University of California:

BerkeleyFariha Patel

Period 5

AVID

Fast FactsSetting: Urban

Small city (50,000 - 249,999)

Residential campus

UC Berkeley has a campus size of 1,232 acres.

The City of Berkeley highlighted

within Alameda County.

Fast Facts(continued)

Berkeley was the first UC. UC Berkeley uses the semester system.25 alumni have won a Nobel Prize. Berkeley’s mascot is a bear named Oski.The school colors are blue and gold.25.6% of applicants are accepted.Degrees offered are Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral.

California

Residents

Non-CA, US

Residents

International

Students

Applicants 38,443 7,189 4,750

Admitted 9,495 2,468 1,044

(% Admitted)

(24.7%) (34.3%) (22%)

Enrolled  4,033 696 524

Students that were admitted had…

SAT Reasoning Test Scores

(25th % 75th percentiles)

Reading:  620-740Math:  650-770

Writing:  640-750Average Score: 2031

Average Unweighted GPA

 3.93

Average Weighted GPA  4.39

Student InformationStudent Population:

Approximately 35,838 students

American Indian/Native Alaskan <1%

250

Asian/ Asian American/ Pacific Islander

42%

13, 164

Black/ Non-Hispanic 3% 1, 203Hispanic 11

%3, 745

White/ Non-Hispanic 30%

11, 900

Non-Resident Alien 8% 574Not Reported 6% 2449

Berkeley has a diverse student body.

HousingHousing options:• Coed Housing• Men's Housing• Women's Housing• Apartments For Married Students• Apartments For Single Students• Cooperative Housing• Fraternity/Sorority Housing• Special Housing For Disabled Students• Special Housing For International

Students

Housing (continued)

The different halls available for housing are:

Clark Kerr CampusFoothillBowlesSternUnit 1Unit 2Wada Apartments (off campus)Unit 3Channing-Bowditch Apartments (off campus)

Campus LifeThere are many different clubs and organizations for students to join.

Choral groups

Concert band

Dance

Drama

Film society

Fraternities

International students

Jazz band

Radio station

There are many sports students can join.

The following are only a few of the many.

Badminton

BaseballTennisVolleyball

Softball

Soccer

Raquetball

Lacrosse

Ice Hockey

Football

Bowling

Fencing

Water Polo

Golf

Handball

Basketball

ArtSome courses available for students to take are:

Introduction to Visual Thinking

The Language of Drawing

The Language of Painting

The Language of Sculpture

The Language of Print Making

Digital Media Foundation

Common Student Profile

A common student would be:

an Asian.

a female.

majoring in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

ExpensesLiving on-

campusLiving

at home

Commuting, not living at home

In-state tuition and fees: $12,462 $12,462 $12,462

Out-of-state tuition and fees: $35,341 $35,341 $35,341

Room and board: $15,308 $4,356 $10,304

Books and supplies: $1,314 $1,314 $1,314

Estimated personal expenses: $1,344 $1,868 $1,484

Transportation expense: $618 $1,960 $1,038

Berkeley is known for…UC Berkeley is at or near the top in recent rankings of universities in the U.S. and the world. The Berkeley English Ph.D. program has been ranked the top graduate English program in the country.Other highly ranked graduate programs: 

Haas School of BusinessGraduate School of EducationCollege of EngineeringSchool of LawSchool of Social WelfareSchool of Public HealthGoldman School of Public Policy

Contact InformationMain Address

110 Sproul Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-5800

(510) 642-6000 www.berkeley.edu

The EndQuestions?