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Feeling Welcome – One of my favorite things about UC Berkeley is how welcome I felt - not only when I first started living there, but even when I first visited. During CalSO, our overnight student orientation program, I fell in love with not just college life, but UC Berkeley. When the school year finally began, I immediately discovered my best friends in my dorm hall. Everybody here, including the faculty and people I met involved in Greek life, is just so friendly and welcoming. They are my family, and this aspect of UC Berkeley makes me proud to be a Golden Bear.

Melting Pot – You will bump into people of all ethnic backgrounds and sexual orientations at UC Berkeley. People voice their religious and political beliefs every day out in public for the world to hear. Most importantly, we respect each others' beliefs and backgrounds because we appreciate diversity. The differences bring us together, if anything.