False promises and college fantasies
Off the Beat
I saw my friends’ lives like scenes from an early 2000s college movie, the kinds I saw glimpses of in adults’ eyes when they”d tell you, wait for college.
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Making class worthwhile
Transfer Talks
My academic transition to UC Berkeley went smoothly because community college adequately prepared me.
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A few good friends
Transfer Talks
My first year at UC Berkeley has given me the impression that making friends here isn’t as easy as it was in community college. Just living in the vicinity of other students did not mean I was going to have friends.
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It’s just a number
Transfer Talks
I can’t exactly pinpoint what I thought the outcome of attending Santa Barbara City College for all those years would be, yet starting when I was 18, I managed to be enrolled every fall and spring semester at SBCC, varying between part-time and full-time enrollment.
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2 years
Transfer Talks
Community college was supposed to take two years for the average aspiring transfer student. That average wasn’t going to apply to me.
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Mentorship programs to get involved in at UC Berkeley
Being a mentor not only changes the life of your mentee but can also impact your own life. Be the change you had in your life, and guide others to success!
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Movies as community before UC Berkeley
One thing they don’t tell you about community college — and they don’t tell you much about community college — is that it’s lonely in a very specific way.
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Not exactly Gen Z: Here’s one for all the older Bears at Berkeley
Whether you’re a transfer or re-entry student, or even an alum, it can sometimes feel a little alienating to wander around campus among the throng of 18- to 21-year-olds scampering about. In fact, they seem to be getting younger every year (and shorter, for that matter) — oh wait, no, those are
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Transferring out
Community-less College
A shout out during convocation for transfers is not enough to mitigate these feelings of exclusion. The UC Berkeley community, with its rigorous academics, can and should undergo a paradigm shift in how it receives transfer students. This starts at an interpersonal level with each of y’all.
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How one 40-year-old decision starves education
Community-less College
Venture into the realm of financial voodoo and enigmatic budgetary rules, and you’ll find one particular plague upon the K-14 education system: the once widely beloved Proposition 13.
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