What is UCUES?
The University of California Undergraduate Experience Survey (UCUES) is an online survey administered at UC Berkeley and each of the other undergraduate UC campuses. This survey is an important tool for better understanding the undergraduates’ academic and co-curricular experiences at Berkeley. UCUES data is used for many institutional purposes, including providing undergraduate student input into academic program reviews and learning more about students’ financial concerns. All UC Berkeley undergraduates are invited to participate in the survey.Confidentiality
Your responses to this survey are confidential, and the results of the study will be reported only as aggregate data. Any quotations from responses to open ended questions used in reporting will be reviewed to ensure that your identity cannot be ascertained.Prizes
Valued at over $5,500, the prizes include four newly added iPads, twelve $100 Cal 1 Card awards, four $200 Cal 1 Card awards, a 1–year free Zipcar membership (with a bonus driving credit of $90!), and two grand prizes of $500 in cash and $1,000 in cash. Drawings will be held approximately once per week, with a hiatus between the weeks of May 7th and May 21st. Once you complete the survey, your name will be eligible for all subsequent prize drawings, so the earlier you respond, the more chances you have to win a prize.Who can I contact for more information?
For more information, please email ucues@berkeley.edu.
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Helen Wan - $200 on Cal 1 Card | |
| Comments: Thanks | ||
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G.E. - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
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Maria Altebarmakian - iPad 3 | |
| Comments: I think it’s really great that the school wants our feedback and actually uses our responses from this survey to improve the campus environment! Not only do we get the chance to win awesome prizes, but we also get to have a say in how our campus is run! I think it’s really important for us to make the most out of this opportunity and give the leaders of our campus our feedback and improve the UC Berkeley community for the future classes. | ||
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Shelley Fernandez - $200 on Cal 1 Card | |
| Comments: Even though I never heard of anyone winning these prizes, the survey did not take long to finish so I decided to take it anyway. I was surprised when I received the email calling me a winner and I strongly encourage anyone to take the time to complete the survey because the prizes do exist. | ||
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Alan Lee - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
| Comments: Although the UCUES survey takes a little longer than some other surveys to complete, I’m glad that I took the extra time to fill it out! I actually was fortunate and lucky to have won something and I think it was worth my time. | ||
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Yangyang Chen - $200 on Cal 1 Card | |
| Comments: It is great that the school would like to hear our voice. And this is the opportunity to express our opinion and let the school be aware of what can be improved. By the way, the prize is real, I got $200 on my Cal One card. | ||
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Alexandra Schwarz - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
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Anthony Martinez - iPad 3 | |
| Comments: I believe the UCUES survey is important because it provides first-hand information on our undergraduate experience at UC Berkeley! It is essential for administrators and students to understand the full scope of our undergraduate careers and lives in order to work toward improving our great university in any way needed. The survey was easy, not too time consuming, and I won an iPad 3 for participating. There’s really nothing to lose! GO BEARS! | ||
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J.Y. - $200 on Cal 1 Card | |
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A.J.S - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
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James Gahee - $1,000 in cash | |
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| Due to the Summer hiatus, no prizes were drawn between May 7 - 21 | ||
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Hareena Kaur - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
| Comments: I am thankful to be a part of a university that tries to change for the better by using the input of its students. Thank you for the award. | ||
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Luis Ferreira - iPad 3 | |
| Comments: I believe that the UCUES survey gives students a great opportunity to tell the University how our undergraduate experience has been. This is essential information so that the administration can make the necessary changes the students want. In many ways, the survey allows the entire campus to have a say on how the system works. The survey is comprehensive and has easy instructions, there is really no reason to not do it. | ||
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Vanessa Sanchez - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
| Comments: Well I usually do surveys especially if they are surveys that I can relate with. Even though the survey may take up some of my time, I feel like it is important to give my opinion and doing surveys is one way of giving it. By the end, it will be helpful to the researchers as well as me. I didn't expect to win anything, I was really shocked that I won one of the prizes. Thanks. | ||
| Week 11 | ||
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T.W. - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
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K.V. - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
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Brandon Ferguson - 1 Year free Zipcar membership with a bonus driving credit of $90 | |
| Comments – I wasn't sure about the prizes but I thought I might as well fill out the survey and I ended up being one of the winners! Thank you. | ||
| Week 13 | ||
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D.B. - $100 on Cal 1 card | |
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Audrey Krall. - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
| Week 15 | ||
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Ariana Jeffrey - iPad 3 | |
| Comments - I am grateful to be part of a University that attempts to improve through the input of its students. The survey is painless, it helps to better our school, and I won an iPad 3 for participating. Just another reason Cal is awesome! | ||
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Siddharth Dhurka - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
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Veronica Simon - $100 on Cal 1 Card | |
| Comments - I'm very glad I took the survey! I figured I might as well give it a go and it's always nice to have your voice heard. Winning a cash prize on top of that is just icing on the cake. | ||
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Siddharth Venkatesh - $500 in cash | |
