Advising OH

The idea of advising OH is to give you a place to seek advice for things ranging from success in 61A to involvement in various activities at UC Berkeley and beyond. Some examples of questions you're welcome to discuss include: how to do well in 61A, in CS, at UC Berkeley, in life; how to get involved in teaching, research, clubs, side projects; how to maximize your college experience; etc.

These appointments are for advising questions only. If you book an appointment for a content-related question (questions about particular assignments, conceptual questions, or help debugging, for example), your appointment is likely to be dropped.

You can book an appointment with any of the following course staff, based on availability and what you'd like to discuss (click on the "book appointment" link to visit each staff's appointment page).

In your appointment, please specify what you would like to discuss, so that we can be prepared to help you in the best way possible :)

Laryn Qi (EECS)

(book appointment)

hi! i just finished my undergrad in cs & music at cal and i'm now a master's student in eecs here – talk to me about classes, double majoring, music, teaching @ cal, clubs, internships, grad school, general college advice, or of course 61a :)

Classes Taken

  • EE/CS Lower Division: CS 61A (DeNero), CS 61B (Hilfinger), CS 61C (Garcia/Nikolic), CS 70 (Rao), EECS 16A (Ranade/Boser), EECS 16B (Arcak/Sanders)
  • EE/CS Upper Div: CS 161 (Weaver), CS 162 (Stoica), CS 164 (Chasins), CS 170 (Nelson), CS 172 (Tal), CS 174 (Sinclair), CS 189 (Shewchuk), EE 120 (Ayazifar), EECS 126 (Ramchandran)
  • EE/CS Grad/Pedagogy: CS 270 (Nelson), CS 285 (Levine), CS 288 (Klein/Suhr), CS 302 (Fox/Ball), CS 375 (Huang), EECS 227AT (Ranade)
  • Data Science: DATA 100 (Gonzalez/Bray)
  • Selected Music: MUSIC 141/142/144 (Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Choir), MUSIC 158A (Kulpa), MUSIC 159 (Cella)

Amy Xu (CS, CogSci)

(book appointment)

open to chat about prepping for cs61a, exam study tips, navigating first year at berkeley, start up internships and (most) anything you’d like :)

Classes Taken

  • EE/CS Lower Division (Currently Taking *): CS 61A (DeNero/Justin), CS 61B (Hug/Justin), MATH 54 (Lin), CS 70* (Rao/Tal)
  • EE/CS Grad/Pedagogy: COMPSCI 370 (Hunn)
  • CogSci: DATA 8 (Gonzalez/Sahai), COGSCI 1B (Croom), PSYCH C61 (Adesnik)
  • Design: DES INV 25 (Salas)

Hailee Yun (Data Science, CS)

(book appointment)

Hi! I'd love to chat about anything, including data science (+ choosing domain emphasis), scheduling/picking classes, changing majors, getting involved with teaching, campus clubs, etc!

Classes Taken

  • EE/CS Lower Div: CS 61A (DeNero), CS 61B (Hug), CS 70 (Rao/Ayazifar), CS 61C, MATH 54 (Nadler)
  • EE/CS Upper Div: CS 170 (Wright/Raghavendra), CS 188 (Peyrin/Mordatch), EECS 127 (Ranade)
  • EE/CS Pedagogy: CS 370 (Hunn)
  • Data Science: DATA 8 (DeNero/Sahai), DATA 100 (Perez/Fithian), DATA 140 (Adhikari)
  • Selected Relevant Classes: LING 100 (Pfiffner), BIO 1B (Blackman/Blonder/Simms), CHEM1A/1AL (Boering/Neuscamman), ECON 1 (Campbell)

Ashwin Gopalan (EECS)

(book appointment)

Hi! I’m a senior in EECS currently trying to enjoy my last year here as much as I can. Ask me about ee/cs, teaching, internships/jobs, life at Berkeley, life in general, or anything really!

Classes Taken

  • EE/CS Lower Divs: CS61A (Denero), CS61B (Hug), CS61C (Weaver), CS70 (Summer), EECS16A (Ranade), EECS16B (Ranade/Stojanovic)
  • EE/CS Upper Divs: CS161 (Weaver), CS162 (Crooks), CS170 (Nelson), CS176 (Song/Ioannidis), CS180 (Efros/Kanazawa), CS182 (Sahai), CS189 (Shewchuk)
  • EE/CS Grad/Pedagogy: CS285 (Levine), CS375 (Fox)
  • Other Random Classes: UGBA103, Philos 12A, Printed Circuit Board Decal

Vy Ho (Data Science, Stats Minor)

(book appointment)

hello! happy to chat about data science, stats, prepping for exams, navigating 61a, campus clubs, and anything else!

Classes Taken

  • EE/CS: CS 61A (Fox), CS 61B (Hug), MATH 54 (Wehrheim)
  • DS: DATA 8 (Adhikari/Wagner), DATA 100 (Perez/Fithian), DATA 140 (Adhikari)
  • Other: ECON 110 (Huang), COGSCI 1B (Croom)

Rikio Tsuyama-Dahlgren (CS, Public Health)

(book appointment)

hello! i’m a junior studying CS and Public Health. talk to me about anything — 61A tips, other classes, study abroad, research, double majoring, teaching, clubs, college advice, anything else!

Classes Taken

  • EE/CS Lower Div: CS 61A (DeNero), CS 61B (Hilfinger), CS 61C (Garcia/Yokota), CS 70, EECS 16A
  • EE/CS Upper Div (Currently Taking *): CS 188 (Kao/Russell), CS 161 (Kao)*
  • Other (Currently Taking *): PBHLTH 132*, PBHLTH 142, DATA 8