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Congratulations! You’ve ended up here because of hard work and a drive to succeed. Whether you’ve been dreaming of this moment for as long as you can remember or you totally forgot UC Berkeley’s admissions decisions came out today until you saw the email, being accepted to attend the best
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Congrats! You got into UC Berkeley, the number one public university in the world. It’s an amazing place for anyone looking for a world-class education, accomplished professors and amazing sports teams. It’s also the perfect place to get your behind handed to you. To ease the transition to UC Berkeley,
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We’ve all been in your position before. Once upon a time, we, too, were new students at this magnificent university. We wandered wide-eyed, accepted copious amounts of fliers and made more mistakes than we can count. So with the intent of keeping you all a bit more informed than we
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The moment you opened up your portals in nervous anticipation and read the words, “Congratulations and Welcome to the University of California at Berkeley,” your life changed in ways you couldn’t imagine. College life at UC Berkeley is inexplicable and has to be experienced for it to be comprehensible. For one thing,
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There are two types of long-term undergraduate students at UC Berkeley: those who got in as freshman and those who transferred. And although both sets of students must go through orientation, learn a little about campus traditions and generally be guided through the first semester, transfer students often feel like
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If you thought your days of wading through confusing websites and navigating bureaucracies were over, then you’re wrong. You managed to successfully complete the application process, and you got accepted to attend UC Berkeley. Now what? Because UC Berkeley is such a large school, there’s not a lot of hand-holding that
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Berkeley is home to a great many cheap and delicious eateries perfect for the student foodie. We at the Clog have compiled a list of the quintessential restaurants in Berkeley that you have to make a pit stop at during your visit to the city. While there are a lot
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Although UC Berkeley is officially the home of the Bears, unofficially, it also houses a large squirrel population, most of which can be observed immediately after unwrapping any type of food in public. A common misconception is that interaction with these arboreal rodents is easily done. In reality, it takes
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You’ve finally answered to the dreaded question of “what college are you going to?” and thought that the most difficult parts of your decision-making process were over, but you’ll soon learn that a few new questions will arise to haunt your days. You’ll have to start thinking about where to
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You wake up bright and early in your triple residence hall room on a beautiful Friday morn. The sun is out, the sky is blue and the birds are chirping. “How did I get so lucky to live in a place like this?” you think as you marvel at the
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