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Hi, I was just wondering how prestigious Berkeley is. When people ask me where Im going, they get amazed when I say Berkeley, but some others don't think of it so highly. So what comes to your mind when you hear Berkeley?

By Ilcapo (Ilcapo) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 02:15 am: Edit

hippies

By Sarasote (Sarasote) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 02:19 am: Edit

haha amen to ilcapo

i think of tree huggers

By Zevdebee (Zevdebee) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 02:24 am: Edit

intelligent hippies

By Bluestar86 (Bluestar86) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 03:14 am: Edit

no, no. berkeley is a highly prestigious institution. you really shouldnt be worried about the reactions of others.. i mean, you're going to BERKELEY.

By Tlaktan (Tlaktan) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 03:14 am: Edit

Cramped.

By Kinshasa (Kinshasa) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 03:21 am: Edit

Beserkeley is one nickname

By Westladude24 (Westladude24) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 03:39 am: Edit

Lots of Asians!

By Howdydoody (Howdydoody) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 03:57 am: Edit

Stanford-reject school

By Jeffman85 (Jeffman85) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 04:08 am: Edit

a great education---and culture

By Alpinesun (Alpinesun) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 04:12 am: Edit

"eh.." comes to mind..

By Kk19131 (Kk19131) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 04:16 am: Edit

Invasion of Asians !!!!!!!!!!!

By Mosquito86 (Mosquito86) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 04:20 am: Edit

A lot of excitement and culture. That campus is just buzzing w/ activity.

Berkeley is a great institution. Obviously, you worked hard in high school and have done well.

By Allena (Allena) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 04:52 am: Edit

Hippies comes to mind...

However a second later a great school with great acidemics also pops in there.

By Khoa019 (Khoa019) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 04:54 am: Edit

ghetto neighborhood./

By Madelinemay11 (Madelinemay11) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 05:07 am: Edit

A school that used to be great...

By Foreignboy (Foreignboy) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 05:19 am: Edit

She bangs! She bangs!

By Clipper (Clipper) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 08:23 am: Edit

As a parent and much older than you guys - I think of druggies and hippies bc that was their mark of distinction in the 70's.

By Noodleman (Noodleman) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 08:44 am: Edit

You must be older to realize that there is a difference between druggies and hippies! As I'm sure you know, the hippie movement grew out of the "beat" movement and was political and intellectual in nature. The drugs kinda killed the whole thing.

Oh well.

Today's lame excuse for hippies can generally be found outside of Phish shows doing nitrous oxide and protesting showers. Then they go back to their cushy little suburban McMansions and act sullen and misunderstood while downloading contraband Grateful Dead tracks into their I-pods.

Gee! That was a rant, wasn't it!

I just get irritated that the concept of "social conscience" has become so lost in commercialism and navel-gazing.

Frickin MTV.

Oh. What do I think of when I hear Berkeley?

"Good school," I guess.

By Barrons (Barrons) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 11:28 am: Edit

The Graduate

By Clipper (Clipper) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:09 pm: Edit

I guess I should be old enough to know the difference between hippies and druggies but I was raised in a conservative east coast household that supported the war etc so when my mother would talk she would make disparaging remarks about the druggies and hippies on the west coast (not that there weren't any on the east coast too). I went to college in the midwest and they were pretty conservative there. The California lifestyle was so foreign to me at the time - still is I guess. LOL
I did not mean to offend anyone - just gave my 70's opinion!

By Angelstar182 (Angelstar182) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:43 pm: Edit

hmmm
asian invasion
william hung
milk and cereal boys
hippies
liberals
stanford-rejects
serious competition
very bright individuals
free speech
beauuuutiffull campus

By Sluggbugg (Sluggbugg) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 12:58 pm: Edit

Hard work. Great home football -- GO BEARS. Superb outdoor concerts at the Greek Theater. What are you younglings talking about re: hippies and ghetto?? Hippies don't work their butts off, and that's what you have to do at Cal. Real hippies were long gone by the time I got there in 1978. There was a naked guy... and a guy who lobbed tampons out of one of the big urns at Sather Gate (I believe it was a political statement of some kind), but nope, no hippies. For tree huggers, you have to go up the Coast. Lots of forest folk up there, but not in Berkeley. There are more Starbucks and furniture stores in Berkeley than there are trees. Ghetto?? Are you kidding? Telegraph Ave has some of the most expensive stores & businesses in the Bay Area. The area around the university is urban, some call it grungy chic, but not ghetto. Good rant, Noodleman. McMansions...heh, heh.

By Ticklemepink (Ticklemepink) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 01:25 pm: Edit

I speak for my grandma who lives in SF- "Berzerk" because she heard from her friends that it's supposedy a wild and crazy place. Our translation for today is... LIBERALS!

My dad: "Great school!!!"

Me: Stanford-Cal games

By Fonzie (Fonzie) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 01:33 pm: Edit

William Hung
#1 public univ

and I'm from Indiana. However, others... might not know of it

By Noodleman (Noodleman) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 01:56 pm: Edit

Clipper! I wasn't yelling at you. I was just adding my .02 to your post. I thought you were drawing a dichotomy. No offense meant whatsoever!

-Misanthropic noodleman before his coffee

By Macadamiamin (Macadamiamin) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 02:21 pm: Edit

Best public school. Former hippy liberal school.

Yes, it's very prestigious.

By Bunmushroom (Bunmushroom) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 02:21 pm: Edit

crazy liberals, then good academics

By Noodleman (Noodleman) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 02:23 pm: Edit

Ahem. UVA = best public school. Grrrrrrr!

By Glowingamy (Glowingamy) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 03:22 pm: Edit

"wow, you're going to Berkeley!"

By Chocoman (Chocoman) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 04:01 pm: Edit

Why cant you be closer to me

By Peepilis (Peepilis) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 05:22 pm: Edit

Why do you care what other people think about your school? Grow up and figure out what's important in life.

By Alpinesun (Alpinesun) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 05:30 pm: Edit

then stop checking this board peepi

By Coeurdoux (Coeurdoux) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 08:11 pm: Edit

William Hung "She bangs, she bangs!" lol..

By Collegeboarders (Collegeboarders) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 08:58 pm: Edit

Berkeley ==> wow.

the top public university.

By Clipper (Clipper) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 09:11 pm: Edit

Noodle - where are you going? UVA or Cornell!!

By Xfro_Girl (Xfro_Girl) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 09:28 pm: Edit

i think of telegraph and stores like Zebra or Wicked. But when people say UC berkeley i think of a very nice, high quality school that my mommy went to.

By Xiggi (Xiggi) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 10:53 pm: Edit

Not left enough ...

for all I care, it should be 10 miles more to the West.

By Excusememixed (Excusememixed) on Friday, June 04, 2004 - 11:06 pm: Edit

Hmmm...decline in black admissions

By Roh (Roh) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 12:49 am: Edit

lmao...milk and cereal boys. xD

By Trolley_5204 (Trolley_5204) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 01:46 am: Edit

I. Hippies
II. "The Hill"

By Emo (Emo) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 03:13 am: Edit

what are milk and cereal boys?

By Madameinsanity (Madameinsanity) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 03:27 am: Edit

Really Crappy Food

By Curtisny (Curtisny) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 11:49 am: Edit

i wouldn't consider any state school as something to write home about...

And William Hung got in there...come on

By Princess_Banana (Princess_Banana) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 12:34 pm: Edit

the reaction i usually get:

"isn't that, like, a smart school?"
keep in mind i live in socal

By Tropicanabanana (Tropicanabanana) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 03:05 pm: Edit

best public school in the country

lots of asians

california stereotypes

protesting, left wing professors

By Mosquito86 (Mosquito86) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 04:09 pm: Edit

Curtisny-

"i wouldn't consider any state school as something to write home about...

And William Hung got in there...come on"


Really nice post. You'd be surprised how many people are proud about going to Berkeley and how many parents are proud to send their children there. Do you have any idea how many people I've met that actually believe Berk is a better school than Columbia, Dartmouth, Northwestern, etc. I'm not agreeing or disagreeing, but people think that.

William Hung may be a laughing stock of the nation, but he is an engineering student at Berkeley. Berkeley's engineering program is top notch. He may have been a very good student.

By Curtisny (Curtisny) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 05:26 pm: Edit

the question was "So what comes to your mind when you hear Berkeley?"

what i put was the first thing that came to mind, hotshot...what, did they reject you or something?

By Modestmouse (Modestmouse) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 05:30 pm: Edit

The naked guy... Remember?
Also TTT, but then again, I'm just elitist... Lol.

By Liek0806 (Liek0806) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 05:32 pm: Edit

too many asians.

By Kriskrass (Kriskrass) on Saturday, June 05, 2004 - 05:39 pm: Edit

Curtisny,
Need to really take a look at your attitude, if you have the ability to receive a 4 year degree at any college it is something to write home about.

but for Berkeley I do think of dirty hippies

By Mosquito86 (Mosquito86) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 02:14 am: Edit

Curtisny,

No I wasn't rejected from Berkeley. I guess you are from NY. I believe a lot out of state residents are ignorant about how UCs are viewed upon in California. Berkeley isn't some random state college here. I'm not saying it's a wonderful undergrad institution (it has quite a few flaws), but it certainly has a good reputation all over the world.

By Blacksheep (Blacksheep) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 03:11 am: Edit

yeahhhhhh milk and cereal boys I love them

By Angelstar182 (Angelstar182) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 11:04 am: Edit

for those who are wondering, the milk and cereal boys are two asian freshmen at berkeley (i guess they'll be sophomores in the fall) who made a video about milk and cereal (cheerios to be exact) if you haven't seen it yet, you should here's the link.. I <3 them!!!
http://cal.dioxide.net/media/mandc/

By Foreignboy (Foreignboy) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 11:17 am: Edit

Haha, that's so retarded. Are they the ones singing or is that some recorded song?

By Jer728 (Jer728) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 12:00 pm: Edit

Wow, they should team up with William Hung and make the worst singing trio in recorded history. Also, not only did Hung get into the school, he is studying at, according to US News, the best civil engineering program in the country.

By Angelstar182 (Angelstar182) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 12:53 pm: Edit

isn't william hung like 31 yrs. old? what's he still doing in school anyways?

By Foreignboy (Foreignboy) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 12:58 pm: Edit

Nah, Hung is the normal age for college people. Anyway, the milk and cereal guys aren't really bad. They're just really weird.

By Angelstar182 (Angelstar182) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 01:15 pm: Edit

haha the milk and cereal boys are hilarious and i don't think they were trying to say they're good singers..they were just really, really bored =)

By Smhop (Smhop) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 02:25 pm: Edit

granola eaters. (today)
hippies (years ago)

By Silverstar (Silverstar) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 04:49 pm: Edit

the milk and cereal guys weren't actually singing. The original song is done by "G Love and Special Sauce". And william hung is actually 21 i think. haha. you have to be under 25 to even try out for american idol i believe.

Anyway, when I hear berkeley, I think of "good public law school"

By Majinjou1 (Majinjou1) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 08:20 pm: Edit

I think of all the top scientists that are at Berkeley and came out of Berkely.

By Bluevartouhi (Bluevartouhi) on Sunday, June 06, 2004 - 09:40 pm: Edit

Just fyi for those of you who share in my boredom and lack of anything better to do, they weren't just singing about cheerios... they mentioned a lot of different cereals, like Coco Puffs, and Trix, and Wheaties! They're really funny btw.

By Coolkid04 (Coolkid04) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 01:40 am: Edit

intelligent out-of-state students
random in-state students
asians
stanford haters
big classes
competition
not as good as it's made out to be, but improving because of such implements as the law school's Sandy Cohen Award

By Flopsy (Flopsy) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 01:54 am: Edit

Liberal Asian hippie chemist bears smoking hookahs while yelling "She Bangs! She Bangs!"

By Emo (Emo) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 07:53 pm: Edit

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By Winkalink (Winkalink) on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 08:20 pm: Edit

LSD

By Emo (Emo) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 04:55 pm: Edit

By Gameguy56 (Gameguy56) on Tuesday, June 08, 2004 - 05:27 pm: Edit

Berzerkely

hippies

people's republic

protests

liberalism

weed

and throught it all, a disproval of the commonly held opinion that public schools offer a sub-par education compaired to the Ivy League level privates