Major Madness
What major do you plan to declare? Have you thought about studying abroad? Do you know how to find an internship? Would you like to do research? Find your answers to these questions during "Major Madness"... our major awareness week! The event runs Mon, March 10th - Fri, March 14th on Sproul Plaza and in the residence halls. Click here for more.
No L&S Advising in Unit I this week
L&S advising is cancelled this week due to office repairs. We plan to return after the Holiday and resume advising on Tuesday (2/19). Our sincere apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you. Need to know the fastest way to answer your question in the meantime? Some options:
* Email your question to kpasalns@berkeley.edu,
* Stop by 113 Campbell Hall for drop-in advising (M, Tu, Th, F 9am-1:30pm, W 1pm-3pm) or
* Call (510) 643-1482 to make an appointment to arrange to meet with a FYW adviser (or feel free to drop by) next week:
More information is available at our main advising site.
Sincerely,
Unit 1 FYW Academic Advising Team
Got advice?
Welcome Back!
We are now in the third week of classes and your schedule should be getting settled. Now that your not running around looking for classes you may want to start thinking of visiting an adviser to start planning for the upcoming years. First you should think about what information you would like and then you will know which adviser to visit. Here are a few advisers in different areas:
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Finals!!!
Finals are quickly approaching so pay attention...they can creep up on you. Unlike high school, finals and final papers in college are worth a lot more and are far more stressful if you do not mentally prepare. Here are some helpful hints and guidelines:
1. Make a schedule for yourself! Obvious right? But make the schedule far in advance and make it look like you will be done with everything super early so that if you fall off your schedule (which will happen) you can revise it and still get everything done.
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Are you getting involved outside the classroom?
I should have been studying. There were research papers to be written and long books to be read. But when a friend called me up and asked me if I wanted to go with him that night to see Barack Obama in San Francisco, I couldn't say no. I stood in a crush of people, many of them Berkeley students, no more than twenty feet away from a man who may soon become the president of the United States. I was more inspired about politics in one moment than any of my classes so far have inspired me...
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Time for Telebears!
Hello!!!
It's Tele-bears time for next semester. Can you believe how fast time has gone by? Take a look at our Planning Your Years website for helpful tips and reminders on how to plan your next semester and the years ahead. If you already have a major in mind, you may want to take a pre-req or a seminar offered by that major to confirm your interest. Also, while planning your schedule keep in mind the workload required for each class. For example, how many problem sets will you be doing or how much reading will you have to do? You want to make sure you will not overload your self. Got questions? Need some guidance? Check in with one of your advisers (see schedule above or come to 113 Campbell) or ask one of the peer advisers tabling in the DC.
Good Luck!
A L&S Peer Adviser discusses study habits...
My first semester at Cal I took 13 units. I came to class some days surprised that a paper was due, and would beg my professor for a few-hour extension so I could rush to a campus computer lab and furiously type something up. On nights before tests, I would be up late trying to glean all the key points from several weeks', sometimes months' worth of text. My classes were a source of frustration, not enlightenment. My grades weren't fantastic. And I wasn't learning half of what I should have been...
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