Student Stories Content / Student Stories Content for 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis en Why I chose 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis: My Egghead story /admissions/blog/why-i-chose-uc-davis-my-egghead-story <p><span lang="EN">When I was applying to colleges, it was at the height of the COVID pandemic in 2020. As an incoming senior in high school, I felt so intimidated by the premise of choosing a college to go to without ever having been on a tour while students were in session. In order to make me slightly less nervous about college applications, my parents offered to go on a road trip with me so I could see some of the campuses I was applying to.</span></p> July 12, 2024 - 1:00pm Isabella E Beristain /admissions/blog/why-i-chose-uc-davis-my-egghead-story Searching for community: My 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis Story /admissions/blog/how-i-made-friends-large-public-college Read how a college student utilized student resources and local activities to make friends at the largest 澳门六合彩资料库 campus in California 鈥 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis. May 30, 2024 - 10:10am Isabella E Beristain /admissions/blog/how-i-made-friends-large-public-college My Advice for Pre-Veterinary Medicine Students | 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis /admissions/blog/my-advice-for-pre-veterinary-medicine-students <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>My name is Orli </span></span></span></span></span></span>Algranatti<span><span><span><span><span><span>, and I'm a current undergraduate student at 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis studying Animal Science. If you're a high school student interested in becoming a veterinarian, I'd love to share some advice with you about my experiences at 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis and how you can make the most of your time here!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> April 24, 2023 - 2:28pm Abigail Julianna Loomis /admissions/blog/my-advice-for-pre-veterinary-medicine-students My First Quarter as a College Freshman at a 澳门六合彩资料库 | 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis /admissions/blog/my-first-quarter-as-a-college-freshman-at-a-uc <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>While waiting for your college decisions to come, you might start thinking about what college will be like. What will it be like living in the residence halls? How will you make friends? How will you make the transition from high school to college? Fear not, because first-year Zoe Vollmer is here to tell you all about her first quarter at 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> February 08, 2023 - 5:43pm Abigail Julianna Loomis /admissions/blog/my-first-quarter-as-a-college-freshman-at-a-uc First-Gen Student? You Belong! /admissions/blog/first-gen-student-you-belong <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>My name is Olivia-Alexis and I鈥檓 a first-generation college student who just graduated with a bachelor鈥檚 degree. My parents are second- and first-generation immigrants (my mother from Mexico and my father from the Philippines). They both worked hard so I could have college opportunities they never had.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> June 13, 2022 - 6:56pm Abigail Julianna Loomis /admissions/blog/first-gen-student-you-belong Escape Classes With Off-Campus Experiences /admissions/blog/escape-classes-with-off-campus-experiences <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>When you think about college academics, you probably think of taking notes in a classroom, cramming in the main library or working on a project in a lab, museum, creative space or another campus facility. But some universities offer research and learning beyond the main campus that helps students gain real-world career skills as they&nbsp;<a href="/majors/blog/3-ways-students-can-enhance-their-college-experience-beyond-their-major">make the most of their college experience</a>.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> May 25, 2022 - 4:49pm Abigail Julianna Loomis /admissions/blog/escape-classes-with-off-campus-experiences Students Explore the Intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Consciousness /magazine/students-explore-intersection-artificial-intelligence-and-consciousness <p>In his first-year seminar dubbed 鈥淐ould a Robot Ever Be Conscious?鈥 Professor Richard Huskey guides students to discuss theories of consciousness. Through a variety of fields ranging from neuroscience to philosophy, students in this first-year seminar have nuanced conversations about artificial intelligence and consciousness, and whether anything distinguishes the two.</p> November 18, 2024 - 10:30am Russell L Thebaud /magazine/students-explore-intersection-artificial-intelligence-and-consciousness My Summer Internship in New Zealand /magazine/summer-internship <p dir="ltr"><span>Over the summer, I spent seven weeks doing an internship, paired with an online writing course, in New Zealand with a group of other University of California undergraduates. My major is environmental science and management, following the soils and biogeochemistry tract, and I hoped to gain experience incorporating soil science and sustainable management. As a student journalist at 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis Magazine, I wanted to share my experience spending a summer interning abroad.</span></p> November 18, 2024 - 10:30am Jocelyn C Anderson /magazine/summer-internship Meet the Undergraduates Who Won Big Bang! /magazine/meet-undergraduates-who-won-big-bang <p><span>This year, a team of 澳门六合彩资料库 Davis undergraduates took home the first prize in the annual&nbsp;</span><a href="https://innovate.ucdavis.edu/big-bang-competition"><span>Big Bang! Business Competition</span></a><span>. The EpiSense team won the $25,000 award with their pitch for a wearable device that could significantly improve quality of life for patients with epilepsy.</span></p> August 19, 2024 - 10:05am Jocelyn C Anderson /magazine/meet-undergraduates-who-won-big-bang Helping House /magazine/helping-house Aggie House has been sheltering students in need since 2021. April 03, 2024 - 5:00am Jocelyn C Anderson /magazine/helping-house