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

[calm atlas]

even the best ppl get rejected

[graceful bay]

yea

[calm atlas]

thats why I didnt apply ca

ca

cs

i applied for math for computation so idk if its much better tbh

lol

W

[worthy tangle]

It’s gonna be the same amount of competition

I think

[vivid vortex]

I applied for physics for both lol

[calm atlas]

maybe but that course is basically pure math + a couple cs course slapped on top

im hoping mainly for my primary major

[worthy tangle]

No cause I’m pretty sure letter of science isn’t a declaration of major. Think they admit by college

[calm atlas]

no they dont

they admit by major

they defo do not

cuz some majors are capped

[wet sandal]

what can i say i j wanna do cs

[calm atlas]

they cant just admit infinite people into cs and no one to math for example

[worthy tangle]

UMD lol

[calm atlas]

whats umd

[worthy tangle]

2. Changing to a high-demand major after arriving at L&S: For students who did not select a high-demand major on their UC Berkeley admissions application, the process for declaring a high-demand major will be through a review, rather than a minimum GPA requirement only. Students will have one opportunity to apply for a high-demand major, and will be required to have an alternate plan to declare a non-high-demand major as a back-up.

Damn

[worthy tangle]

University of Maryland

[calm atlas]

u straight up cant even apply for cs major if u didnt get in theough cs major

lmfao

at least when i checked for berkeley

iirc

[worthy tangle]

Think it’s new policy

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

[calm atlas]

thank god math isnt on that

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[worthy tangle]

It’s a gamble

Rip

[calm atlas]

wtf is media studies

aint no way

public health

[worthy tangle]

Art practice?!?!?

[calm atlas]

bruh

aint no shot

[jade fossil]

This is true

[bitter zephyr]

you really should've chosen an alt major for UCSD and UCSB

[calm atlas]

what is this

[bitter zephyr]

it's not a good idea to apply to those schools without an alt major ESPECIALLY after applying for a capped major for your 1st major and ESPECIALLY after your 1st is CS

[calm atlas]

WHAT IS THIS

YO

ay

[jade fossil]

it's from 2 years ago lol

I can't see my decision letter anymore tho so I can't send

[calm atlas]

oh

lol

[worthy tangle]

Naw man it’s real. I got it too

[rotund socket]

March 19 2021

I wish I was a senior then

[calm atlas]

so

in the morning

when i log in

[tender elm]

who's letter is this... has there full name and addy

[calm atlas]

and it says that

i’m in

otherwise

rejecy

😭

[regal grove]

clearly its joseph's letter benz

[round herald]

Someone else posted it too lmao everyone pretending to be the same person

Joseph is so many people

[tender elm]

lmao L to Joseph

[wet sandal]

its fine i got into umd already

its ez to declare cs there so thats my backup

[bitter zephyr]

[tender elm]

lmao

no alt is crazy

[worthy tangle]

idk its the same one that a guy before me posted

[vernal agate]

How’s undeclared engineering to Mech E for UCSD?

[frail trail]

do we know what time the decisions come out tmrw

[vernal agate]

If it’s chill, seems like the move ngl for an alternate

[bitter zephyr]

I don't think we have Undeclared Engineering at UCSD

[rotund socket]

I'm going 0/5 tmrw

I can feel it

[bitter zephyr]

it's either you get in to the School of Engineering in either your major or alt Engineering major or you get in undeclared

if none of the above, you get waitlisted and if you have really horrible luck, rejection

[regal grove]

if u get rejected it means the ao did not like you

[bitter zephyr]

Hard luck

[regal grove]

u said it was 75-80% stats

the rest luck

[bitter zephyr]

yeah

[regal grove]

so its mostly stats and essay that cause the rejection

[bitter zephyr]

well your stats affect how much luck you have in the admissions process

[vernal agate]

Yeah that sounds right

[bitter zephyr]

higher stats= more likely you get in

[vernal agate]

If your stats aren’t good enough, you’ll get waitlisted

[regal grove]

how does stats affect luck.

[vernal agate]

If not good enoug, rejection

[regal grove]

luck is basically if the ao clicks with u

[bitter zephyr]

but there's also a 99% chance that there's someone else who matches your stats

[regal grove]

and the mood they are in

[vernal agate]

Essays mean nothing

[regal grove]

nah

[vernal agate]

Typically for ucsd

[bitter zephyr]

yeah that's true

[regal grove]

piq is super important

[wet sandal]

huh

they do

[vernal agate]

They mean not as much as your stats

[bitter zephyr]

I looked over my applicant file and I saw how the AO's graded me for my stats

one AO said I have high stats

[regal grove]

they are equal

[bitter zephyr]

and the other said I had average stats

[regal grove]

both are marked as very important on the cds

gpa and essay

[bitter zephyr]

so yeah it depends on AO mood too

[vernal agate]

Yeah, I looked at my schools and some other universities

[wet sandal]

what were ur stats

[regal grove]

and which ao u get

i am sure some ao are easier than others

[vernal agate]

It looked like a fine line where each acceptance/waitlist/rejection is based off of gpa

[bitter zephyr]

well I can't give you names cause I never got names either

[regal grove]

@bitter zephyr is it true ucsd first admits to the college itself

[wet sandal]

this must be false bc ppl choose different majors

[bitter zephyr]

4.16 UC GPA, 1500 SAT/35 ACT

[bitter zephyr]

it's true

[regal grove]

3 years ago was a lot less easier than now

now is super hard

[humble flare]

How do u know ur UC gpa?

[bitter zephyr]

Rogerhub calculator

[bitter zephyr]

it's harder now compared to then lol

[vernal agate]

Mine was 4.33

[regal grove]

that is what i said

[vernal agate]

Got watislited for Mech E

[bitter zephyr]

back then, if your grades were average, you could get carried by your SAT/ACT

[regal grove]

davis?

[vernal agate]

UCSD

[regal grove]

is 4.25 good for ucsd

[humble flare]

Davis came out?

[regal grove]

i think mine is a 4.25

[vestal plume]

a while ago

[regal grove]

a long time ago

[humble flare]

Oh

[covert sorrel]

brother where have you been

[humble flare]

I meant UCSD

[vestal plume]

i actually got my davis acceptance package today!

[wet sandal]

uc gpa is scuffed bc it depends on ur schools courseload

[kind kestrel]

what u mean

[kind kestrel]

ucsd ain’t davis dawg

[humble flare]

did it come out yet?

[vestal plume]

no

[wet sandal]

tmrw probably

[humble flare]

Oh he said ucsd

[humble flare]

Yea mb

[covert sorrel]

oh that's p fast

surprising

[kind kestrel]

[covert sorrel]

do all ucs send packages that fast orrr

[vestal plume]

i haven't gotten my ucr/ucm package :/

davis was just really fast for some reason

[regal grove]

u live in sc right

[vestal plume]

huh

no bay area

[vernal agate]

I didn’t get anything for UCR iirc

[vestal plume]

damn

[regal grove]

sc is bay area

is it not

[vestal plume]

i don't really count it as bay area

[regal grove]

cuz u said u lived near the ocean i remember

[sterile horizon]

Man if I don’t make it into ucla tmr it’s going to hurt me so much. I’ve sacrificed so much during my hs hoping get in

[regal grove]

so i just guess sc

[vernal agate]

Davis > UCR cuz you get stickers

[vestal plume]

i do but not sc

no 💀

[vernal agate]

UCSF is the only good UC

change my mind

I should get a ucsf hoodie

The name is catchy

[rotund socket]

Me with anything tmrw

Waitlisted davis

Ucsc

Rejected

Udub

Motre dame

Stanford

Thinks aren't looking good bois

[regal grove]

what will u do if u get into ucla

nacho

[rotund socket]

I wont

I won't get in

💀 🔫

[regal grove]

bro at it again

[rotund socket]

I'm 1/2/3 rn

[regal grove]

r u stuck in a loop

[quiet night]

Hour till HMC

[regal grove]

tf is hmc

[quiet night]

Harvey mudd

[regal grove]

how

[quiet night]

Ye

[regal grove]

it has an ok acceptance rate

[bitter zephyr]

Depends on your other applications and how well you did relative to your school/region

[regal grove]

30% right

[quiet night]

It's like 10%

[rugged cliff]

i have a weird worry - i got into davis, but so many people have said things like "i got rejected/waitlisted at davis but got into berkeley/ucla/ucsd etc" to reassure people to not to use davis as a metric for getting into the other higher ucs, but now i've been thinking..what if davis is the highest uc i get into? i would be fine going there but i have my heart set on ucla or ucsd and idk i think i'm just insecure that my app is not good enough 😭

[regal grove]

is the data on this website accurate https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/admissions-source-school

cuz the max capped gpa is 4.33

so i dont get how there is gpa > 4.33

i only got 2 B and now my uc gpa is meh

this capping is nonsense

[bitter zephyr]

Yes

[worthy tangle]

would UCs care much abt my spanish grades if im going into engineering? I took extra math classes to try to cancel it out

[bitter zephyr]

Not really

[regal grove]

am screwed with a 4.25 gpa then

[jade fossil]

stop worrying about gpa bruh its too late

[calm atlas]

you can always be below average

[jade fossil]

i got in with a bottom 25% gpa

yeah

lol

it all depends on your school, your opportunities, etc

[regal grove]

they compare u to ur school

[bitter zephyr]

Well those GPAs are assuming all majors

[regal grove]

yes my school is full of nerds

[regal grove]

i applied engineering

[calm atlas]

💀

[regal grove]

so more screwed

[bitter zephyr]

Engineering may require higher GPAs

[fresh sigil]

Well no result today ig

[regal grove]

is the max capped not 4.33

[bright frigate]

isnt it going to be tomorrow

[compact rose]

Think it’s only for people who weren’t born in CA

Smth like that

[frail trail]

this is also a bit of a concern I have

[rugged cliff]

://

like don't get me wrong i'm glad i got accepted but why do so many people get rejected/waitlisted from davis but get into cal or ucla

[frail trail]

could it be yield protection?

[rugged cliff]

yeah that's what i was thinking but that's why i'm worried now

was i not yield protected bc maybe they think i won't get into berkeley/la?

[frail trail]

yeah thats what im stressin about

also my UC GPA is lower than I thought

[regal grove]

no

davis has been random this year

[frail trail]

do we include senior year 1st semester grades in the UC GPA calculation

[frail trail]

rip

[calm atlas]

I don’t think they have that data unless they send you one of the augmented review forms

[regal grove]

only if waitlisted will they be considered

[frail trail]

shiiit then my UC gpa is like way way lower than I thought

is 3.9 still acceptable for most of them if i'm applying to eng

[worthy tangle]

weighted?

[frail trail]

weighted its like 3.93 cuz I've got 4 or 5 AP classes and all of them are in senior year except 1

[worthy tangle]

what school tho

[regal grove]

w or uw

[frail trail]

unweighted

[frail trail]

like which UC?

[regal grove]

i think that should be fine

[worthy tangle]

ye

[frail trail]

i applied to cal, UCLA, davis (accepted), UCSD, and UCI

[worthy tangle]

bruh why do ppl not apply SB

[frail trail]

ngl I kinda wish I had switched out davis for SB but eh

i can't go to any of them anyway cuz I'm international and shits expensive

[worthy tangle]

fax 75k is insanity

[frail trail]

i just want to see if im qualified lol

ong

[worthy tangle]

im just here to lower the yield rate

unless i get into cal or ucla

which is not happening

[frail trail]

yeppp

[worthy tangle]

lowkey might pay 75k for SD CS

[frail trail]

nah man i'd rather just stay here in canada

our eng schools are still solid

[worthy tangle]

idk if UC CS is worth it anymore considering there more jobs on the east coast...

and half the prestige comes from location

[frail trail]

honestly I haven't even started thinking about where i'd go, I just want to get in for now lol

[paper arrow]

is it weird i still havent heard from ucr

[wet sandal]

idk where u got this from lol

[worthy tangle]

forbes

lul

[tender elm]

no

[vestal plume]

employers may take note if you graduated from a prestigious school but they also don't give that much of a shit

[wise cypress]

Undergrad schools realllyyy don’t matter that much

[sly sluice]

wait so is 4.31 UC GPA good or nah 😭

[wet sandal]

for tech companies they dont care lol

[tender elm]

if we listened to forbes, UCSD would be a T20

[vestal plume]

^

ucsd would be a t10

tbh

[wet sandal]

tech companies need ppl with skill not some fancy school name on their resume

[tender elm]

They ranked ucsd #17
https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/

[wet sandal]

theres people at ucsd that r 10x better at cs than ppl at harvard

[vestal plume]

crazy

idk my uc gpa tbh

[cyan moon]

UCSD ISNT IN SAN DIEGO??????

WHAT?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[tender elm]

no

its in la jolla

[cyan moon]

What is going on here man

[worthy tangle]

i'd agree with that seeing as it's prob grad school

[cyan moon]

Its all a lie

[tender elm]

it doesnt even specify

forbes moment

[regal grove]

la jolla is a community tho

[tender elm]

i visited the chancellors house the other day

its right by the beach

[worthy tangle]

"We chose doctoral research universities, master’s universities and colleges and baccalaureate colleges, as well as colleges that offered specialized programs in engineering, business and art."

[regal grove]

it is in san diego if u look at google maps

[worthy tangle]

idk

[quiet night]

half an hour until harvey mudd

[tender elm]

lmao

u deleted the first part of that tho

To put together Forbes 2022 Top Colleges list, we started with a list of U.S. colleges that educate undergraduates according to their Carnegie Classification—a higher education framework that categorizes institutions based on the types of degrees they offer, their research output and specialty focus.

We chose doctoral research universities, master’s universities and colleges and baccalaureate colleges, as well as colleges that offered specialized programs in engineering, business and art.

[vestal plume]

did you apply?

[worthy tangle]

they started with it. no biggie

[tender elm]

hahaha

[worthy tangle]

doesnt mean it factored into their calculations

[tender elm]

yea its cool

[quiet night]

ye

[warm canyon]

Good luck everyone!

[vestal plume]

good luck!

[worthy tangle]

I WILL NOT STAND FOR FORBES SLANDER

[tender elm]

gl

why we talking ab HMU in the UC Mega

[quiet night]

they ranked harvard lower than northwestern lmao

[tender elm]

checks out

[quiet night]

thread is closed

here I'll ask them to open it

[west badger]

is harvey out alr

[quiet night]

in 20 minutes

[west badger]

o

okie

[dusky pollen]

I think Harvey Mudd will set my mood for tomorrow lol

[west badger]

quite literally

[dusky pollen]

I don’t think I can take it if I catch 6 straight Ls this week alone

[west badger]

wait which 6

3 uc 1 jhu

1hmu

[dusky pollen]

MIT (reject) Harvey Mudd UCLA UCI UCSD swarthmore for me

[west badger]

oo ok

i was just making sure im not missing any echools

[dusky pollen]

did you do jhu?

[west badger]

mhmm

lol

[still snow]

when did jhu come out??

[dusky pollen]

good luck!

supposed to be Friday right?

[still snow]

oh okay good

thought it already had for a sec

[west badger]

yea lol

[still snow]

thank u

[tawny geyser]

UCs are out today right

[dusky pollen]

Tomorrow

[dusky pollen]

Not confirmed 100% though but most people think it’s tomorrow

[tawny geyser]

Right yea

[quiet night]

tomorrow

[tawny geyser]

Right do they release it at like 4:00 pst

[limber magnet]

they emailed the exact time

[quiet night]

3 I think

[inland osprey]

holy shit

did anyone apply to colorado college

i applied there for free application fee

[stiff scaffold]

Gl for tmr yall

[inland osprey]

thank you you too!

[stiff scaffold]

nah

[inland osprey]

broooo

[stiff scaffold]

🙏

[inland osprey]

they giving me a free flight

holy shit

[stiff scaffold]

WOWWWWW

[inland osprey]

am i gonna go to the college? no! am i gonna go on a free flight? HELL YEAH

[stiff scaffold]

That is interesting

[inland osprey]

yeah

its also 10% acceptance rate

[stiff scaffold]

That is amazing tho, have fun 🙂

[inland osprey]

which is interesting

thank you!

[stiff scaffold]

😮 Congratulations on getting in! 🥳

[young onyx]

sounds abt right

[quiet night]

well that decision was fun

anyways now onto the useful ones tomm

[inland osprey]

thanks

[inland osprey]

LMFAO

wait so tmw at 7 pm est is ucla right

[quiet night]

maybe

[inland osprey]

ok

[flat storm]

what did Forbes state? 😭

[tender elm]

wdym

they listed ucsd as #17

[flat storm]

yeah I just checked

[lucid scaffold]

is ucla coming out tmr?

[dusky pollen]

Lol that mudd decision was fun

😭😭😭 setting the mood for tomorrow

Idk why but I legit felt so confident at the start of applications season

But now it’s like my confidence is completely crushed

[pale dust]

yess

[twin root]

Is ucr good for mechanical engineering

[pale dust]

i think it does from what i’ve seen

[calm atlas]

saw this in the ucla channel

idk either way i don't want to wait another week

HAND ME MY REJECTION

[pale dust]

took a tour and it looks like it’s a really good major

do a lot of people apply for desma at ucla?

i just wanna know the stats

i’m rlly tryna go there it’s been my dream school for years

[tawny geyser]

Demsa?

I think I applied to business economics or smth

[jade fossil]

desma

yes

design | media arts

[lethal quarry]

Harvard at 15 is crazy

[tawny geyser]

Qs is probably the best ranking system

[late zinc]

what site is that

[tawny geyser]

https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2023

[young onyx]

yeah it factors a lot into it

most objective is probably academic ranking of world universities

[tawny geyser]

congrats

[tawny geyser]

mhm yea i think so

i personally think that university rankings should be based on three things

1. Academics (Faculty, Results of Admitted Students)
2. Employment (Average Wage, How accessible jobs are)
3. Benefits (Campus Resources)

[vestal plume]

woah!!!

[meager wren]

so is UCI, UCla and UCSD out tmr

[sharp orchid]

basically im making a decisions reaction video (Below is the crazy time line lmfao) but I don’t wana make a cronge stats video. So I modified my already existing private notion page, ease

2. Im an a2c member, what do u expect

[meager wren]

wtfff

there's so much going on there

what program is it

[sharp orchid]

davinci resolve 18

[vestal plume]

ur gonna have the most detailed r/collegeresults post ever

[grand bloom]

now I have 12k per year total. is that the max amount?

for an intl student

[vestal plume]

getting any scholarship is crazy as an intl tbh

i didn't know UCs even gave them out to intl students

[meager wren]

yeah same

[autumn trellis]

what time do the UC's come out tomorrow

[sharp orchid]

Nah I ain’t gonna post shot there

[karmic meteor]

I got into UCSC for CS with regents. Is that a bad sign because a lower UC admitted me instead of yield protecting

[sharp orchid]

fr ^^

[autumn trellis]

from what I remember, none of the UC's yield protect

[sharp orchid]

UC decisions are unrelated and random

[vestal plume]

i doubt it 💀 plus you got regents

[karmic meteor]

But shouldn’t they have waitlisted me

[stray apex]

💀

[vestal plume]

why would they waitlist you

bruh

regents means they really want you, no?

[autumn trellis]

no, these decisions are random. You did well, and got in, this should be a good thing

[karmic meteor]

Same thing happened for UC Davis

I got in but idk if it’s good sign

[vestal plume]

that's bc everyone is coping with their davis waitlist

[sharp orchid]

the two type of a2cers:

1. Shit I got rejected
2. Shit I got accepted

[vestal plume]

3. shit i got waitlisted/deferred

[sharp orchid]

the one true “shit”

[karmic meteor]

I thought that lower UCs waitlist you if they think you’ll go to a better UC. So this is a bad sign since AOs think I’m not good right?

[tawny geyser]

kinda factors into #1

thats pretty much a rejection

[vestal plume]

i don't think they've ever said they do that

[autumn trellis]

you getting into one UC, doesn't indicate you getting accepted/rejected or waitlisted from any other uc. The Uc decisions are independent.

[vestal plume]

let me cope

[regal torrent]

last year's release times, approximated
uci 3:30pm, ucsd 4:25pm, ucla 5:02pm

[vestal plume]

the a2c/cc parent mfer who was looking at the portal at 5:02 pm

[autumn trellis]

thank you

[karmic meteor]

I may be overthinking it

Whatever we’ll see tmrw

[sharp orchid]

lmfaoo

[steel ingot]

Do these schools send an email ahead saying that they will send out decisions later that day

[vestal plume]

usually not

[sharp orchid]

note

[vestal plume]

they like being quirky and spontaneous

[sharp orchid]

*nope

[whole musk]

i just know irvine and sd just sends you an email saying portal update

[steel ingot]

Imma die

[vestal plume]

me

[karmic meteor]

UCLA portal is so terribly designed

[dusky pollen]

Wait so does the decision just come out in the email text or do you actually need to check the portal? For UCLA

thinking portal right?

[vestal plume]

when their portal info showed up in my spam 💀

[steel ingot]

I was chillin earlier this week but now I’m getting so anxious ahhh

[vestal plume]

i think the email also comes out later, so you should probably check the portal first regardless

[whole musk]

yeah i hate logging into their portal

like they don't even save the info

[dusky pollen]

Ahh, got it, thanks

[whole musk]

have to look back at my uc application id every time

[rotund socket]

Davis waitlist is fine

Davis admits hella from waitlist

[sharp orchid]

true

they have a low yield so waitlist admit is high

[vestal plume]

vijit are you committed to ucd?

[sharp orchid]

not yet

but as an intl a better offer is impossible

I hope I can take back my words by april lmao

[autumn trellis]

You never know!

[sharp orchid]

but I doubt it

[sharp orchid]

thank you :)

lets see haha

[vestal plume]

i think you'll like davis

[sharp orchid]

i do like it

[vestal plume]

that's probably where i'll go unless i get accepted by other ucs

[sharp orchid]

which is why Im not so stressed about rejections now

same

[tawny geyser]

Im intl as well

[limber magnet]

Fr when u get a school ur happy with the rest of ur decisions r so much less stress

[meager wren]

that's what i thought too

[tawny geyser]

Hm im not sure

[whole musk]

so i thought but still worried for tomorrow

[karmic meteor]

Great imma go cry

[sharp orchid]

fr fr

[tawny geyser]

my school university counsellor is an AO

[sharp orchid]

cuz atleast ur going somewhere yk

[tawny geyser]

for UCLA and i shouldve checked in with her

[tawny geyser]

this is true

[limber magnet]

I’m def nervous for tmr but nothing compared to my friends who haven’t gotten in to a place they’re happy with

[rotund socket]

Wish I was oos

[sharp orchid]

me with @rotund socket

[limber magnet]

Why?? 💀

[rotund socket]

Irvine could be free

[sharp orchid]

idek know @rotund socket that well but feel their misery

😭😭

[rotund socket]

Irvine oos is like 70%

[whole musk]

yeah true that

[karmic meteor]

Lol all my UCs are free cuz of 0 EFC

[karmic forum]

what ucs are coming out today/tomorrow ish

[whole musk]

la sd irvine

[limber magnet]

Some tmr hypothetically

[karmic meteor]

After that only UCSB and UCB left right

[whole musk]

yea

[limber magnet]

Oh I read that wrong 💀

[karmic forum]

ucb on the 24th?

[karmic meteor]

30th I thought

[tawny geyser]

how is ucla these days

[wide bramble]

originally i thought being first gen means i have a high chance no matter what, guess im wrong. i rly hope ucla, uci or ucsd pulls through tmr

[tawny geyser]

i heard that their reputation has been declining

[whole musk]

berkeley 30th

[karmic forum]

i hate logging into the ucla portal

[limber magnet]

Haven’t heard about that

[whole musk]

doubt that

[limber magnet]

Real

[vestal plume]

don't they have the lowest acceptance rate out of all the UCs 💀

[sharp orchid]

agreed

[whole musk]

la has the most apps of all the UCs

and the lowest admit rate i think

[tawny geyser]

thats ucb iirc

[vestal plume]

no ucla

[tawny geyser]

its aids for sure

[vestal plume]

bruh

[tawny geyser]

i dont think the acceptance is a good indicator

varies amongst regions as well

and you have to consider the ability of applicants

[vestal plume]

avg a2cer

[tawny geyser]

UCB had much higher averages iirc.

[karmic forum]

what type of login system asks for application id, last name, and city of birth as user names and passwords lmao

[meager wren]

HAHAHHAHA

fr

[whole musk]

lmao

birthday as well

[karmic forum]

literally gotta scroll through my emails to find my uc application id again

[regal torrent]

nervously checking it so many times i have it memorized

[vestal plume]

thats a talent

[sharp orchid]

bro

[meager wren]

fr

[sharp orchid]

add that to ur extracurriculars or smth

how tf u remember that

[regal torrent]

well it has a lot of 4's in it

[vestal plume]

award: insane memory 🔥 🔥 - practiced by neurotically logging into each of my UC portals 17 times daily for 3 weeks

[regal torrent]

in reality i set up my password manager to autofill all of them

[sharp orchid]

i didn’t know its detected as a password field on the ucla app

[karmic forum]

anyone else here ever wonder if they check how many times you logged in and when to estimate "demonstrated interest" 💀

[tawny geyser]

ikr lmfao

[tawny geyser]

my counsellor says that they track it

[vestal plume]

bro the past two things you have said in here have been not true

[sharp orchid]

then fuck UChicago

[regal torrent]

that's the thing, it's not
i manually configured bitwarden to read the id's and autofill them

[dusky pollen]

Actually??? Maybe I should’ve logged in daily then

[whole musk]

are you guys checking UC decisions tomorrow at home or like somewhere else

[vestal plume]

i'm gonna take everything you say with a grain of salt atp

[tawny geyser]

do you know my counsellor?

[vestal plume]

lol no and i'm not gonna ask

[tawny geyser]

then how do you know that its not true

[vestal plume]

probably at home, are you planning it to do something special?

[meager wren]

bru

[tawny geyser]

my statement is "my counsellor says that they track it" and your response is "the past two things you have said in here have been not true"

[dusky pollen]

Going to do it at home so that I can cry privately

[whole musk]

no but irvine comes out (most likely) less than an hour after school

[rugged cliff]

REAL

[meager wren]

no fear mongering

[whole musk]

so might hang aroudn with peeps and open it

[meager wren]

what time does UCI come out

[vestal plume]

wait what time is irvine speculated to come out?

[rugged cliff]

the past week i've been fine but today i'm insanely nervous

[whole musk]

like 3:30 if you get in

pst

[vestal plume]

oh man

[rugged cliff]

i'm gonna fail my tests tmr bc i can't focus T-T

[meager wren]

3;30 pst...uh

[whole musk]

i have two tests tomorrow 😭

[dusky pollen]

Tomorrow my first UC decisions come out and it’s 3 of them so it’s going to be a lot emotionally for me lmao

[meager wren]

okay so 6am GMT+8

[rugged cliff]

SAME

[regal torrent]

i already failed a test today from my nervousness lol

[meager wren]

anyone know when UCLA or UCSD comes out

time wise

[lethal quarry]

when is UCLA?

[tawny geyser]

damn people are actually nervous about university decisions

[whole musk]

and one's a pop quiz (test) that teacher hasnt told us about

[tawny geyser]

good stuff.

[rugged cliff]

supposedly 5 pm and 4 pm?

pst

[meager wren]

timezone?

ah

[whole musk]

sd is 4 30 and la is 5

[meager wren]

okay wow so fun

[lethal quarry]

😭

8pm est rip

[regal grove]

what order tomorrow?

[meager wren]

time to wake up to three decisions

[regal grove]

i, sd, la?

[whole musk]

yep

[rugged cliff]

yeah i think

[vestal plume]

wait so you don't know what it's gonna be on?? or you found out it was tomorrow (and you weren't supposed to know) 💀

[rugged cliff]

at 3, 4:30 and 5 ig

[karmic forum]

half the nervousness left me after i got accepted to a uni im happy about

[vestal plume]

crying shaking vominting throwing up

[sharp orchid]

Ill wake up at 6am IST, all UC Decisions (if any) of the day should be out by then right?

[meager wren]

this is my first reach school decision so

we'll see

[vestal plume]

same

[tawny geyser]

What are your stats

[karmic meteor]

Imma check those decisions after I get home, school is gonna be hella chaotic tmrw

[tawny geyser]

Anyone taking the IB program here?

[whole musk]

a friend of mine who wasn't going to be there for tomorrow talked to teacher and i overheard her saying "oh there's going to be an exam that day"

she never said anything in class

[meager wren]

whether i get in or not decides how i'll feel for the rest of the month

[vestal plume]

my school was buzzing over mit

i can't imagine tomorrow

[whole musk]

so

[vestal plume]

insider info 💪 good luck!

[rugged cliff]

this asjfashfjkashdahs

[whole musk]

don't even know how to study 😭

[rugged cliff]

march sucks

[dusky pollen]

I am

[whole musk]

and i have a decision coming in that class

gg

[tawny geyser]

Oh same hows it going right now

are you M23 or N23

[meager wren]

i have two tests before ivy day >:(

[dusky pollen]

M

Hbu?

[dusky pollen]

1.5 IAs left but other than that done with everything

[karmic meteor]

Lol my friend got into MIT in my school and made sure to constantly call and talk to me to gloat about it (I didn’t get in). Things got pretty toxic

[tawny geyser]

IAs ah

[sharp orchid]

I have my last ever HS exam on 23rd lol

[tawny geyser]

Same

[hardy edge]

yo

[tawny geyser]

Hows it going

[sharp orchid]

~~but I have APs that I am self testing for in may 💀 ~~

[tawny geyser]

which one?

[vestal plume]

wow that's rude

[dusky pollen]

History needs writing from scratch, bio half done, just need to write analysis

[vestal plume]

esp if they know you didn't get in ☠️

[tawny geyser]

Ah i see

[tawny geyser]

not so much of a friend hm?

lmfao get em to rescind the offer

[karmic meteor]

Yeah it sucks

[rugged cliff]

bro i'm trying to write an essay due tmr but i cannot focus for the life of me i just wanna be let innnn

[vestal plume]

https://tenor.com/view/eric-andre-let-me-wahh-wild-go-gif-13490041

[tawny geyser]

@dusky pollen @hardy edge

are you guys applying for the UCs

im assuming yes

[dusky pollen]

Yes

[tawny geyser]

does your school inform you guys of the averages

you guys have

[hardy edge]

wdym

[tawny geyser]

i.e. your cohort pg

[dusky pollen]

Like rank?

[tawny geyser]

median or mean

[hardy edge]

i have my predicteds yeah

[tawny geyser]

yea

ranking yes

[hardy edge]

wdym median though

we dont do ranking

[tawny geyser]

i.e. the median grade

[dusky pollen]

I haven’t gotten my predicteds yet but I have ranks yeah

I get predicted grades mid April

[tawny geyser]

yea some schools dont give ah

[dusky pollen]

Which is kinda late

[tawny geyser]

what thats so late yea

[hardy edge]

how do you do class ranks in ib though

[tawny geyser]

we got ours in november

[tawny geyser]

we dont have 1

[hardy edge]

the subject difficulties are so wildly different

[hardy edge]

nvm

[tawny geyser]

yea thats true but it kinda compiles

some schools do it

[dusky pollen]

Because we’re not primarily an ib school we just have ib dp available alongside everything else

[tawny geyser]

what are you guys aiming for

in the IB exam

[dusky pollen]

38

[hardy edge]

i got a 42/45 on my mid term

but yeah 38

[tawny geyser]

ah i see

[inland osprey]

oh damn

i dont know anything about ib exams

[tawny geyser]

why the sudden drop

from 42 to 38

?

[hardy edge]

i was predicted a 38 😭

clutched up mid term

but most my unis wont even see it

so rip

[tawny geyser]

ah rip

[red beacon]

43 -> 24

[tawny geyser]

our school pairs our pg up with a percentage mark

[tawny geyser]

pretty big drop

if youre applying icl

[calm atlas]

43 -> 0

[dusky pollen]

I took the ess exam last year already so I already have my score from that but they didn’t give me a predicted for anything else

[tawny geyser]

thats gonna be trouble

[hardy edge]

we just have set thresholds

87%+ is a 7

[red beacon]

not big enough

[tawny geyser]

our math tests are usually around 45/50 for a 7

[hardy edge]

hl?

[red beacon]

also i alr got in

[tawny geyser]

or 50/60 for bigger units

[dusky pollen]

Imperial?

[tawny geyser]

Solid

[dusky pollen]

Congrats if so

[tawny geyser]

nah i do AASL

[hardy edge]

we only get to write the full length 5 hour papers bruh

[dusky pollen]

Actually congrats either way

[hardy edge]

so out of 250 or sum idk

[hardy edge]

W

[lethal quarry]

yeah

[tawny geyser]

Do you guys get school averages

like whats the avg of your cohort

for pg

[red beacon]

ye thanks

[dusky pollen]

Honestly I think some people in my cohort will be lucky to get the diploma 💀

[young onyx]

is this pacific time

[tawny geyser]

ah

the thing about ib is that

we pay a premium for tuition

[whole musk]

yes

[tawny geyser]

i think this applies to most ib schools iirc

[young onyx]

oof I have to wait until 7 then

[tawny geyser]

"the ib open doors"

it better

[rotund socket]

i need 1/3 ucs

cuz all 3 of those r good

id be happy with any of em

[vestal plume]

gl asdf 🙏

[tawny geyser]

i think the good ones are ucla and ucb

wishing you luck

[young onyx]

you too!

[rotund socket]

ucla and ucb are t10

ucsd uci and ucsb are like t30

[inland osprey]

ucla and ucb are t20

[rotund socket]

nah more t10

[whole musk]

it's not t10 lol

[rotund socket]

especially for stem

most ivys arent so great for stem

[whole musk]

for stem maybe

[celest spoke]

In what world

[whole musk]

but mostly when we refer to t20s we're referring to them as an institution as a whole

[regal grove]

in the same world where northeastern is better than northwestern

[celest spoke]

Lmaooo

[rotund socket]

true im just assuming 99% of ppl here are in stem

[inland osprey]

i would kill myself

[celest spoke]

You shouldn’t.

[rotund socket]

aight

well either waty

im fucked

[young onyx]

its >50% fs

[vestal plume]

definitely

[celest spoke]

Oh ya for sure

I’d guess 70% stem

[young onyx]

yeah that sounds right

[inland osprey]

well

ucla is #16 for engineering

[regal grove]

what u majoring in at northwestern

[celest spoke]

Journalism!

[regal grove]

cool

[inland osprey]

uc berkeley is #3 in engineering

[marsh cove]

UCLA tomorrow?

[tawny geyser]

ah you guys do it like that

we just call it t1/t2/t3

[celest spoke]

Just checking this thread since my friends rely on me for everything college-related

[inland osprey]

ucb is #1 for comp sci????

[tawny geyser]

tier 1 = top 10-20, tier 2 = top 30-50, tier 3 = top 100+

[regal grove]

can they not join lol

[tawny geyser]

ucb and ucla are tier 2, ucsd tier 2, the rest t3

for the ucs

[celest spoke]

I made them their college lists, they aren’t the mosttt proactive

[inland osprey]

cmu ucb mit and stanford are somehow ranked #1 for comp sci

[celest spoke]

But they’re also fgli and I like helping

[inland osprey]

for some reason

[regal grove]

💀

u did their list??

[rotund socket]

isnt ucb and stanford tied for comp sci

[celest spoke]

Ya for 4 of my friends (and half-did for 2 more)

[rugged cliff]

yep

[rotund socket]

guys

to make everyone feel better

uc davis waitlisted a standfort admit for comp sci

[regal grove]

omg

[rotund socket]

let that sink in

[tawny geyser]

made a mistake, meant that ucb is tier 1, ucla is tier 2, ucsd tier 3

[inland osprey]

yeah they are

[tawny geyser]

my apologies

[celest spoke]

I asked them about size/locations/social life preferences and took into account their majors and stuff

[dusky pollen]

I bet you UC Davis has also rejected Stanford rejects though 😭

[sharp orchid]

step 2: await a “I got into davis, will I not get stanny” message

[dusky pollen]

Sorry, that was pessimistic

[inland osprey]

ucb and ucla are tier 1, ucsd is tier 2

[tawny geyser]

Ucla is tier 1?

[sharp orchid]

lmfao

[tawny geyser]

its ranked like 55th

[inland osprey]

yeah

for comp sci?

[tawny geyser]

my bad its #44

yea but comp sci doesnt mean its tier 1 automatically

[inland osprey]

bruh ucla is #20 for general

[tawny geyser]

thats like nyu stern

vs nyu

nyu stern is t1, nyu is t3

[inland osprey]

ucla is best for premed

ucla is as good as ucb

[regal grove]

ucla is 11 in cs

[celest spoke]

Northwestern is best for journalism 💪

[rotund socket]

oh he got in rea for stanford

[tawny geyser]

different rankings - theyre quite subjective yea

[rotund socket]

my friend streamed me him opening his application

[lusty igloo]

My uc gpa is like a 4.15 but the average at my school is like a 4.0 only

[sharp orchid]

oh no I mean someone else on this thread will ask that now

[inland osprey]

what ass website is that

[rotund socket]

oh

[tawny geyser]

you mean the most reliable one right?

[tawny geyser]

QS ranking

[sharp orchid]

QS rankings lmfao

[regal grove]

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/university-of-california-los-angeles-110662

[tawny geyser]

"ass website"

💀

[celest spoke]

“4.0 only”… the average uc gpa at my school is below a 3.5

[inland osprey]

what is qs ranking

[sharp orchid]

bro some universities literally bought their spot there

💀

[regal grove]

weighted?

[tawny geyser]

wheres your opvl

[rotund socket]

wait

[sharp orchid]

basically something for Int’l rankings of all universities not just US ones

[celest spoke]

Ya weighted uncapped

[rotund socket]

ucsd accepts by college not major right

[tawny geyser]

are you saying that US News isnt subjective either

[rotund socket]

pls say yes

otherwise im fucked

[inland osprey]

oh ok

[sharp orchid]

and its highly regarded in International locations as a ranking, more so than US news

[regal grove]

yes

they first admit u to the college

[tawny geyser]

yea well said

[sharp orchid]

but I still hate it cuz it favors some pointless factors more than it does

[rotund socket]

ok

[sharp orchid]

tbf US news also does that

[rotund socket]

thats good

i can compete academically

[sharp orchid]

I hate rankings in general, thats why I have my own preference order

[rotund socket]

if i need a certain gpa the first year

so be it

[tawny geyser]

yea youre right

[rotund socket]

i am a good student

FUCK DUDE IM SCARED

i got scu

[sharp orchid]

This preference order surely gonna piss off some people but this is my order lmao

[rotund socket]

which is meh

[inland osprey]

where tf is IIT on QS ranking

[rotund socket]

but u make hella bank after graduating from scu

[inland osprey]

IIT should be up there with MIT

[sharp orchid]

I don’t live by US news rankings in my preference order lol

Although USC is higher than Davis now, and so is yale (my initial impressions for them were skewed)

[rotund socket]

scu grads make as much as stanford grads after graduating

literally only cuz they next to all the big tech companies

[sharp orchid]

nah

in my personal opinion

[inland osprey]

it should

[sharp orchid]

less inovation focus

much much less

[inland osprey]

ok

maybe

but if you have an iit degree youre def getting the google job over mit

[lethal quarry]

uh

im not sure

about PG

[sharp orchid]

alongside several other factors of how IIT isn’t that holistic, both in seelction process and actual education

[lethal quarry]

but i can tell u that my grade's average out of 7 is 5.6

[dusky pollen]

Ooh I’ve been thinking about HKU too

[inland osprey]

WTF

[dusky pollen]

Nice to see someone else who bothered applying

[sharp orchid]

💀 bro is more wrong than flat earthers thinking the earth is flat

[inland osprey]

Tulane is a 1% RD

[lethal quarry]

which if u think about is actually pretty low because in most classes a 5 is like a 60+ bruh

[inland osprey]

nah bro be fr

[whole musk]

for CS?

[sharp orchid]

homie do you even know what MIT is

[obtuse flax]

did UCSC regents for everyone come out

[sharp orchid]

yes

[lethal quarry]

@tawny geyser

[inland osprey]

this shit is so wrong

[dusky pollen]

Isn’t part of this because of no application fee though?

[inland osprey]

THIS IS WRONG

[dusky pollen]

And mainly ED acceptances

[inland osprey]

idk

but still

[regal grove]

they are free to apply to?

[tawny geyser]

Back

[dusky pollen]

Yes

[inland osprey]

getting in with a 1% acceptance rate is good right?

[sharp orchid]

yes, btw I also factored in location alot over here than just prestige and many other factors incase ur confused

[rotund socket]

biggest cap of a lifetime

[tawny geyser]

What do you mean

[whole musk]

i mean if it's cs i think that order is somewhat valid

[regal grove]

since when

[tawny geyser]

Oh is ee

[dusky pollen]

Idk it was when I applied

Seems like it’s been for a while

[tawny geyser]

avg of like the points together?

[dusky pollen]

But idk when it started

[whole musk]

after all no one's going to criticize your preference because it's yours after all

[tawny geyser]

whats wrong

[sharp orchid]

look at UIUC lmfao. Most people would murder me for that low ranking for CS and UMich, and that high ranking for Davis compared to Irvine + UChicago so high up and UT Austin soo low (infact A2C reddit already did downvote me to oblivion once).

[tawny geyser]

i think everything up here is right

[vestal plume]

that's really sweet of you

[inland osprey]

nevermind qs is right

[tawny geyser]

the question is though

[whole musk]

i mean reddit's gonna be reddit lol

[tawny geyser]

why is upenn #13

[sharp orchid]

lmfaoooo, love the change of mind

[inland osprey]

princeton aint under harvard

[sharp orchid]

true xD

[tawny geyser]

upenn should be much lower

upenn = only wharton is good

literally thats it

[inland osprey]

only for northeastern

[tawny geyser]

they also have a decent medical school irm

[sharp orchid]

neu moment

[wet sandal]

ratio sadly

[gilded scroll]

winton no one cares its literally upenn the fucking ivy league

!!

[vestal plume]

avg winton opinion

[tawny geyser]

ivy league is just athletic d1 unis

[whole musk]

bro

[gilded scroll]

mhm

[tawny geyser]

they get a lot of attention because of it

[gilded scroll]

winton u realize u sound dumb af rn right

[tawny geyser]

as a result it has changed from just a bunch of athletic unis to prestige

[tawny geyser]

so you're implying that giving factual information = sounding "dumb af"

is that how it works

[gilded scroll]

💀

[whole musk]

💀

[vestal plume]

💀

[tawny geyser]

sorry im new to the server perhaps thats the consensus

[gilded scroll]

winton stop embarrassing yourself

[regal grove]

so aggressive

what is winton saying

[gilded scroll]

hes saying upenn is shit outside of its business school

[tawny geyser]

.

[gilded scroll]

and that

yeah

[lethal quarry]

uh dunno if u saw above but i said we dont have a PG but our average out of 7 is 5.6

[tawny geyser]

might want to look up the origins yourself

[lethal quarry]

which isnt that high

[vestal plume]

bro said ucla reputation is weakening

[tawny geyser]

5.6 out of 7 is pretty decent

[gilded scroll]

💀

[dusky pollen]

Might be a dumb question but does that mean admit rates are higher outside of Wharton then?

Wait I should just google it

[tawny geyser]

its always been fluctuating around t2

[vestal plume]

^

[tawny geyser]

👍

[gilded scroll]

not significantly

its still not easy by any means

[lethal quarry]

not with our curves 😂

it's ok ig

[whole musk]

mate i'm pretty sure you'd change your words if you got into the unis you've been talking about

[dusky pollen]

Ah 😭

[tawny geyser]

Im not implying that "im too good for them" if thats how it sounded. but my point stands

[dusky pollen]

I know a kid at my school who got into Wharton

[tawny geyser]

I dont think we have had a wharton in a while

[dusky pollen]

Good for him, but I’m legit so jealous

[whole musk]

i mean i do think there maybe some truths to your statements but

[tawny geyser]

What was his IB grade by the way

[whole musk]

just chill mate

[tawny geyser]

thats quite solid

[late siren]

friends are saying uci and ucla comes out tmr.. is it just speculation?

[gilded scroll]

and ucsd!!

[vestal plume]

just speculation but i think based on historical decision dates

[calm atlas]

i think we had like 2/3 so far

[tawny geyser]

Im pretty chill, havent thrown any insults - compared to several other individuals here

[dusky pollen]

He wasn’t in IB but he’s ranked like 6 or 7 overall out of like 500. We have a graduating class of 500 but my ib cohort is only 14