gokitty4

they'll be at the bottom of their classes? "/

i'm still in shock i got into berkeley.

Castel

You shouldn't go to Berkeley if you don't have the motivation to succeed. ;\

Everyone feels like they're the bottom, until they actually study and work hard.

gokitty4

i never said i don't have motivation...
i just feel like i'll be at the bottom, & all my hard work won't always pay off.
but i'm ready to fail, dust it off, & keep going.

Shah Rukh Khan

College confidential posts can be scary and discouraging but you have to talk to real people to get a feel for things. I talked to some current students during one of the ASA picnics and there are people who are double majoring in Hass and MCB and they seem normal.

stalker

Do they actually tell you your exact position in a class?

gokitty4

well no, but i'm sure who gets what is gonna go around in class... then you kinda can't help but compare your score with theirs

nhsharvard

I guess I'll have to get used to the competition. Is Berkeley really that cut throat?

gokitty4

im guessing "/ ill have to get used to the competition too!

Shah Rukh Khan

From what I understand (yet it might be an exception at Cal), students really don't go around comparing scores like you would do in Highschool, since college may be the last stop on the train of education; so you don't have to worry too much about getting good grades to get accepted into another institution. But that philosophy seems contradictory to someone who is planing to go to grad school.

gokitty4

yea! i was thinking about the grad school thing throughout reading your entire post, then i read the end. haha. but yea youre right. cuz jobs don't really care about your rank or where you graduated in your class.. just graduating from cal is amazing.... but yea, then theres the whole grad school thing..