Random Scrap:
I had already decided to pack four semesters into three. That was the big advantage of the system in Berkeley where you paid for the school a flat fee per semester rather than paying a fee per unit. The second thing was to call Byran and ask him to cosign my student loan. Two years earlier he mentioned that whatever he can do he would help me and this was one of those times. We had tried to get me a loan before the summer but because of some problems of his credit history the loan for declined. This time, for some reason I thought we would succeed. I filled out a form with Wells Fargo and they sent the cosigners forms back to him. Later that afternoon, while waiting for the Bart at El Cerrito Station, I saw his name appearing on my phone. I sensed trouble. "What's going to happen if you die?" I remembered an offer of life insurance my bank had send me a few months earlier. I bought a policy and put Byran's name on it. A few days later the loan got approved. My financial worries had finally been sorted. At least for now.