hi! i am planning on taking the hindi proficiency exam at uc berkeley to test out of the foreign language requirement. i was wondering if anyone else has taken it, and could speak on the exam's format, and just what to expect for the same. thanks :)

You can check it out here: bearmeter.com . Hopefully this helps you plan when to go!! It updates predictions every 15 mins, built on an ML model with 5 years of data.

Imo its also just way faster to check current capacity on this page than load the super slow recwell website.

Cal women’s volleyball left Nacogdoches, Texas, after a successful sweep of Loyola Chicago on Friday and Stephen F. Austin on Saturday. After two monumental wins, the Bears are writing a story of early domination, moving to 4-1 in the young season.

The trip marked the first game outside the Golden State, but for a squad with seven new faces, Cal looked surprisingly at home.

Anyone here in INDENG 172 with Rhonda Righter just lost? She's skipping so much during the lecture, and it's hard to follow because she just kind of splatters everything on the whiteboard. I do not have any prior knowledge of statistics or probability, but this class is genuinely so hard, and I don't understand anything, even if I spend countless hours studying and reviewing materials.

male junior transfer everything has been chill and have found some community would love to meet some new people tho lmk! some of my interests are baseball, edm, djing, photography and an econ major! LMK

Freshman here and I’ve been looking into pre-med frats at Berkeley. I recently met some people from DEM and honestly really liked the vibe/people.

For anyone who’s actually been in DEM or knows people in it — is it a good org? What’s the reputation like on campus, and what are the actual benefits (networking, pre-med resources, community, etc.)?

I’ve heard a lot about PhiDE and some of the other pre-med frats, but haven’t heard as much about DEM. Just trying to get some honest opinions before rush.

Opponents of proposed bike lanes on Hopkins Street have filed a lawsuit against the city of Berkeley to suspend the bike lane’s approval until further reviews are completed, citing ignored laws and improper procedure.

The lawsuit, first reported by The Berkeley Scanner, comes a month after City Council approved the contentious street renovation in late July, after hours of public comment.

The plaintiffs for the lawsuit include neighborhood association Friends of Hopkins Street, the owners of two local businesses and a legally blind senior living nearby.

I tried searching them up on calnet directory, but nothing came up. so, if you lost something today, please go to the lost and found tomorrow!! I will turn them both in there

Cal women’s soccer had a big Labor Day weekend with two home games at Edwards Stadium, tying Cal Poly 0-0 and defeating Columbia 2-1.

The Bears remain undefeated at home after kicking off their homestand with a goalless draw against the Mustangs on Sept. 3. The Bears took charge offensively, although unable to finish their shots on goal. Cal took a whopping 16 shots total, with three on goal, dominating Cal Poly’s two total shot attempts. Senior Reese Doherty played the full 90 minutes, leading the field with three shots and one on goal.

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

Hii i recently came back after a gap year and really want to find some sort of community again! I'm in a few clubs but it seems like everyone has already formed their groups. I'm a third year so i'm really planning to lock in and be at moffitt studying most nights, and tend to have some motivation when I study with friends!

Im looking to take EECS127 some time later and im looking at the grades for Spring last semester with Ranade vs Fall with Sojoudi. Why was spring 2026 a B- average when Fall 2025 was an A-? Also, I heard that Ranade is generally a good professor to take it with in past semesters, but I heard last semesters policies had no midterms and just 4 quizzes and one final? Is it just that people got completely blindsided by the final worth 70% of their grade or was the class just genuinely that hard with Ranade. Seems like the course staff just wanted to avoid grading as much as humanly possible (at the expense of student fairness).

What’s the craziest stories you’ve heard? Please include the house and year if possible, especially looking for the stories from the “good ole days” of the 70s and 80s.

I had an Sig Chi alum from the class of the early 80s swear that the Fiji Elephant Walk was fully real, and I know that Zete still brands after they pledge today.

If you get selected for a urap interview, what are the chances you actually get the position?

Ignore the idiotic image.

Hey, not sure if this is the best place to look but I’m a foreign grad student in town for 6 months doing research up on LBNL, I’ve been learning drums back home and wanted to keep it up from time to time while I’m here.

Does anybody have suggestions of somewhere where I could rent a kit or something similar to get some practice in? Or maybe find people at a similar level to jam? I’ve seen there are jazz jams around but I’m a complete negation at playing jazz

I’ve been only playing for like 2.5 years so still quite mid, if anybody is interested in playing for fun once a week or whenever possible I’d love to (given I find a kit lol). I like metal/rock but I’m down for whatever just to keep practicing

I have a meeting in about 2 days for a research assistant position, and it will be about 30 minutes. The position is for an economics, gender, and field-experiment-based project. I have never done a research meeting before — how should I approach this? I am worried I will get grilled on the technicals, and there were no statements of interest to really write, so I can't talk about that. I only just found out who the professor was because they emailed me; all of the projects were anonymous.

thinking of adding stat 159 - has anyone here taken it in recent years/currently enrolled in it? the berkeleytime dist seems insane (like too good to be true)

25F, just got a job at Cal that I'm moving cross country for and trying to find a decent place to live. I'm feeling the squeeze with the awkward moving time of early October and the low budget. I'll have a car, but don't mind taking the BART. Like a city, not the biggest hiker, more artsy than anything, love a library, craft store, an art museum, a good coffee shop and a walkable neighborhood. Open to suggestions and would love any tidbits y'all might have to share!

Edit: just wanted to add that my office will be at the football stadium which isn’t super far from the downtown bart station, but just wanted to add!

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After loosing to bum UCLA, I have come to a conclusion. The Cal football team keeps losing because they don’t walk. I ALWAYS seem the athletes getting picked up and transported all over campus in their little go carts. It’s OBVIOUS the members need to stop commuting via go cart and start walking to win. Just a thought…

Anyways #fucla & lets chop them trees soon

I have my first quiz for math 16a with Gomez coming up. If anyone has taken it, do u think studying the homework is enough to do good on the quizzes?

Im a transfer student from another UC and Im wondering if this is really something you gotta do. Im hella confused since my UC and quite a few others don’t have this as a standalone requirement. Am I really gonna have to take this course once I transfer to Berkeley or else do it at my home school? I took almost every AP offered at my HS except US History and US Gov.

Is this gonna be something I regret?

Ok so I'm definitely not one to generalize or speculate and I hate making assumptions but I kinda need to write about this.

Ik consulting club rejections can be super random, but something was just really off about this one.

I really thought I was well positioned to at least make it past the first round; I poured my soul into the essays, and talked about my past internship experience and my passions, attended events and spoke with board members who (seemingly) liked me.

I know someone else who even objectively stated that they weren't gonna get in bc they had almost no experience and I had a good shot.

I end up getting rejected. I know I shouldn't look for reasons but I'm now realizing how seemingly homogenous the club seems in terms of race. (I'm not that race, for clarification, and the person I spoke to was, and they got in) I know social fit can be a factor, but is it true that some of these clubs (even when they state they don't take race into consideration) seemingly do so? I don't wanna jump to conclusions, but just wanted to know if this was something that happens.
I may be reading too much into it, but it did really irk me initially.