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What was your high school clique? Berkeley students share

By Yasmin Anwar

Jocks, STEM nerds, Mean Girls, band, debate team, (Harry) Potter heads, thespians, gangsta wannabes, Goths, stoners, fashionistas, goodie two-shoes, eco-warriors. You name it, there’s a high school clique dedicated to it. A UC Berkeley sociologist has even identified a high school subculture she calls the “getting-by girls.”

But what happens to these tribal affiliations when you go to college? We asked a diverse group of UC Berkeley students about which high school clique they belonged to, and where they fit in at UC Berkeley. Here are excerpts from what they told us (open to full screen to view entire caption):