ALL UC MEGATHREAD 🐻🐮🐴🐻🐱🐶🔱🤠🐌 (2022-2023)

[bitter zephyr]

@night mortar wait for email then

[frank ridge]

Lmao

I got into Berkeley EECS early with regents

But waitlisted at Davis

Yield protection?

[cyan moon]

thats how ucs work

[frank ridge]

Idk lol

[cyan moon]

they are random ah hell

[slender monolith]

does uc davis portal show how much aid/scholarships u get

[frank ridge]

Lol

Well I wasn't gonna go anyways so lemme reject this wait-list spot real quick

[cyan moon]

lol i got in

[rocky thunder]

was davis just especially brutal this year

[cinder sun]

alright

[cyan moon]

looks like no uc berkeley or la

[rocky thunder]

a lot of overqualified people ik got waitlisted

[cinder sun]

berkley is 30

[limber magnet]

might be wrong but i dont think ucs yield protect?

[bitter zephyr]

Doesn't have to be. My friend got waitlisted UCD Aero and got into Berkeley L&S Data Science

[cyan moon]

thats what i mean

i got into davis

us are hella random with it

[bitter zephyr]

oh

cool

[gilded scroll]

accepted yay

[quiet night]

gg bro

[haughty kiln]

only ucd seems like

[dense flare]

Can’t figure out my login username lmao

[haughty kiln]

uci/ucsd/ucla next week 🙏

[night mortar]

It loaded

I got in

[red beacon]

Congrats what major?

[night mortar]

let’s Fuckin go

[static citrus]

Ok so hopefully I get waitlisted lmao

Nah but ucs are just random don't worry

[hearty dagger]

I thought I applied econ but apparently not since it’s international relations

[red beacon]

Maybe it was ur alternative?

Idk

[delicate badger]

UC Davis lagging so hard I can't even check 💀

[old ember]

ayyyy got into DAVIS

[delicate badger]

LESGOOOOOOOO

:D

[old ember]

:D

[polar burrow]

GG

[delicate badger]

What major?

[cinder sun]

no irvine yup

[limber magnet]

literally so true

[molten river]

got in ucd data science!

[haughty kiln]

maybe later

came out 5:20pm pst last year

for honors

[quartz blaze]

wait same!!

[sterile horizon]

If Uci isn’t today does it mean regular decision is in two weeks?

[delicate badger]

waitlistedddddddddd

nuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[cinder sun]

hopefully!

[molten river]

So irvine comes out later?

[haughty kiln]

if it does only honors

[quiet night]

I'm just chilling now

I've escaped Ohio finally

[obtuse flax]

no uci honors?

[delicate badger]

uci is march 17th or 24th iirc

[obtuse flax]

i thought honors was week before

[eager violet]

congrats!!! <3

[delicate badger]

yea so honors would be today?

or next week

[eager violet]

i think people have speculated honors is today

[west badger]

why dont these colleges just let us know

[eager violet]

its funny

and suspenseful

[west badger]

why we gotta be guessing like this

smh

[eager violet]

really gets the adrenaline pumpking

[late zinc]

stats?

[quiet night]

Thanks!

[summer olive]

can someone else who was waitlisted give me a link to that thing on step 1 of accepting the waitlist offer that had place to update senior year grades

[west badger]

random- anyone know when cal poly slo comes out

[summer olive]

i accepted the offer and now i cant find it

[eager violet]

i heard some people yesterday say they got it but ppl said it was only for intls

[delicate badger]

i think you have to get it from your portal

cause the link is specific to people

[late zinc]

did davis send out an email or update in portal

[limber magnet]

Update in portal

[summer olive]

could u send me a ss of what that page looked like for you if possible

[delicate badger]

page of what?

where the link was or the form?

[summer olive]

the form

[delicate badger]

if you accepted the offer i don't think you need to input it yet?

[summer olive]

i took a gap year so my senior grades were already entered so i just skipped it, i just want to make sure it didn't have anything else to confirm

[delicate badger]

i don't you need to then

should be fine

[summer olive]

aight thanks

[cinder sun]

if uci honors is not today, then they wont release regular until the 24th?

bruh

[bitter zephyr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDdGmlr891c

for all you Davis admits/WLers

[regal torrent]

they'll most likely start rolling next week

[celest jacinth]

twin

[tender elm]

bruhhhhh

i watched this same video

its sooooo godly

[bitter zephyr]

sunset moment killed me

[tender elm]

that video had me sold

[crystal summit]

hey

[tender elm]

makes me wish i kept my SIR w them

[regal torrent]

just check in april

[tender elm]

😢

[bitter zephyr]

same

kinda made me regret turning down UC Davis

a LOT

[west badger]

HEYYYY GURL

[crystal summit]

did u check

[quiet night]

Time to watch all day in life for uc davis

[west badger]

i tried to check

[tender elm]

did u get?

[bitter zephyr]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDdGmlr891c

[west badger]

it said i wasn’t registered for classes

[quiet night]

Ye

[west badger]

i also don’t know where the portal is

[crystal summit]

for davis?

[tender elm]

NICEEE

Davis Simp got in!!

[bitter zephyr]

yes

[quiet night]

Ye

[west badger]

oh yea i got in

[bitter zephyr]

man simped enough to get in

[quiet night]

Gg

[bitter zephyr]

worked

[crystal summit]

congratulations!!!!!🎈🎉🍾

[tender elm]

FR

[bitter zephyr]

Congrats to you too

[crystal summit]

i have not checked

[bitter zephyr]

oh nvm

[quiet night]

I thought I was autoreject oos lmao

[tender elm]

damn u dont seem as excited lmao

[west badger]

check

[crystal summit]

at home

30 minutes

[west badger]

o

[quiet night]

This is my favorite video for Davis https://youtu.be/-p3TEsMvzgA

[red beacon]

What’s difference between honours and normal?

[bitter zephyr]

extra work

but guaranteed research

[red beacon]

Ah

[quiet night]

Does uc davis have honors

[regal grove]

when did ucsb give u ur decision

after waitlist

[bitter zephyr]

yes

April 28 I think

[regal grove]

what how

i thought they start accepting after 5/1

see how many people enrolled

[cosmic helm]

HI BIRB

[bitter zephyr]

idk they gave me a WL decision before 5/1

so not complaining lol

[regal grove]

ucd waitlisted me bird

[cosmic helm]

bro

how could they

that's so rude

u dont want them

[bitter zephyr]

true

[cosmic helm]

they have cows

[regal grove]

veda called them "uc dogshit davis"

i agree

[cosmic helm]

by having vows, they are abelist against the lactose intolerant (me)

cows*

[cosmic helm]

so real

[bitter zephyr]

Honestly, @regal grove you saved yourself from smelling like cows when you go to class

[regal grove]

but i feel this is an indicator of the more selective uc

ik that is not true

but i just keep thinking about it

[bitter zephyr]

It's not

@regal grove take rest

get off A2C

opt into the waitlist if you want to

[regal grove]

ok bye

[cosmic helm]

noo dude. u got into LITERAL GRAINGER.

[regal grove]

for now

[serene nymph]

woooo waitlisted at davishgeilurhg im so happy 😭

[regal grove]

i will

[regal grove]

yeah but i want uc

[bitter zephyr]

Congrats

[regal grove]

more

[serene nymph]

💃

[autumn trellis]

😯 why?

[quiet night]

I'm able to switch into bio right?

[bitter zephyr]

cause she is

don't ruin it

[cosmic helm]

oooo

[serene nymph]

i think waitlist is a good thing

[cosmic helm]

davis is just a bitch

[autumn trellis]

I seeee

[serene nymph]

some people may see it as a negative thing but im rather pleased with it

:)

[cosmic helm]

ur amazing.

[bitter zephyr]

@regal grove you'll get into SD

I bet

Sun God will help

[cosmic helm]

u are so right. birb will get in everywhere.

[gaunt oasis]

its cliche but its all about that positive mindset man

[bitter zephyr]

yes

[young shale]

Everyone ik got waitlisted into Davis wtff

[serene nymph]

B) waitlist at davis be so epic tho.

[cosmic helm]

yield protect?

[bitter zephyr]

also could be ultra competitive major

[remote saddle]

does anyone know the berkeley acceptance rate for intl students?

[cosmic helm]

what are the ocmp majors at davis? is it known for anythign

[quiet night]

I got in microbio

[cosmic helm]

congrats!!!

[quiet night]

Idk if I can switch out

[gaunt oasis]

oo microbio sounds cool

[bitter zephyr]

Engineering/Bio..

[quiet night]

I didnt see a biosciences option idk

[cosmic helm]

oooo

[bitter zephyr]

Davis Engineering is pretty good actually

[quiet night]

How good is Davis premed

[bitter zephyr]

pretty good I'd say

Davis has it's own med school

[eager violet]

my friend is doing premed there he's a coper but he says its pretty good

[young shale]

damn💀if u get rejected from Davis what r the chances for the other ucs since they don't do yield protection

[bitter zephyr]

coper?

[eager violet]

he is biased because he attends the school

[gaunt oasis]

ucd waitlist shoulddd be a good sign for chances at other uc’s right?

[bitter zephyr]

UC's are independent, Davis Rejection doesn't affect your decisions for other schools in any way

Davis itself doesn't do yield protection

[young shale]

thanks that's reassuring fr😭

[bitter zephyr]

np

[dense flare]

Got waitlisted 😦

Feels bad man

[bitter zephyr]

At least it isn't a rejection

[dense flare]

Yeah

[bitter zephyr]

you could get in later

[dense flare]

Like 3 waitlists in a row lmao

[bitter zephyr]

yeah I know

[quiet night]

does davis have honors?

[eager violet]

yes

[bitter zephyr]

it sucks

[frank ridge]

yea

one of my friends got in w/ regents + honors

[bitter zephyr]

been there

[dense flare]

Yeah

[jagged wind]

yeah ucs are just random. i hate how ppl use yield protection as an excuse

[quiet night]

when does it come out

[eager violet]

its in portal if you got it

[frank ridge]

now...

[dense flare]

Thanks for the reassurance. Hopefully I get into UCSD since I live like 10 min away

Lol

[bitter zephyr]

Lmao

[quiet night]

honors? I thought just regents came out

[bitter zephyr]

but I appreciate it @dense flare

[frank ridge]

Honors comes with regents apparently

[regal torrent]

friend opened ucd in front of me and she got wl'd

[frank ridge]

im literally in call with my friend rn who got both

[quiet night]

apparently it's guaranteed for regents, but for those who aren't regents they can get in

[bitter zephyr]

ouch I guess?

[gaunt oasis]

wbu?

[bitter zephyr]

no application

[gilded scroll]

Wait Davis has regents?

[bitter zephyr]

all UC's do

[regal torrent]

didn't apply hahaha

[frank ridge]

yes????

[gilded scroll]

oh ):

[gaunt oasis]

oh lol

[gilded scroll]

I thought that was just a Berkeley thing

sorry I didn’t know

😭

[serene nymph]

waitlist isn't bad guys 😭 its genuinely not a bad thing... it means u still got a chanceeeee

[bitter zephyr]

No all UC's have regents lol

[frank ridge]

lol

[gilded scroll]

Icic

[quiet night]

definitely do a LOCI

[serene nymph]

huh

[bitter zephyr]

I got into two of my waitlist unis lol. Withdrew one and got rejected in the other

[frank ridge]

if it makes you feel better, I got waitlisted at Davis but got into Berkeley EECS early w/ Regents

[quiet night]

if you're waitlisted do a letter of continued interest

[serene nymph]

SEEEEEEEE guys. waitlist means u still have a chance B)

[gaunt oasis]

can you accept multiple waitlist spots, like if you got waitlisted to multiple uc’s

[serene nymph]

oh i dont think davis does those. it says they dont do it on the portal.

[bitter zephyr]

Yeah you just gotta wait then

[serene nymph]

yeah :)

[bitter zephyr]

opt in and just hope for the best

[serene nymph]

i mean i dont mind if i get rejected tbh 💀 i have ucr and im super happy about that one.

[bitter zephyr]

oooh UCR

[gaunt oasis]

frfr

[bitter zephyr]

UCR is the nicest UC

[gaunt oasis]

ppl at ucr are so welcoming and friendly

[serene nymph]

💃 just thankful i even got waitlisteddddd! like 😭 i thought i would be rejected everywhere!

[serene nymph]

they areeeeee

[bitter zephyr]

they gave me a Chancellors Scholarship when I got accepted @serene nymph

[quiet night]

@tender elm said they do them idk

[serene nymph]

👁️ ooo la la?

[tender elm]

interesting... guess they stopped this year?

[regal torrent]

i landed ucr earlier and i might go tbh knowing how rejective everyone else is gonna be

[tender elm]

its not technically called a LOCI

[bitter zephyr]

don't doom just yet

[serene nymph]

guys. ucr is such a nice school 😭 like. its underrated.

[bitter zephyr]

My friend rejected UCSD to go there

[gaunt oasis]

yooo adrian + @regal torrent + @serene nymph meetup at ucr

[bitter zephyr]

he's premed

UCSD MechE for UCR Bio

and the guy has a much better GPA than I do

[serene nymph]

omg? 👁️ yes.

[regal torrent]

the uc's aren't what they used to be but i hold hope
that's all i can do

[gilded scroll]

no one cares

[quiet night]

do you have less opportunities for research if you don't get in honors or regents?

[bitter zephyr]

Campanile moment

[serene nymph]

i mean. ucr is less competitive from what my sister said

[gaunt oasis]

i rlly like ucr’s undergrad physics curriculum, apparently its rly personalized

[serene nymph]

so it is a top choice for me

[bitter zephyr]

not only that, he liked the vibe of UCR better than UCSD

[serene nymph]

cuz competition with classmates 😭 so tired of it fr

[bitter zephyr]

UCSD can get ultra competitive

my BioChem class was full of premeds and the professor just sunk the curve for everyone

and I got screwed

[jade sigil]

uiuc oos cs but no davis lmao

[gaunt oasis]

goddd i hate competitiveness sm

[bitter zephyr]

yeah the highest grade in the class was a B+

a C+ was average

[limber magnet]

literally me but for mich

[bitter zephyr]

and BioChem was my first and only C+

[quiet night]

that's when you start getting sweaty and studying harder

[bitter zephyr]

That's all you have to do

[hardy edge]

do ucs look at class rank or sum

[jade sigil]

got me scared asf for la sd n berk

[dense flare]

Same. It’s ok I got waitlisted too lmao

[sterile saffron]

what are these

[bitter zephyr]

Engineering classes took 99% of my time away 😭

[serene nymph]

i dont mind that i got waitlisted. im actually over the moon rn

[bitter zephyr]

I was already staying up till 2AM studying

[quiet night]

Damn

[limber magnet]

same but ucs r kinda random tbh

[serene nymph]

like 😭 i was lucky enough to get waitlisted...???

[bitter zephyr]

Student loans

[quiet night]

honestly I gotta refine my studying methods if I want to do well

[bitter zephyr]

you have to

College isn't High School

[quiet night]

like these kids getting 100% in all classes and I'm out here not having done homework for a while

[dense flare]

And tbf the UCs are kinda random. I’ve seen people getting rejected into almost all the UCs and then get into Cal for engineering

[bitter zephyr]

yes

I've seen that first hand

[quiet night]

true, although I hope my ECs prepared me a bit for that

[gaunt oasis]

yep

[serene nymph]

my sister got rejected from all uc's and waitlisted at ucr. and she didn't even do bad 💀 but now she's on the chancellors list at ucr so like. all their loss. my sister is killing it.

[quiet night]

honestly the other UCs are more of cherries on top of the cake, like it's nice if I get into them but the worry is all over

[calm atlas]

Same

[serene nymph]

my sister is epic.

[quiet night]

damn, honestly I want to get revenge on UChicago in the same way lmao

[dense flare]

That’s cool. Do u wanna go to UCR cause of family ties or nah?

[serene nymph]

partially :) but i also love the school and the people there. i know some of my sisters friends so it would be easy to blend in. since im bad with new people 💀

plus less competitive

[dense flare]

Yeah UCR is cool

[bitter zephyr]

Riverside is pretty nice imo

went to campus for a visit

[serene nymph]

it issss

[mortal wasp]

is davis any good

[bitter zephyr]

very good

I would've gone there if it wasn't for SD

[calm atlas]

next friday will be a mess

I’m dreading for UCSD

[mortal wasp]

fr?

hopefully i get into sd though

[bitter zephyr]

absolutely

[bitter zephyr]

good luck

[mortal wasp]

🙏🏽🙏🏽 praying bc i work in scripps anyways

[bitter zephyr]

ooh where?

I work at Scripps too

Vaughan Hall

[mortal wasp]

FR? immunology department

[vivid shell]

When did u get off the waitlist @tender elm

For UC Davis

[late zinc]

stats and major?

[tender elm]

5/25

[bitter zephyr]

yeah I work at Vaughan Hall (Scripps Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory)

[mortal wasp]

dude that’s so fucking lit let’s go scripps interns unite

[calm atlas]

i was so scared to open davis its not even funny

[mortal wasp]

be getting paid like 15 dollars an hour though 💀

[bitter zephyr]

lmk if you want to hang though @mortal wasp

I'm down every Wednesday

[quiet night]

I wanted to crash my car on the way from home so I got out of having to read it lmao

luckily got in

[serene nymph]

music major and im pretty sure i have like. a 3.8 or 3.9 UC gpa.

[covert sorrel]

yall if i got in ucsc + honors for cs

[serene nymph]

for total gpa i got 3.72 weighted 💀

[quiet night]

yoo based music major

you produce?

[serene nymph]

Moosiccc

[serene nymph]

ye

[bitter zephyr]

I work for no pay though at Scripps 😭 but I do research. I have a grading position up at the Department of NanoEngineering that pays me $18.40 for 10 weeks Spring Quarter

[quiet night]

nice, I've been trying to get better at production but still hard lmao

[serene nymph]

i wouldnt say im fantastic at it, but im getting better as i go

[quiet night]

good to hear

[calm atlas]

wait so if uci honors comes out today what time is ideal?

[quiet night]

honestly it's my favorite extracurricular

[mortal wasp]

bet bro! @bitter zephyr but damnnn what they pay me now even though I do research but it’s still so little bc i work so much

[quiet night]

I didn't include it on my college app because I hadn't really gotten into it till around now, since I've had more time to work on it

[serene nymph]

but then again 💀 im first in california for senior women archery... so i feel like that helps my app a lot. so i wouldnt be surprised if i got waitlisted for that and not my stats LOL

[quiet night]

they're scared you're going to hunt the cows lmao

[bitter zephyr]

better than working for no pay lol

though I'm doing it based on interest

[serene nymph]

tbh. ya. i would eat the cows...

LOL

[quiet night]

[bitter zephyr]

That moment when you can't eat beef cause of religion

[serene nymph]

😭

oof

[quiet night]

true

honestly never tried meat, never will

[bitter zephyr]

I've had meat lol

[calm atlas]

check calpoly apps!!

[quiet night]

I think I've had it by accident once or twice

[bitter zephyr]

ugh I hate Cal Poly Slo

in the middle of nowhere

[quiet night]

but never intentionally

[bitter zephyr]

I think I had Beef once accidentally

but yeah I eat meat

mostly Chicken and Fish with the occasional pork

[quiet night]

honestly idk if it's religion or culture

like my parents grew up vegetarian ig, but I've read the religious book we follow and I don't think it has anything about meat

[bitter zephyr]

ya me too

my dad eats meat

my mom's a pescatarian

I'm like my dad

[quiet night]

honestly idk if I should ever try it or not

[bitter zephyr]

ehh you're not missing much

[quiet night]

like it'd be nice to try once but I don't want to do it since I'd feel bad

[bitter zephyr]

I personally eat lots of meat during the winter months cause it protects me from being sick

but you aren't missing too much by not eating meat

[quiet night]

alr

I think the only thing I'm missing out on is protein lmao

[calm atlas]

@tender elm did you submit a love letter or something and where can I submit that?

[bitter zephyr]

yeah protein is the bigger issue

[bitter zephyr]

for UC Davis?

you submit one only if they ask

Don't send unsolicited letters

[empty plume]

Davis have an appeal form through a link

https://myadmissions.ucdavis.edu/applicants/current/status/appeal/

[steep osprey]

wwhen is ucsd

i need it

[sterile horizon]

fuck. i got in uc davis but i forgot to add to my fafsa

i am sooooo fucked

fuck me

[steep osprey]

do they require you to have the fafsa completed

[sterile horizon]

well i cant check my student aid

[old ember]

i only got loans as student aid 😭😭😭

[sterile horizon]

nvm i was able to add it

wait im not getting almost anything from fafsa right.....

cus i just entered fafsa/ edited it

i did the fafsa in november

[dense flare]

Most likely the 17th

[sterile horizon]

what does the Expected Family Contribution mean

[cyan moon]

What do u think

either way if ur oos its basically 0 aid

[young shale]

yep the ucs don't give a lot of aid to oos ripp

[sterile horizon]

well the thing is they said 21k but for unmet they put like 4k

idk how thye got those number

cus idk y they think my parents are paying 21k

[young shale]

based on their income ig

[flat steeple]

Uci honors today?

[dense flare]

Maybe

[young shale]

like mines 7k so for some schools they make me pay max 7k

[sterile horizon]

dam they making me pay half my dads salary

[cyan moon]

are u oos?

[sterile horizon]

no

[cyan moon]

ah

[sterile horizon]

im checking through webstudents for grant

not the davis financial aid package

cus i still havent gotten it. i just edited my fafsa so i should get mine in abt a week or so

[young shale]

ohhhh love live laugh california grant>>>

basically going tuition free

like 60% of all the cali students who go to the ucs only have to pay for like dorming and stuff

[empty plume]

And yet we complain about OOS kids paying 80k

[sterile horizon]

wait if im checking gran4student website and im on my portal, does it exclude federal grant thats not from Cali?

[sterile horizon]

wtf how did u get that. i only got 13k from cal grant

[stray apex]

i think fafsa adds up

with cal grant

uc also cuts tution for low income

[sterile horizon]

so besides cal grant i will get more?

i havent gotten my davis financial cost so im worried rn

[stray apex]

idek davis has financial cost

[sterile horizon]

ik im getting 13k but idk how much more from fafsa and the college they would give me

hoping its a good amount

[stray apex]

if ur getting 13k for calgrant

u will probably get 6.8k from fafsa

If uc does cut tuition for low income

i think u will be fine

[young shale]

the gold and blue plan states that if ur family makes under 80k then u dont pay for tuition\

[stray apex]

yea

[young shale]

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/tuition-financial-aid/types-of-aid/blue-and-gold-opportunity-plan.html

goated

[sterile horizon]

ahh okay. i thought the calgrant was with fafsa cus its so hard to understand the financial aids lol

[stray apex]

dw ucs generous for instate and low income students

[sterile horizon]

the thing is idk cus my dad is the one only working but my parents have stocks

and the stocks go a quite a bit

and they got some divident which made it go over 100k

so depends if they will take in stocks and dividents under the 80k or not

or look as just asset

[quiet night]

I gotta switch to instate after a year

hopefully that reduces costs

[young shale]

ohhh u can do that?

[quiet night]

I think if your parents become california residents or you are financially independent for 2 years

[jagged wind]

did anyone get anything from irvine?

[whole musk]

wait until 5 20 ish

[wise sable]

which ucs released today

just davis?

[jagged wind]

yeah just davis

[wise sable]

thx

is it good for cs

[cinder sun]

Only honors for uci is expected

[sterile horizon]

Wait we still might get Uci

At this time

[jagged wind]

hopefully

[pallid ermine]

but its not confirmed right

[pallid ermine]

ayyy 11 acceptance gang lessgo

[jagged wind]

thank you!!!

i rly want an honors acceptance from at least one school tho bc idk what i did wrong to not even get it from one

[pallid ermine]

i got from 3

suny buffalo

penn state

and purdue

[jagged wind]

omg congrats

from purdue too??

that’s crazy good

[soft beacon]

Right like stfu if you were so impressed why didn’t u admit me

[pallid ermine]

me too lmao

dont waitlist me boi

[cyan moon]

Hi uc

[jagged wind]

👁️

[regal torrent]

the calm before the storm

[sterile horizon]

Ngl that show was a good show

[pallid ermine]

just like admissions season

me in october vs me in march

[soft beacon]

https://tenor.com/view/bruno-ganz-puppy-fucking-steel-gif-13763446

[jagged wind]

ope i guess irvine isnt today then

since no one has said they got anything

how do the UCs decide who gets honors/regents?

[steady lichen]

the put everyone’s name on a massive wheel and spin it

that’s what I heard I think

[jagged wind]

lmfao

[regal torrent]

no, that's how they do admissions decisions

[eager violet]

every year they add more slots to that wheel

[pallid ermine]

https://youtube.com/shorts/MCcghEgizNQ?feature=share

stanford releasing on april first be likee

[jagged wind]

stanford is so rude for that

[lean bloom]

Is Irvine honors coming out today?

[haughty kiln]

dont think so

[dense flare]

Nah

[still snow]

anyone know when irvine is?

[jagged wind]

if not in 10 min for honors then next week

[haughty kiln]

maybe 24th 😭

[still snow]

noooooo

what abt san diego?

[haughty kiln]

likely next week?

[dense flare]

Next week

[still snow]

thanks 🙂

[cinder sun]

What about UCLA

[haughty kiln]

next week too probably

i can't wait brooo

[vestal plume]

💀

[young shale]

Jesus Christ $25k in grants and scholarships for ucr in state

getting 11k to attend UCR😻

[jagged wind]

slay omg

[vestal plume]

wow!

[gaunt oasis]

yo nice man! is that on the ucr portal?

[young shale]

Yep

got an email abt it

[stray apex]

they emailed me

but when i check

i didnt see anything

[gaunt oasis]

is it in a specific part of the portal

[stray apex]

[gaunt oasis]

oh

[late zinc]

hey guys what’s honors? i was checking my spam mail and it says i got invited for honors at ucr what does that mean and is it beneficial

[calm atlas]

it means u should send me a couple hundred on cash app

[west badger]

where is the ucr grant moeny stuff secttion

[late zinc]

check spam mail

[west badger]

oo

i got invitation to apply honors but thats it

rip

[late zinc]

yeah same

[rare carbon]

0 money

Xoxo

Also I have the link

[late zinc]

i got 0 money

just loans

[rare carbon]

It went to my personal email

Idk how they got that

Cause I created a new email for all college stuff

[vagrant briar]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/lxd0o8/basically_an_autobiography/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

[gaunt oasis]

hey can someone help me interpret this? how much aid did i get?

[vagrant briar]

Grant means you don’t pay it back

Loan means you do with differing types

Work study means you work for the school and it gets put back into your tuition

However

You are not guaranteed work study money

[gaunt oasis]

im probs not gonna do work study

my fam said were gonna accept the subsidized loans tho

[vagrant briar]

That’s the better type

[gaunt oasis]

ok cool

[vagrant briar]

Unsubsidized means the interest starts as soon as you accept

Subsidized starts 6 months after you grad

[gaunt oasis]

tryna subtract the unsub + work study rn to figure out my aid

is "federal direct stafford loan" subsidized

[vagrant briar]

Yes

[gaunt oasis]

ok cool

oh shit so i got $36,527 covered yearly and only need to pay 4400 per year

damn

[west badger]

thats fire

[gaunt oasis]

(wait i did the math correctly right)

[west badger]

i didnt even get an email to figure out how much id hv to pay

[gaunt oasis]

subtracted 2400 in work study and 2000 in unsub from 40927

[final tiger]

my brother got insane aid from ucr too

[gaunt oasis]

the email was in my spam/junk

[west badger]

dam

[vagrant briar]

You need the cost of attendance to determine how much you need to pay but it’s probably around that

Idk I mostly know the award names not the format

But usually they try to give you loans for everything not granted iirc

If you’re receiving cal grants though I’m assuming you’re in state

And ucr is not 40k in state

Oh ig they gave you full everything not just tuition

[sterile horizon]

No fafsa?

[young shale]

i think the cal grant is fafsa

[vagrant briar]

It’s FAFSA or ca dream act

[gaunt oasis]

oh damn the coa is 40,932 and i got 40,927 in aid (including unsub loans and workstudy and im not doing either)

[vagrant briar]

Rip $5

But yeah makes sense

[gaunt oasis]

ye

[rare carbon]

coa is 40,932 and i got 0 in aid 🤩

for all my ucs and csus

annoying asf cause my efc is like 7k less

[tall leaf]

does everyone get their aid right after they get in?

santa cruz still says fin aid info not yet available

[rare carbon]

i think sc is still unavailable for all

i didnt apply tho so idk

[tall leaf]

sjsu also doesnt have my aid yet

[rare carbon]

sjsu does

its on a different website

lemme give it

its in the steps to enroll

ugh sorry i cant find the link but if u click intent to enroll it shows ur fin aid

[tall leaf]

which app is it in one.sjsu.edu?

[rare carbon]

uhh

yeah

[west sorrel]

i checked

[rare carbon]

https://nextsteps.sjsu.edu/nextsteps-production/currterm/

oh its here

i found it

@tall leaf

[west sorrel]

didn't say anything about financial aid

[rare carbon]

login and click this

fin aid prelim

[tall leaf]

mine doesnt have the $

[rare carbon]

oh what

wtf

[west sorrel]

same

[rare carbon]

huhhhh

[tall leaf]

idk cuz on fafsa i was selected for verification so that might be why

[rare carbon]

mine has been there since i got accepted

[tall leaf]

but im not sure

[sterile horizon]

Ohh I heard cal grant and fafsa is different

[rare carbon]

thats weird yeah idk sorry

[frail trail]

are the next decisions released on the 17th?

that's UCSD, UCI, and what else?

[late zinc]

someone convince me ucr isn’t a bad school

[frail trail]

ucr is in the top 2.3% of US schools

give or take

[warm burrow]

Did SLO come out???

[tall leaf]

The University of California, Riverside (UCR) is a highly regarded public research university with a diverse student body and a wide range of academic programs. UCR is known for its excellence in fields such as environmental science, business, and engineering, and it consistently ranks among the top universities in the United States for social mobility.

[stray apex]

ucr is decent

[west sorrel]

Possibly UCLA

[frail trail]

was UCLA not on the 24th?

[soft beacon]

Guys tf is federal direct parent plus loan

[west sorrel]

Not comfirmed

[pseudo obsidian]

Check out #💵-financial-aid

[sterile saffron]

UCLA iirc

Or that might be 24th

[vestal plume]

ucla is either 17th or 24th so you're right

[tender elm]

Naw, def the 17th

Uci is also the 17th (confirmed by counselors iirc)

[late zinc]

anyone know when sdsu comes out

[tender elm]

Rolling

Until the end of the month

[sterile saffron]

Sdsu started releasing in January

[vagrant briar]

They did a bit

But most is in march

According to r/sdsu it’s next week

[regal torrent]

sdsu has been rolling for a good while now
i wonder when my scholly decision comes back... they said early march

[whole musk]

man, got into davis today but all i hear is yield yield yield

and a friend just told me that if davis takes you then "better UCs" don't

i can't fucking celebrate my acceptance

[warm burrow]

no not at all 😭

someone who got Davis

[regal torrent]

that's all bullshit

[warm burrow]

with regents

got UCLA after

so...

[regal torrent]

all of the uc's are rng, davis included

[warm burrow]

those people are just coping

[whole musk]

😦

[regal torrent]

it may as well be your name on a spinner

[whole musk]

yeah okay whew

like all day i've been hearing these rumours ong

[regal torrent]

also yield means more than just rejecting someone because they're too good

there's way too much that goes into it

[whole musk]

icic

[regal torrent]

the uc admissions offices are not in contact with each other- they don't even know what other uc's you applied to

the idea that ucd ao's know or even care what ucb, ucla, ucsd think of you is absurd

[bitter zephyr]

Yeah

[regal torrent]

i have to say, the process has become much less predictable with test optional

[bitter zephyr]

People have gotten into all the UCs before

[regal torrent]

so expect the unexpected

[bitter zephyr]

Absolutely

I miss the days of test required

[eager violet]

This bodes well

[bitter zephyr]

At least then, you can fall back on test scores if your GPA is average

[regal torrent]

to be honest, i have a decent sat score to submit if they considered it but i don't think it would help me

it'd probably go into the "academic score" section and net me the same amount of points because my gpa is good too

[bitter zephyr]

Mine was the ACT though I did decent on the SAT too

[regal torrent]

interesting that you took both

[bitter zephyr]

I took the ACT cause my parents weren’t happy with my SAT score

[regal torrent]

lmao what was it

[bitter zephyr]

1500

[regal grove]

bruh

asians

[bitter zephyr]

Then I took the ACT and got a 35

[regal torrent]

man

[regal grove]

what was the top school u got into if i may ask

like ranking wise

[regal torrent]

every asian parent should take the sat before they criticize their kid about it

[bitter zephyr]

UCSD/UCSB/UCD/UCI were the best schools I got into

[limber magnet]

FR

[warm burrow]

bro this is insane 😭

what major?

[bitter zephyr]

Chemical Engineering

[regal torrent]

that's solid tbh i would kill for that outcome

[jagged wind]

same its so annoying when ppl do that. like youre not THAT good to be rejected from davis just for yield protection. the system is just random and idk why ppl need to put ppl down to push their ego up after they get rejected from a school like davis

[bitter zephyr]

😂

[bitter zephyr]

Fax though

tbh it was more like my mom was disappointed in my score

my dad didn't care once I hit 1500

[regal torrent]

i fr can't stop dooming about what if i take a string of l's like a lotta kids did last year

[bitter zephyr]

think positive thoughts

[regal grove]

my mom was kinda disappointed with my 1470

and my dad was okay with it

my dad was pissed when i first got 1380

[bitter zephyr]

yeah idk what's about Asian moms being disappointed in their kids' SAT scores

Asian dads don't care as much

[limber magnet]

💀

[regal grove]

good thing sat not important

otherwise it would have harmed me

[bitter zephyr]

I hate the SAT for one thing though

[regal grove]

cuz cb

[bitter zephyr]

it made me go insane for a while

[regal grove]

i hate cb

[limber magnet]

everyone hates cb

[bitter zephyr]

like my cousin took the SAT right after me and got a 1550

and that flipped a switch in me

like I started getting more vengeful cause he was my younger cousin

[limber magnet]

I mean imo sat is very study-able if u have time and enough resources

[bitter zephyr]

I studied like mad for the ACT just to spite him

Asians and tests aren't a good combo 🤣

[regal torrent]

if anyone's a clown it's me with a 1530 who only applied to uc's

[bitter zephyr]

idk that was a dark phase of my life

I'm a nice person in general but that time I was something else

[regal torrent]

all that stress for a damn numberd

[bitter zephyr]

it wasn't stress

it was vengeance

[whole musk]

🙏

[bitter zephyr]

I wanted to one up my cousin any way possible

and for some reason, I thought the way to do that was through a damn number lol

The SAT/ACT taught me that vengeance can make a man go insane and go to any lengths to one up his/her competition

[regal torrent]

i kinda feel the comparison though

[regal grove]

wait do ucs look at senior year grades for wailists

@bitter zephyr

[bitter zephyr]

yes

YES THEY DO

[limber magnet]

I mean sat makes it easy for people to compare against each other

[regal torrent]

between me and my brother i kick his ass academically but idk comparison's not a good thing either way

[bitter zephyr]

Especially Berkeley

[regal grove]

ok i have a 4.0 for sem 1

now i cant let senioritis get to me then

[bitter zephyr]

it's only sem 1

[regal grove]

do they not care about sem 2

[bitter zephyr]

no

[limber magnet]

for me its the opposite :/

[regal grove]

but other colleges do

[regal torrent]

that pressure to perform must suck

[regal grove]

tbh idc actually

cuz only colleges i care a lot rn is usc and ucs

usc does not have waitlist

and ucs only care sem1

so im fine

[bitter zephyr]

my cousin and I are pretty average academically but my aunt showing off how her son got a better score than I did really flipped a switch in me

[limber magnet]

well i wasn't gonna beat my brother on the sat anyway but yea def a lot to live up to

[young onyx]

opposite for me and my parents always told me not to compare

[bitter zephyr]

I grinded for the ACT not for me, but to spite her

[limber magnet]

good luck!!

[bitter zephyr]

it was a dark time in my life

[regal torrent]

me and my brother are pretty much equals on the sat
his 2200 to my 1530

[limber magnet]

they have like the second sem admission which is like kinda a waitlist

[regal grove]

yeah i saw

[rigid birch]

guys uc davis or virginia tech for cs?

[regal grove]

ucd

[calm atlas]

after UCs send an offer of admission, do they need my midterm and final grades from school or do they just want my IB Final exams.

[bitter zephyr]

Looking back, I'm kinda embarrassed at myself but also proud that I kept up my motivations

[limber magnet]

I mean end result me and my brother had similar results, but he still beat me by 10 pts

[bitter zephyr]

grades and any IB exam scores you have

[limber magnet]

He also did the act too just cuz

[regal grove]

did u get into ucd

[regal torrent]

god that sucks, especially when that can come down to curving

[young onyx]

depends on cost imo

[young onyx]

I didnt apply. only ucsd and ucb

[calm atlas]

do I need to send them my midterms and final grades from school?

[regal grove]

oh why not ucla then

[limber magnet]

Nawww i mean i could have gotten his score I just made simple arithmetic errors on math 💀

[bitter zephyr]

final grades for sure

[calm atlas]

cuz like my school fking mocks IB finals half a year early so the final grades and stuff are trash

my IB Finals will be fine

[young onyx]

oh I forgot abt them. ucla was the third one

[regal grove]

but that means they see sem2 grades for waitlisted kids

[bitter zephyr]

No

[regal torrent]

wl decisions come in may right

[young onyx]

when do waitlists release

[regal torrent]

your s2 grades won't be in at that time

[bitter zephyr]

Sem2 isn't used for anything but to make sure that you didn't fall below a C in Senior Year

[regal grove]

as late as 6/30

[calm atlas]

how bad do tou need to be to get recinded?

from UCB and UCLA

[regal grove]

is this for every uc

cuz

[bitter zephyr]

I think below 3

[regal grove]

if so

[young onyx]

thats useless then

[bitter zephyr]

yes

[calm atlas]

IB score below 3?

or what below 3?

[bitter zephyr]

no GPA below 3

[regal grove]

how

[limber magnet]

well the idea is u commit elsewhere but if u get off the waitlist to a school u want to go to more u can change

[regal grove]

its fine

[calm atlas]

if I get an IB score of 37+ its fine right?

[bitter zephyr]

idk about IB

I took AP 😁

[calm atlas]

is there a converter?

[young onyx]

so commiting doesnt mean commit

thats stupid

[rigid birch]

like a 5k difference in cost for me so doesn't really matter, i was thinking considering Davis' proximity to bay aread, roi would be much bigger right?

[young onyx]

yeah

[limber magnet]

well i think u need to pay the deposit or whatever

[young onyx]

and better weather

[red beacon]

yeah

[calm atlas]

which stream did u get for imperial?

what major

[red beacon]

biomedical sciences

[calm atlas]

oh okie

nice

[red beacon]

ty

[hearty dagger]

No Irvine honors today?

[bitter zephyr]

No

way too late lol

it's nearly 10 PM Pacific

[regal grove]

so is irvine likely next week

or week after

[bitter zephyr]

probably

[young onyx]

is sd and la coming next week too?

[regal grove]

likely

ucsd posted on admissions insta

and they replied saying late march

so that gives me some doubt

is 3/17 considered late march

[limber magnet]

the ucs r too much with their guessing game like just tell us a date so we dont need to keep speculating

[regal grove]

that is most colleges lmao

they love being vague

[young onyx]

nice

[young onyx]

some dont even give a specific time

[regal grove]

date is most important

[young onyx]

yeah

[sterile saffron]

https://www.reddit.com/r/UCSD/comments/11o0w9r/chicken_event/

@tender elm is this you 👀

[tender elm]

Not my post

[regal torrent]

i swear to god if ucsd randomly chooses the 24th this year

[sterile saffron]

oh whoops LMAO why did i think he was you 💀

[tender elm]

Similar angle

I jumped around

It was a fun day

[hearty dagger]

Why was he eating a chicken

[tender elm]

He posted tons of flyers around campus

[regal grove]

imagine if nobody showed up 💀

[tender elm]

The librarian told me she’s been tearing down the posters all week

But still asked me to email her a copy of the video when it’s done 😂

[regal torrent]

cap check, they said "by the end of march" so before this month is out

[vestal plume]

😐

[bitter zephyr]

it's usually mid March

anywhere from the 14th to the 17th

[vestal plume]

ucsd admissions capping

[bitter zephyr]

lol

they always do

I've seen how UCSD Admissions works from the inside out

[regal torrent]

do they hire random ass people to read essays

[bitter zephyr]

yes

A dirty secret in Admissions is that the AO really just makes the decision to accept/WL/reject you based on his or her mood/intuition/feeling

that's why you have two readers for every application

but yeah, college admissions is really 75-80% Stats, 20-25% Luck

[regal torrent]

it makes sense all along that your entire decision is just a vibe check from a couple of bored 1099 workers

[bitter zephyr]

really nothing you can change about it

it's dirty af but life isn't fair

People who call themselves college admissions professionals really don't know s*** about College Admissions in real life

[regal grove]

do u know how many aos ucsd has

[regal torrent]

as benz says, everyone has the same stats
so really it kind of all hinges on that

[bitter zephyr]

confidential info

[regal grove]

so you do know

[bitter zephyr]

No

it changes by the year and the number of applicants we receive

[regal grove]

but why would the number of aos be confidential lol

[bitter zephyr]

cause it is for some reason

back when I worked in the AO office, they made me sign a contract not to disclose information pertaining to AO's

number of AOs is confidential info for some reason

so I can't really tell you guys that

[tender elm]

Lmao just got an email w the same post

[bitter zephyr]

lol

[regal grove]

can i ask what u did then

[bitter zephyr]

That event was famous af

[sterile saffron]

lmaoo

[bitter zephyr]

basically I ran the welcome events for the incoming Engineering C/O 2021

[regal grove]

oh cool

[bitter zephyr]

Had to give presentations to high schoolers/incoming transfers about the benefits of joining UCSD Engineering

so that lol

[tender elm]

I guess you know you’ve made it when ppl start quoting you

[bitter zephyr]

Benz the god

[regal torrent]

if i get in i will sign the sir within a minute

[bitter zephyr]

Good luck

[tender elm]

Think twice

I made that missy

Mistake

[regal torrent]

maybe within an hour just in case by some act of god ucla comes through

[bitter zephyr]

Before you sell your soul to Pradeep Khosla

[tender elm]

Signed that shit too soon

Same with Davis lmao, I signed it the day of

And then signed UCSD the next day

Lost $250

[bitter zephyr]

You're saying you hate coming to UCSD 😡

@tender elm

TRAITOR

[tender elm]

Hahaha

I do really love Davis

That’s where my heart was set

But ucsd was the better school

[bitter zephyr]

I kinda felt sad rejecting Davis

[tender elm]

Idk. Didn’t do enough research

[regal grove]

what even is so good about davis's location

beside it being close to tahoe

[regal torrent]

there's no way everybody has the same stats though right
average applicant gpa at my school is 4.0w but admits are 4.2ish

[regal grove]

i think sd beats it by a mile location wise

[bitter zephyr]

idk it has some magic

[bitter zephyr]

yeah no contest lol

[regal grove]

the magic of cow turd

[bitter zephyr]

The only downside of UCSD is that Off Campus Housing is a B***h cause the surrounding areas are rich af

[hardy edge]

how do they even convert ib scores to a uc gpa

6 or 7 is an A?

[bitter zephyr]

University City and La Jolla are borderline unlivable on a College Student's budget

[regal grove]

is there no student discount or smth

or just stay on campus

[bitter zephyr]

you'll have it better though

[tender elm]

LMAO

[regal grove]

wait pranav r u on campus housing or off

[bitter zephyr]

I used to live on, now I'm off

[regal grove]

how much is it

[bitter zephyr]

I pay around $1000

I have 3 other roommates so rent's around $4000 total

[regal torrent]

if i were to get in, should i live on campus my first year or commute the whole time

[regal grove]

how big the house

[bitter zephyr]

No live on campus First Year

For sure live on campus

[regal grove]

i think it is required anyways

[bitter zephyr]

I had an Ocean view dorm my first and second years

I would love to get those views back if I could

[bitter zephyr]

it's not

but lots of students do live on campus

that's how I met my current roommates

[bitter zephyr]

2 bed/ 2bath

but it's in a rich area so can't complain

[regal torrent]

imma live on campus the first year or so then come back home
family owns our house here

[bitter zephyr]

rich area + close to campus

[bitter zephyr]

I'd say live on campus at least once in your time at college just for the experience

On Campus Housing teaches you a lot about life, like how to deal with roommates and stuff

[regal grove]

is there restaurant called fan fan restaurant on campus

[bitter zephyr]

I could say that I've matured after living on campus

[bitter zephyr]

yes

haven't eaten there in a while though

[regal grove]

good or bad