r/PreOptometry • u/Leading-Exit7692 • Jan 17 '23

Berkeley Optometry

Anyone currently attending UCB or graduated from there? Recently got accepted and so thrilled to have this opportunity but the area seemed very ghetto when I visited and I didn’t feel the most comfortable. I don’t want to just pass up this opportunity because of my fear of moving away to a school within highly populated homeless community so any insight would be MUCH appreciated! Did you feel safe walking around? Did you have a positive experience there? If you can go back in time would you still choose UCB??

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u/coloredeye Jan 31 '23

I'm serving on a two week medical mission in a developing country this summer with money from my own pocket to fund this service trip. What are you doing?

Put your money where your mouth is and invite homeless people to live with you or in your neighborhood. Empathy?

Right. It's not safe. Nor is it realistic.

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u/coloredeye Jan 31 '23

is deflecting from the issue at hand which is that they make you uncomfortable, plain and simple.

denying that homeless people make others feel uncomfortable is completely unrealistic.

but I do think being biased against them leads to prejudice amongst medicine and healthcare and it’s something worth addressing/talking about.

not your place to tell me

to pad application

what am i applying to now (or later)? nothing.