California college freshmen find alternatives to campus life in a virtual world
Above: First year University of California, Berkeley student Ian Wong mountain climbs on down time with a small group from his campus.
They mourn missing out on the college life
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December 22, 2020
When Kaelynn Kuang pictured being in college, she didn’t just imagine lecture halls and living in dorms.
She wanted to join the honor society and Asian American student alliance at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
This is part of a continuing series on how California college freshmen are facing a disrupted start to their college careers.