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

[bitter zephyr]

Decent

[regal grove]

i wanted to eat there but it was closed when i went

[regal torrent]

housing is so freakishly expensive and so hard to find tho

[bitter zephyr]

yeah it's like glorified Panda Express, only tastes a lot more authentic

[bitter zephyr]

UCSD is building more housing so it may not be a problem for you

[regal grove]

when it be complete

[bitter zephyr]

Fall 23- Fall 24

[regal torrent]

that's what i like to think but it's really overflow housing

[bitter zephyr]

hey if you live on campus, the perks are amazing

[regal grove]

how the progress looking so far

[ruby vapor]

odds on any other UC acceptance if rejected from Davis?

[bitter zephyr]

First two years are guaranteed

[ruby vapor]

prolly low huh

besides merced n riverside ofc

[bitter zephyr]

They're trying to finish 8th college by Fall 23

[regal grove]

rejection from uc davis has no indication of other uc acceptances

[ruby vapor]

i mean

theyre one of the highest acceptance rates

so...

[bitter zephyr]

Davis really isn't the highest

[regal torrent]

acceptance rate doesn't mean shit

[bitter zephyr]

it's falling pretty significantly

[bitter zephyr]

yes

[ruby vapor]

i guess maybe i have a chance at santa cruz

beyond that if davis wont take me i doubt sb or sd or la will

[regal grove]

sc is much easier than davis anyways

[bitter zephyr]

No you have a chance everywhere

I know people who got rejected everywhere except Cal lol

[ruby vapor]

lmfaoo

ok ok

i wont give up just yet

[bitter zephyr]

Like they get rejected from all the other UC's and somehow get into Cal

yeah don't

[hardy edge]

my senior's literally the same

[bitter zephyr]

you never know where you'll go

[hardy edge]

hes got ur name too lol

[bitter zephyr]

noice

[regal torrent]

i wonder if the surge of applications will ever stop or will we just keep dropping acceptance rates to zero

[bitter zephyr]

Well UC's have an amazing brand name

[regal grove]

is that a delta plane

[bitter zephyr]

surge probably continues

[bitter zephyr]

yes

Delta A330-300

[regal grove]

why the tail

and not the head

[bitter zephyr]

Cause I find Tails more aesthetically pleasing

[regal torrent]

forever though? eventually we're gonna run out of hs seniors

we graduate like 400k people a year idk the exact number

[bitter zephyr]

wtaf

[ruby vapor]

its crazy how many applicants cali state schools get

[regal grove]

i mean its 4 essays for 9 campuses

[bitter zephyr]

California does have good weather and good schools

[regal grove]

its not a lot of work to apply

thats why they get so many apps

[bitter zephyr]

350 word essays too

[ruby vapor]

cause "why not"

[bitter zephyr]

it's mostly for the brand name

[regal torrent]

someone posted a black friday gif earlier and it is in fact exactly how applying to a uc school seems

[ruby vapor]

you think u might get into santa cruz? why not throw in UCLA, fuck it

thats why so many apps

[bitter zephyr]

that's also there

[regal grove]

just ucla and cal are brand name. all the other uc's are comparable to other state schools.

[bitter zephyr]

people trying to wing it

[regal torrent]

most of our apps are in state though

[bitter zephyr]

Cal's brand name is dropping lol

[bitter zephyr]

yeah

[regal grove]

why

[ruby vapor]

yeah but even without brand name a lot of people want to go to school in california

[regal torrent]

the scariest thing is not only is california pumping out more hs grads
they're getting smarter too

[bitter zephyr]

Campus not being safe + other UC's improving their own programs to match or exceed Cal

[bitter zephyr]

yes

[ruby vapor]

ive only heard terrible things abt cal

[regal grove]

i think uci, ucsb, ucsd are better than a lot of other state schools

[regal grove]

ucla not safe either

[bitter zephyr]

UC is the #1 Public School system in the United States

[ruby vapor]

no one within 5 years of my age has ever said a positive thing abt cal to me

L school

[rare carbon]

ucla like in beverly hills

next to

[ruby vapor]

I'd take SB, SD, UCI, UCLA, SC over cal

[regal torrent]

the sheer volume of applications mine gets lost in kinda explains my pessimism about the public universities i once felt were solid targets

[snow creek]

forreal?

[regal grove]

i think stanford is the most well rounded school

[bitter zephyr]

No

[regal grove]

strong everywhere and safe

[rare carbon]

wow

...

[snow creek]

im ngl to u i dont even care abt berk

[bitter zephyr]

UCSD is actually pretty safe imo

[rare carbon]

thank u for the observation

[snow creek]

i dont even want to go there

uc berk scares me

[bitter zephyr]

Stanford is cringe

[snow creek]

dangerous ass school

[ruby vapor]

stanford and usc > berk

[bitter zephyr]

like it's awesome but just too selective

[round herald]

Kachow

[bitter zephyr]

and who tf thought a tree would be a great mascot

[regal grove]

ucsc is a slug

[bitter zephyr]

at least it's an animal lol

not an f'ing pine tree

[regal grove]

slugs are not an appealing animal

trees are cool

[bitter zephyr]

until a forest fire happens

[ruby vapor]

banana slug

[bitter zephyr]

then trees are not cool

[snow creek]

any school > berk

[bitter zephyr]

Banana Slugs are cool though

[ruby vapor]

forest fires result in more trees

= cool

[regal grove]

is la jolla like a community in sd or is it a city

[snow creek]

if i got denied from all schools but got into berk id go to cc

[regal grove]

cuz google maps says ucsd is in sd

[snow creek]

aint no way

[bitter zephyr]

community

[ruby vapor]

reasonable

[bitter zephyr]

Perfectly reasonable. I know someone who rejected LA and Berk to come here to SD

so there's that

[ruby vapor]

i feel like a ucb acceptance is more insulting than a rejection

[snow creek]

la isnt too bad

the ppl seem fake asf tho

[ruby vapor]

ucla is sick

[snow creek]

and toxic

and the traffic is garbage

but thats all

[ruby vapor]

dorms r squished but that’s to be expected

[limber magnet]

yea im kinda worried about going to la

[bitter zephyr]

I've lived in LA and yes I agree

[regal grove]

did u get into usc ea

[limber magnet]

yea

[bitter zephyr]

they look like building blocks though

[ruby vapor]

yeah but attached bathroom W

[snow creek]

usc is an awesome school

[bitter zephyr]

UCSD dorms have bathrooms inside of them

[regal grove]

trash location

[ruby vapor]

so does LA

[snow creek]

do yall have to share the showers

[round herald]

Dw It’s not that bad

[limber magnet]

is there a school with dorms that don't have bathrooms? 🤔

[bitter zephyr]

yeah but it's not bad

[snow creek]

really

[bitter zephyr]

they clean the showers every morning

[round herald]

I can send you pictures of the school

[snow creek]

what if someone ||shave their balls there||

💀

[ruby vapor]

bro

[limber magnet]

wth

[bitter zephyr]

no I mean that you don't need to run across the hallway to use the bathroom lol

[regal grove]

wtf

[snow creek]

bro im sorry i have ocd

[bitter zephyr]

you can just use the bathroom inside your dorm

[young shale]

that's so real

[limber magnet]

ah

[round herald]

Are you in the insta gc?

[ruby vapor]

i’m gonna shave my balls in your shower

[bitter zephyr]

you force the guy to clean up after themselves

[limber magnet]

I'm in a insta gc

theres like a bunch

[round herald]

Dub

[limber magnet]

I'm in the viterbi gc + discord

[round herald]

What school did you get into

[bitter zephyr]

you better clean up after yourself or you're getting locked out of the bedroom

[limber magnet]

viterbi

did u get in somewhere?

[round herald]

Ah rip I have not talked with viterbi at all

[ruby vapor]

i’m gonna shave them in your bed

[snow creek]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/516358930717212683/1037808975242088470/cat.gif

[round herald]

I got in dornsife for biochem

[bitter zephyr]

yeah good luck finding housing for the night @ruby vapor

[limber magnet]

niceeee

[round herald]

Congrats to you too

Ws

[ruby vapor]

enjoy my bal hair

[bitter zephyr]

no

[snow creek]

ok real question though do people forreal shave their ball hairs in dorms

💀

[ruby vapor]

sleep tight princess

bro 💀💀💀💀

[bitter zephyr]

No lol

[snow creek]

💀 💀 💀 💀 💀

[bitter zephyr]

beard hair yes

[ruby vapor]

u don’t shave bro????

[snow creek]

same shit

[round herald]

Nah they grow it out for 4 years

[snow creek]

ball beard

[round herald]

😭

[snow creek]

bro i dont have balls

[round herald]

What are you on

[bitter zephyr]

I don't shave often

[ruby vapor]

bro just wash the ball hair down the drain

[limber magnet]

💀

[snow creek]

bro im laughing so hard at the word ball hair

[round herald]

I’m dead

[ruby vapor]

L

[snow creek]

i just wanted to say it bc its funny

[regal grove]

too thick it will clog it up

[bitter zephyr]

I actually have a small beard atm but I've grown longer

[round herald]

This is so funny

[ruby vapor]

THICK????

[snow creek]

bro is there a ball society at ucsd?

[ruby vapor]

is there a community for ballsack shavers

[snow creek]

for brethren who are interested in the art of ball hairs shaving

[round herald]

Yes at blacks beach

[snow creek]

jesus christ

i wouldnt be surprised if ppl didnt shave their balls there tho

im sure someone has done it before

[ruby vapor]

😭😭😭

everyone shaves

u just wash it down w water

[snow creek]

at the beach tho?

[ruby vapor]

oh

beach

no

that’s weird

[snow creek]

💀

[ruby vapor]

fuck

yeah i do…

[snow creek]

ok but it was a genuine question the shower shit

bc idk if i could ever live in dorms

[quick sierra]

probably jacks off at the beach too

[snow creek]

gyms are so gross

and ppl shower there barefoot

💀

[real rock]

wth

somebody ples elaborate one what happened with the shaving and balls at beach lol

today i woke up to something good

UC Davis rejection :>

amazing

[young shale]

they think they're Harvard or smtn

🙄

[real rock]

they do yield protect or sth?

cuz apparently an intl kid (my friend) got into berkeley

but no uc davis lol

(prob not cuz its a public school i assume)

[young shale]

nope pretyy sure

[real rock]

but i think for this year

there's like news abt how public unis are quite against international kids 🥲

[young shale]

they rejected 4.9 gpa kids that make entire discord bots from my school

[real rock]

rough

[young shale]

yep

[real rock]

🗿

wow

are u international too?

[young shale]

nah in state

[real rock]

ah

tough

[real rock]

that is just wrong wth lol

[young shale]

😭yep davis is a lame city anyways (not rlly)

[real rock]

it could've been a self-esteem boost but not its a demotivater 🥲

[real rock]

lol

[young shale]

IT IS FR whatever an Ivy League will accept them

[real rock]

ye its in the less fun area

[real rock]

true lol

man i should've done stanford

such a fun area

but forgor 🥲

[young shale]

Palo alto is so nice 😭would def be a fun area to live in and it looks pretty safe? ish

[arctic swift]

davis is a big L

[sharp orchid]

did I get in just because I wrote an essay on youtube 💀

[young shale]

😭th campus is so nice too

maybe😿

[sharp orchid]

is this UC Davis?

[young shale]

Nope stanford

[sharp orchid]

yeah like

no way in hell

Davis is that good

couldn't recognise stanford from that angle

[young shale]

I mean cs is still pretty good at any uc

[sharp orchid]

stanford has the best campus (based on my initial impressions) from all the universities I have looked into

[sharp orchid]

heard they have a lot of "youtubers"

lol

[young shale]

It is fs ucsd is also really nice😭

[young shale]

That's a good essay nice

[lofty sage]

My essays were shit compared to this

[young shale]

FR IKR😭

[sharp orchid]

this is like, one of my low qual essays

3rd in rank in all my essays I think

[young shale]

I wrote about being a barista but like it's not related to anything engineering related

[lofty sage]

Only one essay I really had passion for

[sharp orchid]

or 4th, lemme recheck what prompts UC had, I forgot

[lofty sage]

That was my best

[sharp orchid]

thank you :D

[young shale]

Screw em Essays

[lofty sage]

Damn

[sharp orchid]

yeah 3rd best

I have a shittier one

and then two better ones

[lofty sage]

Although tbf I had spend around 10 hrs on all essays

[sharp orchid]

i just copy pasted my MIT and USC and UMich essays

[lofty sage]

So I'm not complaining that I got into ucs

[sharp orchid]

and the only new essay I wrote was the youtube one

which I wrote in 1 hour 💀

[lofty sage]

Bruh there were too many essays

I didn't have that much time

Jee was just round the corner

[sharp orchid]

and then, even though I had 3 days to submit, I submitted it after writing the essay for shits and giggles cuz I didn't want to keep editing and improving my essay

[sharp orchid]

oh shit

how did that go btw

[lofty sage]

Alright imo

I'll get ee at dtu

But I'm going to try for advanced

Hopefully I get IITs and am able to save money

Cause UCs are really expensive

[sharp orchid]

all the best

:)

[lofty sage]

Thank you!

[hardy edge]

4.23 and rejected uc davis 💯

[quiet night]

Davis is on the same level as stanford campus-wise

[sharp orchid]

fr

but like

that building in the image

[young shale]

4.6 and rejected 😻

[sharp orchid]

I don't recall davis having that architecture hence

[calm atlas]

how do u have a 4.6 omg i think the highest uc gpa at my school was a 4.4

[frank ridge]

4.84 and waitlisted 😭

Well I'm not sad but

still

[eager violet]

The highest uc gpa goes is 4.4

[hearty dagger]

A lot of qualified people got waitlisted from Davis

[plush crescent]

is it yield protection or smthing else?

[hardy edge]

its just fit or sum tbh

[hearty dagger]

Maybe, uc,s aren’t supposed to yield protect but they prob do

[hardy edge]

everyones got the same stats because of how uc gpa works

no test scores

[hearty dagger]

Maybe ecs and piqs?

[plush crescent]

hm but ik a lot of qualified applicants who got in too

like 4.6+ gpa

for cs

[quiet night]

I got in 4.04 GPA capped, idk how much everything else played a role in it

[hearty dagger]

Yeah

[hardy edge]

its just fit

[hardy edge]

uc gpa is max 4.3 or 4.4

[plush crescent]

oh i meant weighted

[hardy edge]

is that the regular weighted?

oh

[quiet night]

the max 4.4 is for capped

[plush crescent]

i got in with a 4.17 capped around 4.6 weighted

in state cs

[hearty dagger]

What even is capped?

[hardy edge]

intl cs straight up rejected

[plush crescent]

its like max of 8 honors/ap courses

[hearty dagger]

Oh Ty

Got in like 4.4

[dense flare]

Why is it so damn random

MFs just blindfold themselves then pick some applicants to admit

but for everyone who got into UC Davis, congrats. It’s a nice place to live

Pretty green and chill

[tender elm]

Seems like my predictions on UCs relying on WLs hold true

[gilded scroll]

They do not yield protect but they yield control

[hearty dagger]

Wdymn

[regal grove]

is the admit rate gpa uncapped then

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/campuses-majors/ucla/freshman-admit-data.html

oh wait nvm it is capped

[hearty dagger]

Should I cop?

[runic ermine]

wait what UC is out

[regal grove]

no

buy the brawl pass

[hearty dagger]

Davis

[hearty dagger]

Is the new brawler good?

[regal grove]

tbf i do own a lot of skins myself

i just dont like that skin

[regal grove]

who cares

the brawl pass has so much value

[hearty dagger]

Good point

[hearty dagger]

Yeah I’m a big gray fan

Even after the nerf

He’s like an assassin

[regal grove]

yea then buy it

[regal grove]

its kinda cheap too

[regal grove]

says who

[gilded scroll]

Some Davis ao person

[runic ermine]

isn’t this yield protection

[hearty dagger]

Acquired

[hearty dagger]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking as well lol

[regal grove]

fuck davis if this is the practice they use

[runic ermine]

yeah i’ve heard that if u get WL davis, it’s because like u got into a better UCs cause they talk to each other according to my ex-UC admissions teacher

[warm burrow]

Yeah I don’t think people should call it yield protection cause it degraded the accomplishments of people who actually got in

[wet sandal]

bro is redefining yield protection lol

fuck davis man

[gilded scroll]

Does that mean I didn’t get into a better UC 💔 damn

[hearty dagger]

This was in the 90s but the only school that rejected my dad was Davis but he also got into Stanford, ucla and berk. Small anecdote

[warm burrow]

no

[hearty dagger]

Thought of the same thing lmao

[gilded scroll]

it’s wtv

[dense flare]

Nah

[gilded scroll]

I did what I could

[warm burrow]

I know someone who got Davis regents and then got into UCLA after

And SB

[gilded scroll]

and my parents are proud of me I think

I am too tired to do anymore worrying

[dense flare]

No correlation whatsoever you’re good

[runic ermine]

idk if it’s totally tru

[regal grove]

My mom was disappointed in me getting waitlisted by Davis

She fears the other uc will reject me now

[warm burrow]

What major did u apply?

[regal grove]

Ee

Data science second

[gilded scroll]

I think my dad has been disappointed in decisions but my mom is more supportive

[regal grove]

He got disappointed by umich?

[gilded scroll]

For her she is just happy with my application

[regal grove]

He must be hard to satisfy

[gilded scroll]

He wants me to get into like a t10

and he was sad I didn’t apply mit or caltech

[regal grove]

Your t10s aren’t even out yet

[gilded scroll]

but he also says that if I choose to do masters it’s much more impt

[gilded scroll]

Or like t20 idk

For cs

Gtech, usc

Cmu

ut Austin

I did not get into any of those so

[regal grove]

All should have single digits for acceptance rates

[gilded scroll]

yea

[young onyx]

you got into cs though right

uiuc

[regal grove]

Cs plus stats

[young onyx]

oh not much difference since dont a lot of people do a stats minor/major anyway

[gilded scroll]

No

[young onyx]

for CE atleast it is listed as on of the most taken

[gilded scroll]

not grainger

[regal grove]

@young onyx you get this email?

[young onyx]

you are still counted as a part of cs which is in grainger for a lot of stats which I find odd

[young onyx]

let me check

[scarlet heart]

all but 1 CS applicant from my HS got hit with the wl lol, and some of them were VERY qualified. like a t10-20 acceptance for these kids in CS would not be surprising at all but still, davis wl

shitshow out here

[young onyx]

yeah I got it

[regal grove]

Are you going to go

[young onyx]

lets go im already going that day

[regal grove]

Idk if I want to

It’s so far

[young onyx]

it might not be worth it if you dont already have plans

when were you planning to go on

[regal grove]

Spring break?

But I’m going to socal and Tahoe already

Do I don’t think I can go anyways

[young onyx]

my spring break starts april 1st so thats why im going

[regal grove]

I probably will skip class to visit

Yeah lucky

[young onyx]

they also have a webinar

[regal grove]

Mine is 4.17

[regal grove]

I prefer in person

Webinars are so boring

[young onyx]

lol true

[regal grove]

I’m heavily considering it

As long as I don’t have tests ill likely go

[young onyx]

lol ngl I would probably do the same

they also have the general tours in the same day

[regal grove]

Do you think 3 days is enough to visit

Or 4

[young onyx]

uh well longest ive been to a college is 1 and I got a pretty good idea for everything. 3 is probably enough. depends if theres any event going on and stuff imo

also there are no events being displayed

for registration

does this even exist

[regal grove]

Well I need days to travel

[young onyx]

true

[regal grove]

I have to fly to Chicago from the bay

Then drive

[young onyx]

how long is the commute

[cyan moon]

isnt that yield protection

[regal grove]

Not sure

Maybe 8 hours

But also time difference

Fly from San Jose to Chicago

Then Drive to uiuc

[young onyx]

time difference its negligible since its like 2 hrs

but drive is annoying fs

probably 3 days atleast so you arent exhausted since commute sounds really long

@regal grove do you see any events displayed for registration?

its blank for me

[regal grove]

Umm can’t check rn

Check when I get back home

[young onyx]

alright

[late zinc]

lol got waitlisted at davis but accepted to ucr for bioengineering. i think davis is better?

[runic ermine]

like later on…

[static citrus]

bruh ik ppl who got into berkeley early and also uc davis, this doesnt make sense

[young onyx]

nvr mind they no joke put the wrong link on the button

[runic ermine]

wait doesn’t this support my theory

[hearty dagger]

Same one of my friends got into all ucs last year including davis

[runic ermine]

they waitlisted them because, they alr got into a better school…

[static citrus]

u said that getting waitlisted is good, but theres no proof of that when ppl got into uc davis and better schools

[runic ermine]

shoot sorry read wrong

yeah man i don’t know completely then

that’s just what my teacher

said

[static citrus]

i think these mfs are just flipping a coin

its rly random

[lofty sage]

Wait till 17th

[rare carbon]

This is the most cap I’ve ever seen

[lofty sage]

UCLA and UCSD are gonna show everyone how admission decisions are taken

Using a randomizer

[rare carbon]

I’ve talked to my regional admissions officers for uci ucsd and Davis and they definitely have no communication and it would just take wayyy too much effort and too long to do that

Like they don’t care that much lol

[lofty sage]

If they have some of the best students applying

[rare carbon]

They do not have the time for that

[runic ermine]

ex admissions

[lofty sage]

Then they will admit them

Even on the off chance

That they join their uni

[frank ridge]

(capped gpa* they use uncapped for admissions)

[rare carbon]

I honestly think all that yield protection is bs

Like UC Davis is pretty competitive they are definitely not yield protecting you

[static citrus]

yea like how tf do they do this with 100k applicants

[jagged wind]

literally

like its ok if you got rejected. you're going to get rejected from somewhere but that doesnt mean it's yield protect

[gilded scroll]

Your teacher was a UC ao??

That’s a weird career change

[late zinc]

do you guys think its worth applying for honors

[rare carbon]

Depends

My brother is at Irvine and he’s a comp sci major he says it’s the most pointless thing ever and it actually hurts

Cause they make u take more courses on top of it

And u could spend that time doing other things

[runic ermine]

yeah interesting indeed

[gilded scroll]

R they an English teacher

[runic ermine]

econ

[gilded scroll]

Ooh

[flat steeple]

so whens then ext UC coming out

[zealous sinew]

UCSC on March 15

[snow creek]

no shit

do u think they sit around reading applicants essays

no

[flat steeple]

i thought it was on the 20th

[snow creek]

they look at ur stats put u on a list

and pull names out of hats

[dense flare]

last year the big batch of ucsc came on march 15

but yeah its BY the 20th

[flat steeple]

they gave specific times by last name

[zealous sinew]

and then 2 days after that UCLA and UCI

[dense flare]

yeah thats the times they come out on the specific date they release on

see that it says "no later than march 20"

not "on march 20"

[zealous sinew]

and then two weeks after that, Berkeley

[dense flare]

it just the time that it comes out for you

like literal time not date timing

[flat steeple]

ooooooh

ok that makes more sense thanks

praying so hard rn I wanna be a stoner

[dense flare]

lmaooooo

Im pretty liberal but idk like if the hippie culture is for me lmao

I like the campus its pretty cool

[flat steeple]

yeah and no homeless people being set on fire (looking at you berkeley)

[dense flare]

the homeless rate last year in santa cruz was 40%

ITS CRAZY

[bitter zephyr]

I'm the opposite lol. I'm pretty conservative so the hippie culture is definitely not it for me lol

[dense flare]

lmao

[dense flare]

Yeah hippie culture aint it for me either

[gaunt void]

What is the hippie culture?

[regal grove]

14

[snow creek]

it means uc berkeley

that place was the birth place of hippies

[gaunt void]

Oohk

[snow creek]

that’s what i’m saying as well

ifs fucked up that these ppl r shitting in the celebration of ppl who got in

and saying that they only got in cuz they’re under qualified

[gaunt void]

What is the acceptance rate of UC Davis

[bitter zephyr]

it's just salty people

[gaunt void]

I got into CE ,wanna know how competitive it is

[dense flare]

yeah thats hella wierd

[snow creek]

it really is

[dense flare]

like if you are salty just leave the chat

[snow creek]

ppl think a high gpa warrants everything for them 💀

[dense flare]

like it isnt that hard

[dense flare]

true

[snow creek]

like yeah bro i’m p sure there are gonna be a lot of high gpa ppl with copy paste profiles

[dense flare]

yeah

[bitter zephyr]

Davis has about a 37% acceptance rate c.2022

UCSD was around a 23% last year

[snow creek]

yeah so why would they yield protect

💀💀💀💀💀

i feel so bad for that person who was happy

and then that mf came in and was like

[bitter zephyr]

they don't lol

[snow creek]

ERMMMM I KNOW A DOG WHO KNOWS MY MOM WHO KNOWS MY UNCLE….

who said…

[bitter zephyr]

mf'ers be salty that they didn't get in

[snow creek]

that they yield protect

and underwuakfiied ppl get in 😡😡😡😡

[bitter zephyr]

UC's legally can't yield protect lol

it's against California Law

idk why that got deleted, I was just quoting the law

[snow creek]

prob bc it had the forbidden word

[bitter zephyr]

yeah

UC's can't participate in AA or follow any exclusionary practices that negatively affect one student over another

yield protecting falls under exclusionary practices

to those who got rejected/waitlisted with high stats, all I could just say is you got the short end of the stick

[snow creek]

congrats to everyone who got in tho

[bitter zephyr]

you have to accept your situation and move on

[snow creek]

i had a counselor for like a few weeks

and they said that

anyone can have good grades

what matters is ur ECs

and essays

[bitter zephyr]

For me, I got rejected from Georgia Tech and got accepted into UCSD with the same stats as my friend who got WL'ed at SD and got into GATech

[snow creek]

and the theme u portray in ur essays

[bitter zephyr]

same major too though he switched to CS after

[snow creek]

yep it depends on who’s reading ur essays

[limber magnet]

usc just get so many applicants that its kinda random

[bitter zephyr]

so yeah admissions is a lottery in some sense

[snow creek]

didn’t u say u did sports

[snow creek]

especially ucs

[regal grove]

gtech is a bloodbath for oos

[bitter zephyr]

once you hit the threshold they set of a good student, it comes down to luck

[snow creek]

my teacher said they prob draw names out of hats

[bitter zephyr]

like if you have above a 4.0 GPA, there's really nothing you can do except hope to get lucky with the AO liking you

[bitter zephyr]

wouldn't be surprised lol

[snow creek]

well yeah

i don’t think they’re gonna sit around reading 144k applications

[bitter zephyr]

another dirty secret that UC AO's do is that they sort your applications by some sort of category

[dense flare]

maybe they have a computer system that weeds out people with UC gpas

just speculation btw

[bitter zephyr]

if you aren't in the category they're looking for, you're essentially getting rejected unless you have something really extenuating that saves your app

[bitter zephyr]

they do

[dense flare]

oh ok

[bitter zephyr]

that's all I can say

[dense flare]

what was your UC gpa?

[snow creek]

“sob stories” “immigrants” “club kids” LMAOOOO

[bitter zephyr]

4.16 I think

[dense flare]

sammmeeee

[bitter zephyr]

yep

[dense flare]

YOU GIVE ME HOPE PRANAV

[jade marlin]

when do Irvine, Berkeley, SD, LA decisions come out?

[dense flare]

lol

[bitter zephyr]

sorry to burst your bubble but that was 3 years ago

[dense flare]

you dont give me hope now

[regal torrent]

if i sent out the right vibes then i'm chilling

[bitter zephyr]

UC GPA thresholds have increased

[bitter zephyr]

Who knows though, as I've said, UC admissions are a lottery

you could win

[dense flare]

cool

[bitter zephyr]

there are extenuating factors they look for

so GPA isn't the only thing

[dense flare]

ah ok cool

[bitter zephyr]

though you might have been sorted into the high GPA kids category

[warm burrow]

doesn't UCA gpa also depend on the courses your school offers?

[bitter zephyr]

yeah that's what I said

[regal torrent]

i'm of the high gpa bucket so really i'm just rolling the dice now

[bitter zephyr]

they look at extenuating characteristics too

not just your GPA number

[snow creek]

yea

[bitter zephyr]

your GPA number is what they use to sort you

if you are in-state, they sort via high school

so it is true that you're really competing against people from your HS for a seat

[regal grove]

is uncapped gpa even looked at

[bitter zephyr]

no

[regal grove]

why tf do they cap it it makes no sense

[bitter zephyr]

UC doing UC things

[regal grove]

then me taking more ap classes wont help me

[bitter zephyr]

I don't know everything lol

[regal grove]

i have a 4.25 capped

[warm burrow]

for rigor

[regal grove]

im screwed for ucla

[bitter zephyr]

it makes it look like you're trying so...

[bitter zephyr]

we all were

some were lucky

others weren't

[regal torrent]

but it's pointless because when you add the cap my entire school is like 4.36 4.36 4.36 4.36 4.36 4.36

[regal grove]

is 4.25 capped good for ucsb, ucsd, uci

[warm burrow]

yeah

[bitter zephyr]

that's where EC's come in but numbers always trump EC's first pass

[regal torrent]

how about essays

[warm burrow]

i heard apparently

[regal torrent]

my ec's aren't as flashy and that makes me concerned

[bitter zephyr]

if your numbers are good, they look at your EC's and Essays

otherwise, gg unless something saves you

[bitter zephyr]

can't say

[regal grove]

is it bad i didnt fill out all 20

[kind kestrel]

so like

[regal grove]

i only filled out 10 i think

[bitter zephyr]

No

Quality of EC's also matter

[kind kestrel]

my gpa is good but it’s not that rigorous

[bitter zephyr]

Quality > Quantity

[regal torrent]

i filled like 5, my ec section is almost a lost cause

[regal grove]

some of my ec's are generic

like cluvs

but i also have good ones too

[bitter zephyr]

I had super generic EC's too

and the good ones help you shine

that's where the essays may save you

[regal grove]

idk how good my piqs are

i honestly forgot what i wrote already lol

[snow creek]

i’m not getting in

LMAO

[kind kestrel]

so like i only took ap chem and pre cal honors in junior year but that’s rlly it for my UC gpa

[bitter zephyr]

if you have a high gpa relative to your school, you're good

[regal grove]

idk i have a small sliver of hope

my major has a 13% acceptance rate

[snow creek]

idk what my major has

[regal grove]

greater than their overall 8% acceptance rate

[snow creek]

is there a place i can check

[regal grove]

r u in engi

[snow creek]

no not for ucla

[regal grove]

i have data for engi majors

then idk

[snow creek]

crap!

[regal torrent]

really eet eez what eet eez
there's nothing i can do now to change my outcomes

[bitter zephyr]

honestly, good luck(not sarcastic, I'm genuinely saying good luck)

[regal grove]

but what is ur major plab

[hardy edge]

ong just pray

[bitter zephyr]

that should be your attitude at this point of time

[kind kestrel]

[bitter zephyr]

there's really nothing you can change after you submit your app

[hardy edge]

i screwed myself over by taking the ibdp tbh

[regal grove]

if i am waitlisted,

[hardy edge]

but yeah

it is what it is

[regal grove]

do good sem 1 grades carry you

[bitter zephyr]

my friends took IB and they hated it lol

[regal grove]

cuz sem2 is useless

[kind kestrel]

dude i thought ap classes were hard

[bitter zephyr]

unless you got waitlisted, no

[hardy edge]

dp is actually useless

the extra coursework adds nothing to your app

[kind kestrel]

but i’m taking 3 this year and they easy af

[regal grove]

yeah i said that above

[hardy edge]

rather just do a shit ton of ap instead

[bitter zephyr]

oh well, probably for UC Berkeley

the other UC's don't ask for Sem1 grades

[regal grove]

idc about cal

what

[regal grove]

davis asked

[bitter zephyr]

oh they did?

well submit them then

[regal grove]

yep

and they asked me to predict sem2 grades

[bitter zephyr]

good grades help your application

[regal torrent]

i already nabbed ucr and my local sdsu so really i'm safe, i have somewhere to go

[bitter zephyr]

ok Sem2 is useless

[late zinc]

when did sdsu come out

[bitter zephyr]

you could theoretically BS your sem2 grades

[regal torrent]

sometime in january for high stats

[hardy edge]

do ucs pit you against people from your hs even if youre intl

[bitter zephyr]

I think Intl works differently

though idk

I worked in the AO's office for in state admissions

[late zinc]

nice what major? i got in as bioengineering

[bitter zephyr]

though I wasn't an application reader

[regal torrent]

computer engineering, my first choice :)

[late zinc]

W

[bitter zephyr]

SDSU is great

all the UCSD students go there for frat parties cause we don't have any here

[hardy edge]

oh damn

[late zinc]

im scared for sdsu heard their mechanical engineering is hard to get into

[regal torrent]

i wonder if ucr read my essays at all, they probably just saw my gpa and were like yep we'll take him

[regal grove]

how much time do they spend per app

[bitter zephyr]

looking at my file, they took approximately 10 minutes a read

[primal meteor]

Do UCs care about ecs relating to your major?

[regal grove]

but two readers right

so 20 mins

[hardy edge]

it helps yeah

[bitter zephyr]

yeah

that's how SD did it

[regal grove]

i want ucsd the most

maybe ucla more

[bitter zephyr]

2 readers come in and read your application and score your application out of 5 points

[primal meteor]

I took a free 3 month long graduate level course in my major by duke so idk if that helps

[sterile saffron]

looking at your file?

[regal grove]

admissions file

[bitter zephyr]

yeah I got to read my admissions file

[sterile saffron]

oh fr? how?

thats cool

[bitter zephyr]

FERPA request

[sterile saffron]

ah

[bitter zephyr]

you can submit one after committing to your university

[regal grove]

what percent of people get regents at ucsd

[bitter zephyr]

I don't have access to that info

but I estimate around 5% maybe

[rare carbon]

Ugh I wants regents so bad for that priority course registration

😩

[bitter zephyr]

it really doesn't help you that much lol

you could send in a crap ton of AP credits and that'll improve your standing

[rare carbon]

Oh is that how it works

[bitter zephyr]

I sent in like 50 AP credits and that made me sophomore standing in my freshman year

[rare carbon]

I have an igetc completed

As an incoming freshman

It would make me junior standing

[bitter zephyr]

how do you have igetc if you're a freshman?

isn't that for transfers

[rare carbon]

I have taken 15 courses at community college

Yeah

But you can fill it out whenever

[bitter zephyr]

How tf

[regal torrent]

ok i can't be in this chat anymore my blood pressure is rising

[rare carbon]

Ucsd is the only college that doesn’t accept igetc for freshman

So they’ll just individually transfer my courses

But bc of that I need my major reqs

[bitter zephyr]

yeah you should leave

@rare carbon are you planning on graduating early? like in 2-3 years?

[rare carbon]

sorry for interrupting the convo

[rare carbon]

Yeah

[bitter zephyr]

you seem to have pretty much finished your GE's before you came

what major are you looking for?

[rare carbon]

My ges are done

[bitter zephyr]

damn

[rare carbon]

I’m data sci

[bitter zephyr]

I had 2 GE requirements left when I came into SD

[rare carbon]

I was probably gonna extend to do 3 years and do part time both 2nd and 3rd

[bitter zephyr]

[rare carbon]

So I can keep my student status

For internships

[bitter zephyr]

though tbh one of my GE classes was fun af

SIO50

[rare carbon]

Which college are you?

[bitter zephyr]

Sixth

[rare carbon]

Oooh

That was my first choice

[bitter zephyr]

yeah that was mine too

[regal grove]

what do the different college numbers mean

different majors?

[rare carbon]

What’s your major?

[bitter zephyr]

they're just names lol

[regal grove]

cuz i thought engi college was called jacob

[bitter zephyr]

ChemE

[rare carbon]

Those are schools

At ucsd

[rare carbon]

Dang I could never

[bitter zephyr]

Colleges are basically your dormitories

[rare carbon]

Chemistry stuff is for smart people

[bitter zephyr]

There's not much chemistry in ChemE lol

it's 99% Physics

0.5% Computing

[rare carbon]

Oh

[bitter zephyr]

0.5% other stuff

[rare carbon]

Still for smart people

[bitter zephyr]

the only Chemistry you need is like Organic Chem

[regal grove]

why is it called chemical engineering then

[rare carbon]

What do you plan on doing after grad

OCHEM?

hell nah

You’ll never catch me there

[bitter zephyr]

mostly cause we try to design processes to send chemicals through pipes and heat exchangers

[bitter zephyr]

you only need OChem cause you're working with chemicals like Benzene and you need to know their properties lol

Ochem wasn't actually that bad for me

I had a legendary professor

you really don't need Ochem in practice but it was a major requirement for me so I took it

[bitter zephyr]

Probably work for a bit and then get an MBA

I want to work in Investment Banking/Consulting

Not really interested in continuing Chemical Engineering for a long time

[rare carbon]

Mmm

That’s cool

[sterile horizon]

Ucla better be next Friday

[sterile saffron]

so irvine, sd AND la are all next week? 😭

[quiet night]

In practice ochem is cool

Like if you want to do drug development

[sterile horizon]

Maybe

[bitter zephyr]

yeah I guess

[sterile horizon]

Irvine didn’t do honors yesterday though

But realistically a two week gap between cal and all other uc?

Was there a two week gap last year?

[bitter zephyr]

UC's release whenever they feel like it

don't think much about decision dates

you'll get your decision when you get your decision

[sterile horizon]

😭

That’s straight up pain then

[west sorrel]

Do all UC waitlists ask for senior year fall/spring grades?

[regal grove]

fall

only

spring as long as nothing below a c they dont care

[bitter zephyr]

not all UC waitlists ask for grades

the ones that do ask for fall

[stray apex]

davis was a interesting one this year

[hearty dagger]

Has anyone gotten regents from Davis?

Do they send with admissions?

[jagged wind]

it comes out with admissions according to those who got it

[jagged wind]

fr

[sterile oak]

when do ucs release

[eager violet]

Yes

[calm atlas]

since this year's march has 5 fridays, i feel like ucla will push off decisions until the 24th

hopefully not

march is speeding by

[vestal turret]

yo guys j wanted to ask if anyone has any idea like around the time the ucla, sd, and I come out

like an estimate

cuz obviously there inst any official date

[zealous sinew]

3-5 pm PST

[vestal turret]

ty bro

oh and do all ucs come out on fridays?

[west sorrel]

No

Sc come on a Monday and SB will come Tuesday march 21

[night mortar]

ucla arts said after 6pm pst

on their webbsite

[hollow vigil]

it does :000

[hollow vigil]

thank you alicia :3

[night mortar]

<33

[sterile horizon]

Noooooooooo I wish not

[vernal sail]

do anyone know when UCI and UCSD come out?

[bitter zephyr]

no

[vernal sail]

[real rock]

i see its bell tower or sth lol

i prob just got rejected from Davis cuz international :>

[gilded scroll]

r uci, ucsd, and ucla all expected to come out at the same time on the 17th?

[whole musk]

Last year they came out all at different times

3:30 ish for UCI, 4:30 UCSD, 5 ish for UCLA

[red beacon]

Pst right?

[stray apex]

[round herald]

I still don’t think I’ve set up my ucla portal-

[regal torrent]

there is no setup process

you log in with your uc id

[round herald]

Oh damn really?

[high shale]

Are all the UCs out today

[gilded scroll]

No

[cyan moon]

UCLA LET ME IN

[regal torrent]

UC(literally anywhere) LET ME IN

[sterile horizon]

Last year didn’t Irvine and La portal crash for many hours

Or it was hard to check

[west sorrel]

Lmfao UCSC mail sent admitted students a slug headgear 😂😂

[quiet night]

ain't no way

next UCD is going to send us milk 💀

[hearty dagger]

For real?

Send a pic!

[regal grove]

Wait will admitted waitlisted kids get mail merch too

[quiet night]

you get mail merch?

[eager violet]

davis needs to send me a croissant

[quiet night]

I need milk from davis

[eager violet]

i will take a live cow as well

if either of these requirements are fulfilled i will instantly commit

[hearty dagger]

I really want banana slug headgear

[paper arrow]

did ucr send rejects and wl already

[hearty dagger]

Idek what banana slug headgear is

[eager violet]

i think ucr is still rolling

[regal grove]

Davis i didn’t get sc decision yet

[quiet night]

how long does it take to get the merch from davis?

[eager violet]

i wish

[vestal plume]

^

wtf is slug headgear

[hearty dagger]

I really want to know

[stray apex]

la irvine sd next week

im hella nervous

[pearl dragon]

it's like one of those burger king paper crowns except in the shape of a slug

[west sorrel]

💀💀

[stray apex]

💀

i havent heard anything from sc yet

they dont want me as a banana slug

😭

[hearty dagger]

In my brain I was envisioning one made out of plush

However, I still want one

[dense flare]

Same bro

Last year the big batch came out on march 15

[stray apex]

we'll see

[eager violet]

slime crown

[tender elm]

i was apart of that last batch

keep the faith guys

[hearty dagger]

@tender elm did you get into Irvine and sb?

[tender elm]

nope

hard reject

[hearty dagger]

Damn

[stray apex]

ucs r randomm

[dense flare]

yeah

[atomic igloo]

Has sb come out?

[dense flare]

21st I believe

[regal grove]

What was ur uc gpa

[tender elm]

\

idk if this is right

someone else here calculated this for me when i gave them my transcript

[vestal plume]

how do you get 22 as each semester

[vestal plume]

omg it's kinda cute though

i'd wear it

[calm atlas]

what major did u apply？

[tender elm]

disciplinary action

[vestal plume]

hard reject vs soft reject 😭

[dense flare]

nvm

[west sorrel]

I think like waitlist then reject is like soft reject

[odd yacht]

i did some research on this bc this happened to my friend too

apparently davis and ucla r 2 of the notable schools who do yield protection

(of out the uc system at least)

[thorny path]

isnt ucla acceptance rate like <10

[odd yacht]

which means they waitlist or reject applicants they think who will get higher schools to accept them

[odd yacht]

yes it’s 9%

[regal torrent]

imo it's still not yield protection, it's just vibes and shit

how your reader was feeling that day, etc

[tender elm]

As Firestar said.. "They do not yield protect but they yield control"

[rare carbon]

Why the hell would ucla yield protect

[odd yacht]

tru but that’s like all schools

[thorny path]

which higher universities would they be worried about 😭

[rare carbon]

I’m sorry but what did I just read

[odd yacht]

maybe bc of volume of applicants

[rare carbon]

????

[regal torrent]

yield protection is about more than just denying overqualified students
it could come down to where you live, your ability to pay, etc

[rare carbon]

What does that even mean?

[odd yacht]

maybe ivies?

wait lemme find the college vine thing i saw

[thorny path]

i feel like the difference in accepted students isnt that crazy between schools like ucla and an ivy league

[odd yacht]

https://blog.collegevine.com/what-is-yield-protection-tufts-syndrome/

🤷

[rare carbon]

This is the most outlandish speculation ever

Ucla is not yield protecting…

End of story

[thorny path]

thsi isn't a good take actually but still

[odd yacht]

well i think the only difference is the fact it’s private so more resources

but to me i think UCLA and ivies r kinda close

🤷

[thorny path]

this article was also published 2019 when the ucla acceptance rate was a little higher

[odd yacht]

tru plus it was pre covid

so we don’t know

[thorny path]

so then it's like saying yale would yield protect against students who might pick harvard