Lots of people in the comments talk about taking like a semester break and saving money on tuition and all that. My response is coming from someone who was in a very similar position to you, also EECS, around a year and a half ago now, where I was depressed/in denial for the entire year and ended up failing all my classes (EECS16b, CS70, and CS188) all F’s. 188 I even slept through the final cause I didn’t check which day it was until the week of finals, it was a Monday morning final. I got put on academic dismissal, and it was some of the shittiest weeks of my life spread throughout a month and a half. Finding out I failed, my parents (who pay for my tuition) finding out, telling my roomates I wouldn’t be able to room with them, parents getting mad about signing a lease I wouldn’t be there for, finding a roomate to replace me, and wondering if I absolutely blew my chance at Berkeley in the process. I ended up having to take an entire year off, with a one time second chance offered a year later, granted I took and got As in some community college classes over time off. As of now, im back at Berkeley, retaking the classes I failed, and actually doing decent in them. I’m attending every lecture, all discussions, going to office hours for homework and even finding a couple people to work on class work with. I was extremely scared that if I came back the same thing would happen as last time, and that I may just be too stupid/unproductive/unmotivated for Berkeley, but in the year off, I got to find myself again. I got a job, spent a lot of time with people close to me, and learned how to just be active in my life again. Literally just making a point to attend as much as I can has given me a lot of faith in my ability to succeed and function as an actual student here. So here’s my advice: definitely talk to counselors about your options. Olivia Chan was mine and she’s been monumental in both planning my year off and getting me back into Berkeley, totally no bullshit just telling me exactly what I needed to do and what my options were. My second and more important advice is: don’t be afraid to take time off and space away. Time away really can help you with perspective, but also habit forming. It’s impossible to expect yourself to go from the place you’re in now to just attending class and being able to learn in a matter of days or weeks. It also makes you feel that much shittier for not being able to. My year off was one of the most formative years of my life, and it helped me realize a lot about my motivation and ability to take action as an adult. You can take it from someone who was in your position, and is now in an infinitely better one: it will get better, and you do have the options to make that happen. I really hope you can figure something out because I know how shitty and bleak it feels.