UC BERKELEY By Mitchell Turner Size Of School •UC Berkeley is located on 200 acres near San Francisco, CA •Urban environment •25,530 undergrads as of 2009 •10,313 grad students as of 2009 •53% male and 47% female undergrad population •55% male and 45% female grad population •Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.1 to 1 Popular Majors •Electrical Engineering and Computer Science •Political Science •Molecular and Cell Biology •Environmental Science, Policy and Management •Economics SAT/ACT Averages •SAT Critical Reading: 580 / 700 •SAT Math: 620 / 700 •SAT Writing: 600 / 710 •ACT Composite: 25 / 32 •Average GPA: 3.87 Intramural Sports •Basketball •Dodgeball •Flag football •Indoor Soccer •Speed Soccer •Softball •Tennis Ladder •Ultimate •Volleyball Sports Club – Competitive Intramural Sports • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Archery Badminton Ballroom Dancing Baseball Boxing Crew Cycling Equestrian Fencing Figure Skating Gymnastics Hardball Hurling Ice Hockey Lacrosse • • • • • • • • • • Racquetball Roller Hockey Rugby Sailing Soccer Squash Table Tennis Ultimate Volleyball Water Polo School Rankings •UC Berkeley ranked at #22 compared to other national universities by U.S. News •The engineering school at UC Berkeley ranked at #3 by U.S. News •4 teachers have had a Pulitzer Prize, while 8 teachers have had a Nobel Prize Greek Life •There are currently 19 sororities on campus. •There are currently 38 fraternities on campus. •There are 2 co-ed professional fraternities on campus. Extracurricular Activities • Argentine Tango Club • Asians on Stage By Any Means Necessary Club • Dancing Rice! Club • elecTONIC Club, Fashion Club • Martial Arts Cinema Club • Korean Rock Music Club • Cheese and Bread Conspiracy • Butt Out! (non-smoking) • Folklore Roundtable • Portuguese Club • Art Of Living • CalSol (build solarpowered cars) • Breakfast Club • Canasta Club • DeCadence (a’capella club) • University Gospel Chorus • FeelGood (free healthy grilled cheese) • Pokemon Club • Quidditch League • Random Club Off-Campus Fun! •Clif Bar Headquarters •Tony Award-winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre (famous show: premiere of Green Day’s American Idiot) •Amoeba Music Store (original location) •Telegraph Avenue (SHOPPING!) •Berkeley Jazz Festival at the Greek Theatre •Chez Panisse, restaurant that is the “home” of Californian culture •Caffe Mediterraneum, where the late was created. •20 minutes from San Francisco! Even Berkeley Has Britney • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i Sgt1qH5MXg