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Berkeley Apartment Hunting
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Berkeley is such an interesting town with so many varied neighborhoods all within a few square miles. To the south of the school is the Telegraph Ave. nuttiness. We looked at a few different places around here, but decided it was a little too "undergrad" for us. North of the campus is beautiful, but pricey. A 1200 sqft place with single carport runs 2100/month...ouch. Oh yeah, don't forget you need a security deposit of a full month and a ½ month cleaning deposit....all said 5K to move in. Smell ya later.

This past weekend, we ran back up to the big B for a transfer student welcome event. I really liked this event and thought it was very motivating and showed how Berkeley is dedicated to transfer students. They had a woman speak of her life experiences and her path that lead her to Berkeley and her impending graduation.

Her story began when she was 5 years old and her father murdered her mother. She and her three sisters lived with her aunt (who already had 5 kids of her own). They lead a rough life sharecropping cotton in the deep south. Eventually she grew up and joined the air force as an intelligence officer (dude...she's a spy). She decided to attend community college, the first person in her family to actually go to school. After a few mishaps with untransferrable classes, she found a mentor that put her on the right path. This person told her that she should paln on transferring to the UC system. She went for it and actually applied to Berkeley not expecting to get in. When they accepted her she was in shock. Now, she's headed for two Phds in sociology and social work. She has changed her life, the life of her family in the future, and she will probably change the lives of a great many people.

The new chancellor of Berkeley was also a transfer student. He was the first in his family to go to college. He ended up with a PhD in Physics from MIT and served as dean with several extremely prestigious schools (think Ivy).

Not only that, Berkeley has the transfer student center and a cool place dedicated to transfer students to study and get the help they need. All in all, I think I'm more excited for Hongyun than she is herself. I really can see this place helping her become the success she is meant to be. This is why I'm willing to endure the 2 hour each way extreme commute to work for 2 years so. "Extreeemmmeee!"

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