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Directions to Berkeley |
Driving directions to UCB: Visit mapquest.com for detailed maps |
Berkeley Lab Directions: This applies to UC Berkeley as well. Has a map of the San Francisco, Berkeley area for a perspective. |
UC Berkeley Campus Map: Rule of thumb – Uphill is East, and water flows toward the bay, which is West. More maps including parking areas |
Public Transportation |
Trip Planner: NEW - Tells what bus/subway to take and when to go from one address to the other. (Enter UC Berkeley as school address ) |
Caltrain : Connects San Francisco - Stanford Univ - San Jose - Gilroy |
Taxis in Berkeley: List of phone numbers. |
BART: Subway system covering the bay area. "Downtown Berkeley" station is closest to campus. |
AC Transit: Bus routes cover Alameda county (includes Oakland, Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville) and Contra Costa county(includes El Cerrito, Richmond and Walnut Creek) |
Housing |
UCB Parents network recommendations : Highly recommended site for students with families. Note the househunting tips. |
UC Berkeley Housing Office: Residence halls (or dormitory), meal plans (UC Berkeley is not known for great dorm food by the way), family student housing, rental listings |
Haasweek : Housing guide with testimonials written by MBA volunteers |
Craigslist.org: Non-commercial online community started in the bay area includes housing postings and classifieds. Very cool site. |
International House: I think this is the BEST place to live your first year if you are new to this country. Small rooms. Mandatory meal plans, but very close to school and it’s a wonderful place to meet new friends. Start applying as early as possible, like in April or May. You need to be a junior and above to apply. |
East Bay Real Estate directory: Contains useful links related to crime stats, school reports and earthquake information |
Homefinders Rentals: Fee based rental listings. Has office near campus. Probably has the largest number of listings. Lots of people recommend this place. NEW Receive $20 OFF when you sign up online with coupon code: W2B or in person by mentioning this site. |
Calrentals: Fee based rental listing service on campus. |
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ucb.market.housing: Newsgroup. Free housing info |
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Rent stabilization board : Berkeley has rent control, unlike other neighboring cities. |
Rental Solutions: These people find housing for you for a pretty big fee. (Under new ownership) |
Apartments.com :The apartments shown here are on the more luxurious side, but if you can afford a car, you might find a reasonable place within 30min driving distance(Hilltop). Has a nice neighborhood map. | LBL Currents: Has a Flea Market section with rentals. Targeted for visiting scholars |
Excite classifieds : Rentals & Roommates -> Apartment & House Rentals | Yahoo Classifieds :
Click on Rental & roommates -> Choose City among Berkeley, Kensington, Albany, El Cerrito, Richmond, Oakland, Emeryville |
Hotels and Motels |
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priceline.com: With a credit card, you are able to reserve hotel rooms and rental cars in the US including Berkeley on the web. Cheap too. |
Accommodations near campus compiled by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
More accommodations from visitberkeley.com |
Summer visitor housing at Stern hall: Operates during the summer only and it’s close to campus, safe and pretty cheap. |
Local guides: Entertainment and Restaurants |
bestofberkeley.com : Lists the best places to do whatever based on votes |
LBL Restaurant guide: List and map of restaurants in the Berkeley area |
Citysearch.com Restaurant guide: My favorite list and map of restaurants in the bay area |
UC Berkeley |
SISS: Services for International Students and Scholars |
Bearfacts: Check your grades, registration and schedule |
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The Daily Californian : Independent student-run newspaper since 1871 |
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Useful sites |
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Weather near Berkeley: Temperature in Fahrenheit and Celcius |
Onelook.com: Online English dictionary search engine |
World Time Zone: Look up the time of any place in the world. |
qixo.com: Searches several travel sites for the cheapest airplane ticket |
babelfish.altavista.com: Offers free translation to and from English |
dialpad.com: Free internet calling( PC to phone) service from anywhere to US, Korea and Japan. |
google.com : Web search engine - Gives the most relevant results from simple keyword searches |
Unit Conversions: Units commonly used in the US are different from the rest of the world. Useful to remember your shoe size, waist, height and weight. |
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