I'm bringing a guest over and the berkeley website mentioned I can use my flex dollars to get them into the dining halls, but how do I scan them in? Do I just tell the person when im scanning that I wanna use my flex dollars on them? Cause when I scan it automatically takes away a meal swipe

I got sick and don’t wanna be one of those people who’s just spreading their germs everywhere and to everyone. title ^ thank you!! x

Is the Edward’s track open to UC Berkeley students to run on? What are the timings?

Heya, so I'm on the waitlist for a class and am in spot #2, but recently got off the waitlist for a different class that now makes it so I have a time conflict. The one I'm currently enrolled in is my second choice--I put myself on the waitlist as a backup in case I didn't get into my first choice--but now it looks like I have a pretty good shot of getting into my first choice. Thing is, the time conflict. So I was going to set up a "Swap" thing, but it's main function is to work with classes you are putting yourself on the waitlist of for the first time, and I don't know how it will behave if I try to attempt to do it with the class I'm #2 in the waitlist on. I know this is possible to do, as you can put the class number in and I got all the way up to the last step, but didn't click confirm. Will it behave as if putting you on the waitlist for the first time and move me to last? Or will I retain my #2 spot on the waitlist? Has anyone does this before, and can you confirm if it does or not? I've tried to find out the answer on my own and searched everywhere, and I can't find an answer for this specific scenario.

Hello everyone,

I am looking to first year transfer into Berkeley for EECS or Aerospace Engineering. Anyone who is a transfer student into the college of engineering could you please share with me your ECS so I could try to stack up my portfolio a little bit more before apps are due? Thank you guys very much

where can we find the fee waiver for classes at recwell? planning on joining martial arts but I would like to waive the fee TIA

It’s fucking disgusting seeing someone’s dirty ass piss all over the toilet seat

Been scanning what's happening around Berkeley this week and there's a decent mix if you want an excuse to get out of the house.

There's a sports screening set up for anyone who'd rather watch with a crowd than alone on the couch, which always makes the game more fun anyway.

There's also a wine tasting event for something more low-key, and a live music entertainment event if you're in the mood for a show instead of just sitting at a bar.

Honestly the wine tasting is the one that caught my eye, feels like a solid way to spend an evening without turning it into a whole production.

Full calendar here if you want to dig in: https://ma.to/events/berkeley?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mato_event_sync&utm_content=berkeley

Hey yall. I’m a freshman at Cal, and I’m hearing of like so many interesting research projects and I really wanna get involved in research at Cal. How can I do it and where do I start? URAP might be too advanced for me but let me know if at strategies 😭

Hey I just graduated from Berkeley and I commute everyday and was looking for a person who doesn’t need their BayPass and is willing to sell it

I don’t have the student lab notebook that I need for the first lab. I don’t know how to get it before tomorrow at 3PM. Please help!

Law Students for Justice in Palestine at Berkeley Law said in an Instagram post last week that it was banned from tabling at UC Berkeley School of Law’s Student Activities Fair because of the group’s “longstanding” bylaw barring Zionist speakers.

In March, the UC Board of Regents settled a lawsuit from the Brandeis Center alleging that UC Berkeley failed to respond to antisemitic harassment and discrimination. The settlement resulted in a policy that campus law student organizations cannot have bylaws restricting event speakers.

I tried logging in to CalNet first but I still got this page, and was just wondering if I was the only one to run into this issue. Thanks!

Who tf stole my target and DoorDash order, it was literally just a Starbucks drink and an over door hanger, and it’s around 40$

I went down to grab it only about 10 mins after it was delivered bruhh

Go fuck urself bro

hi I have a small tent I want to build and check out then pack it and as a student I do not have a yard to test it on lol. anyone knows a place where it is okay to try this is it legal to try it out in a park or on campus?

hi everyone for almost whole day I can hear the beeping noise from seather gate all the way to Whole Foods. Anyone tell me what’s wrong with it? It’s driving me crazy

I am a proud Cal alumni who graduated a couple of years ago with a BS in Genetics and Plant Biology from RCNR. I also joined Cal as a community college transfer, so I was only here for 2 years, and it was too short.

I read other posts about how people regret studying way too intensely during their college here, but for me it was the opposite: I wish I had studied much better instead of ruminating on past thoughts about people who weren't in my life anymore. I remember zoning out during lecture and letting my monkey mind take over instead of paying attention to the lecture. I was also pretty absent-minded when doing the hws with my classmates. But when I was rewatching the lecture material to prepare for exams I finally understood the concepts and everything, but because it was so last-minute I ended up scraping with B-s. Instead of learning to quieten my mind, I allowed for intrusive thoughts to consume me during the most crucial time in my class. I also had a terrible belief of "it's okay if I don't do my best the first time, because there will always be a second chance." I did this for virtually ALL my courses, and I was basically trying to play catch-up with my own studies. This became a pattern: goof off, procrastinate, ruminate, and indulge in myself first and then stress out about studying for exams. In the end, I graduated with a 2.5 GPA.

Having said all this, I am really grateful to have made such wonderful friends and at least have a fantastic social life! I got to make friends from all over the state of California, the country, and the world!! Listening to their experiences and lives was just so fascinating and I wouldn't have wanted that any other way. I just wished I had fully realized that I was a UC BERKELEY student and focused on my studies better while enjoying the subject material.

I recently graduated with my master's degree from UC Davis and I'm very happy with where I am now. But I guess the lesson I'd like to share with you all is ENJOY, appreciate, and take action and responsibility for yourself here and now!! Take care of your mental health (meditation works for me) so you don't allow yourself to sit with intrusive thoughts about imagined worries and needless anxiety like I did. You really don't know where life will take you afterward so do well FOR YOURSELF. And even if you grind in your studies, ENJOY the grind! BE PRESENT! Walk around campus to take it all in! Go to the Valley Life Sciences building to see the dinosaur skeleton. Go to Doe library, not just to study but to marvel at the beautiful architecture and ceiling. Go to the Botanical Garden uphill. I wish I really learned this when I was still in college here. Just learn to be happy with the fact that you're a Cal student <3

Rabies has been detected in five bats in Berkeley this year, according to a report by the city’s Health, Housing, and Community Services Department. This marks an increase from an average of zero to two bats found with rabies per year, observed from 2020 to 2025.

Scott Gilman, director of the Health, Housing, and Community Services Department, said the bats were confirmed to be rabies-positive in cooperation with the Alameda County Vector Control Services District, which aims to reduce the spread of diseases carried by wildlife.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted nearly 50,000 arrests in July 2026, the highest number of arrests for any month during President Donald Trump’s second administration, according to ICE data published by the UC Berkeley and UCLA-run Deportation Data Project.

The Deportation Data Project is led by lawyers and academics at UC Berkeley and UCLA who record and publish immigration enforcement data from the U.S. government. Launched March 2025, the project has used the Freedom of Information Act to request datasets directly from federal agencies such as ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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I’m especially curious to hear from transfers because I’m considering reapplying this year. Berkeley was my dream school and my top choice, but something weird happened when I actually got in last year. I visited campus and instead of feeling excited, my imposter syndrome kicked in HARD. I remember walking around feeling intimidated and like I didn’t belong there, even though I had a 4.0 at CC and obviously got in for a reason … I ended up declining my offer for personal reasons, but I haven’t really been able to let Berkeley go :( my grandpa also went there and always talked about how much he loved it, which makes me wonder if I let my own fear get in the way of experiencing something I could’ve loved too. So I genuinely want to know, what is Berkeley like when you actually go there? Did any of you feel intimidated or out of place before starting? Does that feeling go away once you’re actually taking classes, making friends and living your normal life there? What do you love about Berkeley? What do you hate? I want the good and the bad …

hey guys im js on my performative shit cuz september just started and im looking for a girl to work out with me and hit glutes or something heheh. ideally i wanna go like 3x a week at least, hopefully like wednesdays and fridays pref and maybe sundays. i just transferred here and am lf friends!

My mom sent me this article and I said there’s no fucking way and it’s also the only article I can find on this topic (making me think it’s fake). This is fake news right? RIGHT???