Uc Davis Relationship Fair Analysis

“UC Davis Career and Internship Fair” This fall I started my journey with UC Davis. Davis is a really exciting, new and challenging chapter in my life. I moved from San Mateo, where I lived with my fiancée, to an apartment in Davis where I live on my own. Starting new school, and being surrounded by many new faces is not easy. I am not a person who can easily meet and connect with new people. UC Davis offers a lot of events for its students, some of them are very exciting like the welcome event that took place the last Friday of September, and some are less exciting like the one I just participated in, The Career and Internships Fair. I heard about the fair on few occasions, but I was not sure if I wanted to be a part of this event. I know fairs tend to be very crowded, to the point that one barely can move, and I really do not like crowds. Also, …show more content…
The UC Davis ARC welcomed me with a very long line to get in, but this did not discourage me. If anything, this made my expectations higher, as I thought, “this must be really great fair, since people are dressed up in suits, standing in line for 15minutes”. After entering the building, first I got overwhelmed by the great variety of companies actually participating in this event. Then, unfortunately, I noticed that most of the companies were looking for either computer engineers or mechanical engineers. There was really nothing there for psychology and/or communication major student. Most, but not all, of the people who were representing these companies, were not well informed. When I asked them questions they rarely had any answers for me, expect one…”I am not sure, but you can check online”. I attended the event myself, but I saw Rick when I got there. I waved to him, but I am not sure if he saw me, he looked really nervous about the whole