Health, General 81 154 8 History Bachelor Master Doctorate History, General 217 16 19 Legal Professions and Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate Advanced Legal Research/Studies, General 0 83 8 Law 0 0 0 Legal Professions and Studies, Other 0 5 5 Mathematics and Statistics Bachelor Master Doctorate Applied Mathematics 95 0 4 Mathematics, General 59 11 20 Statistics, General 31 17 5 Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology 21 3 2 Cognitive Science 51 0 0 International/Global Studies 0 8 0 Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 154 18 6 Neuroscience 0 0 6 Nutrition Sciences 71 3 0 Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution 48 0 0 Natural Resources and Conservation Bachelor Master Doctorate Environmental Science 42 0 0 Environmental Studies 76 4 27 Forest Management/Forest Resources Management 13 0 0 Forestry, General 0 2 0 Natural Resources/Conservation, General 72 0 0 Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology 0 0 1 Philosophy and Religious Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate Buddhist Studies 0 0 2 Jewish/Judaic Studies 0 0 1 Logic 0 0 3 Philosophy 78 0 5 Religion/Religious Studies 19 0 0 Physical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Astrophysics 27 3 9 Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General 2 0 0 Chemistry, General 75 14 75 Chemistry, Other 72 0 0 Geology/Earth Science, General 6 1 6 Geophysics and Seismology 6 0 0 Oceanography, Chemical and Physical 2 0 0 Physical Sciences 4 0 0 Physics, General 34 20 27 Psychology Bachelor Master Doctorate Psychology, General 326 10 14 Public Administration and Social Service Professions Bachelor Master Doctorate Public Policy Analysis 0 65 1 Social Work 97 92 9 Social Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Anthropology 139 6 14 Anthropology, Other 0 0 3 Demography and Population Studies 0 7 1 Economics, General 434 13 35 Geography 28 1 12 Political Science and Government, General 399 28 21 Social Sciences, Other 223 1 3 Sociology 177 12 16 Urban Studies/Affairs 18 0 0 Visual and Performing Arts Bachelor Master Doctorate Art History, Criticism and Conservation 80 0 5 Art/Art Studies, General 103 6 0 Dance, General 4 0 0 Design and Visual Communications, General 0 2 0 Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 30 2 3 Film/Cinema Studies 50 0 0 Music, General 34 7 5 -
University of California-Berkeley Deadlines
- Early decision deadline
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- Early action deadline
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- College will notify student of early decision by
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- College will notify student of early action by
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- Priority application deadline
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- Financial aid priority deadline
- -
- Regular application deadline
- Nov 30th
- Fall application deadline
- Nov 30th
- SAT Reasoning / ACT scores due
- Dec 31st
- SAT Subject score report due
- Dec 31st
- Financial aid deadline
- Mar 2nd
- Transfer priority application deadline
- -
- Transfer priority financial aid deadline
- -
- Transfer application closing date
- Nov 30th
- Transfer deadline for filing financial aid forms
- Mar 2nd
- College will notify student by
- Mar 31st
- College will notify student of transfer decision by
- Apr 30th
- College will notify student of financial aid decisions on or about
- Apr 15th
- Student must reply to acceptance by
- May 1st
- Student must reply to financial aid decision by
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- Deadline for housing deposit
- May 25th
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University of California-Berkeley Admin Settings
- College Profile Override
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- Application Link
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- Scholarship Calculator Link
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- Facebook Link
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- Twitter Username
- -
- Virtual Tour Link
- http://berkeley.edu/tour/
- Enable Regional Events
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- Next Connect Link Url
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- Next Connect Link Text
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- Next Connect Description
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University of California-Berkeley Sports
- National Collegiate Athletic Association Membership
- Member of National Collegiate Athletic Association
- Football program
- Yes
- Basketball program
- Yes
- Baseball program
- Yes
- Cross country/track program
- Yes
University of California-Berkeley Military Programs
- ROTC
- Yes
- Army
- Yes
- Navy
- Yes
- Air Force
- Yes
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Karina from Los Angeles, CA
Whatever you're into, you'll find it here. Cal has all sorts of sports to participate in: basketball, football, soccer, baseball, rugby, ultimate frisbee, and a bunch more. There are fraternities and sororities, religious groups, service clubs,… more read full review
Whatever you're into, you'll find it here. Cal has all sorts of sports to participate in: basketball, football, soccer, baseball, rugby, ultimate frisbee, and a bunch more. There are fraternities and sororities, religious groups, service clubs, career clubs, and musical groups. I personally have been having a blast as a member of the Cal Band. If you'd rather be a spectator, you can listen to choirs, jazz and rock bands performing on Sproul any day of the week. Zellerbach Hall on campus has hosted world-renowned musicians and dance companies. And the bay area is home to loads of music and dance clubs. Don't forget to play tourist in San Francisco! read full review
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Emily from San Diego, CA
There are so many great things to know about Berkeley that you will experience on your own, but here is just a few things:<br/>- Your professors care about you. If you are unsure about things, be sure to go to their office hours and ask questions!… more read full review
There are so many great things to know about Berkeley that you will experience on your own, but here is just a few things:
- Your professors care about you. If you are unsure about things, be sure to go to their office hours and ask questions! You will stand out AND know the material better. Also, your professors are usually bored out of their minds in office hours. They HAVE to be there and no one ever walks in for help.
- Berkeley is its own culture so there are certain abbreviations and slang that you will discover around the school. Asian Ghetto, Gourmet Ghetto, CARS, and VLSB are just a few to name. But you will catch on fast so no worries there.
- When going to student orientation, they will have you pick your first round of classes. At Berkeley, we call class-picking Telebears. You do everything on-line. There are 2 phases, Phase I and Phase II (simple). In each phase, you get an appointment time to pick your classes. Always make sure you know what classes you want to sign up for first because you are competing against other students to get into the good ones. REMEMBER TO PICK DISCUSSION SECTION TIMES TOO and factor them into your schedule. These are supplemental classes to lecture that you must attend and they are usually taught by graduate students.
- Even if you are on a waiting list, you probably still have a pretty good chance of getting in (especially if its a class of 500 - 600 students)
- Comegetused.com and Pickaprof.com will probably be your best friends when the new semester comes around. Many people don't know about them but they're very beneficial. Comegetused.com is only for Berkeley students and you can buy books from students who were in the same class in the past. You can usually save about 50% off of your books and the other student could probably make more than if they were selling their books back to the school. It will save a ton of money when you have books that cost over $100. Next is pickaprof.com. It's a lot like ratemyprofessor.com but this website gives grade distributions of the professor's class in the past. You can see which professors are the most difficult to pass and which classes turn out to be fun and easy.
- Try the Berkeley food. I have a few favorites. La Burrita is usually open until 2 or 3 AM. Really helps with a Mexican food fix. I love the burritos and they are very affordable. Thai Noodle is delicious for Thai food. Thai Noodle II is on Telegraph. I go there so much that the waitresses know who I am. Cheeseboard and Gregoire's are both on North Side. Cheeseboard is ALWAYS busy because they make the best pizza and they only make one kind a day. Greogoire's makes these delicious appetizers called potato puffs. Those are just a few examples of places you MUST go!
- Lastly, if you aren't living in the dorms your sophomore year, you have to start looking early in the Spring semester for a place that you want to be. Craiglist is probably the right place to start. Rent in Berkeley is not cheap so anything around $600-$700 a month is a pretty great price. So grab the friends you want to live with and start looking in end of March/early April! read full review
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