University of California-Berkeley Top Questions

intense

A salad of individuals.

I've found that the one thing that my classmates have in common is that they're all fundamentally interesting people--everyone comes from different backgrounds and everyone is pursuing vastly diverse dreams, but every single one of them is motivated and passionate about those dreams. What inspires me the most about the school is seeing all of those people interact, share their stories and their ideas, and collaborate in the social and intellectual environment that Berkeley provides.

People are super competitive, but at the same time supportive.

Berkeley students are intelligent and intensely enthusiastic about all of their many interests. We’re driven to pursue whatever catches our interest with all of our energy, throwing ourselves completely into projects, sometimes many simultaneously. One of my friends went to France for a few months, and ended up staying for a year, speaking French like a native. When she came back, she resumed working on her Linguistics degree and learning computer programming. I learned about insects for my job at the insect museum and Italian clays for a professor’s research project every moment I wasn’t in class.

My classmates can be described as: motivated go-getters, helpful, outgoing, passionate, busy, involved, stressed, and brilliant.

Berkeley students are the most intelligent, kind, well-versed, cultured, well-read, determined, dynamic and stimulating bunch !

They are all extremely smart. Many are focused on their studies and their future. Many are involved on campus or off campus and balance crazy schedules. However, there are a few students who are not very active.

Determined

Everyone at Cal has a story and something that they are passionate about and they are also some of the warmest and most welcoming people you will ever meet; being peers with people like this motivates yourself to do better and leaves you with an irreplaceable college experience.