Berkeley Engineering

Episode 205: What’s Next


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This week on the (Not So) Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer we are talking about What’s Next. You’ve finished Golden Bear Advising and you’re registering for courses beginning this week! ESS Advisers, Chaniqua Butscher and Olivia Chan, join us to talk about what it means if you are on waitlists, what the swap function will do and how to make sure your schedule is the best for you as you wait for classes to start in August.

Important Links
  • Contact your adviser or make an appointment: engineering.berkeley.edu/ess
  • Episode transcript

    LAURA VOGT: Hello and and thank you for tuning in to The Not So Secret Guide to Being a Berkeley Engineer. My name is Laura Vogt, and I’m the Communications and Events Manager for Engineering Student Services. You’ve finished Golden Bear Advising, went over your schedule with your ESS Adviser and this week all of you will be registering! So what’s next? This week I am delighted to have two ESS advisers here to talk about what you should be doing now that you have registered. First, Chaniqua Butscher, please introduce yourself to all our new students.

    CHANIQUA BUTSCHER: Well hello everyone. I’m happy to be here. Congratulations and welcome. I am Chaniqua Butscher and I am the ESS adviser for Mechanical Engineers with last names through O, nuclear engineers as well as energy engineers. So welcome to you all.

    LV: And how long have you been on campus?

    CB: I’ve been on campus a whole 12 years now in a variety of capacities. This is by far my favorite and I thoroughly enjoyed working with engineering students.

    LV: And welcome to the podcast. We’re excited to have you here. And Olivia please introduce yourself.

    OLIVIA CHAN: Hi welcome. Congratulations as well. My name is Olivia Chan. I’m also one of the engineering student services advisors. I advise Electrical Engineering Computer Science, last name P- Z, environmental engineering science, and engineering math and statistics And I’ve been on campus for five years.

    LV: Thank you both so much for coming today and going over a few things that students should keep in mind over the next few weeks before they’re on campus.

    CB: All right. So I think I’ll start off talking about the fact that you all have phase one coming up I know that’s very exciting for you. You’re going to have the opportunity to sign up for up to 17 and a half units during that phase once that period is over. You won̵

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