University of California-Berkeley Top Questions

Confident, motivated, and determined is what I am. I am very determined to keep going until I achieve all my goals. I am majoring in Motion Graphic Design at Expression Digital Art College. I always wanted to be a designer, because I'm a very creative and artistic person. But Motion Graphic Design stood out from other types of designing fields to me. I love how Motion Graphic Design has more of a variety of things you are learning. I feel that the variety of things i am learning will give me a opportunity to work on different projects in my future. My future is very valuable to me, because my life is something I cherish. The key to being successful is to get an good education.

I have learned how to make connections between various subjucts, and dedicate a certain determination to all that I do. I have have also learned life skills such as how to live with difficult people, and function in a very proffessional environment.

I learned alot about myself and other people. It has also introduced to a much more diverse atmosphere than high school and working allowed me to see. Attending college allowed me to better mine and my family's future.

I have gained a lot of confidence and a sense of achievement. I got a very low GPA in high school due to stressful living situations, and in my first semester of college I have received a 3.75 GPA and got on the Presidents List. I have overcome a lot of hardships in my life, and college is very important to me and I am so grateful for the support that I have gotten in my choice to attend college. I am hoping that I am also setting a good example for my 2 children who are 5 and 3 by finishing school and working towards a degree.

While I only just finished my first semester at the University of California, Berkeley, I have already met 110 sorority sisters within a house that I will always be a part of, as well as a roommate who has become my best friend. All the way from Germany, my roommate and I would have never met, had it not been for Berkeley. I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and that the people that I come in contact with throughout college will shape my life and lead me through experiences in order to become the person I am supposed to be. These people will help me realize who I am as an individual and aid me in discovering what I want to do for a career. While my education will lead me to future success, I can take classes anywhere. However, the reason that I know I made the correct choice in attending UC Berkeley is because of the friends that I have met here thus far, who will undoubtedly effect my future.

Going to my college has, of course, taught me maturity and acceptance. I have been able to learn how to be and act like an adult and deal with a variety of aspects of life. Working with other classmates has also taught me how to work with a variety of others from myself. I have had the opportunity to work really hard at my academics and the grades to show for it. Getting praise from the teachers and the praise shown from the grades has given me confidence in myself socialy, academically, and successfully. Going to my college has been able to show me that I can achieve my goals in life and have success in life and career if I stay focused and work hard. It has given me much pride and joy to acheive a hard working ethic and hunger for education and knowledge. It has given me excitement for future and higher achievements in both life and career.

I received a degree in Public Health that no one can take away from me. Not only did I receive a degree from one of the top public schools in the country but what I got out of my college experience was the best four years of my life. What I gained from college was so valuable. I gained: a strong work ethic, dedication, transitioned from a teenager to a young woman who had to make difficult decisions on her own, life long friends, the opportunity to see the world through a a six month study abroad session in Rome, the opportunity to challenge myself every single day through stimulating courses and lastly, I gained a career. Going to college has given me the confidence to know that I can balance any challenge that comes my way. Living on my own for four years in college, making decisions on my own and the education I received from college gave me the tools to succeed and transformed me into the person I am today. Without my college experience, I know I would not be the well rounded, intelligent, caring and cultured person I try to be every day.

Berkeley redefines the paradigms within which its students live. Attending Cal means having your mind dissected, put under a magnifying glass, and examined, scientifically discovering what makes you tick. It makes you cry and sweat with stress, but if it doesn't kill you, it makes you that much stronger. Cal made me realize that I can be successful, but my classmates are among my competition. Between deciphering Gramscian texts and evaluating Supreme Court cases, I learnt how to challenge myself to work harder than my peers, not because I had to, but because I wanted to be the best. Because Berkeley ranks as one of the top universities in the world, opportunities for career-related advancement and social work are abundant. Coming to this school taught me to take those chances, to put in the effort to get the coveted reward. Finally, Berkeley introduced me to infinite social, ethnic, and political perspectives. I truly feel that I am becoming the person that I envisioned in my youth: adaptable, savvy, sensitive, compassionate, and intelligent. I love everything about Berkeley, even the disappointments and the difficulties, and could not imagine having had a better experience in any other school.

When I first started college, I thought it would be all work. However, I have since learned that the most valuable thing that college has given me is access to loads of people who think and act like me. College is a place where tons of ideas and beliefs are shared and exchanged and is truly a place to gain knowledge and network. In the little time that I have attended college, I can already say that college is one of the best experiences of my life. Nowhere can you find such diversity and culture in a relatively small place. I have also learned many life lessons. College is very different from high school in terms of work. The demands of college far exceed anything in high school and its been a diffifuct journey adjusting to the new standards. I have seen in myself newfound determination and perserverance to overcome these challenges. I have learned to not give up, to push forward past these roadblocks. College has provided me with so many new changes and wonders that is invaluable to me. I cannot wait to see what else this wonderful place has left to offer.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, but there is not a reason for everything. The former part of this statement explains that every choice an individual makes leads to a learning experience in this process called life; however I do not believe that things happen for a reason because each person is capable of creating their own future. By attending U.C. Berkeley I have met amazing individuals with such diverse thoughts and ideas that I would have otherwise not met elsewhere. It is with these peers of mine that I have gained the harsh lessons of truly striving towards one’s passion. In this step into a more realistic world, I have learned that you can only rely on yourself to go out there and fight for yourself and your dreams because there is no director that will magically give you the things dear to your heart. It has taught me the true value of independence and ambition, the ability to put oneself out there despite the potential damage and reach for that possible goal.