Your L&S Adviser: Paige A. Lee

Education
BA   Psychology    UC Berkeley
Ed. M.   Counseling & Consulting Psychology    Harvard University

Paige is currently working on her Ph. D. in Clinical Psychology at Alliant University, California School of Professional Psychology.

Paige has worked at UC Berkeley for 19 years. Before she came to L&S as a College adviser, she worked in Housing and Dining Services for five years. While working at L&S as a College adviser for the past 14 years, Paige also had the opportunity to work as an intern in other offices which included student group advising at the Office of Student Life and providing individual therapy at Counseling and Psychological Services as a pre-doctoral intern. Her many years of service at the University has given her a rich background and understanding of the variety of services and resources that Berkeley has to offer.

Advice: Unlike high school where your curriculum is dictated by state standards, designing your education at Cal is like putting together a gourmet meal that appeals to your palate! Creating a balanced schedule is like putting together a balanced meal. Two of your courses should be the meat and potatoes (or for you vegetarians, the tofu and beans) of your schedule. These will be core courses that will satisfy requirements for your intended major(s) or essential general education requirements (e.g. reading and composition, quantitative reasoning or foreign language). The third course should be your appetizer Ð a course you are interested in exploring and which may be a pre-requisite course to another possible major. On average, students change their minds about majors 3 to 4 times! The final course is your dessert course; this should be fun and hopefully lighter in workload from your other three courses. Remember! Too many heavy, core courses could be overwhelming and lead to digestive problems while having too many dessert courses could lead to empty calories! Having balance in your schedule and in your life is one of the keys to success at Cal. Welcome to Cal and Bon Appetite!