Berkeley Connect

This is how UC Berkeley prepares one for the “real” world. The “real” lies in the fact that you're not always going to be the best.

Selecting next semester's classes can be challenging, but luckily for you, the Clog is here to make it easier by providing our enrollment tips and tricks.

As a public university that attracts a high percentage of first-generation college students, UC Berkeley has a responsibility to lay the groundwork for these networks and set all students on the road to success — before and after graduation.

Due to budget cuts, the number of seats available to students in Berkeley Connect — a program that provides mentorship to UC Berkeley undergraduates — has been reduced since 2017.

Berkeley Connect, an academic mentoring program on campus, could be defunded and eliminated because of budget restrictions.

While our academic merit and unique achievements helped us get into UC Berkeley, now that we’re here, who are we to shy away from a little help? The same excellence that makes UC Berkeley a top school can also make it intimidating and overwhelming. Below we’ve compiled a list of what we believe to be some of the campus’s most useful and potentially underutilized resources.

Ambitious freshman Pranay Chaurasia, is running for the ASUC presidential position on a campaign inspired by “based” ideology, focused on creating a more unified campus.

As big as UC Berkeley can feel to students first entering the school, campus leaders are working to build a mentoring program for undergraduates to interact more intimately with their academic interests.