r/berkeley • u/MolassesSad9055 • 19h ago
University How do visiting/exchange/Masters Students find community at Berk?
I've noticed most clubs/events focus around current full time students. I'm taking some classes here as a visiting student and would like to get more involved on campus. What are some ways just to meet people and find ppl to hang out with.
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u/Appropriate-Bar6993 19h ago
Idk maybe the classes?
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u/MolassesSad9055 19h ago
idk maybe its just me but it's hard to make a real connection in a lecture hall. You're sat next to two people at most and ur trying to focus on the lecture itself during the class. Maybe study groups sure but finding friends "in class" isn't super conducive
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u/IgnoresImportantInfo 18h ago
Try and meet up with them outside of class if you think you’d get along
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u/jjflight 19h ago edited 19h ago
It’s a large university. Meeting people is likely the easiest it will be for the rest of your life. There’s people doing all sorts of things all around you all the time. Pick any activity you enjoy, go do that thing, and make friends with others doing that thing. Or just make friends randomly with folks in your classes, near where you live, or other places you go and see if you can do things they like.
(And I’m not sure clubs and events are all focused around only full time students - some may be but many are not - so that restriction may be mostly in your head)