BERKELEY, Calif. — In response to UC Berkeley’s ongoing lecture hall shortage, the university has announced that Data 8, one of its most notoriously difficult courses to enroll in during class registration, will be moving entirely to Roblox beginning next semester. The decision comes after years of students being forced to refresh CalCentral at ungodly hours, only to discover that all 1,500 seats in the introductory data science course had filled within seconds.
“We realized that if students are already fighting for their lives just to get into Data 8, we might as well let them fight for their lives in Natural Disaster Survival,” said Professor WhoCaresAboutThisNerd’sName, who will be overseeing the course’s transition. Lectures will take place in Brookhaven, office hours will be held in Royale High, and the final project will require students to make a functioning statistical model into a fire outfit in Dress to Impress.
Students will also have the opportunity to attend the university’s first-ever Roblox career fair, where recruiters from Google, Meta, and more will interview candidates in Adopt Me. Sources report that NVIDIA has already begun asking applicants to demonstrate proficiency in obbies.
The university has also announced several changes to the course grading structure. Five percent of each student’s final grade will now be determined by the aura and drip of their Roblox avatar.
Students who fail the final exam will be permitted to earn extra credit by completing a UC Berkeley-themed obby, with increasingly difficult courses assigned based on the severity of their academic shortcomings. Those who score below a 60 percent will be required to survive three rounds of Escape Kanye West, while students on academic probation will be sent to a private server where they must complete Tower of Hell without jumping.
In a final incentive to encourage academic excellence, Professor WhoCaresAboutThisNerd’sName has announced that the student with the highest overall grade will receive 100 Robux, an amount university officials describe as “a meaningful investment in student success.” At press time, several students had already begun calculating whether the Robux could be converted into Berkeley dining dollars.
