I went to the University of Virginia, which is pretty much the East Coast version of Berkeley. The unofficial motto is "Study hard, party hard" - you are expected to get good grades AND drink yourself silly 3 nights a week. I wasn't into that culture, but I definitely had that kind of free time. #1 skill for an English degree: Learn to write academic papers at 3 pages per hour.jonnosferatu said:UC Berkeley, BioEngineering major.
It sounds impressive to a lot of people, but frankly, the quality of students here is kinda depressing. It might just be that I have high standards, but I can't help but feel as though I'm still surrounded by the same idiots I've been dealing with for much of my life (doesn't help that the idiots for the first 18.9 years also tended away from public drunkenness - I'll probably have a much more positive impression as soon as I move out of the residence halls).