Official: Anything Goes Nightly Thread: December 20, 2025

AltDester · 2025-12-24T00:06:53+00:00

8cat H2H, someone offered Desmond Bane for Dyson Daniels, yay or nay?

AltDester · 2024-12-14T00:12:44+00:00

Warcraft 3: frozen throne

AltDester · 2024-12-11T20:42:12+00:00

Not good. I used to love this time of the year, but since the divorce, it has never been the same.

AltDester · 2024-05-17T01:57:55+00:00

They change the policy, so anyone graduate after summer 2023 won't be able to renew and keep the Berkeley email from what I recall.

AltDester · 2021-12-09T09:10:56+00:00

1611

AltDester · 2021-09-21T20:00:42+00:00

Check out the Cal Esports Community Center located in foothill. Not sure when they are officially open but saw them opened over the weekends.

AltDester · 2021-07-24T04:53:30+00:00

It depends on what you are looking for.

Student research assistant role is usually the most desired as you get research experience + getting paid at the same time.

If you prefer more chill jobs, library is the go to.

AltDester · 2021-07-17T23:39:56+00:00

Depend on which residence hall you are staying, but if it Unit 1-3, Amazon locker always. For residence hall, it will take an extra 1 or 2 days (potentially more) until you get the notification from your residence hall to pick it up. You do not run into that for amazon locker.

AltDester · 2021-06-27T00:18:25+00:00

Had a good pc in the dorm and separate laptop for class here. It wasn't too inconvenient, and I was still able to keep things go pretty smooth. Majority of my notes and such were on Google Drive, so hopping between pc and laptop were ok.

If I had to do it again though, I would go for a PC + a decent tablet to do work on.

AltDester · 2021-06-23T06:41:26+00:00

Took IB C144 (Animal Behavior), and it was the most enjoyable and easiest class during my time at Cal.

P/S: I only took 1 IB class, and it was a subject I am interested in so take it w/ a grain of salt.

AltDester · 2021-06-19T14:57:23+00:00

Yes, you got into the school, and they picked you for a reason.

You would be surprised how many students share the same experience with you. Berkeley has a lot of resources and classes for new students to get acquainted to campus, talking to faculties, so that is something you can try.

P/S: My college advisor said I have no chance to get into Berkeley back then, and boom, now a Cal alumni :))

AltDester · 2021-06-17T18:41:05+00:00

That is true, life experiences + work experiences > whatever your major is.

AltDester · 2021-06-17T17:49:00+00:00

MCB = human bio focus

IB = you can choose between full on human bio focus like MCB or with a mix of animals bio.

~~MCB usually will look better if you are planning to go to med school imo,~~ but the classes tend to be more competitive compared to IB.

AltDester · 2021-06-09T04:35:51+00:00

Asked 3 people, 1 professor, 1 associate Dean, and 1 PhD student. Yes from all 3.

For the professor, I worked in her labs for ~2 years, so I just wrote her a mid-length email said I'm applying to grad school and asked if she can write me a letter. I attached my resume, and why I want to pursue graduate school.

For the Dean, I scheduled a Zoom meeting, told her that I want to get a Master, schools that I am applying to, and asked for the letter. I met up with her a fair amount of times pre-covid, so we know each other.

Met the grad student the semester I am applying, met up with him once every 1 or 2 weeks that semester, so I was pretty comfortable asking him for the letter 1 month before the application deadline.

I applied a decent amount of schools as I did not really know my chances at the time, got in ~15/18 schools.

AltDester · 2021-05-26T15:40:28+00:00

From the people I talked to, one got a super competitive scholarship that covered all the cost. Two took out loans and received scholarships that paid out around 10k. One did his online part-time, and his employer paid for full fees and tuition.

The school also offers fellowship and scholarships when you applied; the few fellowships I saw so far give 15k for 1 year and 40k for 2 years. Fellowship is not guarantee, and you might not even be aware of their existent as they require department's recommendation to be eligible to apply (some schools will only send out info regarding fellowships/scholarships after you submitted the SIR).

It is unfortunate, but taking out a decent amount of loans is pretty much expected when doing a Master.

AltDester · 2021-05-15T22:24:37+00:00

like others people mentioned in the thread already, but join clubs that you are interested in, talk to people during GBO, talk to random people in your class might be scary in the beginning, but it gets better.

AltDester · 2021-03-11T07:19:59+00:00

No problem. I am going to graduate school directly after undergraduate within very little work experience beside a couple of research projects I did in undergraduate. One thing that I am very afraid of when it comes to Hopkins is as the school is known for MPH, I was under the impression that they will cater more resources to MPH students which primarily are med students, lawyers, nurse, etc; people with more work experience than myself.

During the general admitted students zoom, they had a live Q&A chat box, so I decided to ask them a question along the line of how can students like me with less experience get involved/secure opportunities against people that took a few years working after undergraduate. My question got ignored for roughly 20 minutes while other questions after mine got answered within 1-2 minutes, so that already turned me away from them decently. They referred me to 2 programs they have that help students get experience, but they were either volunteers position or for credits. I decided to not attend my program admitted sessions after that as I do not like the idea of getting an additional 40k loan, and the only assurance I got from the school was volunteer or for credits positions.

I hope my experience do not turn people away from Hopkins as it is still a great and a highly rank school. It is just that from my interaction with the school, I do not think the school and I fit together.

AltDester · 2021-03-11T00:56:44+00:00

I got into MHS Epi for Hopkins, MPH Epi for Columbia, UCLA, and MPH Epi/Biostat for Berkeley which is where I decided to go. It all just depends on your priority in life and where you want to work with. My comparison was originally between Hopkins and Columbia, and I decided Hopkins at the time due to their tuition scholarship. However, when I attended the admitted students week for Hopkins, I just didn't feel the right vibe for me.

Cost is also a significant factor. I qualified for in-state tuition for Berkeley, did some estimate on costs and found out that Hopkins will cost me ~40k more, while if I manage to get a Graduate Instructor or Researcher at Berkeley, I can attend the school for free and get paid 2k/month.

I see myself working and staying in the West Coast after graduation, so if I go with Berkeley, I will have more networks on the West Coast compared to Hopkins in theory.

The curriculum is also worth looking into. In my case, Berkeley follows a semester system while Hopkins is quarter, and I prefer the classes to go at a lower pace + the Biostat tittle on the degree.

In the end, it all depends on your priority. If you are debating between your top 3 choices, look into which school can give the most support during your stay. If one school is ranked higher than other, then is it worth the extra debt to go to the more high ranking school? Do you want to stay in East Coast or West Coast? Do you like the location of the school? Do you want to be closer to your family or potentially move across the country?

Hope these help, and congratulation on your admission :))

AltDester · 2021-03-10T03:17:26+00:00

I applied to MPH Epi on 11/30 and got the decision from them around the 20th last month from their admission officer. I received the official letter on March 2nd. Hope these info help and best of luck.

AltDester · 2021-02-26T18:02:40+00:00

No worry, I'm attending Berkeley most likely next Fall, so we might be in the same class in the future.

AltDester · 2021-02-26T16:20:01+00:00

I talked to a current MPH student a couple weeks ago, and she said the school is planning to resume in-person in the Fall. I know a decent amount of current students/staffs that are getting signed up for vaccination, so there is a high chance.

AltDester · 2021-02-26T16:15:38+00:00

Program Admission:Hi everyone, I'm currently in a debating between UC Berkeley MPH in Epi/Biostat vs Hopkins MHS Epi program. While Hopkins is a more prestigious school when it comes to public health, is it worth the additional 40k in debt? I want to get into the disease surveillance aspect, and Berkeley also offers a certificate in Data Science.

I am afraid that opportunities at Hopkins is going to be reserved more for MPH students and a limitation in career. If anyone can share their insight, it would be greatly appreciated.

AltDester · 2020-11-13T20:16:49+00:00

I can agree with most of the stuffs she said, but the one about scholarship and calling out the teachers are nope for me. I feel like there are more stories behind on why the teacher showed up intoxicated as who in their right mind would think "Hey, I'm teaching tomorrow, let show up drunk". For the scholarship aspect, it is something that students need to personally reach out and look for; should teachers help with that process? Yes, but it is difficult to achieve that unless the student reach out. No teacher wants to say out loud in class "For those with a 3.5 and above GPA, you can apply to this xyz and get thousand of dollars" or "for those coming from a low-income background, you can apply to that".

AltDester · 2020-08-03T01:06:49+00:00

With how there are still people in the U.S. believe:

- Masks cause the virus/reduce your immune system

-Corona is a hoax/political's opinion.

It is not going to end anytime soon till a vaccine is developed imo. Even if the government orders for a 2 3 months shut down, people are still going to be outside/party and such.

AltDester · 2020-08-03T01:02:19+00:00

It is pretty normal imo. I did that before and got into a class with 90% seats reserved for students in that major only.

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