**Haas is a common nickname for the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. Undergraduates often apply for admission to the school after their second year. Though the application process is difficult, students who prep well their first year can feel more prepared.** Written by Tiffany Qi (PEACE Advisor) Hi guys! I’m Tiffany, and I’m...

Written by Jade Liu (PEACE Advisor) Since a lot of people are thinking about changing colleges, majors, declaring a capped major, or otherwise doing something that requires them to keep a certain GPA, I just thought that I’d get this out since I don’t recall ever having people tell this to me when I...

Written by Dorothy Tu (PEACE Advisor) So there have been questions about the difference between lectures and discussions/section. There will not always be a discussion section to a lecture, but sometimes there will be! You attend them separately. For example, if you sign up for Economics 1 lecture, the system will prompt you to...

WRITTEN BY BILLAL AHMED (PEACE ADVISOR) Hey guys, I hope you’re all excited for a fantastic school year full of food, friends, and ethanol-induced antics! In the midst of this fun, ya’ll will be taking classes, and I’ve noticed many worries about the difficulty of these classes and how to do well in them....

WRITTEN BY JOSEPH SCHENKER (PEACE Advisor) Hey young Bears,I decided to make a more user friendly version of my earlier post that is hopefully easier to read! I have added in a bit more information too, so if you’re looking for some summer reading material….As CalSO begins to roll around and a lot of...

WRITTEN BY AMY WANG (PEACE ADVISOR) So the stars have aligned unfavorably, and you have more than one final to deal with on a single day. This is understandably a very stressful situation, especially if these finals are for challenging classes. However, this is actually a pretty common situation for many students. In fact,...

Written by Amy Wang (PEACE Advisor) Let’s face it: Cal is HUGE. And while that may be awesome for many different reasons, it also means something that’s perhaps less awesome: huge class sizes. With class sizes in the hundreds (many, many hundreds…), not only will your professor probably not know your name, he or...

BY ANYUN CHATTERJEE (PEACE ADVISOR) A lot of incoming and lower division students experience a bit of a shock when they find that Berkeley math just does not suit them, even though they may have done really well in high school Calc or similarly advanced courses. The reason for this comes down to basically...

WRITTEN BY ANYUN CHATTERJEE (PEACE ADVISOR) The lower division scene here is very dense, so below are the strategic points I found to be useful for me to work on:· Reviewing notes – for me, looking over my notes is pointless unless I do it within a day of the lecture. Also, I have to...

Hi everyone! This is Justin and I would like to share my thoughts on how to study for finals.1. Get some sleep. Seriously. Staying up for days is completely unhealthy. I shouldn’t have to remind you of all the negative consequences that happen to your body when you’re sleep-deprived. Adequate sleep is essential for...