Transfer from Chabot/Las Positas to UC Berkeley BioEngineering Stephanie Sibert Transfer year 2012

A little about me:

For real this time A little about me, and how I got to Berkeley. Graduated from California high school1999 Enrolled in Las Positas Collage1999 Child, Family & Community – A Trigonometry –A Fundamentals/Speech Communication - A Fall 1999 Western Civilzation Since A The Classic Myths - B Pre-Calculus Mathematics - A Spring 2000 Quit. Got married. Started working in financeNote: Please don’t do this Obtained Series 6, 63, 65 securities licenses, life and health insurance license and real estate license. Won sales awards, got promotions…economy crashed and my company shut down. Fall 2006

Back to school Introduction to Archaeology - A Hist and Amer Cultures Calif - B Spring 2007 Introduction to Health - A General Psychology - A Fall 2008 Intro to College Biology - A Critical Reading and Comp - A Nutrition- A Spring 2009 Intro to College Chemistry - ASummer 2009 General College Chemistry I - A Calculus I - A Bible: History and Literature - A Fall 2009 Calculus II - B General Physics - A General Zoology - A Spring 2010 Intro to Cell Biology - A Organic Chemistry - B Critical Thinking/Writing Lit - A Elementary Linear Algebra - A Spring 2011 Critical Thinking/Writing - ASummer 2011 Ordinary Differential Equation - A General Physics II - B General Physics III - B Fall 2011 Introduction to Art - A Comp Methods Engineer/ Science - A Electrical Circuits & Devices - B Spring 2012 Associate in Science, Chemistry DegreeMay 25, 2012 Highest Honors Learning Disorder: Auditory processing deficit and word reversal

Why are you telling me this? Because, everyone has a story. Community collage vs. UC Berkeley ◦ CalSo – Engineering Orientation ◦ Student Parent Center Don’t ever let anyone talk you out of it!

What is Bioengineering? From UC Berkeley’s website [1] ◦ We like to think of it as the application of engineering principles to biological systems… A very broad field of study, bioengineering can include elements of electrical and mechanical engineering, computer science, materials, chemistry and biology.

BioEngineering subdisciplines Biomaterials Biomechanics and cell and tissue engineering Biomedical Devices Computational BioEngineering Imaging Premed Synthetic Biology

Sandia Scientific Honors Scholarship and an internship at Sandia National Labs IR image processing using MatLab Thermal Analysis ◦ 1D, 2D, 3D ◦ 9 layers, with top layer having temperature dependent thermal properties ◦ Excel and MatLab Solutions Custom micro-electronics construction Lots of cleaning and inventory checking ◦ Met lots of people ◦ Always Maximize your opportunities!

Class project: Mass Transport Phenomena

Internship at JBEI 6/ current Photo © Lawrence Berkeley National Labs

Tips for Engineering Transfers Use ASSIST.org and university articulation websites. Check and recheck, talk to a Chabot counselor, then check again. ◦ Things get missed ◦ Things change Look into programs like TAP (transfer alliance project) that assist you with applications and essay writing. Visit booths of any colleges you may be interested in on transfer day. ◦ Talk to the reps and don’t be shy about asking what they look for. Consider an associates degree if you have the credits ◦ Even if it’s not the end step, it’s worth acknowledging the victory

Questions? Stephanie Sibert Go Bears!