Waitlisted students offer to pay classmates to drop courses

Recently, multiple students on campus have offered to pay their classmates to drop out of classes they are waitlisted for, raising concerns about over-enrollment and advising.
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Recently, multiple students on campus have offered to pay their classmates to drop out of classes they are waitlisted for, raising concerns about over-enrollment and advising.
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UC Berkeley’s introductory computer science course hit the class maximum of 2,000 enrolled students this semester, seeing an increase from the previous maximum enrollment of 1,961 during the fall 2018 semester.
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We at the Clog have put together the perfect quiz to help you figure out which department is right for you. Take our quiz and find out which Daily Cal division you should apply to (or romantically pursue) by 11:59 p.m. this Friday, February 1!
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For some, the start of a fresh semester elicits a strong new motivation to ace all of your classes, while for others, the new semester brings about that familiar feeling of dread. Take this quiz to find out what you can look forward to this spring!
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As Cal prepares to take on UCLA this weekend, there is a host of events to check out that are special to the homecoming season.
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Giraffage didn’t present anything groundbreaking with his Welcome Week set. But then again, that’s probably not what he set out to do.
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Data 8X, the course’s online equivalent, is free to audit, but students must pay in order to take exams and receive a certificate. This certification, however, will likely not transfer as academic credit or satisfy the data science major requirement, according to Cathryn Carson, the faculty lead of the Data Science Education Program.
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When I arrived at UC Berkeley, I found that many of my peers had already been programming for years, whereas I was a true beginner to the subject.
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Before they were our illustrious gatekeepers of knowledge and information, UC Berkeley professors and lecturers were just like us: scraping by on hard-earned tips, scoring coveted research positions and all the while scrubbing the dishes of some stranger.
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Current enrollment in UC Berkeley’s introductory computer science course has increased from 1,568 students last fall to 1,762 students this semester.
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