Hometown: Cerritos, California
Plans: Working at Accenture as a technology consulting analyst
“On the one hand, I’m glad to start working and apply my skills to the real world — midterms and finals are getting old. On the other, I’m a tad scared that I can no longer hide behind the general cover of being ‘a student.’ I won’t forget IEOR’s professors (all eight or so of you). Thank you for making a difference in my life!”

Hometown: Marysville, California
Plans: Graduate school at Berkeley in ME, then work in the energy industry
“I’m the first person in my family to graduate from a university, so this is a proud moment for my parents. I feel to some extent I’m living the American dream. I’ll remember the weirdos on Sproul Plaza, eating sushi for the first time, watching the tree-sitters, and the rally after Obama’s victory and later his inauguration. I wouldn’t have wanted to go to school anywhere else.”

Hometown: Union City, California
Plans: Work for two years at a biotech company, then go to medical school
“Co-founding the Art of Living Club has been one of my most memorable experiences at Cal!”

Hometown: Pebble Beach, California
Plans: Medical school at the national military Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
“I’ll remember the interesting engineering classes I took; they were all on different topics that are pertinent to what I’ll be doing in the future.”

Hometown: Albany, California
Plans: Working at Chevron now in materials engineering and in December will earn a master’s in mechanical engineering
“I will miss you all so much.”

Hometown: Fort Myers, Florida
Plans: Working as a civil engineer with the Federal Highway Administration
“I busted my a** 24/7. Worked a total of six jobs. Finished almost all my problem sets. And I lived to tell the tale!”

Hometown: San Juan Capistrano, California
Plans: Working at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for six months and afterward working in Washington, D.C., as a patent examiner
“Commencement will be the culmination of everything I’ve worked for. It will be odd when it’s behind me. But leaving here is not the end of the world — just the end of an era. I look forward to what the next era has in store.”

Hometown: Saratoga, CA

Plans: After graduation I am planning on working for one to two years and then get a Ph.D.

"College is about learning, working hard, personal development and building one's network. Given that, I will never actually graduate. College is for life."

Hometown: San Diego, CA

Plans: I plan to move back to San Diego and hope to find a job in southern CA.

"I will remember the view of the bay from the top of the Campanile."