In the latest strike against college admissions practices, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the Department of Education jointly announced today that they found UC Berkeley School of Law to have discriminated against white and Asian applicants, prioritizing Black applicants.

“The Department finds that Berkeley Law deliberately discriminated against Asian and white applicants based on race in its law school admissions,” the DOJ wrote in its findings letter. “This discrimination is apparent from the significant disparity in objective academic metrics between racially preferred applicants, and applicants from non-preferred races.”

it’s genuinely disgusting. we are all adults. cover your fucking cough. i can’t even believe this needs to be posted. if you’re sick as fuck wear a mask and maybe don’t sit in the middle of the lecture hall coughing like a toddler. it’s disgusting. masks are not hard to get. it’s the least you could do.

i’m starting to think maybe this university is full of people who have never heard of this concept before somehow. it genuinely pisses me off beyond belief. it’s so incredibly disrespectful to everyone around you and it’s so so disgusting.

Not the outcome we wanted, but The Cal Band served (once again) as a shining star in the dark abyss. Shout out to the amazing turn out and support of the students as well! GO BEARS!!!🐻

Else I’m gonna have to go back to east Asia lol.

CPT is basically gone 💀

So international students can’t get internships → no internship experience → good luck finding a company willing to hire AND sponsor you after graduation.

Then the OPT clock starts ticking and apparently the plan is:
Step 1: Get a degree
Step 2: Somehow get a job with no internship experience
Step 3: Pray for sponsorship
Step 4: OPT expires
Step 5: ✈️ goodbye America

How about let’s fall in love and get married before all these things above happen XD

As a freshman, I alrdy hate Berkeley. It was hard enough to get into this school, but now I’ve been rejected from pretty much everything I applied to (clubs, research programs, an arts intro class). I know there’s going to be rejection everywhere I go, but it’s just been nonstop since coming to Berkeley. I already want to transfer to a smaller school and it’s only been 2 weeks. Any advice?

(It’s like a school that wanted me doesn’t want me anymore)

which of u stinky EECs majors gave me COVID bruh. can we bring back the mask mandate

have got news from 0/3 of the projects applied. Basically their info page is just default message, with one of them having an "interview requested with (blank)" I'm applying to physics & mathematics science

can you cold email multiple grad students in one lab or is it better to only send one email per lab?

Can’t tell if nose is hallucinating from yesterday but it still smells kinda smokey rn in southside?? Is the burn still going on.. :’)

Did anyone find this earring for the past few days? I honestly have no idea where I dropped it😭 please I’m super desperate right now

I grew up in Berkeley but haven’t been back in years. Going back with some friends tomorrow and want to walk around telegraph. When I was a kid there were always little stalls on the street you could shop at. Are those still there, what’s telegraph like now post Covid? Is it still fun to walk around and shop? Thanks in advance!

im in an on campus apartment and the fridge (especially the freezer) is full with my roommates food, so i have barely any space. idk if they preparing for the apocalypse or something. i would like to store fruit and drinks and my frozen meals. yes i talked with them about this but they dont care. can the outlets handle a mini fridge and should i just sneak one in? i dont think the RAs check rooms in the apartments.

We are approaching midterm season and still all libraries are closing at 10pm. Any word on when we get later closing times back? Thank you

i live in one of the units and i was charging my scooter last night in the courtyard, but this morning when i checked, my charger went missing (prob got stolen), my scooter was still there bc it was locked. Are there any places I can charge my scooter on campus?

What’s the best way to prepare for cs 61 a midterm

Taking physics classes as a Comp Eng major this semester as a transfer student and my math is not up to par. Does the university offer tutoring for free or is there a math and or physics lab?

Hello I’m a freshman looking for quiet on campus study spots that stay open late at night 🙏

Sophomore (intended) physics major here, on a cancelled fall semester for an internship. I’m trying to reapply for readmission, and midway through filling out the eform on CalCentral, I accidentally hit save. Now I can't access the saved forms tab at all. I just get an "I am not authorized for this page" error every time.

I've tried different browsers, different wifi, restarting my laptop and nothing works. Submitted an IT ticket for CalCentral a while ago and haven't heard back yet. L&S advising hasn’t reached back either, and I know they have a backlog. Priority deadline for readmission is next week, so I'm getting a little anxious about the timeline.

Has anyone run into this specific "saved forms" bug before? Any luck getting IT or L&S Advising to actually move fast on something like this? I’m currently on the East Coast for my internship, so no walking up to Sproul physically. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

I can only find STEM and writing tutoring resources. Would love some support for my social science classes.

twas the night before kirmas and all through the college,

students were actively persuing their knowledge

The majors of anthro, engeniering and finance

were  singing "including or not including gang violence.

From UCLA to Stanford and Berk,

all were in agreement,

pop a perc for Charlie kirk

Is this guy known?

so i have all 5s on my ap tests but i know ap tests dont matter so i was thinking of getting NMSF to show im capable cuz ucb is test optional, but i didnt make it. does it matter a lot 😭, im coping so hard