Cal Reflections

A Few Lessons Learned from my Journey at Cal

WRITTEN BY JAMIE STANKIEWIZ (PEACE TUTOR) What I did Hey everyone! My name is Jamie Stankiewiz, I am a Cal alumni (graduated in 2018), was a student-athlete (2013-2017), and got my degrees in MCB and Statistics, with a minor in Bioengineering. Here are some of my tidbits on a few important things I have...

Senior Spotlight Post: Yasmeen Mardi

WRITTEN BY YASMEEN MARDI (PEACE TUTOR AND ADVISOR) I would say my time at Berkeley has been very fulfilling and a bit unorthodox. When I was at the ripe old age of 18, I transferred to Berkeley from a small community college in my hometown as an Integrative Biology major. From that time, I...

My Academic Experience at Cal

WRITTEN BY DANIEL CHOI (PEACE TUTOR AND ADVISOR) Yes. As you’ve probably read and heard, UC Berkeley is not the best place to be a pre-med student. The students can get competitive, courses are curved (could be good or bad), and clinical opportunities near the campus are not as abundant as other institutions with...

Edgar’s Journey

WRITTEN BY EDGAR GONZALEZ OLEA (PEACE TUTOR AND ADVISOR) My experience at Cal although challenging was fun and full of learning. I didn’t think I would have much trouble transitioning because I attended community college for three years, where I was able to learn good studying habits. However, the sad reality- that the high...

CAL REFLECTIONS

WRITTEN BY ANKUR GUPTA (PEACE TUTOR AND ADVISOR) I’d like to preface this blog by stating that I am a former UC Berkeley premed student, and I wanted to share with you my personal story in these 4 years. I’ll admit, it was not easy and there were lots of up and downs. But,...