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My Years at Cal

Find out what you need to do year by year to be a successful Cal student.


CALeads Classes

We offer several sections each semester in this transitional seminar for new freshmen.


Leadership Opportunities

NSS offers many ways to get involved: CalSO Counselor Positions
Overnight Host Program
Other Jobs


Transitional Course List

If you'd like to meet other new students who are also in the process of getting to know Cal, you might want to enroll in a transitional course.


Recommended Classes

Check out classes that Cal students have really enjoyed! Developed for the Resource guide, now only available online!


Commuter Students

Cal Commuter
NSS hosts a website to help commuter students get to campus and connect with others.


True Stories

True Stories features first-person stories by Cal students about their Berkeley experience.

This site is overseen by New Student Services, a unit in the Office of the Dean of Students, in the Division of Student Affairs, at the number one public university in the world, University of California Berkeley. Contact resource@berkeley.edu. Copyright 2010-12, The Regents of the University of California. Photos and images may not be used without permission. Content last revised February 2013.