University of California, Berkeley

I visited UC Berkeley on Thursday, May 19^th, 2016. I took the campus tour as a prospective student. The visitor center is located in Sproul Hall. My tour included a twenty minute presentation in the beginning. The presentation went over the different departments/​schools of UC Berkeley. After the presentation, the campus tour started on the steps of Sproul Hall.
The campus tour is student/​alumni led. My tour guide was Zach, and he graduated from Torrance High (my rival school, how convenient!). The tour was very detailed, especially with the history of the university. It gave good insight to what college life was like at UC Berkeley. I enjoyed how every building is unique. I really liked the openness and welcoming atmosphere of the university. The tour was about an hour long, since the campus isn’t enormous, unlike it’s despicable rival, Stanford University. Also on this tour, I learned about the history of the rivalry between Stanford and Berkeley. Zach gave us stories of he blood battles between the two, even though Liza, my tour guide at Stanford, said that the two school have a «very friendly rivalry.» Overall, this tour was very insightful. I recommend bringing a jacket, a camera, and comfortable attire. I also recommend going to the top of the Campanile (the huge tower in the middle of the campus) because it has a beautiful view for the cost of $ 3. I overall enjoyed the atmosphere of UC Berkeley! Go Bears!

rows of toxic uv lights in every building.
get your assignment and get out.

Best university ever!!! Love it here. Finished two years and surviving – its difficult but very fulfilling! You’ll succeed if you’re responsible, don’t give up, and find a community that you love.

Another update. .. not the last.
Three years ago (after two previous attempts at applying) on April 26, 2013, I was offered the golden ticket of admission to UC Berkeley in Spring 2014. I was quite fine with starting 2014 and a new chapter in my life as I wanted to take one more film course at Berkeley City College in Fall 2013 with one of my favourite film professors.
One of BCC’s adjunct instructors and a UC graduate student instructor did not know I applied. Uh, um awkward. It would have been awkward should he have known I applied and wanted to see my personal statement. He wished me «Merde» the day before adding I did not need it. And he was delighted for me when I got in. Okay, so he was quite right, I did not need it after all. And the best part was he got to be my professor during my first year at Cal in a film class after being conferred with his doctorate. I was delighted to have a film class with him during my time at Cal before he moved on in his journey.
However, I was so bleeping nervous I did not want to check whether or not I got admission on the day. I decided to wait until the following morning when I was in BCC’s Saturday morning writing lab with other trusted people who would be there for me whether or not.
It was a Facebook post inviting me to join a group of newly admitted students to UC Berkeley the next morning that informed me of my admission. I lept out of bed, turned on the computer, logged into my account, and there it was, the congratulatory offer of admission!!!
!!! !!! !!! !!!
I experienced what it meant to feel ten feet tall and over the moon. I was high as a kite! Light as a feather! I remember there were others who gained admission as well and there were lots of hugs and best wishes. There were emails of congratulations from former professors, family, and friends.
I remember the UC Berkeley (for BCC) representative was very happy for me. When I got a chance to say hello to her, she congratulated me. I was surprised yet I knew she would know I got in. I remember she came over and hugged me. And I cried tears of relief and joy. I had no idea what an emotional experience gaining admission to the Number One Public University in the Whole Wide World. Nobody warned me about that!
Three years later, I am getting ready to walk the graduation stage and altar. It has been a hard fought and earned won battle at times being a UC Berkeley Golden Bear. Now I am about to be a UC Berkeley Graduate in Film and Media. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that was going to happen at this chapter in my life. .. I would be graduating from this particular university. .. the family alma mater. My family’s alma mater.
I am grateful to my family and my friends for their emotional support. I am grateful to BCC and the friends I have made there as we transferred over. I am grateful to UC Berkeley and the friends I made there too. For welcoming me and my fellow transferees with open arms, claws, and paws. For sharing their stories and journeys to academia. And for giving me so many reference points and perspectives I will carry with me for the rest of my life.
This is the time UC Berkeley released their admission decisions for transfer students. There are some of you who were offered the golden ticket of a lifetime of being admitted to UC Berkeley. Should you accept their offer of admission, you are going to learn so much more beyond your major and be part of a wonderful academic community! And for those who did not, submit an appeal. I know of some who appealed and got offered admission.
And to everyone else who are graduating this semester and in December, I wish you Merde, Break a Leg, Bonne Chance, Buena Fortuna, Buona Fortuna – in other words and languages – Good Luck!!! Though I fully believe you do not need it!
And to those of you who will still be here, make the most of your remaining time and have fun doing so! You do know what they say about all work and no play. Cheers!
Cheers to you! Fiat Lux! And Go Bears!
Stay tuned for another update. ??? !!!

Graduated from Cal, I better give it a 5-​Star.

One of the most well known schools and best university in the entire country. I have had several family members and friends graduate from here and still have several family members and friends that are students here. They all have told me that it is a fantastic school and they all enjoyed their time there. They have wonderful academic programs and graduate programs which makes for great professors. They are also well funded which makes for great clubs and student activities, it is in the city of Berkeley and it’s been for awhile. This is considered a larger school and there are several buildings in this large campus. There is student housing available which I would highly recommend for students to really get the full experience of attending CAL. Overall the campus is a great one, well maintained and the students that come here are from all around the world which makes for great diversity. Apply here and if you get accepted the only obvious choice is to be a CAL bear student here!

Never went here but knew a few students they went there. IT seem fine and reasonble compared to east coa$$t money hungry top schools. Most east coas$$t schools are uglier too probably cuse east coast is ugly haaa! Anyway there are some less pretty places on campus (mainly the places where ghetto boys from BCC and Laney take classes like me) but for the most part its way better than those all those suburban silver spoon boys white only kkk supported with white admin east coast schools i might add. Some of my homies from west oakland even made it in here. Makes me wonder where id be if i had cared bout my school dat much as they did. try finding real nigga shit at those wack schools like Umas, yale, Havarford or what ever they call that school.

Go Bears.
I came for a prospective student college tour that began at Sather Tower and ended at Sproul Hall.
It was student led and the most informal and shortest of all the campus tours I have been on now.
It gave a decent intro into the life of a student and a glimpse at what the campus had to offer, but I think to really get a better idea if this is the college for you, one should plan on spending more time on campus than solely the tour and sign up to attend a UC Berkeley class if time allows.
The tour was not as much walking as I anticipated considering the size of the campus, but still plan on wearing comfy shoes and sunscreen, bring water and a jacket.

Gorgeous campus! Pit stop on the way to San Francisco since my dad wanted to show us and reminisce from his visit years ago. We drove through a bit and parked by the campanile. It’s quite a prominent point and pride of the university and many people were taking pictures. I love the architectural style of the buildings, the trees, and the temperature was nice and cool. As a tourist, I can’t comment on the student life or atmosphere, but judging from my visit I can’t imagine it would be a bad place to study and/​or work!

I was going to wait until the end of the semester to update my recent experiences at the University of California, Berkeley. This semester has been sheer heck for me in having to deal with a new semester, new students, new graduate student instructors, and new professors. Remember how I have said I feel like I am still back at the community college or in high school because of the chatty students? Let’s add kindergarten and nursery school to the list, shall we? That is how I feel when I am in my film and media cultures and French classes at the University of California, Berkeley.
Let us start with my film and media cultures class. There is a new professor in the department of film and media. We are not allowed to use our computers, tablets, eReaders, and mobile phones in class. Really?! Rather IRONIC considering this is a film and media studies class. By the fourth week of class, he is lecturing students about the differences between scheduled time and Cal Time, absences and attendance policies, being on time, and the no use of electronics in class. I was rather taken aback – as they say in the UK, «Crikey!» I could not believe my ears. Seriously folks, I felt I was back in high school listening to spiel – blah blah blah – at a university classroom?! I will say he was quite fair in giving students who already exceeded absences to erase those absences by attending a lecture and/​or a conference and/​or an option of using it towards getting an extension on a paper if the student gives at least 24 hours’ notice to the professor and their respective GSIs. I was quite delighted when he caught chatty students talking in the back and stifled them. One of the GSIs assured me they have been keeping students in line, telling them to put their mobile phones away more than shutting down the chatter.
We have to bring printed essay readings to class. I printed and put the readings together as if they were a film script or a play libretto with tabs. When I once paid a visit to the professor during his office hours, he was quite excited when he saw and asked if he could have a look at my reader. So I let him have a look. He informed me he had no idea he assigned so many essays for the class to read. I thought to myself, «Have you ever heard of or thought of counting the number of essay titles on your syllabus, Sir?» He eventually realized he had to adjust and drop some of the assigned essays as the class went on. Some of the students were rather lazy or just did not bother bringing printed copies to lecture or discussion. I resented having to share my reader with them so I stopped doing so.
Unfortunately, things got rather awkward between the professor and me. There were too many misunderstandings, butting heads, and (among) other things. As for me, I got to a point it was best for me to blank him and keep my distance.
I am eagerly counting down the days when I can say, «Cut! Print! And it’s a wrap!» I am ready to stick a fork in it and declare the class «Done! Time!» because of some of the students and the professor. I hope I do not encounter some of those students in my other classes. And as for the professor, I will be avoiding him like the bubonic plague for the remaining duration of my time at UC Berkeley.
Adieu:
I mentioned my French class was a problem for me as well. There is one particular student in the class who loves to chat with certain students there during class. And I made it known to the lecturer this student was loud and a distraction, making it difficult for me to focus. Eventually, this annoying student found out about my consternation and went out of her way to be passive aggressive and make snide comments towards me. One day, the annoying student heard another student in the class compliment me on my collection of «Berkeley» badges I was wearing on my hoodie. The next day, I gifted the student the 2014 and 2015 «Berkeley» badges. She was quite delighted, expressed her gratitude, and put one of the badges on her backpack. I caught the annoying student’s look of shock on her face. And she has been very quiet in class ever since. I felt quite vindicated. (Children should be seen and not heard, as the proverb goes.)
There is one class that makes me feel I am in an actual UC Berkeley class, my introduction to rhetoric class. Everyone in the class is serious, quiet, and attentive during lecture. The professor is cool, rather deadpan in his lectures that I do wonder if I missed a joke or the punchline. And my GSI rhetoric discussion leader is quite a character, he knows how to keep it light and fun.
So the semester is almost over, we are in the home stretch. It has been a hella, hecka of a semester for me. I hope my next update will be upbeat and positive. Until then, Fiat Lux! And Go Bears!
To whom it may concern, to no one in particular:

Sure, the campanile tower is iconic of this campus, but personally, the best part about this campus for science geeks like me is the reserved Nobel Laureate parking spots. My two acquaintances and I came here the week before the announcements of the Nobel Prize to seek out the coveted free parking spots near Latimer Hall. Totally worth the trip!

My favorite place to watch Cal football. Great venue and loud! Go Bears

Pretty good looking buildings, nice little redwood groves here and there, nature, squirrels, pretty tower, overall great place to stroll around on a weekend… Of course back when I was a student I was in pain most of the time, so I can appreciate it only now that I’ve graduated. I was really lucky to be able to study at such a nice place. Also, the culture and diversity in Berkeley is great for fostering an open mind!

Love Cal and everything it has to offer. The campus is relatively small compared to other UCs, but you will find something new every time you walk on campus. The squirrels, the Campenile, Bear’s Lair, mainstacks, and People’s Park… Never stop inspiring us. Go Bears!

Will be attending in the fall and I have had nothing but good impressions of this place so far after multiple visits for Cal Day and Orientation. Beautiful campus, top notch academics. Will update my review later after I have attended and lived up there for awhile.

Class of 2012! Not-​so-​recent graduate and I already miss the culture of Berkeley.
Berkeley is where I found myself and where I met my lifelong friends. Everyone here has amazing drive, an infectious passion to change the world, AND actually act on those passions! Students can sometimes be overly arrogant but that’s also because every news report in the world almost always ranks Berkeley as the No.1 public university in the world.
I thrived (and was also humbled) in this extremely academic environment. I appreciated the competitive edge everyone had and found that I truly enjoyed learning for learning’s sake. Most of the professors are inspiring and have contributed to my current worldviews — Robert Reich is one of them!
Beautiful campus! Trees and grass everywhere so students to study or take a breather in between classes.
Despite rising tuition costs, Berkeley certainly offers top-​notch education! I can’t express my gratitude enough for having the opportunity to graduate from a world-​renowned university.

So many freaking hippies… and entitled, unselfaware kids. Luckily it’s a gorgeous campus. Just be prepared for a lot of steep uphill walking.

Awesome academics and research here. You can find any type of person on campus, and yes, the percentage of people here who are hippies is somewhat higher than on other UC campuses. I met some of the most amazing people during my time here, and made a few lifelong friends. Overall liberal politics, and the republican club advertises themselves as the «counterculture».
Math and science classes are challenging here. Be prepared to study 2 hours for every hour of class. Although there is a rich student run social scene, this is NOT a party school. If you choose a STEM major, you will probably stay up late at night somewhat frequently. Don’t fall behind in STEM, particularly math, it is hard to catch up.
I highly recommend taking at least 1 freshmen or sophomore seminar. The professors who lead seminars are very resourceful, welcoming, and passionate about their subject.
I attended UC Berkeley from 2011 to 2015, starting with FPF. I graduated just a month ago in Applied Mathematics. The environment took a while to get used to. Nobody will be there to hold your hand, and the administration is not always helpful, with common services being backlogged. Getting into high demand classes may be hard, but it is better than a lot of other campuses I have seen.
The residence halls are outrageously expensive. For housing, I highly recommend the Berkeley Student Cooperative. The coop houses are affordable, offer free food, are a great mix of cultures, and have a great social life. I know my college experience would have been very dry and boring if I had not entered the coops.
Given my experience, I would definitely recommend UC Berkeley to my kid if I ever have/​adopt one.
The city of Berkeley offers a lot of small stores that you can’t find anywhere else. Lots of mom and pop shops, and not much nightlife, although San Francisco is a bart ride away, or an 800 bus ride back if you don’t have a car and come back after bart closes. The crime rate on far southside may be higher than what some people are comfortable with. On a lighter note, I find it kind of funny that they specifically banned tobacco use on campus, but not weed. They have great transgender health services.

I cannot talk as a former or current student, just as a tourist visiting the area and this was the main reason I said yes to some friends who wanted to visit Berkeley. I loved this amazing campus filled with happy people playing games or taking naps on the grass (I visited on a Sunday). Pretty cool campanille, trees, flowers and surroundings in general. It looks like a pretty safe place to me (from an outsider point of view and haven’t been at night), with lots of style and history. Then my friends and I went downtown Berkeley to breathe that lost student town atmosphere. The only thing I would remove are those tacky gift shops with shirts and other weareables promoting the name of the university, but I guess many are making a living out of those!

B.A. Philosophy, 2010
There are too many things for me to say about Cal.
At Berkeley, you will find some of the most incredible people in the world. I met my best friends here and they are literally now scattered across the world doing absolutely *boss* things with their lives. I consider it a privilege to have shared my college experience with these amazing individuals.
Now that I live so far away, I find myself missing Berkeley more and more. About 6 times a day I find myself thinking, «Man, I just LOVE Cal so much!» This is a conservative estimate. Sometimes I say it out loud, to people I know or even strangers. Then I launch into a spiel about how awesome Berkeley is, it’s the #1 public university in the world – «That’s not just my opinion guy, that’s a FACT!” – they look startled and walk away slowly (or quickly, depending on the volume of my earlier statement), and I get a warm fuzzy feeling about my alma mater.
During my time at Cal, I was very into football – didn’t miss a home game and went to 1 – 2 away games a year – and living in Louisiana makes it hard to see my Golden Bears. Not to mention they’ve been having some tough years, but you know what they say: My heart bleeds blue and gold. I find myself vociferously defending my right to watch Pac-​12 football down here in the South, and thanks to the logic class I aced during my time majoring in Philosophy at Cal, I always win those arguments!
I dunno, this is a totally crazy review because there really are just too many things for me to say about this place. It was the best 4 years of my life, and it set me up to do something really great with my life, keep me open-​minded, make me appreciate and love the world around me. I was absolutely the luckiest girl in the world to be able to attend this fine public institution for higher learning, and I will feel that way until I’m old and grey and heading to my grave – that is, unless some genius Berkeley scientists find a way to defeat old age. Which they probably will.
Go Bears!

I love UC Berkeley because well, I went to school here. It’s definitely opened a lot of doors for me since I had said I graduated from here. Now the campus is self contained which is absolutely nice. You can walk everywhere on campus and yes you might have to huff and puff up a hill or two but you’ll be in great shape.
The surrounding areas are not too shabby if you’re ok with some of the colorful people on the streets. What’s absolutely great about Berkeley is that there’s so much cheap food. I MISS THE CHEAP FOOD. Students are so spoiled now with Cream, Sheng Kee, Pacific Cookie Company, etc. What did we have? Nothing. Well we did get a Quickly at the tail end of my years here.
The students range from crazy to studious. The football games are a definite must! You need to go to at least one CAL vs. Stanfurd game… yes I purposely misspelled it. Don’t you dare wear red in a CAL section because you’re going to be very cold when they tell you to take off that red shirt. The CAL band is also great. Always a class act with a repertoire of music to dance to.
Lots of fond memories. But glad I don’t have to take any more classes or tests anymore! Fiat Lux.

One of America’s top universities.
Beautiful campus, excellent education, reasonable cost (compared to the ridiculous tuition of many of America’s top colleges.)
Cal Bears get 5 from me (I hope my kid goes to Bezerkely!)
Kinda weird that I lived in Palo Alto for 20+ years and have many Stanford alum friends and rooted for Stanford as my hometown team (I’m actually from SJ).
Oh well… Go Cal!

I went to Cal between August 2007 to May 2011. It was bittersweet graduating. Like many of the gifted & future at Cal, I needed to work hard to play hard — but I felt I didn’t have enough time. You know that scene in «Billy Madison» where Adam Sandler holds the chunky kid by the cheeks & tells him to stay in school, to cherish it for as long as he’s alive?
Stay in Berkeley for as long as you can (if you have the $).
– and remember to make some of the best friends you’ll have for the rest of your life; experiment with as many drugs & alcohol (as safely possible); understand all the based god references; and what going dumb is. You’ll meet people from SoCal, NorCal, the East Coast, Kansas, and France.
You’ll discover what it truly means to be alive & live next to the coolest city in the world (it’s San Francisco). Here is my Berkeley list
(after the break check out some photography I’ve done for the campus and Bay Area culture) –
— — — — – PROS — — — — –
+ THE #1 PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. My favorite classes included Alex Fileppenko, Robert Reich, & many of my psychology courses. If those names sound familiar, it’s because celebrities teach at Berkeley — many of which have gotten Nobel Prizes & show up in documentaries. I can still picture their lectures to this day, especially if they touched and moved me in some way. (I still study astrophysics because of ASTRO C70.)
+ REP. My cousins in the Philippines who live in the provinces & other remote locations have all heard of UC Berkeley & the Cal bear. It goes without saying, but you’ll be proud of going to Cal.
+ Who are you looking to meet? You’ll find stoners, hipsters, HAASholes, premed majors, Circle K’ers, band geeks, the 18 different types of Asian girls, nerdy professors, introverts, extroverts, hot graduate student instructors, etc.
Like the different accouterments of the homeless & transient people on Telegraph, you’re going to meet people from all walks of life.
+ The campus is extremely tolerant of differences, & if you identify as LGBTQ, you’ll feel right at home here.
+ Berkeley has a history of civic engagement that will help you grow to be a world-​class citizen. Protests, Sproul, Mario Savio, etc. These are names that history will always remember because of where and when Berkeley happened to be. You’ll start to care more about your world and your role in it.
+ House parties. My roommates and I threw around three of them. They were all epic, and I can’t remember half of them.
+ The Daily Californian. Granted, I only worked on staff for 1 semester, but I got something out of it. As a photojournalist even though I was given boring and uninteresting subjects I made the most out of my experiences anyway, taking initiative & even managing to shoot «I Dream of Chang and Eng» (an original production!)
+ Berkeley was where I learned to be an entrepreneur & pursue my interests in media & design (
). I learned to work with other student orgs to take event/​portrait photos, and I couldn’t have done it without the cultural milieu that was Berkeley. My involvement in Circle K would later inspire me to find a way to make technology work for social change.
+ Providing jobs for students! For example, I worked as a web editor for UC Berkeley Summer Sessions and I picked up so many things about web development that would later change my life — pay was $ 15/​ho, but the returns included my first job out of college.
+ Great eats around campus. Asian Ghetto, the classier gourmet side up North, Pieology. Plenty of pubs too, & Rolling Rock for the best Monkey head.
+ The campus feels integrated with the rest of the city — unlike other campuses that are kinda too snobby & separated for its own good. Strawberry Creek, Grizzly Peak, The Big C, forests, trees, rivers, and Fire Trails. If you like natural/​urban, Berkeley will feel riiiighhtt
+ It’s close to the BART (hooks you up between Milbrae, Pleasanton, and Fremont) and other forms of public transportation (AC Transit). You’ll get a bus pass too!
—— CONS — — –
— We spend a lot of money making lavish buildings and extraneous sculptures and stuff. They’re cool, but a little unnecessary. Also — that executive pay problem!
— Some classes will feel really hard and unfair, but that’s life. Don’t expect all majors to be held equally — in both esteem and challenge. That’s alright though! Just do your own thing and be passionate about it. Berkeley has so many fantastic majors to choose from that you’ll eventually find something to feel awesome about.
— The costs of school is getting higher every year.
* BUT each year Cal will try to get money from you, which I suppose is an okay thing, if it weren’t for the fact that they do it all the time. I mean, in the 2011 commencement with the CEO of Qualcomm, he literally went on stage and asked us to donate.
A+++ Memorable, Life-​Changing.
«Shut up & Take My Money»

Unless you’re Fred Flinstone, this is an amazing school in nearly every regard. It is isn’t considered the intellectual tent pole of the Bay Area for nothing.
Unfortunately, it’s not the easiest place to attend, but with a little sweat and olive oil it can be done.
The campus is amazing and you’ll even get a workout going from one side to the next. Uphill, downhill, and side and side is the way to go. The groundskeeper really deserves a bonus as this place is always in tip top shape. I’m sometimes surprised you don’t see more of the Berkeley homeless rummaging through the place.
I’ve often heard that it’s not exactly safe at night, but I’ve not experienced any sort of event where I felt my life was in danger. Still, if I was you and you have a late class, make sure to bring a large dog for protection.
If you can attend this place, then do it. It will be the experience of a lifetime, if you are able to survive. Good luck.

Ah… UC Berkeley, the land where the dreams and the hope of one day being able to attend are mistakenly forged only to be crushed by the adcoms once the application cycle begins.
I remember visiting here when I was a freshman or so in highschool. My sister had been recently accepted and she was showing me around.
«Look Jason!» she said, as she pointed to an old archaic building labeled «Biology». «Someday, you will study there.»
Being so young and naïve, I would proudly proclaim, «Yeah! One day.»
Oh, how wrong I was. Everyone always tells you how awesome it would be for you to attend but no one ever tells you the reality of how difficult it is to get in. Only if I knew the kind of work ethic it would take to be admitted back then as I do now. So… so naïve.

My alma mater. I love you CAL. I started taking summer classes as a sophomore in high school with Bio 1B. Fell in love with everything. Came back the following summers and eventually became an undergrad.
Let’s face it, the city of Berkeley isn’t the nicest or safest city in the world. But what it does offer is an environment full of culture. It is inviting, no matter what you are, and opens up a world of philosophical opinions to questions. In a way, it makes you grow up… This is apparent through campus and is what I enjoy most of Cal.
There is a lot of walking on such a big campus. In a way this is good for exercise. I didn’t realize how much I miss walking from VLSB to Pimentel until I began working and gain lots of weight lol. There are the perimeter buses but walking will do you good. Plus, who doesn’t want to enjoy the beautiful architecture of the campus?
Unlike Stanfurd, the campus is never quiet. I used to work in Morrison Hall, stayed until 2−3am with friends, walked home to Southside and there will still be tons of students on campus walking home from late night studies. In a way, I feel pretty safe with others around at any given time. Afterwards, we would head over to Blondies, La Burrita or the Asian Ghetto to grab a late night bite. Man I miss Cal so much.
When you graduate, doors open. Opportunities await. I certainly didn’t expect the impact it had on my life. But once you’re out there in the real world, you’ll realize how much you would have grown independently and of course intelligently.
Go Bears!!!

#185. Berkeley is no bubble. You will be exposed to all kinds of things here (figuratively and literally). But this is what really prepares you for the real world. When you’re at a school with 40,000+ students, it can be intimidating. That’s totally understandable. But you grow and learn. You will learn a lot about yourself. A lot.
There is nothing that comes close to an experience at the best university in the world. Go bears.

My 100^th review goes to UCB/​Cal. As someone who works in academia, I greatly value higher education and believe it can change one’s life. I have huge respect for an university like Berkeley.
I had the pleasure to be invited to a job interview at the law school aka Boalt Hall last year and stayed on campus at the women’s faculty club for 3 nights. The campus is beautiful. I could see the Golden Gate Bridge from the law school terrance. The university is top notch, best public university in the US. Hopefully I will get to work for them in the future! Someday when I have kids, they are going to either Berkeley or Stanford for college and graduate school. Yes, I will be a tiger mother! Be afraid, be very afraid!