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

[quiet night]

what do you do then?

[jade fossil]

but you can just contact profs/engineering and they will usually let you in

[quiet night]

I assumed it was similar to molecular engineering

[dusky pollen]

Ahh I see ty

[dusky pollen]

I thought it was like cell stuff. Gmos and stem cell therapy

[jade fossil]

one of my friends switched from bioe to compe his soph year, he has a good internship for this summer

[dusky pollen]

But I didn’t look too much into it

[quiet night]

honestly might be

[jade fossil]

another switched to meche and likes it a lot

[dusky pollen]

That’s good to know!!

[jade fossil]

but bioe is just a lot because it's ochem + engineering lol the worst of the worst

chemE is actually worse I'd say but

[quiet night]

although I feel like that might be more biology based than engineering

what's the difference between bioengineering and BME?

[jade fossil]

typically p similar

bme has a focus moreso on meche/robotics

i think

[quiet night]

ah

[jade fossil]

bioe and bme aren't usually offered at the same place

together

usually it's j one or the other

[quiet night]

hm

[dusky pollen]

Yeah that’s why the major I applied for is different at every UC lol

They don’t all have bioengineering

[quiet night]

same

[jade fossil]

cs here is ... cs

like everywhere else, you're gonna have a big mix

[dusky pollen]

Honestly I think I like that better. Not the biggest fan of electrical engineering

[quiet night]

I applied microbio at UCSD and UCD, Biology at UCLA, and molecular and cell biology at berkeley

[jade fossil]

some people tend to be more antisocial, some people tend to be more social

[dusky pollen]

Oh you meant like that

[jade fossil]

i'd say actually cs is more social than at comparable schools

yeah

lol

[dusky pollen]

I thought you meant in terms of major lmao

[jade fossil]

interests too

well

yeah

that all holds true

[quiet night]

these were my choices

[calm atlas]

berkeley decisions still being like a week and a half from now is making me anxious

[quiet night]

wait what's the difference between BS and BA lmao

[unique shoal]

Bachelor of science vs art

[calm atlas]

bachelors of science / art

[cerulean anchor]

howd ur friday go again?

[jade fossil]

Berkeley only gives BA's for science stuff lol

[unique shoal]

Better to have a BS than a BA

[calm atlas]

no work place will care tho

[dusky pollen]

I’m glad to hear that! Even as an a2cer I feel like there’s a limit to how much I can take lol

[jade fossil]

this is false

[quiet night]

ah alright

[jade fossil]

It literally doesnt matter

[calm atlas]

literally no boss cares

[unique shoal]

Some do

[calm atlas]

like who

[quiet night]

it went good, got in UCSD but rejected UCLA

[unique shoal]

Big companies don't tho

[limpid patrol]

any UCs with good civil e programs?

[calm atlas]

so small companies would care? where's the sense in that

[jade fossil]

I would say that every single one of my cs friends is normal enough in that they go out and party, hang out with friends a lot, get off campus, yk shit like that

[quiet night]

not sure if they'd care if it's from berkeley

[unique shoal]

The company my mom works for cares abt it but it's a smaller company

[quiet night]

like the name recognition probably gets you more than you lose with a BA

[unique shoal]

Yeah

[quiet night]

plus I'm going into med school anyways so it wouldn't matter regardless

[unique shoal]

Same here

I'm going grad

[twin estuary]

Oh

[limpid patrol]

@jade fossil hey do you by any chance know of ucla breadth requirements for civil e?

[jade fossil]

what does this mean

are you talking about GE or major classes

[limpid patrol]

GE

general ed breadth requirements

[jade fossil]

there are like 4 GE's

idk what they are

but there's very few

[twin estuary]

Are you in state and public school?

[unique shoal]

Yee

[twin estuary]

Fuck💀

[limpid patrol]

do you guys by any chance have a pdf for ppl who are pre-engineering but want to pursue specific branches in engineering?

[unique shoal]

Bro in state is literally a detriment for ucs

[limpid patrol]

I don't really know where to find the general ed breadth requirements for UCLA civil e

besides assist

[twin estuary]

Not really. I heard they got more funding so they are decreasing oos

[jade fossil]

We don't really use assist, we use Transferology

So try there

[jade fossil]

Not really

[unique shoal]

They get more funding IF they decrease oos

[jade fossil]

I don't think so

People are all declared once they are admitted

[unique shoal]

It is statistically

[jade fossil]

Nope

[limpid patrol]

damn

[jade fossil]

Not since last year

[dusky pollen]

I think it’s just more people overall instate apply

[limpid patrol]

You guys for sure have a civil e program though right

[jade fossil]

They reduced the amount of people who are admitted from OOS

[dusky pollen]

Versus oos

[twin estuary]

Is your public school highly competitive

[jade fossil]

to like 17.5%? vs 25% of the student population

So that balanced out

OOS used to be easier

now it's not

[unique shoal]

Not at some schools

[jade fossil]

At UCSD, UCLA, and Berkeley yes

[unique shoal]

That's 3 ucs

[jade fossil]

and Irvine I think

[twin estuary]

That’s good

[jade fossil]

The others don't get enough OOS applicants/ppl that go to make up that percentage

They're not reaching the maximum OOS people they can get

[twin estuary]

What’s the point of schools having oos anyways?

[dusky pollen]

It’s a public school

Wait are we talking oos tuition or

Like admitting oos in general

[twin estuary]

Admitting oos

[limpid patrol]

i feel like ppl are heavily underrating california CCs

[jade fossil]

This looks old

[unique shoal]

It's for 2021-22

[jade fossil]

Yeah

Hence my point

It switched for 22-23

[unique shoal]

That is last year

[twin estuary]

Fuck the statistics

[unique shoal]

💀

[dusky pollen]

I’d imagine that they’d want to admit oos for that oos tuition

More money

[jade fossil]

22-23 is last year

21-22 is my freshman year, 2 years ago

[unique shoal]

Aren't we 22/23 admissions cycle

[limpid patrol]

I was 21-22

and now I might be 23-24

we'll see

[jade fossil]

you're entering college fall 2023

for the 23-24 school year

so no

not as far as I'm aware

[unique shoal]

It's talking about admissions cycle

[twin estuary]

Well they should just ask for more funding from the state. It’s California, we have like unlimited tax money

[jade fossil]

idk ab that

[twin estuary]

Lol we had like a tax surplus last year

[unique shoal]

The whole thing was newsom saying ucs get 5% more funding for increase in in state acceptance rates

[twin estuary]

$30 billion+ surplus

[jade fossil]

No

[twin estuary]

Yeah so I think oos admits have gone down, but it should be only 10% of the total ngl

[jade fossil]

The 5% increase was to outweigh

The cost of not admitting more out of state

[limpid patrol]

Didn't UCs like Berkeley make it more of a priority to admit OOS

[jade fossil]

Newsom made it a law to admit less

There was no option

[limpid patrol]

and thats why it got changed

[jade fossil]

for the UC's to talk ab it

[jade fossil]

no

[limpid patrol]

ah

[jade fossil]

y'all b spreading sum weird shit

there's a max amount that UCs can admit

[unique shoal]

Tf u spreading some shit too

[jade fossil]

they admit the max amount possible

obviously

[twin estuary]

Ok so it was law

[jade fossil]

for sake of money

it's been law

the amount of people they can admit

[twin estuary]

Ok it’s been law

[jade fossil]

it just changed last year or w/e

last fall

from 25% for UCLA, UCSD, UCB?? Maybe UCI I forget

to 17.5?

Or 18

Somewhere around there

[twin estuary]

It should be limited to 10% ngl. That’s what the ivies to us, so we should just do it back

[limpid patrol]

I was just wondering I'm not spreading anything

[jade fossil]

not you

lol

[limpid patrol]

ok

[unique shoal]

Aren't they also taking more transfer now

[limpid patrol]

[jade fossil]

not yet

[unique shoal]

I would deadass transfer but it would feel embarrassing af going to a jc

[jade fossil]

the government is trying to create some weird ass pathways

where transfer is 100% guaranteed

but highkey

that devalues the student body

nothing against transfer

it's a great pathway

[limpid patrol]

I'm unsure if the classes I take will transfer so priority #1 is scheduling a spring quarter appointment w/ my counselor

[vernal sail]

tag is cool imo

[jade fossil]

but i have noticed that the ppl i think have not put as much effort into being here as others

[twin estuary]

For “2nd chances”. Stupid imo

[limpid patrol]

#2 is finishing this first yr at UCR on a high note

[vernal sail]

because you need good gpa for you to tag

[jade fossil]

and the ppl that are failing classes

[vernal sail]

I think its deserved

[jade fossil]

okay

hear me out

[limpid patrol]

#3 is either withdrawing from UCR OR staying

[jade fossil]

cc's inflate a lot

the people ik that literally

have 2.0 gpas

and are failing

are not freshman admits

they're all transfers

[unique shoal]

I might have to go cc

[jade fossil]

now idk what transfer gotta go through but the gpa average has to be wayyy lower

not saying transfers don't deserve their spots

they all worked hard and got in honestly

but

some of them are borderline failing / can't handle the rigor here

which is concerning

[twin estuary]

Cc grade inflation goes crazy

[jade fossil]

from an educational pov

[unique shoal]

I'm gonna be a transfer

[vernal sail]

which uc do you go to?

[jade fossil]

la

[unique shoal]

Ucla

He has Westwood in his name

[vernal sail]

i dont know about all these lore ;-;

[twin estuary]

Nacho you going to a cc?

[limpid patrol]

LA is my #1 right now

Berkeley #2

Davis #3

[unique shoal]

Prob ngl

I've been accepted into 1 school

[limpid patrol]

another thing ive been looking at is cal poly slo and san diego state

[vernal sail]

love you bb, but plz no name OWO

[stray apex]

hi ;-;

gg i forgor

gg

[vernal sail]

its alr kai

[limpid patrol]

I'll look at privates soon but nothing OOS

[stray apex]

💀

[vernal sail]

I love you

kai

[twin estuary]

You can still transfer out of riverside or Merced

[vernal sail]

lets go to UCI together

orange county squad

[cerulean anchor]

just curious but is there an overwhelming amount of sports captains there

[vernal sail]

fuck texas

[stray apex]

im deciding between ucd and uci

[vernal sail]

get the abg's

[cerulean anchor]

from my school at least the captains got in la

[jade fossil]

not that i know of

[unique shoal]

How hard is it to get into uc davis from waitlist for cs

[twin estuary]

That’s Notre Dame 😂

[cerulean anchor]

asb prez, badminton capt, swim capt

[grave lodge]

uci

[vernal sail]

Hard. Dont bank on wl helping you

[vernal sail]

UCI

[stray apex]

my friend is probably gonna go ucd tho

i dont wanna go uci without her

[vernal sail]

3 our server ppl in A2c?

[unique shoal]

Fuck

[dusky pollen]

Same here I’m the only non sports person lmao

[vernal sail]

bro our server and a2c is literally the same group of ppl

[grave lodge]

make new friends

be social

[small summit]

👀

[vernal sail]

kay you are a pretty outgoing guy

your gonna be fine

[jade fossil]

imma have to agree dawg don't go somewhere just bc you have friends going

[stray apex]

not the same as old friend

i dont wanna lose the connection

[unique shoal]

I thought davis has like 70% waitlist admit rate

[stray apex]

and the bond

[grave lodge]

u wont

[vernal sail]

unlike me....

[cerulean anchor]

mind me asking ur major?

[unique shoal]

Fml

[vernal sail]

i am hikigaya hachiman irl bruh

[jade fossil]

that ain't how it works

everyone goes off to college

[dusky pollen]

Bioengineering, hbu?

[jade fossil]

you see your close friends when u go home

[grave lodge]

^

[twin estuary]

Yeah but a spot in cs would have to open up…

[cerulean anchor]

i got wl for stats xd

[stray apex]

🤔

[vernal sail]

but seriously tho kai I think you are gonna make new friends at UCI

[dusky pollen]

Nice

[unique shoal]

Can I get in alt major

[twin estuary]

High school relationships end bro

[vernal sail]

esp there is a rly large chinese intl population

kai your gonna find your ppl

[limpid patrol]

who thinks that they won't be able to catch up w/ their friends and lose relationships if they don't go to x college their HS friends are going to

[vernal sail]

dw about it

[dusky pollen]

University of Chinese immigrants fr

[small summit]

Omg 8man

[stray apex]

its not like i can't social

its justtt

multiple factors rn

[twin estuary]

University of Chinese immigrants

[grave lodge]

ur not losing that connection

i stayed close friends with someone i didnt go to school with for like 6 years

cause i moved

and we went to disney like a month ago

[stray apex]

me too tho

[stray apex]

i have one friend like that too

[vernal sail]

kai dw

your gonna make berk

[limpid patrol]

high school is where people are big fish in little ponds

[vernal sail]

lets meet up at berk

[limpid patrol]

Just because you found your friend group in HS, doesn't mean you can't do the same in college

[stray apex]

hmm

[vernal sail]

8man is literally me fr fr(I am hated by my peers)

[jade fossil]

ever since test blind + AA banned

the freshman asian population has been like

40-50%

[small summit]

but i love 8man

[jade fossil]

i think last year it was 45%

[grave lodge]

ay better than my hs

[cerulean anchor]

is it a myth that ucla picks for more social kids

that "fit" ig

[jade fossil]

not really

[small summit]

How can they see rho

[jade fossil]

i think that just happens to be who wants to go

[small summit]

Theres no rec letters

[jade fossil]

both self selection and who gets in

[jade fossil]

by the activities you do, essays, etc

[small summit]

Ahh

[twin estuary]

What’s your opinion on AA now that you’re in college.

[cerulean anchor]

yeah cuz the sweaty oly kids go to berkeley

[jade fossil]

yea lol

[dusky pollen]

I got in without being social but I think I faked having a personality by being in clubs lmao

[jade fossil]

pretty sure talking ab this is banned lolol

its complicated

[twin estuary]

Oh shit my bad

[jade fossil]

maybe j arguing

[cerulean anchor]

yeah kinda same, but most of my clubs were the nerd clubs

[jade fossil]

to not get into an argument tho i think i agree BUT there are some key issues with race identifying

[cerulean anchor]

the mainstream clubs at my school are 90 member clubs where everyone is on their phone

[jade fossil]

i don't think AA should be outright banned but there has to be a better way to do it

[twin estuary]

yes

[dusky pollen]

Lol idk if debate counts as a nerd club or as a social club but that was my main ec

[limpid patrol]

what is AA

[dusky pollen]

Maybe debate is for the more social needs

[meager crag]

oh u cant say it LMFAO

[small summit]

Brih

Deleted

[cerulean anchor]

ok the basis of debate is being a social club

[jade fossil]

imma stop here lol

[cerulean anchor]

lmaoo

[twin estuary]

Damn they blocked the word

[limpid patrol]

oh

drinks anonymous

[jade fossil]

nah idth so

[meager crag]

nono not alcoholics anonymous

[limpid patrol]

oh nvm

[twin estuary]

wdym idth?

[dusky pollen]

Lol true!!

[cerulean anchor]

I quit debate in like 11th

maybe should not have quit!

would have been fun I think

[dusky pollen]

As a debate person maybe I’m a little biased but yes it totally is fun

But you can always do it in college too!

[cerulean anchor]

I love exclamation points!

[cerulean anchor]

hmm

I thought that

college debate clubs are omega hard to get into

lol

on other news

Im currently trying to tell my friend to appeal to ucs that hes gonna perform at carnegie hall

since he got triple rejected on friday

[vernal sail]

honestly, its worth a try

but dont bank too much on it

[meager crag]

it wont work for ucla tho since for ucla

Because all applicants are evaluated so thoroughly in multiple extensive reviews, admission decisions are rarely overturned. For an appeal to have merit, it must bring to light new academic and personal information, as well as information pertaining to extenuating circumstances, that had not been present in the application. When we talk about presenting “new” information, we mean information not already presented in the original application (e.g. classes that were not listed as AP or Honors that should have been, additional coursework, etc.) — information that clearly shows the student to be stronger than had been earlier evidenced. High grades received in the senior year, recently acquired awards or additional extracurricular activities are not a basis for the reversal of a decision since decisions are based on academic information that was available at the time of application.

[cerulean anchor]

@calm atlas help

how do I convince him

you are music man!

[calm atlas]

bro what the fuck of course

always send in an update

esp if its THAT

[cerulean anchor]

i already told UC that i won honorable mention in a prev competition
they already know i play the piano

💀

this guy is not listening!

plus i haven't even gone yet, i WILL go in june

[quiet night]

I'm not sure it will work

New ECs aren't a basis for changing admission according to their website

[cerulean anchor]

dwag

do you know what carnegie hall is

[jade fossil]

he's right it won't work

it's not just about extra achievements

it's if something was misrepresented on ur app

or

[vernal sail]

carnegie hall is impressive

[vestal plume]

performing at carnegie hall is like an average a2c profile ☠️

[vernal sail]

but I dont think its impressive enough

[jade fossil]

if you have extenuating circumstances

they don't want anything new

it would have had to happen before

[cerulean anchor]

@calm atlas ?

[calm atlas]

Depends

If it's a pay to win competition sure

If it's a legit competition then put that shit down

[cerulean anchor]

how to you gacha game music competitions?

[calm atlas]

what's Carnegie hall? A dining hall?

[meager crag]

LFMAOOO

[cerulean anchor]

@wide bramble do you know this guy?

[calm atlas]

yeah me and him go way back

[cerulean anchor]

I am more way back with blackyoshi!

[wide bramble]

ye we're like blood brothers

[calm atlas]

nah

I remember when we used to share corn dogs in kindergarten

[cerulean anchor]

I slept in his bed.

[calm atlas]

I'm in his bed rn

[wide bramble]

what am i read rn

XD

[calm atlas]

1k to enter, 1k to accept prize, 50 first prizes so 50 people play in carnegie, 500 dollars/minute that you play, etc

All to outweigh the cost of renting Carnegie

damn

All that for what

I can play in my front yard

The neighbor will clap for me

[cerulean anchor]

500 dollars/minute that you play
I think I would rather pay for Krystle DiCristofalo!

[meager wren]

they'll also throw a brick at your window to ensure they're hearing more clearly!

[cerulean anchor]

he said he went to a comp so he doesnt have to pay 500 a minute

https://americanprotege.com/

[calm atlas]

Describe the most significant challenge you have faced and the steps you have taken to overcome this challenge. How has this challenge affected your academic achievement?

[calm atlas]

Oh that's pay to play

American protege

[cerulean anchor]

💀

[calm atlas]

Still worth it to send an update

But don't mention the name

Cuz aos alrd know

[cerulean anchor]

my friend is a gatcha whale 💀

[cerulean anchor]

200?

Please explain

[calm atlas]

wdym

[cerulean anchor]

he said it costs 200 to enter

[cerulean anchor]

Oh sht

[cerulean anchor]

We cuddled.

[tawny wren]

did anyone get awarded cal grant yet?

bc i applied for it but it hasn’t been awarded yet to me in my financial aid packages for the colleges I was accepted to.

[west sorrel]

Ye my friend got full ride to all UCs

[tawny wren]

from calgrant?

[west sorrel]

Yes

[hardy plover]

Cal Grant maximum aid is somewhere around 13k to 14k

[hardy plover]

and yeah it was in one of my uc fin aid packages, but i think it was just estimated

[desert oriole]

What’s the UCLA wl acc rate?

This year?

[vernal sail]

we dont know yet

but presumably very low

[desert oriole]

Should you even bother writing a LOCI then?

[vernal sail]

I just denied it

because I didnt think its worth

plus I like another program better

but you can write one if you wanna be on the wl

last year was 2 percent

but yk 2 percent is better than 0 percent

[hardy plover]

oh wait you can check your wg4s page to see ur cal grant

[tawny wren]

oh wait so on your financial aid page for that college it shows your estimated cal grant money?

[pale dust]

ye

[tawny wren]

oh really? like on the ucsd portal financial aid section it shows your calgrant awarded money?

[pale dust]

no

web grant for students

wg4s

[tawny wren]

oh ok thx 🙂

[calm atlas]

https://www.ucop.edu/institutional-research-academic-planning/_files/factsheets/2023/table-1.1-freshman-applications-by-campus-and-residency.pdf

[pale dust]

i sent the link in ucsd 🙂

[calm atlas]

wowzers

ucsd had more applicants than berkeley 🥴

also were thy capping on the ucsd acceptance letter

they said 150k applicants

[pale dust]

no

because im 1 in 150,000

[calm atlas]

real

[pale dust]

i’m sayin

[tawny wren]

thx 🙂

[cerulean anchor]

ya know wl/reject said 139

[pale dust]

smh

[calm atlas]

really?

why'd they do that lmfao

[thorny path]

I got wl at ucla and ucsd, somebody said no locis for ucsd but for ucla I should write one right

[clear pendant]

UCI or UCSB for cs

[calm atlas]

uci prolly a bit better but if u care about social life ucsb better

but ur cs major so no social life

uci

[clear pendant]

bro said it

thank you for the input

[calm atlas]

i am right

.

[regal grove]

uci has no social life?

[calm atlas]

incomparable to ucsb

[regal grove]

what about ucsd

[calm atlas]

☠️

💀

[regal grove]

.

[small summit]

:moyai

[regal grove]

eversoda

ur so mean

[calm atlas]

bro said wb ucsd 😭

[regal grove]

they had a chicken eating competition

[calm atlas]

yeah

thats the biggest thing that happened there

[regal grove]

not competition

event

[calm atlas]

since its founding

[regal grove]

@tender elm would u please care to elaborate on why ucsd is not socially dead

[calm atlas]

a dude eating chicken

trust me man

i live in sd

nothing goes on at ucsd

[tender elm]

bro

no time

i need to study

[regal grove]

ur on discord

[tender elm]

my midterm is monday

[vernal agate]

Finals week?

[regal grove]

as u r studying

[vernal agate]

oh L

[tender elm]

then i can talk to u

[regal grove]

ok bye bye

[tender elm]

ab why ucsd isnt dead

[regal grove]

no

talk to soda

not me

[vernal agate]

Benz, can you take my final plz

calc 3

plz and ty

[clear pendant]

only social life at ucsd is sdsu parties

[vernal agate]

TRUEEE

UC Socially Dead

[clear pendant]

(from a rejected ucsd applicant)

[grand kernel]

@calm atlas do you have the discord link for UCLA?

could you DM it to me?

please

🫡

[clear pendant]

need that uci discord

[vernal agate]

Zot Zot

[clear pendant]

ucla mid

[vernal agate]

Anteater kinda cute

UCIDuck is op instagram

[clear pendant]

ucla cat dead

[vernal agate]

I mean it is a commuter school

[clear pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/michael-jordan-packwatch-rip-bozo-walking-l-goat-gif-24917561

powell cat

[vernal agate]

don't do that to powell cat

powell cat ❤️

[clear pendant]

still better than ucla

(rejected ucla applicant)

still mid though

uci and cal state fullerton on top

[vestal plume]

@calm atlas @dusky pollen i think (?) you two wanted tidepooling pictures

(totally related to UCs btw)

[calm atlas]

is this all underwater

[vestal plume]

yeah

[calm atlas]

so kawaii!

you met the banana slug from ucsc!

[limpid patrol]

#954425230896545792

[clear pendant]

just saw that now my bad

[limpid patrol]

nothing wrong w/ that ucr is also commuter school

[small summit]

lol

[tender elm]

the ucsd co 27 discord is being set up rn

the ppl from the 26 server are graciously helping me

but they are making hand the server over to someone from 27

[dusky pollen]

omg they turned out great!!!

i did want to see them, thanks for pinging me!!

your camera is so good 👀

[calm atlas]

wait pastry u got UCLA

[dusky pollen]

yeah!

[calm atlas]

good job bro 👌

[dusky pollen]

thank you!!!

congrats on usc too

we can be rivals now

[calm atlas]

yurr

yes! sworn enemies

[vestal turret]

ok guys i loved being here

but i have to go

leave the server and come back on the 24th

cuz this shit takes all my time away

😭

[small summit]

cya

[calm atlas]

seeing new reddit posts on a2c made me depressed

[quick sierra]

why what post

[calm atlas]

Just filter by new

[quick sierra]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/11v5w1e/i_am_so_done/

this one?

oh ok

[calm atlas]

like kids getting rejected everywhere but their tryna escape abusive households n stuff

[regal grove]

what is a perfect average gpa lmao

[quick sierra]

there schools is so good

the average gpa is a perfect one

he is also seeking full aid

as an int

ivies are his best hope

kinda ironic they have a better chance at getting into an ivy than some other colleges

[calm atlas]

😭

[merry minnow]

This is fake

If that makes you feel better

[quick sierra]

how would you know

[quick sierra]

i mean idc at all

if it is real i feel bad for the guy

[merry minnow]

He said he applied to every t30 and didn't get into a single one

But a lot of t30s didn't come back yet

Uc berkeley for example

[quick sierra]

he probably exaggerated

[merry minnow]

He also said he visited 30 campuses

[tired oar]

o

[merry minnow]

If he exaggerated the real scenario is probably nowhere near as sad

[inland osprey]

yeah not all t30s even posted decisions

[cold linden]

Ooooh

[cold linden]

Moar

Me getting waitlisted at UCLA gives me a bit of confidence that I have a good shot at Berkeley but tbh idek if I want to go to Berkeley lmao

[calm atlas]

Random thought: you know that show Saved by the Bell? Well now all i can think of is Saved by Berkeley.

[cold linden]

Just Berkeley things

[eager violet]

It is what it is

[cold linden]

Also UCSD is T10 for bio?????

[eager violet]

Not 100% sure but I have heard they have a solid bio program

[cold linden]

According to USNews they're #7 which just seems weird

Then again I think it's based off graduate and research stuff since UC San Francisco is there

[green badge]

Help me decide, CS from SDSU vs UCR ? Instate.

[thorny path]

ucsd bio is insane

[calm atlas]

UCSD bio is crazy good

[warped cedar]

guys college admissions are crazy, last year only 2 people got into UCLA from my school, and this year 7 😭

[lethal vine]

oh damn my school averages around 18-19 from a class of 520

[eager violet]

In state?

[calm atlas]

same

but this year it's defo lower

Only heard like 3

[cold linden]

HYPE HYPE HYPE

and according to random redditor (very trustable source) it would be possible for me to double major in bio and marine bio since they're technically different departments

[twin estuary]

My school had 12 admits for last years class of 452

This years class is only 386 which is weird

idk what would account for that drop of 70 kids

[warped cedar]

yes in a class of around 110

[twin estuary]

It’s random

20 people from my school got into Cal last year

[lethal vine]

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/about-us/information-center/admissions-source-school

[twin estuary]

One school from my district had 36 admits to cal from 167 applicants

[vestal plume]

howw

[vestal plume]

WAIT

i used to be in that district

i was just looking at the county and i saw which school you're talking about lol

[calm atlas]

Is it the school of npcs

[vestal plume]

ya basically

also the surrounding neighborhood is really $$$ so it makes sense

[calm atlas]

ya they making robots

lowkey how did I get waitlisted from 4 schools in 24 hours

they should let you write a message when you decline the wait-list

Giggity ass schools I stg

They think they are the shit!

[vestal plume]

"ion wanna go to ur bum ass school anymore"

[calm atlas]

it's not even I don't wanna go

It's no one wants to go 😭😭

ur school probably everyone's safety 😭

[vestal plume]

is this cwru

[calm atlas]

yes

And sdsu

Only in ohio

[vestal plume]

LOL

[calm atlas]

I think I have the highest gpa in school history not to get into sdsu

they must've misclicked

The full ride button and wait-list button are probably close to each other

[vestal plume]

yield protection 🥱

[eager violet]

Damn

[calm atlas]

on John

[eager violet]

7 for that size is decent

[calm atlas]

fuck John too

[eager violet]

2 is pretty bad though

[calm atlas]

Baltimore ahh

[eager violet]

My school sends about 16/700

So it’s rough

[quiet night]

Is it? Damn I didn't know

[calm atlas]

Mine is like 18 for 600

[calm atlas]

yeah neurobio and bioinformatics go crazy too

[eager violet]

I think my class might be a little larger I’m unsure though

[calm atlas]

public school in bay?

[eager violet]

SoCal

[calm atlas]

la?

[eager violet]

No

Our total size is like 2500 💀

[calm atlas]

wait

[vestal plume]

tf

[calm atlas]

👀

[vestal plume]

like graduating senior class?

[eager violet]

No no

[calm atlas]

no total enrollment

[eager violet]

Just the whole school

[vestal plume]

oh

[calm atlas]

That's mine too

[vestal plume]

y'all go to the same school

[eager violet]

Maybe

[calm atlas]

😹

Yeah I've seen him around campus

[quiet night]

Yooo bioinformatics is so good

[eager violet]

More than a couple of times unfortunately

[calm atlas]

he's always picking food out of the trash can

[calm atlas]

facts

[eager violet]

That’s called grinding, you wouldn’t understand

[quiet night]

How good is case versus UCSD? I feel like I'd be unhappy at case but then again I got a massive scholarship so not sure if I should stay

[calm atlas]

Stardew valley type grinding

[eager violet]

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-bryan-cranston-sad-despair-gif-25732605

[calm atlas]

Case does not compare to UCSD

[cold linden]

CWRU waitlisted me

[calm atlas]

Case is shit

[cold linden]

Cringe Cleveland school anyways

[eager violet]

I thought case was solid for premed?

[calm atlas]

Actual bums school

[vestal plume]

i would never go to case over ucsd

[quiet night]

It is I think

[limber magnet]

Bruh case is still decent

[eager violet]

Never did much research cause oos is too much for me

[limber magnet]

Just not compared to ucsd

[calm atlas]

solid like some mud 😭

[quiet night]

I got a decent scholarship from them

[calm atlas]

nah I'm playing case is good not worth the cost tho

I'm just salty they WL

[quiet night]

Like the price for case would be less than UCSD oos for me

[cold linden]

They waitlisted one of my friends who is actually cracked too

[calm atlas]

same bestie

[calm atlas]

if cost doesn't matter than UCSD fosho

[cold linden]

Maybe YP

[quiet night]

Alr

[calm atlas]

what r u doing again

[quiet night]

I dont have to worry about cost but I feel like I'd be an idiot to turn down a good scholarship

[calm atlas]

Premed?

[quiet night]

Ye

[cold linden]

Plus you get to be near the ocean in San Diego vs effin Cleveland 💀

[calm atlas]

ok then no one really cares where you go for undergrad

Just got to get high gpa

[quiet night]

Yeah

Doesn't case deflate GPA

[cold linden]

UCSD probably does too tbh

[quiet night]

Prob

[calm atlas]

Yeah case does

[cold linden]

Atleast I've heard keeping a super high GPA is difficult

[quiet night]

I'm still considering UCD too

[calm atlas]

No case for sure deflates

[quiet night]

That has grade inflation I think

Davis

[cold linden]

Only recently found out UCSD is like super new relatively

[calm atlas]

Id still say UCSD

San Diego is amazing

just not a lot to do in the actual campus

☠️

[cold linden]

Yall think Merced will become high tier UC 50 years from now 😳

[quiet night]

Hm

[eager violet]

That’s what I’m saying

[calm atlas]

It's gonna become hypsmm

[quiet night]

I think most UC schools will rise really high

[eager violet]

I say within 10 years merced will break t100 and all other uc’s will be t50

Maybe a little longer

[calm atlas]

Ucm is already t100

[cold linden]

Bro I love aquariums so I was looking at aquariums in San Diego and UCSD HAS AN AQUARIUM 🔥🔥🔥

[eager violet]

Really?

[quiet night]

Like so many of the UCs are already t50

[calm atlas]

I thought it was like high 90s

[vestal plume]

real

[eager violet]

Damn you’re right

[quiet night]

UCSD, UCSB, UCD, UCI, UCB, AND UCLA are all t50

[eager violet]

I guess people just give it unwarranted hate

[calm atlas]

Yeah

[quiet night]

The real question is which UC cracks t20 next

[calm atlas]

Merced still looks like a sim city plot tho

[calm atlas]

sc

[eager violet]

Sd

[calm atlas]

Oh

I thought you said t50

Mb

Yeah sd

[quiet night]

I forgot UCSC exists lmao

[vestal plume]

sd is already really popular

[quiet night]

Ye SD seems likely

[vestal plume]

more apps than cal 😭

[calm atlas]

SD and Irvine will be the new UCLA and UCB debate

[vestal plume]

so crazy

[calm atlas]

They're both gonna be tied at 20

[eager violet]

Maybe maybe

[quiet night]

What about SB?

[calm atlas]

I think sb is just a tad lower

[vestal plume]

sb versus sc?

[quiet night]

It'll be UCSB vs UCD then

[regal torrent]

frrrrrr go tritons

[calm atlas]

what colleges are gonna drop out of t20

Harvard

Stanford

And MIT

[quiet night]

Berkeley maybe

[eager violet]

Mit

[vestal plume]

princeton

[eager violet]

Mit definitely

[calm atlas]

fuck no

[cerulean anchor]

money is on dart

[calm atlas]

Berkeley rising still

[quiet night]

Like the crime rate is definitely something bad at berk

[calm atlas]

Columbia ☠️☠️☠️

Columbia almost fell off

[eager violet]

I heard their acceptance rate went up this year? So it’s only a matter of time until they drop out

[quiet night]

I'm still waiting on rice so I wonder if rice will get any better

[calm atlas]

Rice is coming up too

I think it was like 6th on Forbes or something crazy

[quiet night]

Ye

[calm atlas]

(it's my dream school)

[quiet night]

Idk how UCSD was higher than brown

[vestal plume]

when does rice come out?

[calm atlas]

Idk

It says by April 1

[vestal plume]

good luck!

[quiet night]

People are saying this Friday but it's only officially before April 1

[calm atlas]

But streets are saying march 24 or 23

[vestal plume]

oh thats kinda scary

[quiet night]

I gotta wait for Northwestern and berk too lmao

[calm atlas]

it's fine

[quiet night]

Gonna be out of the country while opening those

[calm atlas]

If I get rejected from rice I'll just go to Stanford

[eager violet]

Berk 💀

[vestal plume]

ucb

[eager violet]

That’s what I was thinking of doing too

[quiet night]

Lmao

[calm atlas]

glad we on the same wavelength

[quiet night]

Reminds me of the dragon training movies

[calm atlas]

I stg Berkeley better accept me

I know I've been shitting on Berkeley for the past 8 months

[vestal plume]

don't call httyd the "dragon training movies"

[calm atlas]

But UCLA cheated on me

httyd got mid after 1

[eager violet]

I disagree

[cold linden]

For me UCLA waitlist + Irvine accept + SD accept = Berkeley accept big math

[eager violet]

I liked the one with the super big white dragon

[vestal plume]

1st one was the best but they were all pretty good

[eager violet]

I forgot which one that was

[quiet night]

Theyre tutorials

All httyd were good but they diminish over time

[cold linden]

Erm as the flagship UC please stop calling Berkeley UCB. Berkeley, UC Berkeley, and Cal are acceptable 🤓

[quiet night]

Like the first is better than the second is better than the third

Did you guys ever watch the one TV show tho lmao

[eager violet]

No

[calm atlas]

[vestal plume]

i think i watched a few eps but i didn't like them

[quiet night]

Bro I watched that shit so much

[plush crescent]

anyone get math-cs for ucsd?

[tender elm]

check #1050860010827173898

[desert oriole]

I do wish I got into UCLA

Have no hope for ucb

[grizzled stirrup]

fyi for internationals the condition is an overall grade of B and above. Not C

Atleast for Irvine

[dawn zealot]

my friend in their junior year currently chose ucsd over jhu being an oos for both for biochem

[twin estuary]

LMAO

[wet sandal]

"state schools"

[twin estuary]

Lmao Merced has 100% acc rate for us?

[wet sandal]

because of elc i think

[twin estuary]

Elc?

[wet sandal]

if ur top 9% in ur graduating class u are an auto admit at merced

[quiet night]

so would it be 100% or nah?

[twin estuary]

ok but there are people that apply to Merced that aren’t

[quiet night]

I wish I had applied to Irvine or SB honestly

just because more options would've been good

[twin estuary]

Irvine was a bloodbath this year

At least for people I know

[quiet night]

ye but would've been helpful to at least apply

[rocky thunder]

every uc was a bloodbath 😭

[twin estuary]

Fr

[rocky thunder]

so many ppl ik got fucked

[quiet night]

apparently it's also higher acceptance rate oos so would've been great too

[twin estuary]

I don’t know anyone irl that got into Angels, sandy or Irvine

[west sorrel]

Berkeley LA hates oos

[rocky thunder]

ik someone who got all 3

[quiet night]

no one from our school has gotten into berkeley or LA afaik

[rocky thunder]

☠️

[west sorrel]

Everyone else loves them

[quiet night]

like on naviance it has no one getting in

[twin estuary]

Berkeley hasn’t come out yet

[quiet night]

ye lmao

I'm fucked for berk then

[rocky thunder]

one of my friends is 100% on UCs so far meanwhile everyone else is dying

[twin estuary]

Irl?

[rocky thunder]

yes

my best friend fr

[quiet night]

bro I made a pro con list of UC Davis vs. UCSD vs. Case

[rocky thunder]

he’s a demon

[quiet night]

honestly either UCSD or UCD would be better than case for me

[rocky thunder]

bruh i got in ucla but deferred case

[cold linden]

Case is cringe Cleveland school

[rocky thunder]

and then case waitlisted me even tho i didn’t even choose to continue the app

[quiet night]

I wish that was me

[twin estuary]

Wdym?

[quiet night]

I'd rather get into UCLA than case ong

[cold linden]

Bitches waitlisted my cracked friend and me despite both of us driving from Illinois to a shitty part of Cleveland to visit it

[rocky thunder]

☠️

fuck case fr

[quiet night]

cleveland sucks ass yeah

[cold linden]

I'd rather go to UIUC in state and UCSD than case

[rocky thunder]

yield protection

[quiet night]

gotta go there daily

[twin estuary]

Case is private

[quiet night]

bro it was snowing today while in direct sunlight

like how

it was a blizzard but full sunlight

ohio can't make its mind up

[cold linden]

(Insert shitty Ohio joke)

[rocky thunder]

it was snowing in fresno california a couple weeks ago

nothing is impossible nowadays

we r all fucked

all good tho 😀

[quiet night]

at least cali is more consistent with sun

[twin estuary]

I mean everywhere in Cali that isn’t supposed to have snow had snow

[quiet night]

we got shit all year round

like we get snow until april and may

[rocky thunder]

i haven’t seen the sun in a month dawg

[quiet night]

how

where do you live

[rocky thunder]

san jose

[west sorrel]

Snowing over surfboards in the bay fr

[quiet night]

that's a bit further north tho right

[stoic torrent]

what was ucla acceptance rate this year

[quiet night]

like UCSD should be great in terms of weather

[rocky thunder]

i loved the ucsd campus

and la jolla

[quiet night]

I gotta visit UCSD

[rocky thunder]

im the only person in my family to not get in 😭

[west sorrel]

Yah Davis is kinda hot in the summer

[rocky thunder]

the campus is SO NICE

the library is really sick

and the food in sd is rly good

[quiet night]

honestly I like the UCD campus better but haven't seen UCSD yet so idk

[quiet night]

great

I'd rather have hot and to be outdoors than cold and to stay indoors

[west sorrel]

Well idk the sun in Davis is BURNING hot in the summer

[quiet night]

the reason I want a UC is good weather year round honestly

imo hot is always better than cold since hot is just sluggish, whereas cold is pain

plus Davis has a lot of forested areas that would be nice

[west sorrel]

Yeah that’s true

[twin estuary]

U from Ohio?

[quiet night]

ye like 20 minutes away from case

[west sorrel]

Studying under a tree in the meadows @ Davis sounds really nice tbh

[quiet night]

yoooo the abortorium too

[west sorrel]

I hope they have good libraries 😍

[quiet night]

studying here is the dream

[west sorrel]

OMG that looks soooo good

[quiet night]

look at this shit

[west sorrel]

The vibe is top notch fr

[quiet night]

this would be my favorite area out of all of them since it seems so secluded

[violet hemlock]

i simply cannot study outside 💀

[quiet night]

like it's so forested it looks so nice

[quiet night]

honestly I want to do shit outside but the problem in ohio is the weather

like it's such a vibe to just sit on the coastline of a small river like that one image I just linked, just composing music while watching ducks go down the river

[serene nymph]

this is davis?

[quiet night]

ye

[serene nymph]

😭 why is it so pretty huh?

i better get off that waitlist

sobbing.

[quiet night]

you gotta

the Arboretum looks so nice to study at

like I think UC Davis is the most integrated with nature

[serene nymph]

rn. it looks like im going to ohio.

so um 🧍‍♀️

[quiet night]

which college?

[serene nymph]

hoping i get off the waitlist lOL

oberlin

[quiet night]

ah nice

[serene nymph]

ya

but

[quiet night]

I know someone who lives there

[serene nymph]

😭 idk if i wanna take a long flight to a state ive never been

kinda scary

[quiet night]

honestly ohio can be good in a lot of ways it's just not good for me lmao

like summer is the perfect weather, the weather everyone wants

[serene nymph]

o

nice

[quiet night]

it's not even that hot, it's perfect temp, perfect everything

imo it's just the other 3 seasons that suck

[serene nymph]

its a 5 hour flight

😭 ahhhhh

[quiet night]

just wait, once you get here the ohioans will hold a ritual to add you to the population permanently

[serene nymph]

D:

[quiet night]

honestly tho if you're going to ohio in that area I'd recommend checking out areas like Crocker Park, Southpark mall, and those since those are popular spots that are nice

[serene nymph]

oh ok

nice :)

i saw they had this cafe where they sell cookies as big as ur head

so. i wanna do that if i go to oberlin LOL

[quiet night]

like here's a picture of crocker park,

[serene nymph]

cookies come first.

woah looks nice

[quiet night]

ye

they got a cheesecake factory there and a barnes and nobles too

[serene nymph]

whaaaat

sounds exciting

[quiet night]

ye, me and my friends went there a ton just to play pokemon go and chill since it's nice, and we end up running into people from school

[mellow smelt]

thats ucla right?

[quiet night]

nah ohio

[mellow smelt]

oh 😭 i feel like i saw something similar at ucla

[serene nymph]

well ucla is all bricks s

o

[mellow smelt]

thats so true lmao

[serene nymph]

like 😭 ive never seen so many bricks LOL

[mellow smelt]

fr idk how they got that much money

[quiet night]

UCLA bricked up

wait

[mellow smelt]

wait deez nuts

[cold linden]

Visiting UCSD on the 7th and 8th

7th for the OOS people event

[quiet night]

ye I gotta do 7th for UCSD prob