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Since being admitted to UC Berkeley, I was fixated on being “the” Berkeley student. I was going to replicate my “success” of my community college days while redeeming myself from my failures in high school.
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In a way, I’m stuck, afraid of all the bittersweet decisions I could possibly make — decisions that can sour with regret as fast as the spread of a virus.
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I told him I was attending UC Berkeley, and as I explained my experience as a transfer student, I began to realize that the process of donating blood was surprisingly comparable.
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Founded in August 1999, the UC Berkeley Transfer Student Center is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
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I want to take advantage of all the opportunities and resources we have here at UC Berkeley before I am no longer a student.
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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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When I finally get to hold a diploma in my hand, I will think back to the day that I almost denied myself a chance to graduate from UC Berkeley because of my curves. My body is an empowering part of me, which I embrace with confidence, but it will never define my success!
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In high school, I was a rebel. I ditched class, roamed around at night, ignored my parents’ calls. I drank, I smoked, I took the family car out for joy rides — I did it all. In the quiet suburban neighborhood I grew up in, my behavior was notably frowned
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Somewhere along the path of becoming a mom, I completely and utterly gave up on my appearance. But I gradually realized that this didn’t mean I had given up on investing in myself — far from it. Instead, I’ve changed the attributes that define me.
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Two falls. Two springs. One or two summers. That’s all the time that transfer students have to get everything done as undergraduates at UC Berkeley. Is it really possible?
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