University of California Berkeley

Colin Aleshire

Location and History

Founded in 1868

Located in Berkeley, 15 miles from San Francisco

Public, Coed

1,232 Acre Campus

Urban area, considered a small city with Berkeley’s population at 102,743

25,774 Undergraduates, 52.9% Female and 47.1% Male

Academic Structure

Semester System

1,579 Faculty teaching undergraduates full-time

Student to faculty ratio is 17:1 with 63.4% of classes with fewer that 20 students

The most popular majors include: Social Sciences, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Engineering, Business, Management, Marketing, Related Support Services, and Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies.

Admissions Information

Average GPA: 3.84

Average SAT Math 630-770, Critical Reading 590-720, Writing 620-750

Average ACT 27-33

No letters of recommendation required, UC essay prompts 1 and 2 are required

Application due November 30

They do not offer Early Action or Early Decision, financial aid is not a part of the admission process

Admissions Information

Annual Tuition: In-state $12,864

Room and Board: $15,180

Books and Supplies: $1,226

Other Expenses: $4,050

Application for financial aid final deadline is March 2

Campus Environment and activities

Student Activities include clubs like choral groups, concert band, dance, drama theatre, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, music ensembles, music theatre, radio station, student government, student newspaper, student film society, symphony orchestra, television station, and yearbook.

Sports

NCAA Division 1 and competes in the Pac-12 Conference

Division 1 sports being baseball, basketball, diving, field hockey, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo, rugby, and other sports.

Intramural Sports include basketball, soccer, softball, tennis, ultimate Frisbee, and volleyball.

Greek Life

Four diverse councils: Interfraternity Council (IFC), Multi-Cultural Greek Council (MSGC), National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC), and the PanHellenic Council (PHC).

IFC is the Men’s organization, Fall Rush week August 29- September 4, 2014

MCGC and the NPHC are both men’s and women’s organizations that require direct contact as their recruitment method.

PHC is the women’s organization, Fall Formal Recruitment August 29-September 3, 2014

Housing and Dorm arrangements

College offers housing to students

Offers coed dorms, women’s dorms, men’s dorms, married student apartments, single student apartments, disabled student housing, fraternity/sorority housing, and cooperative housing

Freshman are guaranteed housing

74% of students live off campus

There is assistance available for locating off-campus housing.

No housing requirements

Typical Weather, Atmosphere etc.

45.8 average low temperature in January, 68.7 average high temperature in September

About 68 rainy days a year

Other Fun Facts

UC Berkeley has a long running rivalry with Stanford University. Each football season the winner of the big game gets the Stanford Axe.

Twenty of Berkeley’s professors have won Nobel Prizes.

Mascot: Oski

Colors: Blue and Gold

References

http://www.collegeresults.org/collegeprofile.aspx?institutionid=110635

http://www.collegedata.com/cs/data/college/college_pg01_tmpl.jhtml?schoolId=1090

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-california-berkeley-1312/academics

https://www.unigo.com/colleges/university-of-california-berkeley

http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=&s=all&id=110635#sports

http://lead.berkeley.edu/greek/recruitment

http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/The-Gold-and-Blue-UC-Berkeley-269884.html