UC Berkeley 🐻 (2022-2023)

[dim lake]

i was considering taking both physics 5a/5b first sem

lmao

[lost jewel]

💀

Physics 5A last semester was brutal

[dim lake]

did u take 5a

[lost jewel]

I took 7A

I don't need 5 serries

[dim lake]

lol what happened

[lost jewel]

It's just a hard class

Apparently for one of the exams nobody finished and the average was like ~30%

[dim lake]

arent like all ucb courses curved to a B+

[lost jewel]

I mean the profs 7A section had a midterm with an average of like 44% so lmfao

[lost jewel]

Generally

But it's not always a B+

[dim lake]

did u get an A

[lost jewel]

I was in the other section but I got an A+ 😎

Actually full scored my final exam which was based

[dim lake]

what was the average

thats how u know u should have taken 5a

[fiery comet]

wait

do you know Arman N

[lost jewel]

No

[fiery comet]

persian dude

stoner

fuck

he's doing bio eng iirc

[lost jewel]

For the final or the course grade

[dim lake]

fboth

[lost jewel]

Because there was a strike the prof was generous and increased the A bin to ~30% As for 7A

I don't think final stats were published

[dim lake]

did u guys figure out

what the A cutoff was

[lost jewel]

Overall we have 19% A+/A's, 11% A-'s, and 36.4% B+/B/B-'s

Take the top 19% of the class

Cutoff would be roughly an 85-90

[dim lake]

oh this includes A-

bro gave the bottom 30% C's?

damn

[lost jewel]

Uhhh

Well technically D's and Fs were also given out

[warped geode]

Guys ucb doesn't care about freshman grades right

[tepid talon]

Call it CAL

[vapid latch]

no ucs care about freshman, your ucgpa is only calculated by 10/11th a-gs

[lethal tinsel]

What’s the acceptance rate for mathematics at UCB 👀

[wary plank]

I thought Educ meant something educational for a quick second

Not sure what E7 is but regardless

I'm going to guess Mechanical Engineering

You said it's not in L&S but I know two of those classes as techs

Oh educ is education

Probably not education bc education is probably in L&S + an education major wouldn't be required to take linear alg

Yeah my guess is some engineering major, bets on Mechanical Engineering due to size

[wary plank]

Also wrong, it's Cal as CAL implies an acronym

haha

[wary plank]

For the class of 2025, pure mathematics had an acc rate of 18.28%

If you're talking abt applied I can check but I'm tired

[lethal tinsel]

Thanks

Where do you check for these stats 👀

[wary plank]

Can't tell you this :)

[lethal tinsel]

👀

[lethal tinsel]

Wb ucla math 👀

[wary plank]

I don't have UCLA stats sorry haha

[lost jewel]

It does

[lost jewel]

I love CalAnswers

[tepid talon]

Was for emphasis

[wary plank]

Fair

[wary plank]

Haha yupp

I could’ve said calanswers but I wasn’t sure if I’m allowed to share the spreadsheets

[dim lake]

@wary plank u have a login for calanswers?

[wary plank]

Friend let me use his lol

I thought about trying to get one but I’ll just get one next year

[zealous ore]

source: i made it up

[wary plank]

Not made up haha

[zealous ore]

then why are you unable to disclose the source of your figures

are you bound by some agreement?

[wheat brook]

calanswers isnt normally meant to be accessed by anyone who isnt authorized to use it :)

[wary plank]

^

I’m hardly even allowed to access it, sharing it would definitely be an issue

[stray viper]

What is calanwers? I have seen it mentioned a couple times

[wheat brook]

internal database for school statistics. intended for faculty and students only who need the information for research or similar use case

you need to be authorized for the info you access which is why it's normally kept under wraps

[stray viper]

Shared between a lot of schools?

How tf does it not get leaked lmao

[wheat brook]

Cal only

[stray viper]

Uc or all california

[wheat brook]

Cal as in UC Berkeley

because it's public-secret info

[stray viper]

Oh I see

[wheat brook]

I'm sure you can find the info by going off someone's research paper but not one kid is gonna go dump it just for a2c

it's really not that deep

[unique ether]

UCLA, the true most prestigious university in the UC system, has demonetized this message

Also wassup fellow Cal applicants?

[hexed lance]

Do you even know where this originated from

It’s from ucsd

Not ucla

Get w the program

[wary plank]

Hmm hmm

[wary plank]

Doing pretty good

You’ve chosen USC?

[light eagle]

do you have the acc rate for EECS

[wary plank]

It was like 4-5 good luck bro

[light eagle]

Damn

[unique ether]

Wym?

[wary plank]

Yeah 4.5

[light eagle]

I found data

Wait weird formatting

https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/wwmn6u/28_acceptance_rate_for_20222023_freshman/j37lbb3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

EECS had 4.14% acceptance rate last year lmao

[zealous ore]

lol there's no shot

[humble sparrow]

y does everyone do eecs?

[zealous ore]

because i wrote a piq about computer engineering and eecs is the closest thing

[humble sparrow]

shi i just did cs in L&S

[humble sparrow]

@wary plank r the stats any different for this please

[light eagle]

They are

[humble sparrow]

better or worse?

[light eagle]

Post above says worse at 2.8% but I think that’s because they try to account for people that will declare as CS

[humble sparrow]

oh fair eenough

[wary plank]

Better

[humble sparrow]

nice

[wary plank]

Not better last year, but generally a bit better

CS will be direct admit this year, it will be marginally higher I believe

[wary plank]

Basically prestige + it’s in engineering school

Also you didn’t have to take three classes to declare major in the past

To people that didn’t believe in their ability, it was the better choice

Which is funny because EECS majors are typically higher caliber

[humble sparrow]

id imagine

[humble sparrow]

ty

[light eagle]

Wait LS CS is direct admit this year?

[wary plank]

Indeed

[light eagle]

Where did they say

[wary plank]

Their high-impact majors blurb

And also some decision the department made

[wheat brook]

#datascience gang

[wary plank]

Data science will be direct admit too lol

[wheat brook]

yup

but its not as impacted...or hard

[wary plank]

Oh just making sure you know

[wheat brook]

dont gotta take cs70

soooo

[wary plank]

Would suck if you weren’t made aware

[wheat brook]

im happy

yeah fs

[wary plank]

I wouldn’t say this

[wheat brook]

it really is

there are so many loopholes in the degree because its so broad

the classes in the industrial engineering sections are significantly easier than some of the other ones

by no means does it downplay the degree tho. a berkeley degree is a berkeley degree

[light eagle]

Do lots of people apply to a CoE major like MechE then just transfer to EECS

I’ve heard as long as you take the classes needed and have a good academic record, you can transfer like that within the CoE

[wary plank]

A non-negligible amount yes

An amount much lower than the non CS-intended L&S folks who ended up declaring CS

[wary plank]

Because we don’t know what the future holds

It’s less impacted now, but I don’t know how much funding is going to that very new #1 program

And how many people are going to apply in the coming years

[wary plank]

Why don’t you want to take CS 70

Isn’t half of it probability?

You’re going to need it for your more heavy-duty prob/stat classes

[light eagle]

Because I was thinking of doing that originally with MechE since my ECs fit, but I just ended up applying MET with EECS backup (super risky)

[wary plank]

What’s your alternate major

[light eagle]

They make you put EECS as alternate

If you apply MET EECS

[wary plank]

I didn’t have to lol

I applied MET IEOR

with an alternate in applied math

[light eagle]

which one did you get into

[wary plank]

Not sure yet

I’ll know March

Haha

[wheat brook]

yes, but the probability isn't the part i'm complaining about

[light eagle]

But I thought their website says your alternate must be in the CoE

[wary plank]

Eh you’ll have to take it anyway

[wheat brook]

and I finished all my lower divs...so hopefully i get admitted its just a few left

[wary plank]

You finished them?

[wheat brook]

yup

[wary plank]

Concurrent enrollment at Berkeley?

[wheat brook]

mhm

[wary plank]

Or CC classes with an agreement?

[wheat brook]

both

[wary plank]

Oh wow

Good on you man

Would suck if they didn’t admit you

[wheat brook]

i did most of it at a CC and then concurrent for the stuff they didnt have

[light eagle]

@wary plank

[wheat brook]

regardless its fine, it was a big gpa boost for my hs so no time really wasted

[wary plank]

Lol that’s what I did on my app

I dropped out of the MET option though

But that’s what I did originally and there was no issue

[light eagle]

Wait so what do you have now then for your main and alternate

[wary plank]

Main is now Industrial Engineering/Operations Research

Alternate is Applied Math

[light eagle]

ohhh

Why did you drop MET

[wheat brook]

if you get denied in ieor do they consider you for orms? or if u want in both u have to do major/secondary

[wary plank]

I had already basically answered the essay question in another PIQ

[wary plank]

Yeah you have to do primary/secondary

[light eagle]

hmm

[wheat brook]

ahh man that sucks

[light eagle]

I put MET EECS as main and then EECS as backup but now I think I should’ve ditched MET and just put EECS then L&S CS

Because EECS is so tough to get into

[zealous ore]

uc berkeley doesn't consider alt major though...?

[wheat brook]

eh....they kinda do

they dont consider it if you had two l&s major options

but if its direct admit or from two different colleges they do

[zealous ore]

it's like ucla right if you fail to enter your first choice major you get booted

[wheat brook]

no

not necessarily

they may not review it a second time but there is still a chance

[zealous ore]

because i'm eecs primary and applied math alt

[wheat brook]

yeah ur fine

u have a chance of getting the applied math considered

[zealous ore]

honestly i don't think imma get in anyways because ucb is the most holistic and i'm like all stats

[wheat brook]

here look at this

https://github.com/mapoztate/mapoztate/blob/main/assets/randomfiles/bse.md

may or may not...so all by chance tbh

[hexed lance]

https://www.reddit.com/r/copypasta/comments/hdk32s/please_do_not_refer_to_berkeley_as_ucb/

[wary plank]

Oh you went?

This year?

[wheat brook]

thats why i asked if you went earlier haha

yup

[wary plank]

No way haha

Remember Nick?

[wheat brook]

name sounds familiar...

[wary plank]

Hmmm

Here I’ll send a DM

[wheat brook]

kk

[light eagle]

@wary plank do you have a source for the direct admit CS thing by any chance

[wary plank]

I would have to look around

@light eagle https://admissions.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/First-Years-New-High-Demand-Majors-Policy.pdf

[light eagle]

Thank you so much

Hmm very interesting

[unique ether]

Oh lol I just meant in the context of Cal being called the most prestigious UC, since UCLA, alongside a significant number of third parties, considers itself the most prestigious UC. It’s like a Messi Ronaldo type situation but before Messi became the undisputed goat.

[hexed lance]

Ucsd > ucb

[unique ether]

Wait is this facts?

Like no cap?

[wary plank]

Nah he goes to SD

[hexed lance]

I’m prefrosh

Wdym

[wary plank]

Ohh wow

Early admission eh?

LOL

If you’re graduating early

[hexed lance]

EA

[wary plank]

Ohhh EA to SD

Damnn you must have been real special

[hexed lance]

I’m special

[wary plank]

Because last time I checked they don’t offer an early plan 👀

Makes sense

[hexed lance]

I’m special

[wary plank]

Have you been on campus yet?

[hexed lance]

No

[zealous ore]

^^^
but for personal reasons

ucsd quiet beats ucb pretentious

[unique ether]

Tbh never realized that UCSD beat Cal but I’d still probably go to Cal

I visited the Bay Area this past summer and tbh it’s probably my favorite area in California

With Los Angeles being a close second

[hexed lance]

http://stanfordrejects.com/

[wary plank]

Both are the same brand of “pretentious” to be honest

[zealous ore]

cap

[wary plank]

Oh, 100%

I’ve met the same boring pretentious kids at both schools

They’re typically STEM majors

[zealous ore]

i would hope that ucsd students are at least a bit humbled by not getting into ucla

usually they don't say much at all

[wary plank]

Most don’t seem to care and understand that this process has a huge luck factor

SD seems to admit more high-stat kids

The ones I see rejected from Cal/UCLA got into SD seem to mostly have high stats

[hexed lance]

oh i get it

sometimes i wonder how/why im at ucsd

like there are so many more qualified ppl than me

it really was a miracle

[unique ether]

Lol fax tho

[unique ether]

Are you implying that you didn’t get into UCLA or UCB?

Ngl saying UCB is weird

But to show my respect to UCSD, I will say UCB

Ohhhh wait I think I understand the hidden meanings

[vapid latch]

honestly i applied to cal and not stanford, its two completely different environments

[wary plank]

Hardly anyone who’s applying actually realizes that, especially the STEM majors

[vapid latch]

ye thats definitely true too💀

[signal nacelle]

its better

[humble sparrow]

Rather do cs personally

[signal nacelle]

what

EECS is cs

[humble sparrow]

The EE part

[signal nacelle]

the EE part is what makes berkeley CS berkeley CS

[humble sparrow]

Idk much bout Berkeley cs nil

Ngl*

[signal nacelle]

i can tell

[humble sparrow]

Hence my question…

[wary plank]

Answered your question above :)

[unique ether]

Is EECS Electrical Engineering Computer Science?

[signal nacelle]

SD as in UCSD?

[humble sparrow]

Ye I think

Is the curriculum any different from cs at other schools

[signal nacelle]

yes

it has electrical engineering

hence the name

[unique ether]

Ye

That’d probably be the only difference

[humble sparrow]

Which ion care for 😭

[unique ether]

Regular CS doesn’t have a lot of EE today

[signal nacelle]

...

[unique ether]

EECS probably has both

[signal nacelle]

but EECS is literally easier to get into than L&S CS

and gives you a more complex CS background

for more $

[unique ether]

What is L&S CS?

[signal nacelle]

CS B.A instead of EECS B.S.

[unique ether]

What does the ls stand for? Letters and Sciences?

[signal nacelle]

yes

bro got into USC but doesn't know what L&S is 😭

[humble sparrow]

I’m not necessarily planning to go here tbh 98% cuz I won’t get in 2% cuz if I did idk if I’d wanna leave east considering if I got Cal I’d probs hv other options

[unique ether]

And that one has little to no EE I assume

[signal nacelle]

yea

[unique ether]

Fax

[signal nacelle]

okay then how bout u withdraw

so i can upp my own chances

[humble sparrow]

Nah cuz I paid : )

[signal nacelle]

u can get a refund

gotta withdraw first

/s dont do that im lying out of my ass do withdraw though

[unique ether]

Real or cap?

[humble sparrow]

Nah I’m good gang

[unique ether]

Yo why letters and sciences?

[signal nacelle]

bc before ppl never applied

so it was a lot easier

[unique ether]

Like where does the letters part come from?

[signal nacelle]

humanities

[unique ether]

Lol

Just say humanities and sciences

Or arts and sciences

Letters is weird

[signal nacelle]

why the fuck are you telling me this

am i a regent now

[unique ether]

Yooo

My B

😂

[lethal tinsel]

Do we have to submit mid year grades for Berkeley

[hexed lance]

No

U don’t submit any grades to any of the UCs until you enroll

[lethal tinsel]

Ok, just submit the transcript if I decide to enroll right

Wb IB predicted marks? Will they just look at IB final by that point?

[hexed lance]

Yea they’ll ask you for everything

[lethal tinsel]

👌

[light eagle]

Wait how? Isn’t the EECS acceptance rate 4 percent and L&S is about 10-12

[signal nacelle]

L&S is 3%

Less actually

[balmy orchid]

source?

[astral fable]

https://tenor.com/view/metal-gear-rising-metal-gear-rising-revengeance-senator-armstrong-revengeance-i-made-it-the-fuck-up-gif-25029602

[signal nacelle]

Calanswers, someone posted it earlier ill grab it

https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/wwmn6u/28_acceptance_rate_for_20222023_freshman/j37lbb3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&context=3

[light eagle]

No but this is because they are accounting for people that will declare CS without putting it on the application (like DS majors, math majors etc). Now that they’re doing direct admit I think L&S and EECS will be pretty similar

[light eagle]

Berkeley should just combine them together at this point, just one CS program in CoE and then a separate EE major

[humble sparrow]

ez (smh)

[humble sparrow]

wen i applied i dead didnt know the diff

[signal nacelle]

i thought direct admit was next year

[light eagle]

nah it's this year I think

[light eagle]

Oski shared this https://admissions.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/First-Years-New-High-Demand-Majors-Policy.pdf

[lament fox]

wait this stat is skewed

[lament fox]

yes +1 this

now that there's direct CS admit we're 100% going to see a lot higher chance of CS

[tame sun]

So l&s is no longer pre cs?

So if u get admitted ur in cs already?

[light eagle]

No it’s pre CS, so you have a reserved spot to declare CS but still have to meet GPA requirements and all the other stuff

So it’s in between kinda

[light eagle]

Not a lot higher imo, maybe 5 percent

[wary plank]

they also thought about a college of computing

Which would probably be Data Science + Cog Sci + CS + EECS or something

[lament fox]

im not totally sure, but i would assume it means ur direct CS

might be wrong

bruh the fucking CS degree from L&S has to be a BS

literally the only reason i didnt apply L&S

[tame sun]

doesnt matter bro lol

literally harvard's cs degree is a BA

and company just say "bachelor"

[lament fox]

yeahhh i know

[tame sun]

they dont care whether its bs or ba

[lament fox]

it's just societal norms and shit tbh, just personal pref

[wet ermine]

berkeley doesnt look so possible after gtech

[naive radish]

you don't wanna go here anyways

[fiery comet]

berkeley literally has a frat for persians from LA

i wanna be ther

my people need me

[zealous ore]

have you submitted these to carly to apply in march these are epic

[hexed lance]

I’ll remind her in 1.5 months time

[lethal tinsel]

🤔 so ucb most likely releases all at once march 23 rd ish?

[hexed lance]

yea something like that

ucsb and ucb always the last

[lethal tinsel]

When is ucla again 👀

Lmao my next decision might be mit on the 14 th of march

[true hornet]

I understand the perspective shared in the statement, but I also believe that language is fluid and constantly evolving. The use of initialisms and shorthand forms of words and phrases is a common practice in informal communication, and referring to Berkeley as "UCB" can be seen as a natural and convenient shorthand.
It's true that Berkeley is a prestigious and well-known campus, but I believe that the university's reputation and prestige will not be affected by the use of an initialism. Moreover, Berkeley is not the only UC campus and other campuses may have different names and nicknames, and it would be unfair to impose one standard for Berkeley and another for other UC campuses.
I understand the desire to maintain a level of respect for the university's name, but I believe that the use of "UCB" is not disrespectful, it's a colloquialism that is commonly used and understood. Therefore, I would prefer to continue using "UCB" when referring to Berkeley.

[pale bay]

UC🇧

[hollow pond]

PSA to A2Cers from the Berkeley community

Recently a message was shared in the Berkeley megathread of the A2C Discord outlining a dismissive and disrespectful act that, often, many non-Berkeley students are guilty of.

Please do not refer to Berkeley as "UCB." This is not the proper way to refer to the University of California's original and flagship campus. Cal, Berkeley or UC Berkeley are all proper and acceptable ways to say it. UCB, on the other hand, is not.

As the system's most prestigious and respected campus, we feel that it is important to honor and maintain an appropriate level of respect for our university's name. We feel that "UCB" cheapens our brand and doesn't emphasize the incredible prestige associated with Berkeley.

While it may be acceptable to refer to all other UC campuses in initialisms due to their lack of recognition and prestige, this is not acceptable for the flagship and most well-known campus, and we therefore request that you cease using the name "UCB" to refer our school. Thank you.

TL:DR

Don't say "UCB" when referring to Berkeley.

[fiery comet]

University of Cock and Balls

this is why we dont say UCB

[tulip sable]

ong my heart was broken

[unique ether]

😎

[lime parcel]

When does MET come out?

[wet ermine]

if yall dont mind

how many ecs and awards did yall put in on the app

like the max is 20 right?

[hexed lance]

i put 8 or 9

its not recommended to fill it up to 20

[wet ermine]

great thanks

was worried i put in less, this gives me hope : )

[ionic junco]

same, tho i added some more ecs through an essay

[spring raft]

oh..

i put 16 ecs and 4 awards

was that bad

[hexed lance]

No

I mean

[spring raft]

😭

[hexed lance]

Shit

As long as they were all meaningful

[spring raft]

i think most were

[hexed lance]

U shouldn’t fill just to fill

[spring raft]

the least meaningful were still like volunteer hours which are pretty normal ecs so i think its fine

[hexed lance]

Yea that’s fine

[spring raft]

not like "nhs member x3" or smth 😭

[hexed lance]

NHS was my last EC

Out of 9

Lmaooooo

I knew I wasn’t supposed to put that shit

But I was like, fuck, I don’t have anything else lnao

[zealous ore]

i only listed 6 tbh, weakest part of my app

i have pretty ideal stats and i hope good essays can support them when my ec's can't

[fiery comet]

feb 10

[spring raft]

ecs are like the thing that carry me

compared to my stats 💀 🔫

so gotta pray

[heady sedge]

berkeley typically comes out like mid/late march righ

[wet ermine]

i hope it goes well

[dim lake]

can i get this on a shirt

i will wear

but honestly

benz make it the other way

blue outside yellow logo

[hexed lance]

Okkkk

[dim lake]

the less pee color the better

[lime parcel]

What does a MET decision have? Accept/deny for MET and the alternate major? Or just the MET part?

[fiery comet]

just met

[round sparrow]

what abt gmp?

[fiery comet]

idk im not a nerd

[round sparrow]

alr thats valid lmaooo

[hollow pond]

16 i think

i mean i feel a lot of ppl combine things tho

esp awards

like i coulda combined even more and made it like 13 or smth but yea

[wet ermine]

i see

kk thanks

i submitted 13

i was worried u had to fill lmao

[trail edge]

i did like 12

[snow girder]

Heard some decisions are coming out

Friend of friend got waitlisted from UCB today

(I’ve never seen the letter can’t confirm)

Idk why they would release waitlist so early tho

[tall wadi]

Wait what?!!! That’s so early - I’ve heard of it coming out for a select few in February but not Jan

[wet ermine]

what thats crazy

[fiery comet]

proof or it didnt happen

[astral fable]

when do UC decisions come out? does anyone have any idea?

specifically berkeley and UCLA

[fiery comet]

mid march

[astral fable]

ah

thx!

[hexed lance]

More like late march tbh

Here’s the timeline. Scroll down to march

https://askmssun.com/uc-freshman-application-timeline/

[limpid shale]

-🤓

[lethal tinsel]

What’s Berkeley’s offer condition for Ib people, all 5s right ?

That’s what someone who got in and went to Cal told me lol

[worthy barn]

wdym

[tall wadi]

Not sure but tbh that sounds right - I think it also depends what predicted you submitted

[unique ether]

I don’t think Berkeley does conditional offers for IB

Do they?

[tall wadi]

Doubt it but they could rescind on specific grades

[unique ether]

I thought that was an international thing

[tall wadi]

I think they’re asking what’s the “lowest they can go” really

[worthy barn]

they do

[unique ether]

Ye but school grades right?

[worthy barn]

if you dip from 7 to 5s they rescind you

thats what they did for my senior

[tall wadi]

Intl people generally don’t have a GPA

[worthy barn]

might be highschool specific but idk

[unique ether]

Wait are y’all international?

[worthy barn]

yeah

[unique ether]

Ohhhh lol

[tall wadi]

Yeah

[unique ether]

I’m an IB kid but domestic

And I have no motivation to do well on my IB exams because all the credits are duplicates of AP credits

[cosmic meteor]

i want berkeleyyyyyyyyyyyy

PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[worthy barn]

you have usc sir

[tall wadi]

My councillor just spoke about it today - I think if ur predicted 6s and 7s then you should be fine with all 6, aim to get at least one 7 and if you have a 5 it’s not bad but it’s not great either

[cosmic meteor]

BERKELEY PLEASE I JUST WANNA GO SO BADDDDDD

[cosmic meteor]

yes correct

[tall wadi]

FR

[cosmic meteor]

wjat rediction

u apply w

[worthy barn]

your school does preds out of 45?

[unique ether]

My school doesn’t do predicted scores

We do gpa

[tall wadi]

People r applying with 41-45 predicted from my school btw if anyone’s wondering the competition lol (I do a level tho)

[tall wadi]

Yeah

[worthy barn]

oh damn

[cosmic meteor]

but they dont look at core

[unique ether]

I got 13/45 from last year tho

[cosmic meteor]

its out of 42

i swera

[tall wadi]

Yeah I mean perks of being one of the best IB school - I’m acc so dumb for not taking it

[worthy barn]

bro wha

[worthy barn]

yeah we only have core preds

[worthy barn]

do you take ib classes or the dp

[unique ether]

I took my IB Math and IB Physics SL exams last year

[tall wadi]

No it’s out of 45

[worthy barn]

ah

[unique ether]

DP

[cosmic meteor]

i know

but berkeley doenst let u submit

predicteds for

EE ToK

[unique ether]

But I still gotta take Spanish, English, Chemistry, and History

[cosmic meteor]

when u put iploma

in

diploma in

[worthy barn]

yeah ucs

dont let you

[cosmic meteor]

SO DUMB RIGHT

SO FUCKING STUPID

WHY DO I HAVE TO DO FUCKING ENGLISH SL AND FRENCH AB INITIO

[worthy barn]

@cosmic meteor what was your predicted lol

[cosmic meteor]

42

/45

[worthy barn]

subjects?

[tall wadi]

Idk what they put in but ik there r defo people with all 7s

[cosmic meteor]

ranked 3rd in class unweighted im so mad

[cosmic meteor]

yeah

kids from my scvhool

[unique ether]

Wait wtf is French ab?

[cosmic meteor]

have all 7s

[cosmic meteor]

french ab initio

[unique ether]

I’m in Spanish B

[cosmic meteor]

SL french but for beginners

[unique ether]

And English A

[tall wadi]

It’s so mad 😭 like how

[cosmic meteor]

IDK

OUR SCHOOL IS SO FUCKED IN PREDICTIONS

ITS SO RIGGED

[worthy barn]

bro physics hl

[cosmic meteor]

THEY USE PAST PAPERS

AND EPECT LIE

[worthy barn]

is the only subject

[cosmic meteor]

LIKE

[worthy barn]

annoying to get a 7 on

[cosmic meteor]

PPLTO GET RELAISTIC PREDICITONS

lol i do

4 HLs

getting that course rigour rizz

[worthy barn]

mpcs hl

i would have taken econ hl

[unique ether]

Damn

[worthy barn]

but econ sl's considered harder

[cosmic meteor]

Econ HL Math AA HL GP HL and CS HL

[unique ether]

4 HLs is crazy

[cosmic meteor]

what is this NPC ism

[worthy barn]

higher thresholds not much course rigour from econ hl

[unique ether]

Wait why?

[worthy barn]

it literally is lol

[cosmic meteor]

no shot bro the SL econ kids in our school sleep half way through paper 2

[worthy barn]

the boundary's around 10 points higher for sl

[unique ether]

My school doesn’t have IB Econ at all

[cosmic meteor]

bruh yall ucky you dont ahve

fucking market power diagrams

that shit fucks me over everytime in p4

p3

[unique ether]

We have the most basic IB classes

[cosmic meteor]

do u do

[worthy barn]

econ's a free 7 mostly

[cosmic meteor]

math HL AA

if not

[worthy barn]

physics is not i fucking

[cosmic meteor]

i have no respect for u

[unique ether]

We don’t have Physics SL

[worthy barn]

hate

[cosmic meteor]

bad word osrry

[worthy barn]

lol aa hl

[unique ether]

We don’t have Math AI HL

[worthy barn]

aa hl ended me in year 1

[unique ether]

I took SL

[cosmic meteor]

AA HL is so good

[cosmic meteor]

year 1 is half as hard as year 2 LOL

[worthy barn]

year 1 i slacked off so much

[cosmic meteor]

same bruh

[unique ether]

Because AA HL only gives you AP Calc AB credit too

[cosmic meteor]

calc bc is so much harder than hl aa

in terms of content

but the calc bc exam is a JOKE

in comparison

hl aa paper 3 is the scariest thing ever

[worthy barn]

ib papers

[unique ether]

Calc BC was cake

[worthy barn]

nah

[cosmic meteor]

and im a 3x aime qualifier so im not bad at math

[worthy barn]

yo my paper 3 midterm was literally my math ia

free 40 marks

[cosmic meteor]

i hate yeou

[unique ether]

And American unis give you more credit for it

[cosmic meteor]

i hate you

i hope you suffer

[worthy barn]

L

[unique ether]

AA HL is a scam

[cosmic meteor]

trhe ib is a scam

it doesnt help in the US at ALL

[worthy barn]

ib is a scam ong

[cosmic meteor]

they look at u like a simple non doing 6 aps

[worthy barn]

just do cbse 💯

[cosmic meteor]

like lol this idiot

[unique ether]

Facts

[tall wadi]

Bruh all ik is that any form of AP calc you need to get a 5 to get USC credit but u only need a B in A Level maths so ig AP is ez in comparison

[unique ether]

Is that real?

I thought you only needed a 4

[cosmic meteor]

USC class of 2027 admits are so cool

[unique ether]

Ong we are 😎

[cosmic meteor]

wait

i need to fuck with you rq

[unique ether]

Ayo what?

[cosmic meteor]

there

just tob e a dick

just to be a dick

[tall wadi]

Last time I checked it was a 5 but I’ll look again

[cosmic meteor]

daisy doesnt love you

[unique ether]

💀

[cosmic meteor]

we're studying gatbsy rn

[unique ether]

She doesn’t love you either bro

[cosmic meteor]

its so nice

[cosmic meteor]

but i got that party rizz bro

old sport

[unique ether]

She wants security my guy

[tall wadi]

Dang they changed it to a 4 but still ain’t no way a B in A level maths is that same as a 4

Bc we have A*, A, then B

[unique ether]

Your money prolly has blood on it

[cosmic meteor]

no

it has alcohol

[unique ether]

As soon as the cops find out, you’re screwed

Daisy doesn’t want that for herself

[cosmic meteor]

bro the cops drink w me fr

[unique ether]

Now maybe

[cosmic meteor]

honeslty bro east egg kinda sad

west egg is where its lit fr

the opps live in east egg

[unique ether]

The only pro-east egg arguments are elitist ones

💀

[cosmic meteor]

literally

[unique ether]

East Egg kids the type of kids to get into HYPSM with a gpa below 3.5 tho

So that’s the pro to living in east egg

Legacy goes crazy there

[astral fable]

a lot

[dim lake]

yes

[quick sable]

*HYPS

MIT is the only one doing it right 🙄

[lethal tinsel]

Lmao

[unique ether]

😂 or so they tell us

[fair lantern]

its met gonna be like 2/10 again this year

they extended video essay this year so idk

[topaz cape]

does regents come out the same day

[snow girder]

@wet ermine @ionic siren @worthy barn @naive tundra FIGHT

[wet ermine]

LMAO

[meager gyro]

fuck berkley

withdrew my app

[snow girder]

S___turd

[meager gyro]

lmaooo

all jokes fr

[snow girder]

yeah lol

my teacher called it that lamoo

[trail edge]

why do they do this ?

is it just so that they can see me shitting bricks ?

[ancient heath]

They're sadistic

[finite wind]

Its torture

[ancient heath]

I've stopped looking at the portal

[stray viper]

I’ve never looked at the portal 😎

[ancient heath]

Based as hell

[hexed lance]

I mean u already knew this

Nothing new

[zealous ore]

iirc an acceptance is represented by a star, not a bear

[trail edge]

Mom said no portal astrology so I can’t

[zealous ore]

this is what it looked like 2 cycles ago

[hexed lance]

I remember all the portal astrology bs

Had me on edge

[zealous ore]

what the hell is portal astrology

[hexed lance]

Changes in the portal that might reflect a certain decision

So like u said, acceptance could be a star, and rejection a bear

[zealous ore]

well you're gonna see a star followed by the very telling word "congratulations"

otherwise, you will see a bear

portal astrology in and of itself is dumb because at best you get a premature celebration

[ancient heath]

Y is it so yellow 😭

[fiery comet]

thats kinda not portal astrology bruh

ur j looking at the acceptance letter

[fiery comet]

no its amazing

i lost all my stress last wk bc i knew i got into wisco

also helps pass the tie

[zealous ore]

pass the time? literally do something else lolllllll

[hexed lance]

They only show u this after u opened your letter

It’ll first show u “there’s been an update to your application” or something like that, which will prompt u to click the update/letter

[zealous ore]

interesting

i pulled that from a reaction video where he saw that and started celebrating... oscar tier acting on his part?

[hexed lance]

Link

Inch resting

[tall wadi]

Does Berkeley usually go out in the last week of March? Bc they said late March but I’ve heard of people a getting accepted in Feb

[zealous ore]

some people got in last year in feb

don't count on it

i project decisions to be out march 23

met comes out early

if i remember correctly

[fair lantern]

lemme in pls

[fiery comet]

feb 10

its nxt wek

[stray viper]

There’s no way, since i joined this server I thought it was about portals like in the game Portal

[hexed lance]

applicant portal

lmao

[stray viper]

Yeah that makes so much more sense haha

[true hornet]

real af

[hexed lance]

Portal

[stray viper]

https://tenor.com/view/portal-gif-18013960

[hexed lance]

I don’t get how u thought we were referring to a video game

[stray viper]

Me neither 💀

I feel so dumb now lmao

It’s so obvious

[zealous ore]

rather, a portal to the first floor of geisel library

i know just from picture

[hexed lance]

2nd floor actually

[zealous ore]

really

oh right, the underground floor

[hexed lance]

1st floor Geisel is the basement

ye

[zealous ore]

super big campuses like any uc feel weird because they always have the propaganda banners on light poles

[signal tendon]

top floor geisel is silent right?

[hexed lance]

yep

im on the 8th floor rn

and while i was in the elevator, a prospective family started talking to be ab the socially dead stereotype

it was a kid with parents, kid seemed so sad 😂

[zealous ore]

no but ucsd students actual npc's though

"where is the badminton court" deer in headlights stare or walking past

[hexed lance]

fr

im an npc

i shouldve ignored them tbh

but it was too funny to pass up

[long pebble]

wowza

[zealous ore]

alright so should i get accepted anywhere imma walk up to random students to take a sample survey of whether they'd recommend their college

it would be super funny

[hexed lance]

its funny seeing ppl tour ucsd

[long pebble]

🤓

[zealous ore]

when i visit i just walk onto campus like i go there lol the place is so damn big

i miss the hammocks that they had near giesel

[hexed lance]

they still have em

its on the lawn by price center

[zealous ore]

they were gone or at least moved last i checked

the poles were empty

[hexed lance]

i can confirm

they are here

[zealous ore]

what about the sketchy swing thing near muir

[hexed lance]

wha

[unique ether]

🦑

[hexed lance]

what are u doing here

fuck USC

[zealous ore]

i remember near muir there was a super old rusted moving chair thing that was super sketch

[unique ether]

💀

[zealous ore]

like a swinging bench but it gives you tetanus

[unique ether]

I come in peace

As a fellow Cal applicant

[hexed lance]

is this u?

[zealous ore]

HAHAHAHA NOT THE MONEY IN THE BG

that's solid

[unique ether]

I mess with the credit card lol

[hexed lance]

bro i made this like a week ago

[hexed lance]

idk, i dont think its here anymore

[unique ether]

Ye Ik I saw

[hexed lance]

but again, i havent walked the whole campus

[unique ether]

I’m just saying I still mess with it

[hexed lance]

ty Tom

UCS 🤝 UCSD

UC respect UC

[zealous ore]

you should do a unified uc one for st patrick's day

when 3 of em come out at once

[unique ether]

3?

That’s a lot

[zealous ore]

last year it was uci ucsd ucla in that order all on one day

[unique ether]

I applied to 2 UCs 😂

[hexed lance]

UCI, UCSD, UCLA

ik

i could always make day of

this is the one for Ivy Day

monstrosity

[zealous ore]

this is so fucking stupid i hate it

[hexed lance]

wow i love it

good job

[zealous ore]

for those who are unaware

[hexed lance]

ik

its the UofC logo

[true hornet]

Post in thread

[zealous ore]

lemme touch it up a bit so it's a serious submission lol

[wary plank]

Berkeley is a Tier 1 CS school this doesn’t matter

[dim lake]

"I hope you get in!"

[wary plank]

I hope you get in too bro :)

[dim lake]

did u know econ acc rates are horrendous

[wary plank]

Nope haha

Is Econ direct admit now?

[dim lake]

no but uh

econ acc rates are bad

I dont think theyre direct admit

but I think they def have a higher bar for some reason

[dim lake]

check calanswers lao

lmoa

elon hooked me up with some majors

*if i say the exact number its gonna devolve into degen shit

[fiery comet]

can u get cal answers data for MET

[wary plank]

Don’t think they have MET on Calanswers

It’s going to be 1-2%

[fiery comet]

fuck

[fiery comet]

bigger fuck

i wanted avg stats more so than anyt

[olive barn]

can someone chance me for ucb

[fiery comet]

deny

[unique ether]

Yoooo that’s the UC logo right?

[unique ether]

… I just had to scroll didn’t I?

[fiery comet]

how did bro get into usc 💀

/s honest mistake

[unique ether]

💀

[olive barn]

fuck you

[fiery comet]

why you getting pressed?

[olive barn]

i’m not i just wanted to say fuck you to you

[fiery comet]

nah u pressed

[hexed lance]

no chance me's on a2c

u are pressed

[olive barn]

i would be if i was in ucsd

[olive barn]

right

[hexed lance]

try r/chanceme

[olive barn]

man’s donated to a discord server

that’s wild 😂

[hexed lance]

i donated to the a2c scholarship fund

[olive barn]

o

that’s fair respect that

that ones on me

[hexed lance]

u should apply for the scholarship

[olive barn]

but don’t say i’m pressed 🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡😡😡🤬😡

[fiery comet]

https://tenor.com/view/look-smile-smirk-breezy-moves-ornery-gif-3520545

[cosmic meteor]

bro 💀💀

[alpine granite]

xd

[cosmic meteor]

too far

[olive barn]

tf man

[cosmic meteor]

what your season been like so far

[olive barn]

i don’t need the money as much as other people so it’s fine

[fiery comet]

huh

[olive barn]

plus college i’m going to is cheap

[cosmic meteor]

taken way too many L’s this early

[olive barn]

0 deferrals tho

[cosmic meteor]

yeah

[alpine granite]

4A, 1D, 1R

[cosmic meteor]

rejected from fucking northeastern

[alpine granite]

Damn that sucks

[cosmic meteor]

how u gonna be a rip off of a rip off ivy league

[olive barn]

northeastern sucks anyways

[cosmic meteor]

it does

[olive barn]

is it in state

[cosmic meteor]

cringe ass school lowering their acceptance rate by adding no essays and then only accepting the best kids

[alpine granite]

It's private

No in-state vs oos

[cosmic meteor]

their yield is literally gonna be negative this year

fucking morons

[olive barn]

oh ok well it’s tuition is way too high

doe the quality of education they have

for

[cosmic meteor]

i’m like 90% sure northeastern was yield protecting this year tho

the kids who got rejected from my school were all better than the kids who got deferred

[dim lake]

ok stay mad

cope harder

[hexed lance]

UC or bust

[fiery comet]

they track dem int

they always yield protect

[olive barn]

dawg i didn’t apply to northeastern 💀💀

[wary plank]

LOL that was funny

[steel turret]

Please berkeley 😩😩😩😩

[tame sun]

what was ur 1 reject

[steel turret]

Georgia tech

[ancient heath]

Berkley 🥺

[alpine granite]

UCB 👉👈

[stray viper]

Did you apply uiuc?

[steel turret]

Ye rd

[trail edge]

When do the MET rejections come out ?

Sorry I mean decisions *

[tame sun]

Feb 11th

[dim lake]

stop looking at discord bro

[dim lake]

go back to class

[hexed lance]

distractions distractions

[modern osprey]

pls berk let me in

ik you’re gonna reject me

but a girl can dream

[unique ether]

Berkeley Berkeley

When do regular decisions come out for Berkeley?

Is there a set date or is it just before march 30?

[flint pendant]

Wtf is a MET

[obtuse thunder]

Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology

[unique ether]

😂

Bro I swear the only applicants to MET are either hyper competitive Bay Area kids or a2c scholars

[lament fox]

huh how do yk

[wary plank]

Also people who applied by mistake/applied without knowing what it is

[unique ether]

Fax

[astral fable]

did anyone apply for poli sci

[unique ether]

I applied as an Ir major

[dim lake]

cool funky joint major because I am extroverted and want to boss ppl around

[lost jewel]

MET is on cal answers

inb4 berkeley expells me for releasing admisisons sats on a discord

[fiery comet]

wow

i come as soon as u delete

bless my dms i beg u

[lost jewel]

ahahahaha

what even is your major

[fiery comet]

met

[hexed lance]

LMAOOO

[fiery comet]

EECS+Biz

[lost jewel]

ahahahaha

MET actually has unusually reasonable acceptance rates but i suspect MET is largely a self selecting pool

[fiery comet]

oh damn

yea it is

is it similar to standard EECS?

or higher/lower

...

[lost jewel]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[fiery comet]

praise the lord

[lost jewel]

AAHHAHAHAHA

[fiery comet]

holy shit

my prayers have been answered

maybe

[lost jewel]

the statistic is a small pool and distorted

[fiery comet]

yeye

[lost jewel]

dont excpect it to mean anything

i suspect the pool is largely self selecting and small as few people even know what MET is

[fiery comet]

yea

[lost jewel]

anyways if your curious

the normal EECS acceptance rate is uh

[fiery comet]

4% right

[lost jewel]

4%

yes

[fiery comet]

ye

crazy how low it is

[lost jewel]

the MET stat might also contain people who were defered

[fiery comet]

hm ic

[lost jewel]

to the normal engineering pool

[lost jewel]

L&S CS with 2% acceptance rate be like 🗿

[fiery comet]

eh regardless we'll see next week

[fiery comet]

literally tho

[lost jewel]

my major's acceptance rate is like 6%

so

i consider myself lucky

[fiery comet]

dont doubt

[lost jewel]

CoE overall has a 7% acceptance rate

which is insane

[fiery comet]

hate how hard it is even in state

ye ik

[lost jewel]

its even more crazy when you consider CoE alone is larger than MIT

[fiery comet]

ye lmfao

[lost jewel]

undeclared engineering is also stupid hard

so

[fiery comet]

imo worth it

atp any UC trumps my other picks bc of sheer cost

[lost jewel]

3% moment

[fiery comet]

fr

wish they showed ELC only stats tho

bc like Berkeley admit rate is double or so for ELC apps iirc (not causation but j correlates bc of the stat floor)

[lost jewel]

me wondering what ELC is

[fiery comet]

r u a res or OOS

[lost jewel]

im in-state

ohhh

[fiery comet]

okay cool

[lost jewel]

eligible

in local

context

[fiery comet]

so basically top 9% of HS

yea

[lost jewel]

i actually was not eligible in local context

[fiery comet]

or top 9% of state, they're bundled together in datacharts but are diff

oh dang

[lost jewel]

i was eligible in statewide context

but not locally

(there is a difference)

[fiery comet]

yea

iirc im statewide

but not local

and that's the elc/swg admit rate

[lost jewel]

nah bro im literally bottom 1% for berkeley in terms of GPA LOL

[fiery comet]

lmao