Finding a crowd to fit in with

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>So I go to a community college in the east bay and I applied to transfer to Berkeley in the Fall. The one thing I am concerned with is that if I do end up attending I would have a hard time finding people that I fit in with. My school is pretty much the urban/pothead/east bay crowd so those are the kinds of people that I chill with. All my friends are transferring to CSU's so I'm going to have to find a new crowd if I end up at Berkeley. I have encountered Berkeley students a few times at forensics tournaments, and from my experience they seemed a little snobbish. No offense to you guys and I am sure that there are plenty of cool people at Berkeley, but I am just worried that I would be an outcast, especially since I will be a transfer student.</p>

<p>Am I worrying too much about this? Is the vast majority of the student population at Berkeley the overachiever/super competitive/upper class type? I know it's good to make friends with new kinds of people but I also would like to be able to chill with people that I can relate to as well.</p>

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<p>Urrrrr maybe a tad snobby, but MOST Berkeley kids are not upper class. Many are low-middle class and this is kinda why they are soooo competitive since they have a lot of pressure to do well and make a lot money so many push themselves very far for that reason.</p>

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<p>So basically mostly asian? hahaha I kid I kid.</p>

<p>Seriously though, doesn’t sound so bad as long as I can find some down to earth people here and there.</p>

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<p>Yeah, they’re definitely there. 25,000+ and you find every type of person.</p>

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<p>I would say more overachieving people than laid-back people, but there are groups of every kind. Join some clubs and see if you like any of the people.</p>

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<p>So basically mostly Asian?</p>

<p>The answer is actually yes. This school is like faux-Chinatown.</p>

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<p>Esp. if you go into engineering, it’ll be even more of a faux-Chinatown.</p>