Exploring Classes
By Victoria Lee Being a freshman new to UC Berkeley and its surroundings, I’ve been eager to try out all the new things I see, from new food to new student groups and activities. More than that, I’ve been looking…
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Trick or Sugar Addiction. You decide.
By Gowri Somayajula Imagine this. Pumpkins, skeletons and spider webs. All in a mere Target. But come November, these will all disappear in a flourish, only to be replaced by turkeys and cornucopia. And then stockings for Christmas, with 15…
A Love Letter to [non-programming] Language Learning
By Ekaterina Fedorova It’s that spookiest time of the year, course enrollment! Choosing classes is never easy, not only is it important to consider personal factors such as how many units to take, in which professors’ classes to enroll, and…
A Snippet of the Freshman Experience
By Ishita Rastogi One of my main worries of choosing UC Berkeley was the distance between Berkeley and Dallas, my hometown. 1,743 miles away from where I grew up sounded like I was a universe away—that’s a bit of an…
C’s Get Degrees
By Subaita Rahman I came to Cal knowing I was going to switch my major. I didn’t know to what, nor could I really pinpoint why, but I just knew I didn’t want to settle until I felt truly content…
A Note About Rejection
By: Gowri Somayajula Rejection sucks. Whether from a job or that dream internship, or even from college it’s hard to pick your feet off the ground again, especially after convincing yourself that you would be the perfect student for your…
Why I dropped my major-related machine learning class to learn bass guitar
By: Ekaterina Fedorova Recently, as I’m sure many Berkeley students can relate, I haven’t been LOVING the classes I need to take to actually graduate from this place. Or rather maybe it would be better to say they don’t love…
Welcome to Fall 2019
Hello and welcome to a new semester with Undergraduate Women in Economics at Berkeley! This Fall, we are excited to be launching an official UWEB blog, which we will be using to post articles written by our Administration and Publication…