Juan Rodriguez chose to attend UC Berkeley for several reasons. He wanted a public university located in an urban area that offered scholarships. UC Berkeley is one of the best universities in the world and would look impressive on his resume. UC Berkeley met all of his criteria in his college search, offered his intended major of business/management, and provided financial aid scholarships. As a freshman, Juan plans to take accounting and marketing classes, join the soccer team and clubs like chess club and table tennis club, and visit nearby museums.

1. My freshman year plans at
University of California
Berkeley
●Juan Rodriguez
●AVID Student # 223
●03/28/12

2. Why I chose UC Berkeley
●Reason #1: I wanted a public
school located in an urban area that
offered scholarships.
●Reason #2: It is my opinion that I
should attend UC Berkeley because
it is one of the best and most
recognized universities in the world,
so it would look impressive in my
resume for a job, and I will be sure
to get a good education.
●Reason #3: Due to the fact that
UC Berkeley met all of my criteria in
my college search, offers my major,
and provides financial aid
scholarships, I therefore will choose
to attend UC Berkeley.

3. Basic Facts about UC Berkeley
●www.berkeley.edu
●location: Berkeley,
California
●89 miles from Salinas
●founded in:1868
●# of undergraduate
students:25,885
●# of graduate students:
10,257
●school colors: Yale Blue
and California Gold
●mascot :Oski, the golden
bear
●public university

4. Additional Basic Facts About UC
Berkeley
●student body makeup:
25,885 undergraduates, 53% female, 47% male
graduates:10,257, 45% female, 55% male
4% black, 13% Latino, 32% White, 55% Asian
●admission requirements:A-G Requirements,
SAT scores over 650 in every subject,ACT
average:29 , academic GPA average: 4.1,
written essay
●cost of tuition:
in state:$12,835
out of state:$35,713
●cost of room and board on campus: $14,990
●clubs/organizations: chess club, table tennis,
●sports teams: soccer, football, basketball,
tennis, fencing, swim and dive

5. My freshman year academic plans
for UC Berkeley
Good places to study in
●
are:
● Doe Library
● Dorms
● Eshleman Hall
●A club that I can join to
meet other people
majoring in business or
managing is the
●My major will be business/management
Freshman Sophomore
●Some examples of classes in the major
Business Club
of business/management are: sponsored in UC
● Accounting
Berkeley.
● Marketing
● Management Science

6. My freshman year extra-curricular
plans for UC Berkeley
●I plan on joining the soccer
team.
●Some clubs that interest
me include:
● chess club
● table tennis club
●An interesting place nearby
UC Berkeley that I would
like to visit is the Museum of
Vertebrae Zoology

7. Sources
-http://pleasepasstheart.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/dsc004012.
jpg
-http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/5761/1972746-oski.jpeg
-http://www.fisherinvestments.org/img/uc_berkeley.jpg
-http://hmep.berkeley.edu/SP_data_expanded
-http://www.berkeley.edu/
-http://upload.wikimedia.
org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/UCBerkeleyCampus.
jpg/400px-UCBerkeleyCampus.jpg
-http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/kap/images/doec1.jpg