Classes

It’s no longer fun when your responsibilities and leisure coincide through the same medium.

At times, it feels like I haven’t grown or made any progress, as if I’m pretending to know what I’m doing as I go through college. That’s how bad habits work, but when you can’t break them, you learn to grow around them. The reality is that in a way, I am pretending my way through school, and that’s fine.

What's great about prerequisites is that, together, we can struggle through them with our classmates, as difficult as the course may be.

Although course enrollment and a lack of resources remain legitimate concerns for UC Berkeley students, there may be a solution, seeing how other schools of similar sizes have found feasible strategies to cope with this challenge.

Talking is my preferred pastime, one of my foremost skills and one of my favorite bonding activities. Some people talk to communicate; I communicate to talk. 

With the fall semester approaching its end, the search for spring courses has officially begun. If registering for classes usually entails a string of endless curses, frustrated sighs and hair pulls mingled with angry tears when you discover a class you needed or really wanted to take is already full, just know you’re not alone. Here’s the Clog’s summary of what you may have lost brain cells over on enrollment day. 

Choosing your schedule is hard. Knowing what to take and when causes more stress than expected every semester. Hopefully, though, these tips will help you during your planning and help you pick the perfect classes for spring semester!

Maybe I was at ease, or maybe I was exhausted, but my mind reclined into a relaxed state. Through the exhaustion, tears, and anger, I had somehow found peace.

Coupled with waves of excitement, anticipation and hope of a new school year, the infamous large-size courses at Berkeley awaits new and returning students.

This is the time to intentionally do things that make us happy. As another school semester approaches, here are ways to avoid burnout and stay passionate.