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   * Look over the [[https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020-graduate-student-handbook_FINAL-1.pdf|Graduate Student Handbook.]]   * Look over the [[https://grad.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020-graduate-student-handbook_FINAL-1.pdf|Graduate Student Handbook.]]
-  * If you are in the process of graduating, arrange to have an "official" final transcript sent to the Graduate Division once available.+  * If you recently graduated and have not already done so, arrange to have an "official" final transcript sent to the Graduate Division once available.
   * Arrange your financial support for your first year.  If you have a non-Berkeley fellowship, make sure the [[abanayat@astro.berkeley.edu|Student Affairs Officer (Amber)]] knows about it.  Most new students act as teaching assistants (GSIs); if you do nothing you will probably be assigned to be one.   * Arrange your financial support for your first year.  If you have a non-Berkeley fellowship, make sure the [[abanayat@astro.berkeley.edu|Student Affairs Officer (Amber)]] knows about it.  Most new students act as teaching assistants (GSIs); if you do nothing you will probably be assigned to be one.
   * Find a place to live in the Berkeley area. The page on [[housing]] has all of the gory details -- see the "Incoming Student Strategy" section. The most important point is to **start thinking about how you're going to find housing immediately!** If you show up in August without housing plans, you will get stuck with something expensive and unpleasant.   * Find a place to live in the Berkeley area. The page on [[housing]] has all of the gory details -- see the "Incoming Student Strategy" section. The most important point is to **start thinking about how you're going to find housing immediately!** If you show up in August without housing plans, you will get stuck with something expensive and unpleasant.

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