So...I've been away from Berkeley, visiting Amherst right now.
Today is my last day, so I thought I'd update this and let you guys know
about my trip.
First of all, it is soooooo hot out here. I thought it would be kind of cold, since
spring had not hit a week ago. For some reason, since the first day we got here,
it's been really warm. It hit 90 degrees today...burning hot!
On the other hand, the campus looks very very pretty. Lots of trees and grassy areas.
There's a big pond in the middle of the campus.
My building is also very pretty too. Since they only have a graduate department for my
major, they have an entire building dedicated just for us and the professors. They have
graduate lounge, and there are so many equipments...TEM, SEM, Mass Spec, Chromatography,
...etc, you name it! They have so much funding from companies, they have an awesome
lab set up.
Also, the library and everything is inside the same building...so technically, I never have to
go outside...haha ^_^
I also found an apartment to stay in at least over the summer. Apparently, there are a lot
of grad students living in the complex, so maybe I can meet some of them and be friends.
I'm living with an indian girl who is a physics major....very excited about it. She seems
outgoing, and since I can get my own room, you guys can probably visit when you want to
;)
The downside is....it seems like there are no cute guys...haha lol It was sort of expected, but
still disappointing....well, maybe i'll see more cute guys later. I just haven't seen any.
For the first year students, we all take the same classes. There are 26 of us, plus 4 students studying abroad from Germany (yay), so all 30 of us will apparently be very close after the first year. I guess that's slightly similar to what I had in Berkeley, so I'm getting excited about that too.
I also need to review Ochem though...since I only took one semester of it. If anyone don't need
an Ochem book, let me know...or anything that has to do with Ochem...because I can really use some.
Alright, that's it for now. People need to start updating these things so we can really keep in touch!
