A Curious Character

ACC Ep 7: Paul Ceralde on Engineering, Impact, and Graduate School at UC Berkeley


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In this episode, we chat about why Paul studied engineering, how he got to study at UC Berkeley for his masters, and the perspectives and new skills he brought back to the Philippines afterwards.

Lessons from UC Berkeley

“Getting exposed to the startup scene at Silicon Valley, and learning about the technologies and the possibilities and telling myself that I can make this happen, we Filipinos can make this happen too. That’s why we’re doing it right now.”

"People that change the world are humans, still. They're just humans that are more imaginative, humans that are motivated, humans that see the bigger picture, humans that have vision, the tenacity, and the resolve to attack a problem and offer a solution.”

In this episode, we discuss

  • In this episode, we discussWhy Paul studied engineering
  • Decision process in high school
  • Why Materials Science and Engineering
  • His expectations getting into college and the undergraduate experience
  • Maximizing resources in the university as an undergrad, how he made the most out of his undergrad experience, and thinking about what to do after undergrad
  • Realizing he wanted to apply for graduate school
  • Why he chose to apply to Berkeley
  • Graduate school application process
  • From the Philippines to California: Preparing for the big move
  • His UC Berkeley Experience
  • GRE, TOEFL and what they mean in one’s application
  • Takeaways
  • What Paul is doing now
  • Wrapping up
  • You can connect with Paul on LinkedIn

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    I look forward to bringing you future episodes with inspiring individuals and ideas about pursuing a career in STEM every month!

    Thanks to Seth Sanchez (@ primeblissrecords) for the intro music.

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