UC Berkeley 🐻 (2022-2023)

[wraith brook]

you sure that isn't eecs?

because this slide was from an official meeting at Berkeley

[sour pulsar]

oh wait im wrong

i just checked and its 166

[wraith brook]

weird

do you have the number for eecs?

[sour pulsar]

ye

[wraith brook]

OH wait, that refers to this year?

I thought that was last year

actually

I am fairly confident that was from last year

they haven't read all the apps yet / made decisions

[split surge]

no that refers to last year

[wraith brook]

^

[split surge]

this year will be 23-24

[wraith brook]

yeah these numbers should be from last year

because it also is when the CS acceptance rate dropped -9.26%

[sour pulsar]

how, this year is the 22-23 application year, 23-24 would refer to when you start school.

[wraith brook]

nah this has to be from last year

because the numbers all match up from last year's class

this year has not been decided yet

when I went for my regents interview

I did not meet a single L&S CS applicant

most of em were EECS + other L&S majors

[sour pulsar]

Berkeley just wants to be better than Stanford smh

[cosmic meteor]

could you lin this

link

[sour pulsar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9O4NFySe54&t=860s

[lost jewel]

22-23 is last year

[sour pulsar]

ok

[cosmic meteor]

u lot

[night blade]

how was it

[cosmic meteor]

berkeley cs/eecs kids

are another breed

[lost jewel]

Incorrect

We already are

The department is under extreme strain

[cosmic meteor]

also

isnt LSCS a BA in CS? I thought poeple didnt like that

[sour pulsar]

thats cap

[lost jewel]

Which is why they are cutting spots

[sour pulsar]

and thats good?

[cosmic meteor]

dude

[sour pulsar]

they are legit cutting spots

[lost jewel]

Cutting seats is good for the department

It reduces the immense strain on resources

[cosmic meteor]

why are the UCs i didnt apply to coming out first

ugh

[sour pulsar]

💀 how is that good? Sounds like a resource problem, where they can't get funding.

[hexed lance]

well they are technically the "safety" UCs

[sour pulsar]

lack of funding = poor plan

[lost jewel]

The department has quadrupled in size in the last couple of years

It was never designed for that type of growth

[cosmic meteor]

they arent cutting spots permenantly, I thought theyre cutting spots because there were too many students currently because of transfer/change major etc

and this is a short term measure to make sure they can ensure they have facilities for all students right

[cosmic meteor]

this is why youre the best mod

[lost jewel]

The budget is outside of Berkeley's total control. State support for UC is not as strong as what it was.

[cosmic meteor]

i wonder what would happen if berkeley was private

[spark marten]

that's actually me... fyi

[sour pulsar]

well if were talkijng about rn, Stanford is on top, maybe in the future they''ll balance things out and have a shot for the crown

[lost jewel]

Enrollment cut to 8k students ong

[cosmic meteor]

bothg stanfrod and berkely are on top

[lost jewel]

Stanford CS is also under strain

[hexed lance]

best current mod

im the best future mod

[cosmic meteor]

dude out of the 30 ish people iknow at stanford every one of them does cs

[lost jewel]

It's a common theme among top CS departments, the major is popular

[cosmic meteor]

are you saying jackie falls off

[wraith brook]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SiFgB1lGxw

this video is literally why berkeley became my dream school

[hexed lance]

love jackie

[cosmic meteor]

dude

lets all go harvard

[lost jewel]

All top CS programs are under strain

[cosmic meteor]

fuck jthe west coast

[sour pulsar]

ik, i watched this. But thats only one opinion

[wraith brook]

really nice

the professor just wants to talk to you

[sour pulsar]

besides who could resist the prestige Stanford holds

[wraith brook]

you can lead the conversation however you want

[cosmic meteor]

sev wh yare u

like

eve nthinkikng about this

u already got eecs berkeley right

[wraith brook]

well yeah

wdym

[lost jewel]

Yes but qualitatively the top 4 CS programs are basically equal

[wraith brook]

thinking about what?

[cosmic meteor]

didn t u get

berkeley eecs

early

[wraith brook]

yeah?

idk what you mean by "this"

[cosmic meteor]

i meant like

okay let me rephrase

this chat a lot of the time sounds like people worrying baout like

[sour pulsar]

Which are
MIT
Stanford
CMU
Berkeley, right?

[cosmic meteor]

with lower number of spots whether theyll get in

yk

[lost jewel]

Yes

[wraith brook]

yes but im here just to correct wrong info lol

[cosmic meteor]

oh

[wraith brook]

I can do that despite getting in eecs

[cosmic meteor]

fair

ikik

i got the impression that u als0o like

seemed stres edbat it

stressedabt t

[wraith brook]

nah

[cosmic meteor]

are u a cal person

cali

[wraith brook]

frankly i want them to cut more seats because the department is under strain

[cosmic meteor]

person

[wraith brook]

yea

in state

[cosmic meteor]

in state?

dude

lucky

[wraith brook]

lmaoo

[cosmic meteor]

in state tuiton for berkeley woul dbe crazy

[wraith brook]

exactly

I was about to say

[lost jewel]

Nah the departments being fucking gutted

[cosmic meteor]

theres no point going private if u have berkeley for 8k a year

[lost jewel]

DeNeros proposal cuts 3/4s of L&S CS

[wraith brook]

good >:D

[cosmic meteor]

who is DeNero here?

is he like a regent or something

[lost jewel]

He's a prof

[cosmic meteor]

DUDE 35K IS HOW MUCH MY HIGH SCHOOL COSTS AYEAR FOR JUST TUITON AND STUFF

[wraith brook]

LMAO

WHAT HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO

[cosmic meteor]

THIS IS SUCH A SCAM

[wraith brook]

WTF

[cosmic meteor]

i live in the uae, everythng here is private

[wraith brook]

ah i see

[lost jewel]

This budget looks off 🗿

[cosmic meteor]

because public high schools are reserved for local emiratis only

[wraith brook]

I go to a public high school

[wraith brook]

this is what calcentral tells me lol

[cosmic meteor]

ive heard cali public schools make it hard to get into berkeley LA

[lost jewel]

Change the housing option to RES HALL

[cosmic meteor]

because of the feeder private

[solar imp]

I can’t believe they let rats into Berkeley @night blade ur single handedly bringing down Berkeley’s ranking

[cosmic meteor]

i thought they always had a rat problemm no?

[wraith brook]

well i cant until i accept my offer

[cosmic meteor]

particularly in housing

[wraith brook]

i wont accept until all decisions are out

just in case

but 99.99% sure im going to cal

lol

[cosmic meteor]

dude there no way you choose to pay 3 times that for any priv school on the same levl

[solar imp]

Capybara

[wraith brook]

ik

that's what i said

[lost jewel]

The budget is closer to 44k than 35k 🗿

[wraith brook]

but my dad wants me to wait for harvard

"just in case they have a better deal"

[night blade]

this is very discriminatory why do you hate me so

[cosmic meteor]

bro is stealing everyones spots

[valid badge]

Has anyone here with high stats not received a decision from UCSC?

[wraith brook]

nah im not getting in harvard

[valid badge]

I’m so confused

[cosmic meteor]

yield protec

prolly

[wraith brook]

nah bruh

i have a 3.84 UW

[solar imp]

I think it’s rolling

[cosmic meteor]

does ucsc yield protec

i know irvine does

which campuses do

[valid badge]

I don’t think yield protection exists for CS tbh

At any UC

[wraith brook]

^

UC's don't consider race lol

[cosmic meteor]

my bad

[solar imp]

I’m an Bay Area Asian male in cs!!!!!!!

[cosmic meteor]

even if they did

thatwasnt

acceptable to say

[wraith brook]

44k lol

true

thanks for the better estimate

[cosmic meteor]

wyhy are uy guys all berkeley admits

[wraith brook]

but still under 50k

so

[cosmic meteor]

wtf i feel so dumb

[wraith brook]

built different

[cosmic meteor]

im the dumbest person here

[wraith brook]

dont let college define you

[cosmic meteor]

LOL

[wraith brook]

i find that highly unlikely

[lost jewel]

I attend Berkeley 🗿

[valid badge]

@lost jewel Are you CoE?

[cosmic meteor]

did u see the naked guy in mcdonalds

[lost jewel]

Yes

[cosmic meteor]

are u a cs major

[lost jewel]

No 💀

[lost jewel]

I’m MechE

[cosmic meteor]

there was something my friend posted on his story it was crazy

[cosmic meteor]

average sigma male major

[wraith brook]

based major

tbh

[cosmic meteor]

dudew

why is fucking econ so competitive

[valid badge]

Berkeley MechE is crazy good

[wraith brook]

it's econ

[cosmic meteor]

i mean its percentage is low as fuck

[wraith brook]

half the work for an EECS salary 💀

[cosmic meteor]

but theres no way the applicant pool is anywhere as good as EECS

[wraith brook]

it's just supply and demand

[cosmic meteor]

bro my friend from berkeley econ fed into PE with a starting 200k ob

[cosmic meteor]

bro think he alfred marshall

actually though

[valid badge]

@wraith brook Did you get into UCSC early?

[cosmic meteor]

im p sure the level oif competition from berkeley econ is much lower

[wraith brook]

not yet

one of my classmates did

[valid badge]

Yeah same

[wraith brook]

they release in waves

[solar imp]

I got my decision

[wraith brook]

iirc

[solar imp]

I think it is rolling

Banana slug ugly af

[valid badge]

But in past years it was high stats first

[lost jewel]

@wraith brook on a side note I noticed the regents raised tuition again

[cosmic meteor]

inflation W

[zealous ore]

infrequent newsom w

[wraith brook]

well as long as it's under 60k it's still my cheapest option

i am full pay af

[lost jewel]

Oof

[snow girder]

Newsom cares about our education for real

Free school lunch

24/7 live tutoring at ca library

Gun laws

Stopped ucb’s enrollment freeze

Now this

[wraith brook]

I'm lucky to live a relatively privileged life tho

(also my parents are paying for my tuition sooo)

[tawdry egret]

why'd it increase

[sour pulsar]

what increased?

[tawdry egret]

nv,m

[gloomy stone]

He's interested in CA state "hegemony" lol

knows that a proper education is how you increase production

vs. DeSantis trying to cut back on programs and instituting his own form of dialogue

[wet ermine]

wait so decisions have already been made?

[hexed lance]

no

this is data from last year

[dreamy sand]

where did you find this?

[hexed lance]

only current UCB students have access to those

but someone here has graciously provided us the stats

[main plume]

does ucsd have these sort of stats

[hexed lance]

not that i know of

[errant bluff]

I don’t remember if I asked this before, but they don’t require the HS transcript itself until July right ?

I submitted app in November but my counselor didn’t send my transcript until end of January

I just want to confirm

Thanks

[polar pier]

Yup

[errant bluff]

Ok thanks

[errant bluff]

So they just use self reported grades and stuff for admission then?

[hexed lance]

yea

[errant bluff]

Thanks

[hexed lance]

they take your word

[errant bluff]

Ok

[polar pier]

Yea

Only privates require first semester

[night blade]

shut up 😹

[hexed lance]

u know i think they do

i saw some large spreadsheet the other day that mightve been similar

[solar imp]

vaydugly

[night blade]

annoyingketh

[solar imp]

that doesnt even work

[main plume]

where can i see

[main plume]

you miniscule, pretentious, ugly, despicable, dumbass, bastard, mf rat should shut up

[solar imp]

ily

[night blade]

minuscule

so you think that i’m ŚKÏNŃÑÈÊÉËĒĖĘ

@solar imp remember when u flashed everyone in our calc class on zoom

[solar imp]

Remember when your sister hit you with a frying pan

And then you cried because your calc camera was on

[night blade]

it was a tv remote

[night blade]

i stand by my statement.

[solar imp]

Remmeber when you stole a poor students calculator

And hid it

As a cruel joke

[night blade]

remember when i freaked out after the calc ab ap exam and had a meltdown and my dad emailed the teacher bc he was concerned and she was worried so she called ur mom to tell u to check on me and then u just called me and told me how stupid i was and that i would be lucky if i even passed

[solar imp]

Wordle 619 4/6

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[solar imp]

Yeah

That was pretty funny

[night blade]

omg i was also 4/6 today

yesterday

oh no

i had to sleep 1 hour ago

[solar imp]

Remember when we both got 4s on the csa exam and I was crying while you were celebrating

[night blade]

yeah

u were so down in the dumps and i was on cloud 9

[solar imp]

I blame the stupid COVID exam

[night blade]

and guess which one made the leaderboard in kahoot

not u

all that crying for nothing

[solar imp]

):

[night blade]

i’m kidding

that celebrating got me rejected from cmu

[solar imp]

I redeemed myself in physics

[solar imp]

All that crying got me deferred

not much better

[night blade]

u still have a shot

[solar imp]

I think my loci was good

[night blade]

hang in there baby life is crazy but you know your futures bright

[solar imp]

I had legitimate updates so hopefully

[solar imp]

You know what you sound like

You sound like a

Jealous jealous jealous girl

[night blade]

well it’s actually just the good luck charlie theme song

[solar imp]

I wish I was like teddy

academic weapon

I liked dog with a blog better

[night blade]

wow

wrong opinions exist

jk

dog w a blog was good too

[solar imp]

It was better

[true hornet]

Wordle 619 4/6

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[astral fable]

when are decisions going to / speculate to come out (ping me when replying pls)?

[sage crown]

its confirmed 30th march

late afternoon/evening @astral fable

[astral fable]

oh I thought that email just meant the longest it could take

oki cool, ty!

[cosmic meteor]

berkely bets school

[robust crown]

agreed, berkeley best school

[wraith brook]

Definitely not biased but agreed

[hexed lance]

I found it but its very outdated

https://ir.ucsd.edu/undergrad/stats-data/admissions/freshmen.html

Or is it this

https://ir.ucsd.edu/undergrad/stats-data/index.html

[night blade]

Wordle 619 5/6

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[main plume]

i dont think it shows admit rate by college

[upbeat orbit]

Wordle 619 4/6

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[worthy barn]

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[sage crown]

Wordle 620 5/6

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[sour pulsar]

Wordle 621 5/6

[main plume]

Wordle 619 5/6

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ended up justing guessing every letter at the end cuz they decided to pick some bizarre word

[upbeat orbit]

Wordle 620 4/6

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[hexed lance]

I don’t get the fascination w this game

[solar imp]

And I don’t get your obsession with having ugly toad profile pictures and wanting to be a mod of this hellhole server but I guess we all can’t have what we want

[hexed lance]

🪞

[vale kiln]

💀

[sour pulsar]

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Wordle 619 5/6

Wordle 620 3/6

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🙂

[errant bluff]

https://news.berkeley.edu/2023/02/24/record-number-of-california-residents-apply-to-uc-berkeley/

[night blade]

i agree firestar

firestar can we have a truce under the name of the lord and savior lana del rey so we can both defeat benz (the real enemy)

[solar imp]

Hatred of Benz transcends our feud

[night blade]

agreed

lets be be aggressive

[solar imp]

Aggressive essive

[night blade]

Whoop, burn the house down, show him who's the leader

[solar imp]

@true hornet can this be an emote 🥺

[true hornet]

No

[solar imp]

Oh

Unfair

[night blade]

come on carly

please

[main plume]

veda05 do u hate me

[night blade]

only because u blindly called me a rat

[main plume]

u called me a flamingo

an ugly flamingo

[night blade]

that was self-defense

a form of retaliation

[main plume]

but u attacked firestar

[ancient heath]

A2C server Enemies to lovers arc

[main plume]

i defend him w/ all my heart

[night blade]

no firestar and i r friends under the watchful eye of lana

[main plume]

tf is lana

[solar imp]

No she’s a shallow warthog who only dates 6 foot tall people

[solar imp]

Lana del rey

[night blade]

hey truce remember

[solar imp]

my 12th favorite artist

[solar imp]

Sorry sorry

[ancient heath]

Sad as fuck, my short kings deserve better

[solar imp]

no

[night blade]

my 2nd but 1st as of recently

[solar imp]

It’s a blessing not to be on her radar

Wait no

Truce

I must remember

[night blade]

yes

you would do well to remember who the real enemy is

[solar imp]

Yeah

Benz is the true opp

[main plume]

lana ew

[night blade]

there r plenty of short girls for them

[night blade]

hey

stop

[ancient heath]

The only good Lana is the one with the surname of Rhoades

[night blade]

wow

[ancient heath]

That's true, they can get by

[gentle drift]

💀

[night blade]

@solar imp sad girl cinnamon girl jealous girl

all songs by her

[solar imp]

I think she is a girl

[night blade]

yeah same idk tho

not completely certain

[night blade]

@solar imp when do we wage war on the chernobyl baby

[hexed lance]

R u guys ok

[solar imp]

you should be asking yourself this

[night blade]

literally

[steel turret]

this is a joke

https://twitter.com/Braingetter/status/1306300756761378817

Caleb Pitts (@Braingetter)

https://t.co/dM6rnGmZDc

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Twitter · Sep 16, 2020, 6:35 PM

[spring rose]

yeah it’s a satire of the og tweet

the original tweet was not a joke

https://twitter.com/keenanpeachy/status/1628942621984051200?s=46&t=HPsDY200Wa4Jxy4X_WBpCw

Peachy Keenan (@KeenanPeachy)

College admission season update - From a friend:

“Niece got 1450 SAT, 4.2 GPA, competitive athlete. She didn’t even get into her safety schools. Going to junior college this year and is very depressed. The POC kids in her class, C students at best, are all headed to Berkeley,…

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[steel turret]

oh yeah that was so dumb

people think that berkeley and stanford are accepting C students 🤣

[pale bay]

wtf did i just read

this account reads like parody of so many things

[tight hedge]

LMAOOO

That shit is worded crazy

[humble sparrow]

holy fuck no way it was unironic

[jovial copper]

C students and stanford do not go together lmao

[humble sparrow]

even A student and stanford

[jovial copper]

lol

[humble sierra]

i got in ggs

[sour pulsar]

when?

[humble sierra]

last month

[sour pulsar]

nice, what major?

[humble sierra]

econ

might switch into cs if I feel like ykwim

[sour pulsar]

gl

[tame sun]

i thought u cant transfer into CS anymore

[woeful sinew]

u cant switch 💀

[humble sierra]

you declare in soph tho

[valid badge]

It is impossible to switch into CS at Berkeley without being admitted into it before entering as a freshman.

[polar pier]

Is it possible to reapply to change major?

[main plume]

take a gap year then

[woeful sinew]

not anymore, check their website

[humble sierra]

wait I thought it was possible to declare for the BA CS in L&S, just not for EECS in COE

[woeful sinew]

this year its direct admit

they changed it

[finite wind]

Did all the UCs change to direct admit for cs?

[woeful sinew]

nah, i think only berkeley

[fast sequoia]

are the people accepted into Berkeley early the ones that are offered scholarships?

or is it solely an early acceptance

[humble sierra]

https://eecs.berkeley.edu/academics/undergraduate/cs-ba this is the page that i found for the BA in CS

it just says that I need to finish the three prereqs and keep a 3.30 gpa

[valid badge]

This is outdated

The new policy is implemented for fall 2023

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

This was already done for EECS pretty much, you cannot transfer into CoE either

[woeful sinew]

do u not see that it says "fall 2015"

they updated it

[humble sierra]

it says fall 2015 or later

[humble sierra]

this is so annoyingf

why would they do this

literally killing their bum ass school

[valid badge]

Why are you lying about getting into Berkeley

[gentle drift]

idt berkeley cares what applicants think

[valid badge]

There's zero chance

[humble sierra]

i got in?

what makes you think im lying?

[main plume]

probably salty

or he doesnt know they did a round of early releases

congrats!

[humble sierra]

<3

but I've been planning to switch into cs since junior year

and they just fucked me over

im so doooooooooooone

[tight hedge]

Lol they not letting people switch anymore?

[humble sierra]

not into "high demand majors"

whatever tf that means

[tight hedge]

Cs 😭

[jovial copper]

its the same for a lot of other colleges

[humble sierra]

no, mostly for publics

but berkeley was like my saving beacon

[jovial copper]

ok my point still stands

[humble sierra]

and boom this pull this ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[valid badge]

"dream school"

-->

"bum ass school"

[jovial copper]

lol

[main plume]

u get direct admit to cs at uiuc right

[jovial copper]

me? I only applied CE

but yeah cs is direct admit

[main plume]

yeah ok

cal is not?

if i am understanding correctly

[valid badge]

Cal is direct admit.

It is nearly impossible to transfer into L&S CS without being directly admitted

EECS is impossible

[humble sierra]

yeah they apparently just changed it this year

[main plume]

i applied stats at cal

cuz if i apply ece

it would be reject fs

so now if i get in

i prob wont go

[jovial copper]

uiuc's admissions dean was like "if you cant get in normally then you shouldnt try to game the system" so I think thats one of the reasons its like that now

[valid badge]

Cal is like this because they have some of the worst overcrowding, especially for CS

[humble sierra]

...accept less students then tf

[valid badge]

In response, last year Berkeley decreased offers of admission for L&S CS by 80%

[main plume]

this is for almost every top cs school

[valid badge]

And changed to direct admit

[main plume]

people keep tryna transfer

[humble sierra]

then deny them

[gentle drift]

they did 💀

[humble sierra]

idk why this is so hard lmao'

[jovial copper]

they did

[gentle drift]

that's literally what their new policy does

[jovial copper]

literally what direct admit does

[main plume]

so it should be fine now

[jovial copper]

we saying the same things lol

[valid badge]

They also bolded this policy at the top of the application lol

When you selected your major for Berkeley

[main plume]

i dont remember at all

[humble sierra]

i didn't see this I just saw the MET dual thingy

[jovial copper]

it said capped majors for ucsd + they emailed abt it

[humble sierra]

so obviously they didn't even tell enough people

especially since they still HAVE THE WRONG INFO ON THEIR SITE

[jovial copper]

lol

[valid badge]

It's not wrong, technically, since that still applies to current students

New policy is enacted >= fall 2023

[humble sierra]

it says freshman applicants so yes, it is wrong

i bet there'll be a ton of angry students who didn't see this shit and complain a year from now

[woeful sinew]

u should have just applied cs tho

idk why you're complaining

[gentle drift]

then ig they shouldn't have applied under a major they didn't intend on pursuing

[humble sierra]

i applied econ because I wanted to go into business

i just wanted the option to go into CS because i'd probably change my mind

if haas doesn't work out

[woeful sinew]

oh rip

ic

[last otter]

rip

[polar pier]

Ngl should of put psych first choice and arch second choice cus then it would have been easier for double major for me

Screwed up big time

[jovial copper]

is there no cs minor in berkeleey?

[humble sierra]

L Berkeley L School L Dean L Admin L Overcrowded af campus

[main plume]

can u give me ur acceptance then

[humble sierra]

wanna be an econ major?

[main plume]

i thought u were cs or smth like that

[humble sierra]

nah I got admitted for econ which is why I was mad they shut down open declarations

[last otter]

the whole discussion has been around switching to cs lol

[jovial copper]

welcome to a2c

[wraith brook]

It's because of people like you that the CS department is overloaded lol

[humble sierra]

fair lmao

why don't they just expand the cs department

[wraith brook]

They've been trying

[valid badge]

Bro aren't you majoring in econ 😭

[wraith brook]

It's just the demand has gone way too crazy up

[valid badge]

Not how it works

[wraith brook]

In too quick of a time

[humble sierra]

yeah econ then apply to haas

[wraith brook]

Econ is amazing as well by the way

[humble sierra]

cs or a cs double major was my backup plan

[wraith brook]

You could do a minor in each

Eecs

[valid badge]

I think that's still capped

[wraith brook]

Anyone is able to do a minor in EECS?

[valid badge]

Not 100% sure tho

Think it might be limited to CoE

[humble sierra]

what's good about econ

[valid badge]

For L&S maybe

[wraith brook]

https://eecs.berkeley.edu/resources/undergrads/minors/eecs

[wraith brook]

Berkeley has an extremely selective and highly reputable econ program

Econ is just under EECS in selectivity

Check the pinned messages

[humble sierra]

yeah I saw these

tbh I was surprise that LSCS is so low

[wraith brook]

They lowered it by that much to deal with all the people switching in

[golden quartz]

Is it really low?

[valid badge]

Yeah they decreased it by a lot last year

To deal with overenrollment

[wraith brook]

They're trying to restabilize the department

[valid badge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1050860849713127486/1074075847893450812/ae43ed8991eb184923b51df16157201e34454456_2_395x500.png

[wraith brook]

And now that they've made it direct admit only, it should recover

[humble sierra]

damn our class really dealing with the worst of it huh

[wraith brook]

Actually we would have it best

[humble sierra]

mich is also doing some stuff

[valid badge]

notice the difference in admitted headcount for 2021 versus 2022

[golden quartz]

i cant believe it

[humble sierra]

they also did some stuff with haas

[wraith brook]

For the people admitted, It's an amazing thing

For the people who are still trying to get in, This just made it even more competitive

[golden quartz]

Im very grateful ahhh

[humble sierra]

like they have direct admits for 2024 haas I think

so idek if I can get in anymore ah

hopefully they don't lower the admits

[wraith brook]

I still think you need to understand that an econ degree is absolutely amazing

Especially from Berkeley

[valid badge]

You can also minor in eecs

Or cs l&s

[golden quartz]

idt cs is direct admit this year

[valid badge]

Nah for minors it is I just checked

[humble sierra]

I wanted to go into IB and a berkeley econ major isn't exactly a target school

[wraith brook]

IB?

[humble sierra]

investment banking

[wraith brook]

I'm pretty sure an econ degree is perfectly fine for that

You can still take business classes by the way

[humble sierra]

I meant for recruiting

[wraith brook]

I find it highly unlikely that a recruiter would pass you up because of your degree being economics and not business

The two are closely enough related

Don't worry about it too much all right

But I mean still go for it if that's what you want

[humble sierra]

haas has dedicated resources for recruitment and a solid alumni network that general L&S just doesn't have

[wraith brook]

I think you'd be surprised how far you'd get even without haas

But still go for it

If that is what you want

[humble sierra]

I've met four asian people from morgan stanley so far

they came from yale, yale, harvard, wharton

I have not even seen a single berkeley L&S alum

and the closest was some Haas MBA grad

[wraith brook]

https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/school/berkeley-economics-vs-haas-finance-opportunities

[humble sierra]

yeah I've seen this

[wraith brook]

https://haas.berkeley.edu/undergrad/admissions/

[humble sierra]

basically there are more econ majors and less slots

[wraith brook]

Also, I'm pretty sure you can still just apply to haas

[humble sierra]

well I can, but they did something to fuck up the admissions with haas too

so itll be even more competitive in my soph year when I apply

[wraith brook]

True

Up to you lol

But you did crack Berkeley early admission so

[humble sierra]

i am so done with this fucking school bro

ahhhhhhhhh

[wraith brook]

Lol

Public school grind

Keep your eye out on those other top schools in March

I hope you get into one of your choices

[humble sierra]

fr just lemme go to wharton or some shit

[wraith brook]

Fr

[humble sierra]

istg berkeley admin has to be on crack or something after they fucked up their student population numbers in 2021/22

[wraith brook]

I mean I'm very biased

Because I got into eecs

So I love all the changes

Because it means a better department for me

[humble sierra]

yeah you're the exact opposite of me

less students, less requirements

more crowding

ugh why do I have to deal w all this even after getting in

[wraith brook]

Talk to one of the Berkeley advisors

If you don't end up getting into anything better

But I think that you will

I think you'll get into something better

[humble sierra]

just let me go ivy atp

[wraith brook]

Getting into Berkeley early is a massive indicator

[humble sierra]

pls

[wraith brook]

That means Berkeley thinks you'll get into an ivy

[humble sierra]

so that's probs a better indicator anyway but i hate the waiting game

[wraith brook]

Lol

Only the top is 0.8% of the applicant pool gets into Berkeley early

So there's your corroboration

I think you're set for an IV

Ivy

[main plume]

3-4% i thought

[wraith brook]

Sorry, the number I said was regent interviews

[humble sierra]

nope 0.8

i think 1000 get it right

[wraith brook]

Yeah exactly

[humble sierra]

and 125000 apply

[wraith brook]

That's exactly how I got the number

[main plume]

early admits?

[wraith brook]

I read somewhere that there's 2000 early admits

1,000 of which are regent interviews

[humble sierra]

the rest is like MET and special progs

[wraith brook]

Something like that

Well anyways I'm going to hop off

Good luck on an Ivy bro

I'm glad that I don't have to deal with any of this

[humble sierra]

tyty

u too gn

[astral fable]

well ig i'll see how big of an indicator that was later this month 💀

[tame sun]

is it just me but being first gen doesnt mean shit to these AOs

[cosmic meteor]

did u guys get an email from berkeley

[tawdry egret]

how can u tell if u submitted fafsa

[crisp spindle]

yeah about financial aid? 💀

[crisp spindle]

should say when you go to your fafsa application if it's submitted or not

[cosmic meteor]

basically a likely let’s be real

[crisp spindle]

"while you wait for your admissions decision..." 😭

like they know they're playing with our feelings fr

[wraith brook]

fr

i mean

i cant relate but NYU pulled some BS on me earlier

so I can relate

[steel turret]

does fafsa email mean they didn't get it

because i sent it a while ago

[astral fable]

I sent it and still got it

Probably just a general reminder for all

[dim lake]

did u also shotgun ivys

xd

[wraith brook]

nah

i dont like most ivies

i only applied to harvard and cornell for ivys

stanford, harvard, cornell, berkeley, and UCLA are the only real tip-top schools i applied to

[ancient heath]

Someone lit themselves on fire at UC berkley what the fuck

[finite wind]

It was a homeless person who was high

[fallen berry]

wtf fr

[fierce pivot]

i saw that

people starting beating him with bikes

💀

[runic creek]

where’d you hear that

[wraith brook]

The guy threw a bike to knock the dude to the ground so the others could smother the flames

Lol

Idk how people aren't understanding that

The dude was in a middle of a mental episode and lit himself ablaze with gasoline

And was not letting people take the fire out

[finite wind]

From friends living in sfo

[humble sierra]

I hate berkeley fuck this piece of shit school

I hope it collapses and gets replaced by umich

Stanford is better in every fucking way than this school of literal rejects

🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕 🖕

[humble sierra]

Getting accepted by this school was a literal insult

L school L admissions office

[lime crow]

le me who has berk at the 4th place on my list

[humble sierra]

Move it to the bottom where that shit belongs 💀

[lime crow]

aint no way utah better than bark

*berk

[humble sierra]

-999 is still less than 0

[lime crow]

what did berk ever do to you

[humble sierra]

Remove major declarations for literally any relevant majors

[solar imp]

Real

[lime crow]

wait wut

[humble sierra]

Ie you can't switch into data science, cs, econ, and psychology, literally anything

[lime crow]

also why does berk not have a pure CS degree as a science degree. Why is the only pure cs degree they got an arts degree

Had to apply to stupid EECS

[humble sierra]

Unless u go through a rigorous holistic process

[lime crow]

literally the only reason its a bit lower on my list than Id hope

cuz too much course work if admitted

[humble sierra]

If I applied to eecs I would've been rejected cuz my profile is all business ffs

I just wanted to switch into lscs

And then they pulled a good ol fuckeroo on me

What happened to allowing every student to discover their own path

Like how do you expect a kid to know what they're going to want to do for the rest of their lives

At least if you're going to block declarations just do cs

At least let me do data science

But noooo

Lil berkeley administration made an oopsie in 2021 and overenrolled and doesn't know how tf to properly run a school

And literally only relies on their name brand to market themselves and their shit school

Their undergrad is a flaming dumpster fire that should probably be put out by firing every fucking admin and Dean on campus

[lime crow]

._>

oof

more importantly though, why can’t you get a science degree in CS without having to take electrical engineering

lucky for me I have done robitics related projects so that might (slightly) help me out in terms of admission into EECS instead of a direct reject. But the extra course load for someone thing that is completely unimportant to me – just to get a bachelors of science or engineering in CS instead of a bachelors of arts

[tall ibex]

same problem here..

i applied bio even though i wanted econ just because of my profile

[sage crown]

Why is some dude going off on Berkeley

[tall ibex]

and now i'm stuck on bio

shit

[lost jewel]

holy shit nerds

[lost jewel]

BA vs BS literally does not matter mate

[lime crow]

different perspectives

[lime crow]

oh nah I still love berk, unless ur talking about that dude above me

[lost jewel]

every degree granted by the College of Letters and Sciences is a BA because tradition

the type of degree isnt important

on a funnier note the clowns at Haas get a BS

[finite wind]

Probably thinking he'll get rejected

[lime crow]

I just checked up some stuff and it seems I was incorrect, I thought the course in L+S college has a few differences that would be a deal breaker but it appears not

oh well, already applied now

and EECS isn't that bad anyways so meh lets see

[lost jewel]

L&S is the better program if you want to focus on CS

but the EECS program is great

[lime crow]

I think I probably fucked up and confused it with some other school's Bachelors of Arts in CS

[lost jewel]

and EECS is harder imo

[lime crow]

ik

which is why I would go with CS if I could

[lost jewel]

EECS 16B :trolled:

[lime crow]

cuz there was some UC where Bachelors of Arts in CS = more humanities course req.

like a bit too much more

I thought that was UC Berkeley

[lost jewel]

CoE does a 4 course Humanities/HSS requirement

[lime crow]

should have double checked, CS in L+S here is no different than a BSc in CS elsewhere

[lost jewel]

L&S has a 7 course breadth

[lost jewel]

sorry 6 course

[lime crow]

Hm

[lost jewel]

or

cant remember

tbh

[lime crow]

6 course isn't that bad

[lost jewel]

pretty sure its 6 idk

[lime crow]

just 2 more

[lost jewel]

2 are upper division

[lime crow]

could you elaborate?

[lost jewel]

i love watching NIGERIAN SESAME STREET for an upper division humanities class

[lime crow]

w h a t

[lost jewel]

https://engineering.berkeley.edu/students/undergraduate-guide/degree-requirements/humanities-and-social-sciences/

[lime crow]

interesting

[lost jewel]

i have two classes left in my HSS 😭

[lime crow]

Oh wait you are a college student?

I thought you were an applicant lol

[lost jewel]

i have the college student roles lol

[hexed lance]

bro thought u were acc a simp

[humble sierra]

Lmao

[lime crow]

ur name lol

[lime crow]

me after I get rejected from MIT

[lost jewel]

fuck carol christ

[astral fable]

All I'll say is

Berkeley kind of an L for making me pay 65k😭😭 idc if I'm OOS where's my money at

[finite wind]

Well it is a lot

But then again the roi of berkeley is a lot too

[unique ether]

Same reason I’m not gonna be attending USC next year lol

[wet ermine]

he got accepted early

hes annoyed that he is no longer able to transfer

to a relevant major(like cs or dscience)

[finite wind]

Ooooh. He must have gotten accepted as undeclared. Or choosen some other major

[wraith brook]

I wonder why they removed that changing of majors....

oh---it's almost like so many people exist like you who abuse the departments by basically lying on your application on what major you intend to pursue, creating excessive demand leading to those issues you spoke about

[wraith brook]

it's literally people with the same mentality as you who caused the issue, not Berkeley

[wraith brook]

literally copium

[cosmic meteor]

U GOT IN BERKELEY?

[wraith brook]

yo did you actually get a harvard likely?

[cosmic meteor]

no

its satrire

[wraith brook]

ok lmao

[cosmic meteor]

this ight be funner

might be

funnier

[wraith brook]

that is not you, don't fool yourself

you very clearly had a set path in mind

[astral fable]

I'm so confused

Is he mad he can't switch lol

[wraith brook]

yes

[cosmic meteor]

they have crazy high ranked cs programs and an insane influxof applicants for it

[wraith brook]

he is mad that he cannot switch into LSCS anymore

[cosmic meteor]

they either only accept LSCS kids

or they like dont allow u to transfer easily

its the only way for it to be feasible

[astral fable]

What did he apply for/get in as

[cosmic meteor]

the concept of easily changing major only workjs at schools with conbsistenjt rankings across the board

[wraith brook]

econ

[astral fable]

Um

☠

[cosmic meteor]

how is he complaining bqaout getting in LS econ

[wraith brook]

literally

idk

[astral fable]

His problem

[cosmic meteor]

i mean everone has their prefs

but lscs is isnanely hard

do people like EECS more or LSCS more and why?

[wraith brook]

I applied to EECS because i hate humanities

and breadth

[cosmic meteor]

what

[wraith brook]

and all that liberal arts stuff

[cosmic meteor]

even

does that mean

[wraith brook]

berkeley l&s cs reqs

[cosmic meteor]

based (im a politics major)

[wraith brook]

have a lot of non stem courses

[cosmic meteor]

oh

because its a BA

rigvht

[wraith brook]

yes

[cosmic meteor]

is there no BS in CS

BSCS

vs

LSCS

[wraith brook]

EECS

EECS is a BS in EECS

[cosmic meteor]

but EECS has electrical engineering reqs

which are argueably worse

[wraith brook]

and the only real difference is one extra EE course you are required to take

only 1

a ton of stem requirements

and only a few humanities

[cosmic meteor]

i got kcl today yay

tiny W

OH

that makes sense

but humanities reqs are cool

[wraith brook]

i disagree

also EECS is very laid back

very few reqs

mostly electives

which is what i want

[solar imp]

Potassium chloride?

[wraith brook]

also EECS is CoE so prestige + networking + all that stuff

• priority course enrollement

for EE and CS courses

[cosmic meteor]

Kings College London

supposedly a good school in the UK

[solar imp]

Ohhh

Congrats

[wraith brook]

congrats!

that's pretty good

[cosmic meteor]

its really not bu toh well

UK schools are so overhyped in comparison

apart from Oxford Cambridge LSE Imperial and UCL the UK isnt the best

[wraith brook]

alr fari

fair

[scenic reef]

add durham and st andrews to that

[cosmic meteor]

debatable

[snow girder]

Wth

And the college of chemistry gets a BA!?!

[unique ether]

Nah RD tho trust

[lost jewel]

EE classes are fucking based

[solar imp]

Wordle 623 4/6

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🟩⬛⬛🟩🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[cosmic meteor]

W

[wintry sky]

big W

[night blade]

calm down girl

[astral fable]

Ngl, please deny your acceptance if you truly feel like this

Give that spot to someone else☠☠

[tight hedge]

Ong wtf 💀

[astral fable]

THIS IS SENDING ME

Nah fr, girl needs to chillax😭 like why would you even apply if this was your plan

We alr knew it's not easy to transfer to cs at Berkeley but they still tried it

[unique ether]

I mean I to an extent I feel like that matcha lady is kind of right. I just applied to Berkeley to ruin its yield and cross admit rates

(Not actually but I like USC better and would have to pay more for Berkeley than USC since I’m oos; I’m not gonna rescind though because I had to pay a lot to apply 😭)

[vale kiln]

ruin its yield 😭

[astral fable]

What😭😭😭😭

Oml

[unique ether]

Lol I’m jking

It would be funny if I was fr tho

Don’t you agree?

[astral fable]

Very

[unique ether]

Are you in state though?

[astral fable]

Nah

OOS

[runic creek]

FR LMAOOOO, bro’s 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

[gentle drift]

they're just mad that they can't switch to cs lol

average a2c applicant

[runic creek]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

[jovial copper]

true

[astral fable]

this is one of those things i find odd about this whole process

somewhere out there, someone is begging for this spot that someone absolutely resents but wants to keep (for whatever reason)

and it just might affect their decision lmao

[night blade]

i used to hate berkeley and once i literally had a nightmare that it was the only college i got into and now i feel so grateful for the acceptance and would actually be so happy to attend

idk how someone would be insulted that they got in though

[zealous ore]

my uc of choice is a different one so if i somehow get berkeley one of y'all can have it

[jovial copper]

it doesnt really matter in the end though since they factor in yield when admitting

[night blade]

shhh

[zealous ore]

for any of my wl homies

[main plume]

you said you dont care about doxxing ur name anymore

[solar imp]

Not last name though

[main plume]

the 2nd row

is that not ur first name

[solar imp]

Oh it is but that’s an old screenshot

That’s why veda said “accepted Berkeley” on Thursday when it was like a month ago

[night blade]

zeemee

[worthy barn]

yall does berkeley ever need official transcripts before sending out decisions?

[upbeat orbit]

Nope!

[gloomy stone]

jesus

[steel turret]

I mean u just declared the wrong major how is this their fault

[unique ether]

You got into Berkeley?

[solar imp]

No veda did

[unique ether]

Aren’t y’all the same person though?

I assumed that’s why the trolling was so lackluster

Because it’s just one person behind it

[solar imp]

Average Tom Buchanan comment

[pearl iron]

They are the same person LMAO

[unique ether]

You made it too obvious bro

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1050860849713127486/1082139200117297273/4099024D-76EE-45D6-8247-9EEFE1D9BFCB.jpg

Invited to the Berkeley ZeeMee?

That means you got in

But you said only Veda got in

So basically you’re just Veda

Meaning you’re a troll

[solar imp]

you figured us out 😥

[unique ether]

I suspected for a while but like

I had no real evidence to corroborate

[unique ether]

Honestly bro you shouldn’t feel too bad. I probably would’ve never realized it if I never pulled alt account maneuvering like that too

[solar imp]

its a skill

ive mastered

[night blade]

be quiet firestar

[unique ether]

Two devices?

How do you log into and out of accounts that fast?

I guess multiple tabs would work too

[tight hedge]

They send it to applicants too

[unique ether]

Wait really?

Wonder why I didn’t get it

Well @solar imp @night blade I still think y’all are the same person

[wintry sky]

they are bro

[night blade]

yeah i also made two diff spotify accs linking to both accounts

each with multiple playlists

bc i’m just that committed to this scam

[wraith brook]

they're classmates 💀

[unique ether]

Do you know them irl?

Me personally I refuse to believe that they’re anything less close than lovers

And the only thing closer is being the same person

[wraith brook]

nah

they said before

[balmy orchid]

how'd u get into usc 💀

also who'd waste their time pretending to have two accounts and have them fight each other 💀

is it so mythical to have a friend on a2c that u make fun of

[verbal silo]

skill and talent

[balmy orchid]

luck and major

(also play a role)

[astral fable]

Tf😭😭😭

So like

Are they just talking to themselves the whole time