UC Berkeley 🐻 (2022-2023)

[modern osprey]

i’m in wisconsin 💀

[light eagle]

I’m in state

[snow girder]

Why so late 😭

[modern osprey]

isn’t that ivy day

nooo😭💀

[fierce pivot]

berkeley wrong for that email

[strong rune]

Guys

[hexed lance]

hahhaha fuck

[strong rune]

Can someone pls confirm about MET

I'm going crazy

Why can't they j send a rejection

For MET

[zealous ore]

ucr i think

[modern osprey]

ik

heart skipped a beat

[vale kiln]

fr tho 💀

[strong rune]

End me now

[humble thistle]

riverside

i didnt apply there

lmfaoo

[tawdry egret]

did anyone get decision yet

[humble thistle]

apparently its too far from the airport or smth

[tawdry egret]

I just got an email bout it

[hexed lance]

i got rejected

[humble thistle]

huh

[strong rune]

What?

[fierce pivot]

last year guys

ucsd 26

[humble thistle]

LMFAOO

i thought he applied for transfer

or smth

or she

idk

[rapid bolt]

I didn't get an email

the March 30 one

[hexed lance]

she?

[vale kiln]

it’s just a “hang in there” email

[rapid bolt]

ohk nvm

just got it

[humble thistle]

yall i just realize my recommenders didnt upload their recommendations onto the berekly portal

yay

sure fire way of not getting in

i dont think i can still submit them

[hybrid nexus]

Wait Berkeley asked for recs?

[terse quest]

Berkeley email jump scare

[snow girder]

Only for some people

[hybrid nexus]

Do u need it to get in?

[snow girder]

No

[timber copper]

Can I submit a rec even without them asking

[zealous ore]

yes, but they won't review it

[potent mountain]

YES ISTG

[humble sparrow]

Lmao I just saw it

[tired musk]

Y’all think 3.6 gpa an auto rejection

[worldly lantern]

1800

[cosmic meteor]

actually v

?

[worldly lantern]

Now I am 1800 I haven’t been practising but I used to compete at 2000

2035 was my peak rating

[cosmic meteor]

you ever get close to rank?

[cosmic meteor]

online or over the board?

[worldly lantern]

In person

[cosmic meteor]

do u have a FIDE profile

[worldly lantern]

I do but it has my IRL on it

[cosmic meteor]

crazy. which country if you don’t mind me asking?

[cosmic meteor]

All good. congrats

[worldly lantern]

I’m from India

[cosmic meteor]

nic

wait

u played

in india????

[worldly lantern]

No I played for the Uk lol

And Singapore

[tired musk]

Can we 1 v 1

[cosmic meteor]

OH LOL

i was like

no way bro

2035 india is crazy

[worldly lantern]

If you want

[cosmic meteor]

UK is also rlly good

good stuff

[cosmic meteor]

Are you a fellow lichess user

[dusk mulch]

Yeah I feel like you would be great practice since I play tournaments too

[potent mountain]

wow

[dusk mulch]

lets play sometime

[potent mountain]

im a 500 lol

i started 3 months ago

[dusk mulch]

I'm about 1800 too

online im 2000 but not otb

:3

[potent mountain]

dont stress abt gpa much, uc conversion will nice you

[timber copper]

Can someone explain uc conversion

[hexed lance]

The GPA?

[worldly lantern]

Nah chess.com they have way more accurate ratings

I only use lichess for free puzzles

While I take a shit

[cosmic meteor]

i thought everyone’s chess.com rating was a solid 200-400 points higher than acc ELO

i’m 1500 rated

[worldly lantern]

Yeah my puzzle rating is 2460

[cosmic meteor]

but i really suck at openings and shit i just know how to play middle game

[worldly lantern]

That’s not even close to my actual rating it’s so much lower 😭

[cosmic meteor]

and i play endgames surprisingly well

i love the chess.com practice ones

[worldly lantern]

My strength is in openings

[cosmic meteor]

theory king

what’s your opening of choice

[worldly lantern]

Catalan

[cosmic meteor]

i only really know how to play the main couple lines for a solid few openings

[worldly lantern]

Catalan has crazy theoretical lines

[cosmic meteor]

is that long diagonal bishop develop?

fianchetto like right

[dusk mulch]

there's a bunch of catalan setups but it's basically d4 nf6 c4 e6 g3

although there's alot of ways to get there

[worldly lantern]

Yes it combines fianchetto with the pawns on c4d4

That’s the mainline variation

[dusk mulch]

I think i've transposed a ton of nimzo games back into the catalan

or some neo catalan variations

[cosmic meteor]

is d4 nf6 the indian?

isn’t^^

[dusk mulch]

technically yes

[cosmic meteor]

so catalan can only be played against nf6 right

why is e6 a good move i don’t understand the indian at all bruh

[dusk mulch]

well the idea is to meet nc3 with bb4

to get into the nimzo

[cosmic meteor]

oh

[dusk mulch]

which is considered relatively fine for black

[cosmic meteor]

i thought it was something similar to the queens gambit declined with d5

[dusk mulch]

there's all sorts of ideas

very flexibile opening

[cosmic meteor]

hm

idk

i only rlly play a few easy ones

they work so why not

1500 elo is interesting you either find someone playing really drawn out confusing theory or the englund gambit for the 5484838ty time

[worldly lantern]

@dusk mulch What's your rating?

[cosmic meteor]

^^

@worldly lantern

[dusk mulch]

online i peaked 2045

otb im still provisional

[restive wedge]

c6 closing diag makes it kinda boring tho but then u go for e4 push?

[dusk mulch]

i usually go for a4 because im crazy

soften up the pawns

and go for a barrelload attack on the backwards pawn

usually will be c6 because opponent won't take

and play b6

[restive wedge]

sounds like most of us tend towards d4 on move 1... i like it

[dusk mulch]

oh i dont

im an e4 player

[round sparrow]

Got an email saying that my app was being reviewed or soemthing

[worldly lantern]

yes e4 push is closed game which doesnt work for me because my games are very aggressive

i usually play a3 challenging the b5 pawn

[tired mica]

Yeah, everyone who didn’t get in did

[worldly lantern]

or you can play knight to f3

preparing for kingside castle and making e5 a better move

[worldly lantern]

i was always a d4 player

[dusk mulch]

@worldly lantern lets play

:3

[worldly lantern]

i used to play things like the evans gambit

or the nakhmanson

[round sparrow]

Gotcha

[dusk mulch]

https://lichess.org/ibaXeoqT

10 min game

pwease

[worldly lantern]

yeah wait im playing some 300 rated player rn

[dusk mulch]

kk

[worldly lantern]

he asked me to play him

okay wait he said he cant do it

wtf i cant move

[dusk mulch]

ill dm it

to u

@worldly lantern

[worldly lantern]

i cant move black pawn

[dusk mulch]

check your dms

i messaged u a new link

the game aborted

[worldly lantern]

oh thats why lol

[round sparrow]

What abt for gmp

[dusk mulch]

i mouseslipped a3 lol

wtf

bro i just mouseslipped two moves in a row @worldly lantern

[tired mica]

Idk what that is

The purpose of the email is to just tell everyone who didn’t get an early acceptance that it’s fine and decisions will come in march

[restive pecan]

Were the people who recieved decisions early likely letters or were they just people who got reviewed early

[restive wedge]

kd1 💀

[round sparrow]

Ah cool

[dusk mulch]

generational mouseslip

[night blade]

has anyone else gotten engineering undeclared

[wary plank]

Essays are hardly ever the reason to be honest

[main tendon]

Was everyone who is being considered for Chancellor's/Regents' Scholarship already notified of acceptance.

[hexed lance]

I think so

[main tendon]

Is this also the case at the other UC schools, like UCSB and UCLA?

[forest dagger]

march 30th decision

bro thinks its an ivy school

[reef cedar]

fr like why so late

[ornate adder]

For those who got into letters and sciences, did anyone get an email for regents?

[lost jewel]

Ahahaha

[lost jewel]

Berkeley has always released later

They released the 24th of March last year

[hybrid nexus]

when does LA release

[lost jewel]

Typically 1-2 weeks before

[lost jewel]

Better than Ivy 😎

[raw roost]

ehh

for comp sci yessss

50 days

😭😭

[hexed lance]

ok chill out bro

i typed that before they made the announcement

in the past theyve always released mid to late march

[tired musk]

Is there a way to add misters grades for uc

Mid year

[hexed lance]

wow the kid really deleted their message lmao

[hexed lance]

No. they dont want em

[woeful sinew]

so sad i didnt get regents 😭

what were ur ecs for whoever got in?

[solar imp]

Cabbage club president

[jovial copper]

owning a fortune 500 company

[woeful sinew]

smh

[hybrid nexus]

yeah i own tesla

[unique ether]

My friend who got regents actually had a podcast that was featured on the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and New York Post

No cap btw

[hasty totem]

how many students got acceptances/decisions yesterday?

[solar imp]

Couple thousand I think

[fallow crown]

950

[solar imp]

I think that was last year

[hasty totem]

and they admit ~14k students, so they already admitted around 7% of the class.

[azure shale]

I was lettuce club pres and took down my archnemesis @solar imp

[solar imp]

😾

[lament fox]

wait do we know if anyone that got MET also got the late video essay deadline?

[modern osprey]

18th believe??

[modern osprey]

bruv so these are the people i’m competing with… i have 0 chances

[hybrid nexus]

if i never got video

does that mean i got rejected from berkeley?

[pulsar ginkgo]

For met?

[queen folio]

wait what

people got their letters?

i just checked my portal

there’s nothing there

[pulsar ginkgo]

Yeah it’s only for regents candidates and met

[queen folio]

what’s regents and met?

[pulsar ginkgo]

Most letters come on March 30

[pulsar ginkgo]

Scholarship and dual degree program

[queen folio]

ohhhh

i see

what’s this about a video?

[tame sun]

did u get into MET

[lost jewel]

for engineering also

[rough lagoon]

yi lon ma

or wait no xi long ma

[hallow flicker]

did everybody get this email?

[solar imp]

Yes

[tight hedge]

Didn't need them to remind me that

They probably got hella emails from students and had to send that out lol

[astral fable]

bruh that gave me a jumpscare

scary shit

[quick sable]

berkeley is coming out on ivy day 😮

[sage crown]

ikr 💀

now i have 8 decisions on that one day

[hexed lance]

all ur depression in 1 day

[sage crown]

they said early evening, i assume 7PM (which is for all ivys and duke as well)

[sage crown]

ong

[hexed lance]

ucb did u a favor

[sage crown]

fr fr

[pulsar ginkgo]

berkeley will be pst tho

[rocky remnant]

Ivies are 7 pm eastern though

[hexed lance]

Dw about it

Cross that bridge when the time comes

[sage crown]

Ah ok

Well same day

[lost jewel]

it released around 3:30 PM last year

[hexed lance]

very insightful

lmao bruh i remember opening this at school

[sage crown]

In what time zone

PST?

[lost jewel]

yes

[lost jewel]

i didnt open it till 4 hours later

i was like "eh its probably a rejection, no point"

[hexed lance]

jesus

i couldnt wait

funny tho, when i opened my ucsd acceptance, i was taking a shit at school

and i had like no reaction

[wraith brook]

I got my email at 3:15pm

(pst)

[golden quartz]

Samee

[hexed lance]

your role says HS JR

[wraith brook]

outdated

joined the server last year

[hexed lance]

u can change in id:customize

[wraith brook]

idk

[hexed lance]

click a different role, and then click back

[wraith brook]

ok

there we go

wtf

it changed back

[hexed lance]

ur gonna wanna figure that out

[wraith brook]

ok

i think it's here to stay now

[hexed lance]

u wont want ppl thjinking ur a jr

[wraith brook]

WHAT

dumb thing

[hexed lance]

imagine being a jr in the ucb thread

[wraith brook]

@astral fable Hey idk if you have role perms but this role selection thing is bugging out. I am a HS senior so could you help out? Thanks!

[hexed lance]

not the cold ping 💀

[astral fable]

1 sec

[wraith brook]

people on discord acting like a ping is the end of the world 💀

[astral fable]

there ya go

[hexed lance]

poor etiquette

[wraith brook]

thank you!

[astral fable]

np!

idc about cold pings if im busy or smth ill just not respond LOL

[wraith brook]

good to know

tysm

[hexed lance]

i should ping guest more often

[wraith brook]

lol my s/o almost got baited by that email as well

ik it's been basically forever since you said this but like business + eecs beats just eecs and m.e.t. help you out with internships and stuff 💀

[lost jewel]

internships 😩

[wraith brook]

internships are nice and all

but research is where it is at

:D

(prospective grad student... ignore me)

[lost jewel]

sorry im uh

applying to internships rn lol

[wraith brook]

You attending Cal rn?

[lost jewel]

literally submitted an applicaiton 20 minutes ago lol

[lost jewel]

Cal Simp

[wraith brook]

Some can simp without attending

[lost jewel]

is purusing the berkeley megathred with verified roles

[wraith brook]

hey I'm just asking lol

EECS/CS?

or something else?

[lost jewel]

#🎓-commitments message

[wraith brook]

MechE

Nice

How're you liking it?

[lost jewel]

intended EECS minor with a double major in aerospace eng

[wraith brook]

Ooo

[lost jewel]

college is hell

[wraith brook]

oh damn

everyone says it's pretty hard

would you say it's worth it tho?

Or can't judge yet?

[lost jewel]

gpa be malding

😭

[wraith brook]

Okay

[lost jewel]

uh

[wraith brook]

Lmao

[lost jewel]

ive learned a lot

[wraith brook]

Subtle flex

[lost jewel]

overall

enjoyable

cal is a great place for opprotunity

very, very tough school

[wraith brook]

Guess I'll find out

[lost jewel]

eecs moment

[wraith brook]

I mean

it's Berkeley

I can't turn it down

At least I'll wait for other schools but like

EECS at Berkeley is basically unmatched

[lost jewel]

stanford hates you ong

(as does MIT and CMU)

[wraith brook]

already got rejected rea

Stanford

Didn't apply MIT or CMU

[lost jewel]

rip

[wraith brook]

Not good enough scores/gpa

[lost jewel]

applies to stanford and cal

[wraith brook]

Indeed

[lost jewel]

"Im not good enough for MIT or CMU"

logik

[wraith brook]

They don't consider 9th grade gpa

9th grade I got 7 B's

[lost jewel]

i got into cal with 7 Bs

[wraith brook]

I mean

[lost jewel]

so

[wraith brook]

Same

[lost jewel]

3.86 UW GPA 🤪

[wraith brook]

3.84UW

[lost jewel]

4.04 W

[wraith brook]

I'm with ya

4.59W and 4.84 UC

[lost jewel]

i applied to UC with a 4.04 W

[wraith brook]

Holy

[lost jewel]

i applied to 4 schools

UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCI

[wraith brook]

[lost jewel]

your UC Weighted is actually

stupid

high

lol

[wraith brook]

I took 28 DE's 💀

[lost jewel]

me with 7 APs 💀

(got a B in 3 of them)

[wraith brook]

My school has 0 AP's lol

[lost jewel]

nah i would argue my Bs in AP Physics were bullshit

[wraith brook]

Lmaooo

[lost jewel]

i swear i can do physics

i can prove it 😎

[wraith brook]

Mechanics of Solids and Fluids has been my favorite class ever

Ironically

Despite being EECS

(I wanna do quantum computing)

(so I'm a physics simp a little)

[lost jewel]

when you get a 3 on the AP Physics 1 exam but Physics 7A (mechanics w/ calculus) says:

[wraith brook]

Insane

[lost jewel]

collegeboard physics is bullshit

[wraith brook]

Mechanics with calculus is amazing

my fav as I said earlier

Good stuff dude

[lost jewel]

im taking E&M/Thermo rn

[wraith brook]

ew

Well

It was mid

Thermo was boring

[lost jewel]

is an eecs major

doesnt like E&M

[wraith brook]

Thermo part was mid

[wraith brook]

E&M was like

[lost jewel]

thermo is very mid

too much chemistry

[wraith brook]

decent

[lost jewel]

E&M is very difficult

[wraith brook]

I plan to mostly do CS in the EECS lol

[lost jewel]

much harder than mechanics

[wraith brook]

Agreed

[lost jewel]

CS70 🤪

[wraith brook]

Indeed

[lost jewel]

discrete methematics

you have to be on meth to be able to pass the class ong

[wraith brook]

My DE discrete math class wasnt that bad but I heard Berkeley CS70 is insane

[lost jewel]

apparently one of the physics professors assigned an entire upper division math textbook as required reading to his students 💀

[wraith brook]

wtf

[lost jewel]

straight up had them do the Math 110 textbook

Math 110 is upper div linear algebra btw

[wraith brook]

gotta avoid that

[lost jewel]

ah CS70 is painful

i have a friend who took the math department version of it

over the summer

[wraith brook]

.... interesting

how was it?

[lost jewel]

hard

the prof teaching it won a fields medal 💀

their mt average was like a 40% lmfao

[wraith brook]

Berkeley moment

(Kinda hype tho)

[lost jewel]

ive never had a midterm average in a stem class cross 60%

🗿

[wraith brook]

curves

😩

[lost jewel]

*bins

[wraith brook]

o

[lost jewel]

most classes dont actually 'curve'

they bin

[wraith brook]

definitely tell me more about this

[lost jewel]

for all intents its the same thing except generally bins dont bring you down

its really just psuedo curving

course points are tallied

and the point cutoffs are set

generally profs try to give 25% of the class A/A-

35% B

[wraith brook]

I see

good to know actually

Thank you

[trail edge]

Man wtf

No MET either

[astral fable]

Why would they do you all like that-

I would've had a stroke seeing an email update in my inbox after the early acceptance thing

[robust crown]

Berkeley has been doing this for at least the past 4 years apparently

[astral fable]

Mmm

[unique ether]

Yes…

[night blade]

regents anyone ?

[solar imp]

Berkeley is for bears not rats

[night blade]

i am a bear

🐻🐻🐻

[solar imp]

ur a bear rat

A brat

[night blade]

wow

i am not a younger sibling

so i can’t be a brat

[solar imp]

@main plume can u believe she got into Berkeley

The rat brat

brat rat

[night blade]

both of u r so discriminatory

[solar imp]

after she pushed me down the stairs

Berkeley just hates me

Berkeley bears nearly crushed me to death

[night blade]

well they love me they admitted me early too

[night blade]

good i thank god and ur brother for that every day

[solar imp]

Remember when I threw a squishy at you at lunch and you fell over

I’ll buy a Berkeley bear and throw it at you

[night blade]

remember when you fell on the tennis courts during pe

[night blade]

free berkeley bear

[solar imp]

I’ll rob you

[night blade]

please i need the money for retail therapy

[solar imp]

Berkeley = therapy

[night blade]

no

berkeley = the reason why i will need therapy in a few years

[tight hedge]

What is regents

[robust crown]

full ride

[night blade]

also @solar imp lol why were u telling ppl that i didn’t deserve to get in ?

[tight hedge]

Ohhh ok

[night blade]

some ppl even think i faked the acceptance and lied abt getting in

not always full ride tho i think the scholarship amount depends

[robust crown]

yh need based

[tight hedge]

U got in?

[robust crown]

with a lot of other pros

[robust crown]

Yh

[night blade]

yeah

[tight hedge]

Congrats 🎉

[solar imp]

you literally bullied a freshman for human geo answers

[robust crown]

whats human geo ?

[solar imp]

And remember when u tried to poison our calc teacher

[robust crown]

everyone wants to poison their calc teacher

[solar imp]

Ofc u don’t bc u seem to just “forget” and that “it wasn’t your fault”

[tight hedge]

What does that have anything to do with her not deserving it lol

[night blade]

it’s a her

[astral fable]

wait what

where is this coming from

[tight hedge]

Sounds like someone is jealous

[astral fable]

do you all attend the same school or

[solar imp]

veda lied on all of her apps

[night blade]

oh well at least i do my human two work

geo

[solar imp]

if you knew veda irl you would understand where I’m coming from

[night blade]

bro i wouldn’t i love her

[robust crown]

I dont and this is Veda vs Firestar V112 or smth at this point

[tight hedge]

I think they do

[astral fable]

ew

[solar imp]

I don’t go to the same school as her

But I’ve heard stories

my best friend went to her school

And now he’s gone

veda disposed of him to become valedictorian

[night blade]

nah he does and he was literally spreading shit abt me lying on my apps and how i didn’t even deserve to get into merced, much less berkeley engineering

[astral fable]

well i bet this will all change when you get into berkeley in one month 😭

like where is this coming from

[robust crown]

Nah bruv this never ends , veda vs firestar is eternal

[tight hedge]

Crazy

[solar imp]

do u want me to send the text of you threatening to get my parents fired from their job if I didn’t drop the lawsuits against you

[tight hedge]

[jovial copper]

[jovial copper]

lol

[solar imp]

:/

@night blade anything to say?

[night blade]

yeah

[solar imp]

She admits it

[night blade]

that’s fake bc i don’t even have read receipts on for you

[solar imp]

You actually do

[night blade]

nope

[tight hedge]

😭I like how y'all talk with your discord names

[solar imp]

Fake

Vedas so fake

As fake as her triangular hair

[main plume]

Hi fire

How’s the wedding

[night blade]

this isn’t me

i have auto caps on

[jovial copper]

It went well for them

[main plume]

He’s legit at a wedding lol

[solar imp]

The wedding is tomorrow we’re just like doing prayers and traditional stuff rn

Florida weather is weird

[jovial copper]

lmao this entire convo sounds like a post wedding trouble ngl

[night blade]

i would never marry a jealous freakazoid like firestar

[solar imp]

at least I’m not a trapezoid like you

[main plume]

Firestar would never marry a rat

[night blade]

he literally told ppl i shouldn’t have gotten in to berkeley

[solar imp]

yeah ^^^

[solar imp]

Bc u didn’t ?

and they agree

[night blade]

bruh i actually worked hard

that’s so unfair

[solar imp]

Worked hard to sabotage everyone…

[loud rock]

guys why can’t we all be friends

[tight hedge]

This that comp environment that I never wanna be in

[night blade]

no he told people all i do is party and have fun and i shouldn’t have gotten into berkeley engineering

[solar imp]

Veda broke my best friends arm so he would fail his physics final

[jovial copper]

bay area kids be like:

[solar imp]

Like she took a hammer

And just broke his arm

And walked away

[rapid bolt]

wth

[tight hedge]

Fr 💀💀💀

[night blade]

as if i didn’t fail my final too

[solar imp]

😭

[night blade]

i got a 30/120

[solar imp]

mood

(Me on hug)

And apes

[rapid bolt]

did you actually break someone's arm

[night blade]

nah but fr tho like ppl straight up didnt believe me at all when they heard i got into berkeley and that was so upsetting bc i rly thought that yesterday would be such like an ego boost bc ppl would be congratulating me but instead they were kinda just laughing at me and whispering to each other ://

someone even apparently said “ur not a top applicant ur a pot applicant”???? i’ve never even DONE POT

[tight hedge]

Can't tell if this is satire or not

[robust crown]

if it is any consolation, one of my classmates dot into Imperial on the same day i got into berkeley , and somehow half the people in the class knew imperial but not Berkeley

[night blade]

what is imperial

[robust crown]

it usually is

[night blade]

no

like

i’m serious this time

maybe it wasn’t firestar saying it

but ppl rly thought i had either lied abt my acceptance or that i didn’t deserve it at all

[robust crown]

Imperial College London (if you asked me what is imperial to make me feel batter, then I wholeheartedly back you over firestar)

[tight hedge]

I didn't know imperial either lol

[night blade]

(then i did ask to make u feel better, not at all bc i don’t know what that college is)

[solar imp]

did ppl actually say this

[night blade]

yeah

[solar imp]

Ik ppl said for bird :/

[jovial copper]

idk imperial either

[night blade]

they hate to see a girlboss winning

[solar imp]

Ong

[solar imp]

💀 jealous

[night blade]

kidding nobody said it as if any of those dumb leadership kids have the right to

this one girl lied abt getting into ucla yesterday

[solar imp]

E***a ?

[hybrid nexus]

which major at Berkeley?

[night blade]

everyone clowned her for it but nobody likes her anyway

[night blade]

yeah that little liar

[night blade]

engineering undeclared

[robust crown]

Eitherways, You got into Berkeley and there is like 0 chance that u don't deserve it because this isn't even a Regular decision release, they were so amazed and sure that they released yours early

[night blade]

yeah 🙂

[robust crown]

MET ? or Regents/Chancellors ?

[loud rock]

i wish i got into berkeley sigh

[hybrid nexus]

you got in early?

[robust crown]

you will

[night blade]

regents/chancellors

[azure shale]

wtf there is schs people

@solar imp

[night blade]

who r u

how do u know

[loud rock]

l&s is actually wild like how are they cutting down people by 5x

[night blade]

schs

[azure shale]

i am firestars friend

[night blade]

liar

firestar is friendless

[loud rock]

did you post your stats/ecs anywhere @night blade

[solar imp]

😢

[night blade]

nope

[azure shale]

congrats!!!

[night blade]

idk my uc gpa i need to check on it

it’s a 4.0 i think tho

[night blade]

ty!!

[astral fable]

idk my uc gpa either

how can i calculate it

[loud rock]

could you send or dm...?

[night blade]

yeah

[hybrid nexus]

Veda are you from cali

[solar imp]

Veda is from Bay Area

[night blade]

yeah

[wraith brook]

Wait

Who else got in?

[azure shale]

why cant ppl be happy for each other :/

[night blade]

ccompetitiveness

[solar imp]

Are you happy for me

[robust crown]

AYYYYY another EECS

[robust crown]

I got in too

[azure shale]

indeed i literally go to ur school

[wraith brook]

Let's go

[night blade]

who r u

[azure shale]

deron

[night blade]

omg

[solar imp]

isn’t he in ur period for Econ…

[night blade]

ur in my econ

[solar imp]

yeah lmao

[azure shale]

SMALL WORLD

[night blade]

cray cray

yk abt that person

who said she got into ucla

[azure shale]

i wish everyone sucess

[night blade]

very kind of u

[solar imp]

I wish everyone that is not a rat success

[night blade]

thank u!

[jovial copper]

jealousy

[tired musk]

What’s a good uc gpa

[solar imp]

4.0

[jovial copper]

4.0

[solar imp]

All A+

[main plume]

Go to their website and look at the middle 50

[night blade]

i got a B- freshman yr and then all As

[jovial copper]

they only account for sophomore and junior year so I expect uc gpa to be a lot higher for most people

[main plume]

I have 4 Bs

And all As

[jovial copper]

I got 2bs freshmen year then all As

[tight hedge]

What's a uc gpa

How y'all find out lol

[solar imp]

Wagadoogy

[azure shale]

Wagadoogy

[solar imp]

Wagadoogy!!!!

[azure shale]

a2c ruined my life

[night blade]

wagadoogy !!!!

[night blade]

TWINS

[solar imp]

I told a junior about a2c and now his life is ruined

Quite funny

[night blade]

it’s all worth it tho

when u get into college

[tired musk]

I got a C

[solar imp]

I posted a chanceme once and the comments were “basic Bay Area cs major asian male”

[night blade]

crazy

[solar imp]

😵‍💫

[astral fable]

you can mention ur a latino with a 4.0 and suddenly those losers also think ur ethnicity is the main factor for ur admissions

[main plume]

i had an A in java and i did not study on one of the last quizzes

and i got like a 50% on that quiz

[night blade]

guys i’m throwing a “veda05 got into berkeley” party who wants to come

[main plume]

and my grade went to a B+

and also the fucking teacher put arrays on the final when he promised it would not be. he also didnt even teach them yet

[solar imp]

Am I invited

[night blade]

yeah but all the food has nuts in it

and we r watching mamma mia and ratatouille and roman holiday

and i’m only playing lana del rey and taylor swift

no water, just kombucha

[jovial copper]

ive learned to never trust when a teacher says something is not on a test bcs they just reuse tests from previous years and "forget" they had it in

[night blade]

and if i get annoyed by u, i’m sending my sister to fitbit you

fight*

[solar imp]

😦

u know one time ok distance learning

veda texted my brother

[main plume]

@solar imp have u seen this sign b4

[solar imp]

During my calc class

To yell “put some pants on”

And he screamed it while I was talking

And I had to show the class I had pajamas on!!!

[night blade]

that was a classic

[solar imp]

I would tell ur sister to do the same but you’d just cry

[night blade]

well it wouldn’t have been believable that i don’t have pants on

[solar imp]

delusional

[night blade]

delulu

[solar imp]

Delululemon

[hasty totem]

is there a difference between berkeley EECS-CS and L&S-CS - academic rigor, job/research opportunities, and acceptance rates?

[main plume]

Yes. They are two different majors

Cs should have a lower rate

Last year cs was 2.94%

[hasty totem]

L&S-CS has lower acceptance rate than EECS-CS?

[unique ether]

I’m pretty sure

[modern osprey]

thx for saying what we already were thinking

[hexed lance]

np!

[modern osprey]

absolutely brutal

i have no hope anyways

[hasty totem]

really? i'd have thought EECS-CS being in Engineering would have a lower acceptance rate than L&S-CS

[wraith brook]

Last year it was because they cut enrollment by 75% in L&S CS to account for the lack of space in the department due to people switching into L&S CS

The estimate is it'll match EECS this year

[lament fox]

yeah probably

[wary plank]

“Your intended major doesn’t matter” as they kneecap L&S kids

Don’t ever believe what they tell you

Without verifying it yourself

[lost jewel]

Mfw the CS admit rate last year was lower than Stanford's

[wraith brook]

Fr

[wraith brook]

fuck Stanford

Motherfuckers rejected me therefore they suck

[hasty totem]

last year declaring L&S-CS was not mandatory - so how did they cut enrollment in L&S CS by 75%?

[wraith brook]

That's what they did

They punished those who reported

That's how you have that low acceptance rate

They only admitted 99 out of the thousands of applicants who said they'd study CS in L&S

[hasty totem]

does berkeley publish acceptance rate by major (e.g. EECS, L&S-Economics, L&S-CS, etc)

[wraith brook]

Apparently if you're a student you can access CalAnswers which has those stats

https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/x0hx6m/follow_up_to_202223_freshmen_acceptance_rates_post/

People have posted it @hasty totem

[hasty totem]

wow i'd have thought that EECS is the most selective. It's a surprise that LSCS has lower acceptance rate than EECS

[wraith brook]

It was only for that year to even out enrollment

[astral fable]

I'm very curious on what Atmospheric Science's acceptance rate is

[wraith brook]

(too many people joined L&S as a different major and then switched to CS which really hurt the CS department because they didn't have enough resources)

(so to accommodate for this, they made L&S CS direct admit only and took a very small class last year to balance out all the numbers)

[hasty totem]

very interesting.. i thought they made L&S CS direct admit only starting this year, so why did they take only 166 in 2022-23?

[wraith brook]

That's actually exactly why

It wasn't direct admit last year

So they had to take less to balance expected # of people who'd switch into it

[hasty totem]

ah, so this year they may take 700-1000 students like previous years?

[wraith brook]

Current estimates are that they are gonna match EECS acceptance rate this year

[hexed lance]

refer them to this when they ask

[hasty totem]

thats not much difference - assuming 5500 applicants, 4.5% is 247 only (vs 895, 971, and 596 in previous years)

[wraith brook]

Yeah lol

but we will see

This year will be interesting with direct admit

[tired musk]

Grrrrrrrrpow

[unique ether]

Basically the number of spots shrunk last year and so that’s why the acceptance rate is lower

Lol I didn’t see sev had answered this

[primal quail]

I'm applying for math (not applied or data science or stats), what kind of chances am I looking at based on the above?

[tired pond]

Thank god I applied data sci

[astral fable]

are legal studies specifics on there somewhere

[hexed lance]

i dont have that info

a ucb student might

[tight hedge]

Woah woah

[wary plank]

Good chances generally

[hexed lance]

Oski

what did u apply under

[lost jewel]

Bunch of high schoolers on campus for science Olympiad

Or something

[lost jewel]

Ah which goofy monkey got this screenshot

[wraith brook]

lmao

fight me 1v1 when I get to bay area

(/j)

[tight hedge]

If u insist

[errant charm]

Anyone applied to College of Chemistry got in early?

[wary plank]

Industrial Engineering/Operations Research

Applied Math alternate

[fallow crown]

yeah

[hexed lance]

Ivy day banner animation prep

ucb decided to drop on ivy day smh

[jovial copper]

ivy day is march 30th?

[ancient heath]

Ye

[errant charm]

u?

[fallow crown]

yes

[errant charm]

congrats!

what are ur stats?

and ecs?

can u dm me?

[fallow crown]

thanks!

[jovial copper]

what are all the public ivys

[jovial copper]

There's 30 according to Wikipedia

[wary plank]

30 lmfao

There aren’t even that many regular Ivies

[strong rune]

Question: Would you pick Cal EECS over UPenn CS if they were the same price

[sage crown]

yes

berk EECS has mad prestige

It’s one of the best programs out there

Upenn is really good and an ivy ofc but for CS especially considering it’s EECS at berk, I’d pick berk

[lofty elk]

i pick berk

but i woould still go to penn

prestige and allat

boutta get cooked in the berkeley thread

[strong rune]

What about Cal vs CMU CS?

And CMU vs Princeton CS?

[tight hedge]

No

Pure program, debatable, but no one tryna kill u at UPenn

[strong rune]

Lmao

[lofty elk]

closee

[lofty elk]

princeton

boy its princeton

CMU is cool and all but princeton got that 🤌

[sage crown]

Bruh CMU SCS

is the most goated

They’re #1 CS iirc

Princeton great prestige but CMU SCS great prestige too

[quick sable]

Eh I'd take Princeton

more undergrad focus, more all around prestige, (slightly?) smarter students

last one is just based on Putnam results so take that with a grain of salt

But Princeton >= CMU > Cal, not that I'd get into any of them 😭

[tight hedge]

Stanford cs >

[wary plank]

Yeah

[jovial copper]

well the ivy league is only in the east coast so if you look at all parts of the us it adds up

california itself already adds 6

theres just a lot of really good schools in the us

[wary plank]

Not really

[jovial copper]

yeah its even less. just the north east for the sports conference

[wary plank]

Like 10-15 extra schools at most get close to/match the Ivy League

[sage crown]

which ones?

[jovial copper]

in terms of what prestige? ivies fs arent good at everything

[jovial copper]

berk, davis, irvine, la, sd, sb

[sage crown]

uhh are they all called public ivies?

i assumed public ivy meant publics with ivy type prestige

Berkeley for example

[jovial copper]

""Public Ivy" is a term that refers to prestigious public colleges and universities in the United States that provide a collegiate experience similar to those in the Ivy League."

[sage crown]

Interesting

[wraith brook]

hi

[wary plank]

Absolutely

They aren’t good at everything

I would rather not get into the argument of prestige lol that’s been discussed ad nauseum

That definition is interesting because I want to see how they argue for a school like UCI providing a similar “collegiate experience” to a school like Penn

[jovial copper]

the list itself is 2 decades old so that might be the issue 💀

[amber iron]

Does anyone have the ucb admit rates by major? Only transfer data is available online

[hexed lance]

check pin

[amber iron]

Ty

[sour pulsar]

LETS GOOO!!! If you applied to a high-demand major in the College of Letters and Science and get in, you are guaranteed that major now!!

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

Until now, you had to maintain a certain GPA to declare your major after 2nd year. If you failed to meet that GPA then you had to choose another major. For example, a lot of the people that were not able to continue CS had to choose cognitive science.

However, this may make the College of L&S more competitive to get into.

[hexed lance]

ok ek

[iron gull]

u shouldn’t be happy abt it, it means that they’re capping ppl most likely and ur choice of major is gon have a bigger impact on the decision

[sour pulsar]

yea, but if I get in, I dont have to deal with the stress of paying a uni 2 years worth of tution just to have my major rejected. Might as well get a rejection now and go to a uni where I won't face such a set back in the future

[iron gull]

lol as long as u do the 3 classes right and get above a 3.0 ur set, i’m pretty sure that rn this only means that if u have below a 3.0 in these classes u will have to sit down and have a talk with the people “potentially” dropping u

[sour pulsar]

3.4*

[tight hedge]

Damn didn't even know that was a thing

[lament fox]

how bad do your grades have to be second sem senior year if u attend a UC

[night blade]

no Cs i think

i hope

bc senioritis is hitting SO hard rn

[lament fox]

no Cs?

[night blade]

i think

i’m not a reliable source

[astral fable]

ive heard u just need a 3.0 if ure instate

[loud rock]

oos 💀

[astral fable]

probably the 3.4

[loud rock]

oh ok

do they require mid year grades

[astral fable]

nope

my friend who got in berk last week got straight b's and 1 a last semester

sooooooooo

[loud rock]

oh wow oos is ridiculous

[astral fable]

but tbh u cant even really tell w uc's bc they don't even care for some courses

like if ure taking some random elective

unless they're a-g's

but ofc they don't want d's or f's

[loud rock]

g?

[astral fable]

a-g's are like the uc's requirements... english, arts, social sciences, etc

[loud rock]

oh ok

[hexed lance]

You can’t get lower than a C

UCs only rescind for Ds and Fs

[solar imp]

colleges wont get any info on progress reports right !

[main plume]

no fire, they won't. they only want final transcripts.

[solar imp]

thank u birb

ily

❤️

[main plume]

awww such a kind dinosaur

[solar imp]

grades rn 🤩

[primal seal]

wildin

[main plume]

damn a 4.0 gpa guy. where is that 66% in

[solar imp]

apes lmao

[main plume]

hehehe

[solar imp]

okay we get it ur super smart 🙄

[main plume]

i have 4 Bs

u have a 4.0

smart dino

[solar imp]

you go to one of the hardest/most competitive schools in our state TBF

[main plume]

what

california?

[solar imp]

yeah

or atl bay area

[main plume]

i didnt get into any cali school yet

[solar imp]

no i mean

[main plume]

except sjsu

[solar imp]

ur highschool

is super difficult/competitive

so even 4 Bs is really good

[sour pulsar]

im disappointed, what happened to the remaining 3.31%

[astral fable]

the 66 is so real

[main plume]

my teacher took off points for stupid stuff on the stats quiz

@solar imp she took off points cuz i didnt write z= for the z score. wtf. and that was just for the calculation part. the final answer was like confidence interval.

this is why i hate my school

bum teachers

[solar imp]

💀

thats funny

[lament fox]

is this true for CoE as well

[humble sparrow]

i wont even send mine lmao

[night blade]

DUMBO DUMBO DUMBO

[solar imp]

At least I didn’t have a mental breakdown after every calc chapter test

[night blade]

at least i can hold my own in human geo

[humble sparrow]

whered oski go

[hexed lance]

Sleep

[humble sparrow]

fair nough

[solar imp]

at least I could hold my own in physics

[night blade]

i did

thanks to my wonderful physics teacher

[solar imp]

An inspiration to us all

[lament fox]

when's UCLA regents come out

[humble sparrow]

yesterday

[snow girder]

Is c still a c if it’s a Ap class 😭

Technically it’s a B right 😭😭😭😭😭

[hexed lance]

yea a c is a c

but c's are fine for UCs

how so?

imo its only gonna get harder

oh yea that

i forgot ab that

its effective starting this year yea?

[snow girder]

Newsom always pretty based on education

[tame sun]

did u get into met

[dim lake]

no

[primal quail]

smh imagine applying for a high demand major 😳 😳 😳 couldn't be meeeee

[primal seal]

c's get cs degrees

[astral fable]

berkeley sent their little acceptance package

it was literally just a berkeley themed folder with my letter inside 💀

[snow girder]

Wow not even posters or informational spams 💀

[astral fable]

nope

[golden quartz]

I wanted swag

[astral fable]

Same

[night blade]

same

no stickers :/

[cosmic meteor]

wow

honestly

my heart goes out to you guys

your berkeley acceptance package wasnt as big as you expectedf

rip

[solar imp]

how sad.

[astral fable]

Thx

I'll try my best to have a successful recovery

Nothings guaranteed though

[unique ether]

If it makes you feel any better USC’s only had one sticker

[cosmic meteor]

fr

[torn condor]

Be grateful Purdue gave me nothing lol. Also 18A?! Cracked fr

[dusk mulch]

wondering what my package will look like

[modern osprey]

Berkeley email?!

[vale kiln]

fr my third uc spam email of the day 💀

[main plume]

yea

[forest dagger]

mfs

just accept me

actually maybe not

i dont think i can afford UCS

if it happens ill just take the accpetance letters as validation at this point

💀

[unique ether]

😂