an email to an incoming freshie

Hi Grace,

It was nice meeting you too! I hope you had fun at Cal Day. Here's some general advice:

• Balance your semester with both business prereq's and general breadth requirements. I suggest two business prereq's (BA 10, Econ, Stat, etc.) and two classes of whatever you are interested in.
• When you are scheduling, don't take classes just because people say, "It's an easy class!" I took some of those and totally regretted it. You are better off taking classes that you are really interested in and care to learn about.
  
• Get involved with something. Anything! Use your first semester or so to explore the heck out of Berkeley and see what you like. It's all very exciting and overwheleming, but don't be afraid to just checked stuff out. By the end of Spring semester you'll want to settle down on one or two organizations/events/activities.
• Think about why you want to be a business major. Make sure that your reason is genuine and real. Who knows, you might end loving something like Public Policy and end up not wanting to be a business major!
  

Some non-academic advice:

• Even though you'll be involved in something, don't let that limit you. Have friends that are outside of those things to keep yourself balanced and sane.
  
• Check out cool stuff on campus like Zellerbach, Superb, Poetry Slam, etc.
• Don't get a boyfriend your first semester (if you don't already have one)! People who get into a relationship that early in college never learn to have any friends other than their boy. You think I'm kidding right? haha, I'm totally serious!
• Challenge yourself! Berkeley is really cool if you start exploring.
  

If you have any specific questions, I'm happy to answer them! Hope this helps!

Sarah