Transfer from Chabot/Las Positasto UC Berkeley BioEngineering

Stephanie SibertTransfer year 2012

A little about me:

For real this timeA little about me, and how I got to Berkeley.

Graduated from California high school

1999

Enrolled in Las Positas Collage 1999

Child, Family & Community – ATrigonometry –AFundamentals/Speech Communication - A

Fall 1999

Western Civilzation Since 1600 - A The Classic Myths - B Pre-Calculus Mathematics - A

Spring 2000

Quit. Got married. Started working in finance

Note: 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 schoolIntroduction to Archaeology - A Hist and Amer Cultures Calif - B

Spring 2007

Introduction to Health - A General Psychology - A

Fall 2008

Intro to College Biology - ACritical Reading and Comp - A Nutrition- A

Spring 2009

Intro to College Chemistry - A Summer 2009

General College Chemistry I - A Calculus I - A Bible: History and Literature - A

Fall 2009

Calculus II - BGeneral Physics - AGeneral 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 - A Summer 2011

Ordinary Differential Equation - A General Physics II - B General Physics III - B

Fall 2011

Introduction to Art - AComp Methods Engineer/ Science - A Electrical Circuits & Devices - B

Spring 2012

Associate in Science, Chemistry Degree May 25, 2012Highest 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.

http://bioeng.berkeley.edu

BioEngineering subdisciplinesBiomaterialsBiomechanics and cell and tissue

engineeringBiomedical DevicesComputational BioEngineeringImagingPremedSynthetic Biology

Sandia Scientific Honors Scholarship and an internship at Sandia National Labs

IR image processing using MatLabThermal Analysis

◦1D, 2D, 3D◦9 layers, with top layer having temperature

dependent thermal properties◦Excel and MatLab Solutions

Custom micro-electronics constructionLots of cleaning and inventory checking

◦Met lots of people◦Always Maximize your opportunities!

Class project: Mass Transport Phenomena

Internship at JBEI 6/2013 - current

Photo © Lawrence Berkeley National Labs

Tips for Engineering TransfersUse 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 Sibertstephaniejsibert@gmail.com

Go Bears!