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Applications for Fall 2022 have closed. Thanks for checking out ANova <3
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Recruitment Timeline

8/25 - 9/6

Tabling

Stop by our booth on a weekday 9AM - 4PM to learn more about ANova and get to know our members!

Wed. 8/24 - Fri. 8/26: Memorial Glade
Mon. 8/29: Sproul
Tues. 8/30 - Wed. 8/31 Memorial Glade
Thurs. 9/1, Fri. 9/2, Tues. 9/6: By Sather Gate

8/29

Underrepresented Minorities (URM) in Tech Info Session

Mon. 8/29, 8-9:30PM in SOCS 126

Meet the URM community @ Cal and learn more about different resources and opportunities in tech!

8/31

ABCDs of Tech Info Session

Wed. 8/31, 8-9:30PM in Dwinelle 145

Get to know some of Berkeley’s most exciting tech orgs! Come to learn more about ANova, Blueprint, Codeology, and Mobile Developers of Berkeley.

9/1

Applications open!

9/1 - 9/6

ANova Info Session 1

Thurs. 9/1, 8-9:30PM in Wheeler 120

ANova Info Session 2

Tues. 9/6, 8-9:30PM in VLSB 2060

We recommend infosession attendance for all of our applicants - come to learn more about our sites, community, events, and meet the officers!

9/6

Applications Due

Tues. 9/6 @ 11:59PM PST

9/9 - 9/10

Interviews

If you are moved past the written application phase, we’ll schedule a 30-minute casual interview with you. This will allow us to learn more about you and why you want to join ANova!

9/11

New Member Welcome

FAQs

ANova is a student organization that seeks to empower students by providing computer science education and mentorship to under-resourced schools and marginalized communities. Our mentors develop individualized curriculum to teach at each of our middle and high school partner schools around the East Bay, with the goal of increasing equitable exposure and accessibility to the tech space.
We visit our partner schools on a weekly basis to mentor students and teach a project-based CS afterschool program. We also host ANova Hacks: a 24-hour hackathon for high school students with little to no programming experience. Over the course of the day, students work in teams to design and code an innovative idea aiming to solve real-world problems.
No, you don’t need any CS experience to join — as long as you’re willing to put in the time to learn! We encourage mentors of all majors, disciplines, and backgrounds to join our mentorship community. Many ANova members are not CS/EECS majors.
Keep in mind many of the students we encounter at site are new to coding. This means that much of the computer science concepts we teach are beginner-friendly.
Every member goes to site and is part of a committee.
Sites: 1 site visit × 2 hours/site = 2 hours/week
Site prep: 30min/week
Committee: 2-3 hours/week
General Meetings (Tuesdays 7-8:30PM): 1-1.5 hours/week
The approximate total time commitment for an active member is 5-6.5 hours a week.
You can express interest in any committee that sparks your interest — read more about our committees here — but this will not factored into your application.
Your preference for committees will only be taken into account after you get into the club! All new members will be entered into a committee-matching process that will last the first few weeks. You can change your committee every semester.
Sites are the partner schools that we visit each week. You can find the full list of sites here.
Nope! Content at both info sessions are the same, so feel free to attend whichever one works better with your schedule.