Warming Up 回 UC Berkeley's campus,also known as Cal,is a lush 1,232 acres,surrounded by wooded,rolling hills.Several campus buildings have views of the San Francisco Bay,and the campus grounds are adorned with streams,abundant trees, hills,and lawns.This is 4.0 Hill,and rumor has it that if you roll down this hill at the beginning of the semester and your professors see you,you'll get straight A's.Close to 35,000 students are enrolled at UC Berkeley.About 23,000 are undergraduates,and while most are Californians,every state and more than 100 foreign countries are represented on campus.There is no single ethnic majority here.Fifty- four percent of undergraduates are women,while 55%of graduate students are men. More
UC Berkeley's campus, also known as Cal, is a lush 1,232 acres, surrounded by wooded, rolling hills. Several campus buildings have views of the San Francisco Bay, and the campus grounds are adorned with streams, abundant trees, hills, and lawns. This is 4.0 Hill, and rumor has it that if you roll down this hill at the beginning of the semester and your professors see you, you'll get straight A's. Close to 35,000 students are enrolled at UC Berkeley. About 23,000 are undergraduates, and while most are Californians, every state and more than 100 foreign countries are represented on campus. There is no single ethnic majority here. Fiftyfour percent of undergraduates are women, while 55% of graduate students are men. Warming Up
Warming Up O回 Dreaming of spending your four years at UC Berkeley?SAT or ACT scores are required,in addition to a minimum GPA of 3.0 for Californian residents and a 3.4 or higher for nonresidents.Ninety- four percent of first-time freshmen students at UC Berkeley hold a GPA of 3.75 or higher.What's important to us is that students are well-rounded,that students have done something with their lives outside of the classroom that is meaningful,that has made a difference,that shows leadership,community service,and a passion toward mankind.Yearly fees at UC Berkeley are just under $9,000 for all students.In addition,nonresidents pay around $21,000 in tuition,bringing their total to about $29,000.Room and board on campus runs close to $14,000,plus additional fees for selected residence halls.Over 85%of our students are on some form of financial aid.Over a third of our students are on some form of Pell Grant,because over a third of our students have incom less than $40,000 a year. More
Dreaming of spending your four years at UC Berkeley? SAT or ACT scores are required, in addition to a minimum GPA of 3.0 for Californian residents and a 3.4 or higher for nonresidents. Ninetyfour percent of first-time freshmen students at UC Berkeley hold a GPA of 3.75 or higher. What's important to us is that students are well-rounded, that students have done something with their lives outside of the classroom that is meaningful, that has made a difference, that shows leadership, community service, and a passion toward mankind. Yearly fees at UC Berkeley are just under $9,000 for all students. In addition, nonresidents pay around $21,000 in tuition, bringing their total to about $29,000. Room and board on campus runs close to $14,000, plus additional fees for selected residence halls. Over 85% of our students are on some form of financial aid. Over a third of our students are on some form of Pell Grant, because over a third of our students have incomes of less than $40,000 a year. Warming Up
Warming Up UC Berkeley has more than 1,900 highly acclaimed faculty members,and many,including Nobel Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners,have received the top honors in their field.In 1941,right here on campus,two Berkeley professors discovered plutonium and nine of the elements,including Berkelium in California.With so many bright minds,the university's motto,Fiat Lux,or "Let there be light,"is totally fitting.Berkeley's Cal Bear teams are a member of the Division I Pac-Ten conference. The University also offers a full range of men's and women's intercollegiate sports.One of my favorite cheers is one we do with the alumni,because all the students sit together and then all the alumni sit together across the stadium from each other. More
UC Berkeley has more than 1,900 highly acclaimed faculty members, and many, including Nobel Laureates and Pulitzer Prize winners, have received the top honors in their field. In 1941, right here on campus, two Berkeley professors discovered plutonium and nine of the elements, including Berkelium in California. With so many bright minds, the university's motto, Fiat Lux, or "Let there be light," is totally fitting. Berkeley's Cal Bear teams are a member of the Division I Pac-Ten conference. The University also offers a full range of men's and women's intercollegiate sports. One of my favorite cheers is one we do with the alumni, because all the students sit together and then all the alumni sit together across the stadium from each other. Warming Up
Warming Up a回 So the students will start chanting,"Go!"And the alumni will chant back,"Bears!"And so by the end of the cheer,the entire stadium is echoing with this,"Go Bears!"And it's just a really great feeling of community and spirit. You have a wide variety of housing choices at Berkeley. If you're a new student,you're guaranteed space if you meet the application deadline.And students that live in one of the theme houses get the best of residential living combined with a particular academic or cultural focus. More
So the students will start chanting, "Go!" And the alumni will chant back, "Bears!" And so by the end of the cheer, the entire stadium is echoing with this, "Go Bears!" And it's just a really great feeling of community and spirit. You have a wide variety of housing choices at Berkeley. If you're a new student, you're guaranteed space if you meet the application deadline. And students that live in one of the theme houses get the best of residential living combined with a particular academic or cultural focus. Warming Up
Warming Up Berkeley students are taught to look at the world as how it ought to be instead of how it is or how it was.If you wanted to look up one word that defines what it is to be a Berkeley alum or to be a Berkeley student or to be a Berkeley faculty,it is the passion.Did you know that UC Berkeley is the only school in the country to have produced more than 3,000 Peace Corps volunteers since the organization began in 1961?So if you're planning to help build a better future and need the tool set to make it happen,UC Berkeley's got your name.Thanks for checking Berkeley out with us.I'm Levon.And I'm Chloe from University TV,and we'll see you soon.Go Bears! End
Berkeley students are taught to look at the world as how it ought to be instead of how it is or how it was. If you wanted to look up one word that defines what it is to be a Berkeley alum or to be a Berkeley student or to be a Berkeley faculty, it is the passion. Did you know that UC Berkeley is the only school in the country to have produced more than 3,000 Peace Corps volunteers since the organization began in 1961? So if you're planning to help build a better future and need the tool set to make it happen, UC Berkeley's got your name. Thanks for checking Berkeley out with us. I'm Levon. And I'm Chloe from University TV, and we'll see you soon. Go Bears! Warming Up