Berkeley’s College of Letters and Science has a unique requirement called the Seven-Course Breadth. Essentially, L&S students must take at least one course in several distinct subject areas, regardless of their major. The hope is that through taking a diverse course load, students will...Read more about The Breadth Class That Took My Breath Away
On September 4th, 2003, estimated to be one-day old, I was abandoned at a bus station in a large city inside the People’s Republic of China. Due to the strict One Child Policy, there were no traces of my birth parents or ties to any identity except for a small red envelope filled with dirt...Read more about Fitting In Is Not a One-Size-Fits-All
Prior to coming to UC Berkeley, I danced throughout my childhood. Beginning when I was eight years old, I used to dance in an after-school program with the YMCA. I was a hip-hop dancer until I was 13 when I entered middle school. I took a break from dancing for two years, then came back to...Read more about Dancing My (Blue & Gold) Heart Out
All throughout high school (...and middle school) I would watch countless amounts of “Day in the Life of a…” videos. Heading into my college years, I especially loved to see videos about college students and people who were studying what I wanted to study. Rather than film a video, I’m...Read more about Day in the Life of an English Major
Throughout my (now) 2.5 years here at UC Berkeley, I have taken a lot of classes. And, when I say a lot… I mean A LOT. I’ve taken classes almost every semester (including the summers), which has given me the really cool and unique opportunity to explore my academic interests deeper at Cal...Read more about Some Of My Favorite Classes (So Far!)
