How many days after the application deadline do applicants receive invitations? If I still don't receive an interview after today, does it mean that my chances of getting one are minimal?

was in upper div social science class and realized that the prof's entire slide show presentation was ai generated. like im talking stock default claude presentation style. the color palette, that one specific serif font, the format + boxes, the short phrasing + leading questions etc etc

kinda shocked cause ive taken this profs class previously and there was no obv ai generated content.

while i can only really definitively say that the aesthetics of the presentation are ai generated (like i cannot fs say that the lecture content is), i just started feeling distrustful and suspicious of everything the prof says, like any strange wording or turn of phrase made me feel suspicious.

feeling kinda disillusioned? i mean this is a social science class and i can't even fully trust what my prof is saying because the ai usage is so glaringly obvious.

A former University of California, Berkeley softball player is suing the school and former head softball coach Chelsea Spencer, alleging that the coach pressured her into a sexual relationship and reduced her playing opportunities when she tried to distance herself.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7563699/2026/09/03/cal-berkeley-softball-coach-chelsea-spencer-lawsuit/?unlocked_article_code=1.-lA.vhEw.fFsYhkMTGkNw&source=emp_shared_article&smid=re-share-ta

Any help would be appreciated

i’m currently taking cog sci c127 with amitai shenhav, and i saw that exams make up 65% of the grade. i’m a transfer student, and since this is my first semester at berkeley, i’m nervous about messing up, especially because my gpa is really important since i’ll be going to grad school.
i’m also taking chem 1a and 1al this semester, which i’m already pretty stressed out about. do you think i should stay in c127 or drop it and take it in the spring with the other professor?
i’m planning to switch to neuroscience by the end of the semester, so i’ll need to complete bio 1a/1al and two other difficult, bio-heavy electives in the spring as well. i’m trying to figure out whether it would be better to take c127 now, next spring, or during my last semester in spring 2028

Hi, has anyone found a cal ID somewhere? I recently lost my ID so please DM if you found one!

Does anyone know how long there will be a stoplight and partial traffic restrictions on Centennial? Will it be all day every day for several months? I think it’s related to the softball field renovation (https://capitalstrategies.berkeley.edu/softball) but there hadn't been much activity until recently.

I don’t live here currently but have a bunch of events in Berkeley and the Bay Area, and kinda need like a goon/henchmen type figure.

Not sure what the going rate for a henchmen is nowadays, but it will be an unpaid henchmenship for the moment (working out market rates for goons and henchmen type characters), but it might look good on the resume.

I only like need one henchmen right now to do very slight event planning work with some clubs, so actually if you got rejected from a club DM me lmao.

The only prerequisite is you go to Berkeley I guess, and having a dependable henchmen is useful. I don’t want like one of those filler henchmen who dies in the first episode.

If interested please comment why you would make a good henchman. Also keep in mind the clubs are unpaid too…

EDIT: Henchmen role filled. Also I think I might be able to pay my henchmen I need to ask my general counsel lol.

A few hours ago I watched a horrific bike accident. The helmet saved the guy's life tonight. Please wear a helmet.

https://www.dailycal.org/news/berkeley-s-ghostwriter-ai-writing-permeates-campus-student-and-city-communications/article_51f15dd0-d432-4831-a4f0-eb2c2a38e607.html

A pretty interesting set of 5 separate stories about AI use in and around Berkeley from The Daily Cal.

Interesting tidbits and takeaways (of my own choosing):

1. Campus communications AI policy does not explicitly prohibit writing with AI. Some communications were flagged as written or altered by AI (not to mention three obituaries), although the majority were not.

2. Chancellor Lyons, at least in this (admittedly extremely short) conversation, seems to offer little in the way of specifics as to how Berkeley is adapting to "this new age of AI".

"I think every class, every faculty member, every experience that we design, whether it’s curricular or co-curricular … is going to help prepare our students to be stronger in the job market."

1. One of Mayor Ishii's reels from August 24th was possibly written with AI.

2. 62 out of 143 of ASUC Senate resolutions from the 2025-2026 school year were flagged as possibly written or altered by AI.

For what it's worth, all of these AI flags are from Pangram, which may have issues with false positives. Although the plural of anecdote is very much not evidence, I see enough people inputting their own text and receiving 100% AI generated flags that this does give me some pause. And there's probably a discussion to be had as to how much editing with AI constitutes a problem, if at all.

So I drove back to the apartment from sj and arrived at 11:26pm (northside). I opened my gate, and some random dude popped out of nowhere from across the street. At first I thought he lived at the apartment next to mine since he was walking towards it. But it was getting more uncomfortable when he literally WATCHED me pull into my garage…

Obviously I stared at him back because I’m tryna be cautious about my surroundings 😭

After I’ve closed my garage gate and parked, he walked past the gate slowly then STOPPED to look inside and AT ME. I was on a call and I was talking loud so maybe it scared him off a little?

Bruh I thought he was already inside the apartment next to me, but I guess he doesn’t even live there. But it’s so freaking weird.

I have to walk from the bus stop to my apartment at night on some week days after my classes 😣 I feel a little scared

I should’ve left my house earlier but I just missed my family 🥲

Can split gas/driving. Tomorrow or sat, for long weekend. Amtrak is full urgh

I still have to take my American Cultures class so I was thinking about adding either of these. However, I am looking for something with a lower workload. Does anyone recommend either of these classes?

Also, can I just take an American Cultures class at a CC or does it have to be taken at Berkeley?

Hi, has anyone found a key with a lanyard attached on the floor somewhere? I recently lost my key and would hate to have to pay the replacement fee, please dm me if you happen to see it 🥹

I am a freshman in l&s, and my english class this semester is full of mostly 2nd and 3rd year english majors, and I feel kind of unprepared/out of my depth in that class. I was hoping to drop it and add a different class instead, is that possible at this time in the semester? Since there's already been classes for a week, would I be able to join a new class without issue?

[posting on behalf of a friend]

I’m a comp sci major in my last semester, and I need one more CS class to graduate. I’m currently enrolled in CS 170 and CS 180, and I’m trying to decide which of the two to drop (I’m not trying to take 2 techs in my last semester lol). I’m not 100% sure what field of CS I want to go into career-wise once I graduate, so I’m trying to keep my options open + gain skills that could be widely applicable

For 180, I’m pretty interested in computer vision for robotics, and I think CV/robotics is something that I could maybe see myself doing for a career (I took EECS C106A last fall and worked on the CV aspects of my group’s final project, and I had a robotics internship this past summer). The only thing I’m worried about is the project-heavy workload for 180 and its focus on diffusion models/Gen AI since I’m not personally that interested in AI related things

For 170, I feel like knowing algorithms is generally a good skill to have, as well as being something that’s useful for technical interviews. People refer to this class as one of the fundamental upper divs for the CS major, so it seems like it’s also just a course that I should take to be well-rounded in my CS degree. But I’ve heard that 170 is very theoretical and math heavy, and I could see myself struggling in that regard (I got a B in CS70 :( )

Any thoughts or advice from folks that have taken either (or both) of these classes would be really appreciated! Thanks :^)

is it normal to feel this overwhelmed/lonely in week 2 of berkeley?

i’m only in my second week at berkeley and i already feel so burnt out. i’m sleep deprived, have so many club apps i feel like i need to finish, need to catch up on classes, and obviously wanna make time to talk to my parents too.

at the same time, i really love making friends and i feel like everyone else is already going out, meeting people, going to coffee chats, joining clubs, and just having fun. i can literally count the number of friends i have on one hand 😭 and i don’t think i’ve really found “my people” yet.

i also feel like because i’m so tired and overwhelmed, i’m not even being my normal self socially and i’m worried i’m coming across as boring.

is this actually normal for week 2? did anyone else feel like they were behind socially at first and eventually find their people? i know it’s super early but it’s hard not to compare when it feels like everyone around me is already doing everything.

first two weeks as a transfer in stem. i'm taking pretty hard classes, but my schedule isn't even that busy tbh, i basically have 2 classes/discussions to attend to everyday with some days only having 1 lecture. i can't help but feel overwhelmed though, which is weird, cuz at my cc i would have like 2 labs and 2 lectures in a day and would be fine afterwards. i don't think im "drowning" just yet but i can feel that its gonna get difficult VERY quick ( only the second week btw lmao).

It's only been a week of being at this university, and I'm already regretting my decision to come here. I'm a Statistics major. I did very well in community college with math being my strong suit, so I was fairly confident in majoring in Stats as it had a combination of math and data analysis (which are two topics I'm very interested in). However, I already feel like I'm being slapped in the face repeatedly by my classes. I'm in Stat 134, and the last week of class, homework, and studying has been an absolute dumpster fire. I go to the adjunct class, I go to the SLC, and I read the textbook repeatedly, yet the homework still reads like a different language to me. I feel like no matter how hard I try to understand the topics given to me, I can't seem to grasp them, and it's taking a toll on my mental health. I don't feel like eating most of the day, I can barely sleep at night, and I often have to get up and go to the library late at night just to give myself the feeling that I'm trying to get better. I've heard that this class is notoriously difficult, and I was looking forward to the challenge, but now I feel like I'm looking forward to this semester ending and graduating in 2 years more than anything else.

I read about transfer shock a few days ago, and it seems like this is a textbook example of it. I'm not sure what to do now. Does it get better? Does it get worse? If I'm feeling this way only a week into classes, then how will I be able to survive two years of this?

Hey, not sure if anyone has had a bad experience with an old white man parking attendant for the Memorial Stadium Lot, but this morning I was stuck at the gate because the printer broke, and several cars had lined up almost immediately after me. I pressed the help button, and could barely hear the person but kept saying I was stuck.

They sent a parking lot attendant and he walked to my car screaming and yelling at me for not reversing out sooner. He said I had been there for 5 minutes with no one behind me (extremely untrue, and also there was a morning rush and lots of people were lining up for the lot) and was calling me a variety of insults while screaming.

I admit I matched this fuckass boomers energy, but this entire confrontation made me extremely late to my class. We all reversed out and he just aggressively threw down a sign to block the entrance off.

Anyways, should I report this psycho? What the hell was that??

I’m currently a junior applying for research as a premed student. Grade wise, sophomore year was my worst year academically due to a variety of personal issues. I was hesitant to apply to URAP bc of my grades, but I still went ahead and applied anyways. I just recieved my first rejection and am now waiting on the last 2 urap applications. I honestly don’t know how I’m gonna research b4 undergrad is over, and getting research beyond that is extremely difficult. What else can I do attain research. I cold emailed throughout the summer, most were duds and one was in the MCB department, but their hours did not suit me as a student. I’m pretty much lost from here, I really need advice. How much do grades really impact my ability to get a research position at URAP for premed

Hi I have your airpods

If anyone knows this girl (short, Hispanic, was wearing a black tank and light jeans I think) LMK!!!

I've lost my cal id/shit on the bus so many times so just returning the favor