Scared of Berkeley

UCBChemEGrad
Wed, 15 May 2013 10:54:06 +0000

This recent Physics Nobel Prize winner, a transfer undergrad from UC Davis, was scared and intimidated with Berkeley back in the 1960s:
[UC Berkeley alumnus wins Nobel Prize in physics - The Daily Californian](http://www.dailycal.org/2012/10/09/uc-berkeley-alumnus-wins-nobel-prize-in-physics/)



“Berkeley was a frightening, impersonal place to me at the time, but I loved it and the challenge it presented,”





Looking back at his undergraduate career, Wineland offered some words of advice for UC Berkeley students.

“I know it sounds trite, but I’d just advise to find something interesting (even if you change your mind) and go for it,” Wineland said an email. “Don’t work to be on the second string.”