Go Bears!

Welcome to Welcome Week! This is it: I am now an official student at Berkeley. College seems like it's just another summer camp, but this time, it's real. So many exciting events to choose from. I've gotten so much free stuff and free food from Caltopia and the various events that go on every day.

Sunday was move-in. I live in a double suite in Foothill; it's fairly far everything and I need to climb a bunch of steps, but thank goodness all my classes are nearby. Suites are basically three to eleven room clusters with bathrooms. We have about nine rooms in our suite and two bathrooms. And our rooms are twice as large as the other res halls, but it does cost more to live here.

Classes officially started yesterday. The math discussion was basically a calculus review section. I was surprised that I actually remember msot of the topics and concepts that our GSI talked about. At Berkeley, I should mention that professors teach the lectures, but certain sections (mainly discussions) are led by GSIs which stands for Graduate Student Instructors. They are graduate students that lead discussion (meaning reviewing problems and concepts) sections.

And I was enrolled in Chemistry 4A and waitlisted in Chemistry 1A, so I ended up having a busy schedule full of non-stop classes. My schedule for Wednesday was quite packed:

8am-9am Calculus Discussion
11am-12pm Chemistry 1A Lecture
12pm-1pm Chemistry 4A Lecture
1pm-5pm Chemistry 1A Lab

As you can see, I didn't get a break at all in between classes after 11am. The dining common opens then so I did not eath lunch. Luckily, I got off the waitlist which I found out during the lab, so I don't need to attend 4A anymore! Now, I will actually have time for lunch.

Football is HUGE at Berkeley. Pretty much everyone goes to the all the games. There are numerous events, rallies leading up to Game Day. Rally Committee is an integral part of keeping up the spirit on campus, maintaining school traditions. They do a bunch of awesome things like card tricks, flag waving, and more. Flag waving as in 14-feet poles with humongous flags; not your average every day flag.

Here is everything above in a video: (Also, a tour of my dorm room.)