All UCs 🐻🐮🐴🐱🐶🔱🤠🐌 (2023-2024)

[random saffron]

it's eecs bro

[red salmon]

yeah but he wont be happier there

[random saffron]

true

[red salmon]

ucla cs is not much behind

[sweet wyvern]

i mean it's not like I won't be, im sure ill be OK mentally but im just weighing my options ig

[red salmon]

fair

[brittle rose]

both are close enough so it honestly comes down to your personal preferences, maybe visit each campus

[red salmon]

u cant go wrong either way take some time

[heady cobalt]

tyy unova!!

gl to you too in making your decision!!

[sweet wyvern]

I hear machine learning at UCLA is pretty strong, so I have to see the specific offerings they got

since CS is such a broad topic, i do want a focus

undergrad research oppurtunities is also important to me

[fallen ridge]

Has anyone been able to add schools to their fafsa?

I accidentally only sent it to usc when I submitted

[heady gust]

eh i mean both are going to be pretty difficult eecs is gonna be a crazy amnt of workload

visit both but i'd pick ucla

[heady gust]

i mean

happiness is ur own defintion and its not like uc berkeley doesnt have 32000 undergrads so u are likely to find ur type of people anyways'

[sweet wyvern]

Can you give me insight on your experience as a CS student @ UCLA?

have you had carey nachenberg yet? I heard he's amazing

[random saffron]

i haven't but i've heard the same

is there anything specific u wanna know

[sweet wyvern]

How accessible is undergrad research? Maybe you might know upperclassmen that are doing some right now?

I'm already familiar with the campus feel since I've been there a couple times for math competitions

[random saffron]

ngl i haven't looked into it cuz i'm more interested in swe internships compared to research

[sweet wyvern]

Yeah that's fair.

How's class enrollment? Has there been any conflicts?

[red salmon]

fair enough but i mean ive heard horror stories at berkeley its just an unhappy/unsafe/toxic environment in general

[silver pendant]

have friends there, it depends on how good you are

i know freshman who were cracked and started doing research in their first quarter

[red salmon]

also a side note getting involved in research at berkeley is extremely hard

[silver pendant]

i know juniors who haven't touched it

[silver pendant]

again, depends

arguably just more competitive at cal

[round vector]

i was able to get a spot in a research lab as a first quarter freshman but i alr had research experience going into college

but i do know kids without prior experience who did get research just by cold emailing like crazy so anything's possible if you try hard enough, you don't need to be "cracked"

(i ended up turning down that lab position bc of personal health reasons tho, im starting to email again for the upcoming quarter lol)

[humble nova]

How much experience did you have?

[heady gust]

its not

lmao

rumors remain rumors

like its not toxic its just that everyone is hella ambiiotus

and unsafe as in like literally every other large city in the us

[honest vine]

its toxic like bayrea high schools are toxic

so not exactly toxic

but an absurd and unhealthy amount of competition/rivalry

[random saffron]

surprisingly it's been completely fine fooor me

no issue at all

that's probably why ucla still allows ppl to switch to cs

[sweet wyvern]

ok that makes sense, thanks a lot

now i gotta talk to someone in eecs lol so i balance out what's up

but yeah i heard berkeley is doing direct admit only now

[random saffron]

yea enrollment got too hectic for them lol

[silver pendant]

imo it just depends on how much you can handle

the truth is, some people will crack under pressure

that environment is certainly not for everyone

[silver pendant]

eh that or lucky

most ppl i know getting involved in research here are either cracked or super motivated (desperate)

sending dozens of emails will do the trick

[round vector]

~200 hours in a lab + pending publication

[sweet wyvern]

wow nice

[humble nova]

Dang

[covert arch]

I just submitted

but do you guys think they will actually change it

UCR^

[random saffron]

is that the cs + ms program?

[covert arch]

ya just found out about it recently

[random saffron]

would be pretty awesome if they approve that lol

[covert arch]

hard to get ?

[random saffron]

well i never hear of anybody getting that so i assume so yeah

[covert arch]

couple people from my school got in for it , thats how i found out about it

[random saffron]

oh damn really nice

[covert arch]

they not even going to ucr though so gonna ask them to withdrawl LOL

[granite dirge]

gl

[covert arch]

should I email someone

[granite dirge]

this better cook

[honest vine]

if u apply 33 times, ull get in

just take a lot of gap years

[frigid nexus]

fosho

anybody know the ucla/berk

cross admit rate

[random saffron]

are u asking for the percentage of students who get into both? or are u asking who typically attends which when admitted to both

[orchid sedge]

bruh if i knew getting in for cs at the ucs was that hard

i would have celebrated so much more getting into ucsb and ucd

💀 😭

[humble mauve]

CS everywhere is pretty insanely competitive

I know UCI's I think was 5%?

can't imagine what it is at other places

and frankly I don't want to

[sweet wyvern]

Ya I got in as my alternative despite getting regents 😅

Cs is super competitive lawl

[alpine sundial]

That’s crazy I’m ngl

Glad I switched to data science 🙏🏾

[sweet wyvern]

Anyone got a regents invite for UCLA?

[outer gyro]

that's honestly kind of surprising

i thought it would be around double digits

[brittle rose]

@outer gyro are you gonna do the bs ms program

[outer gyro]

i definitely plan to apply for it

[brittle rose]

nice

you're ece right?

[outer gyro]

no i'm cs now

i'm kind of on the fence between cs and ce

[brittle rose]

I see

do you mind if I ask how your courseload was so far

[humble mauve]

It ebbs and flows depending on whether the school over or under admit previous years

[outer gyro]

generally easy

things don't get tough until the end of your first year with cs

[humble mauve]

I double checked my statement--it was 7.1% in 2021, 5.8% in 2022, and a rise to 16.8% in 2023

[outer gyro]

here at ucsd we don't have access to any kinds of numbers like that

it's all up in the air

word on the street is ~10%

[sweet wyvern]

UCSD seems cool but I got in as undeclared lawl

[alpine sundial]

i got into UCSD for the math-cs major

[outer gyro]

math cs is good if you like math

if you can't stand math you're gonna hate it

[alpine sundial]

No I love math

[outer gyro]

and i'm talking like proofy upper level math

stuff i don't really fw

[alpine sundial]

I would've done pure math but my parents want cs so I compromised

[humble mauve]

I think you do, last time I checked this is pulled from the UC admissions data. I can't find the website for the life of me right now though

[humble mauve]

^

Another fun fact is that you can pull up all the salaries of anyone in the UC system

[sweet wyvern]

Opposite here, my parents wanted math but I wanted CS lawl

[humble mauve]

It's public data

[outer gyro]

if we do have it it's probably transfer students only

[sweet wyvern]

Basically any public worker for the gov. In cali

Transparent California

[outer gyro]

btw how's the uci cs curriculum like

my friends were dissing y'all

he said uci does python programming for like the whole first year

[humble mauve]

It's true that UCI does python for a year. I'm not really sure how I feel about it because it's meant to ease people who've never programmed, but it's also true that the first two intro to programming classes could be compressed into one at a minimum

If you pick the right teachers, it's a good program, but otherwise, the quality isn't that high

[outer gyro]

it kind of makes sense that programming might take more than 10 weeks to get really comfortable with

[humble mauve]

Mmhmm

If that's the reason your friend was dissing the program, I don't think it's well founded

My issues are that the quality of some of the upper division courses are particularly lacking

[alpine sundial]

python for a year is crazy

[agile wedge]

@maiden canopy
This one too

[maiden canopy]

thank u thank u

[silver pendant]

single digits at ucsb as well i believe

[silver pendant]

be proud of that accomplishment!

[granite dirge]

atp how is it possible to get itno berkeley

[alpine sundial]

rnjesus

[heady cobalt]

100%!

[agile wedge]

Promise your balls to Berkeley like I have

If I get in I said I’d give em over

[granite dirge]

u got into cal poly?

[agile wedge]

Yeah

[sweet wyvern]

yoo did u get the stickers in the mail lawl

[heady cobalt]

no😭

bro they don’t send me anything in the mail or email

[sweet wyvern]

damnn

[agile wedge]

Nah nothing

[sweet wyvern]

Anyone here going to Berkeley / UCLA? Would like to know your experiences

[round vector]

hi

[outer gyro]

for us i feel like it’s kinda the same way in that things start to get flaky

most of our lower divs are taught by teaching professors whose job it is to teach

when you hit upper level you start to realize that we are a research university

[humble mauve]

Yeah, if you don' pick your teachers carefully, the class quality drops significantly

honestly i think community college classes are probably better

[outer gyro]

sadly community colleges don't offer upper division coursework

[hybrid ember]

@humble mauve How’s the food at UCI

[barren anvil]

what time do decisions come out

for berkeley

[round vector]

3:30pm no?

at least it was that last year

pst

[shell lark]

good luck to everyone today, sending love ❤️

[edgy basin]

When do ucsd scholarships come out?

[astral dome]

3:30 pst?

[round vector]

yes

[granite dirge]

im getting rejected

easy

[shell lark]

nooo, be positive!!

[worthy stirrup]

what time

pst

[runic terrace]

LA or Berkeley

[acoustic ibex]

You messed up a couple letters there

[outer gyro]

like, late april lol

[sweet wyvern]

im tryna decide on that toooo lol

i like UCLA more for every other facet except for the engineering dept. since i got in for eecs for berkeley

[honest vine]

chat when's berkeley coming

!ucb

nope

[cosmic onyx]

330 rumored

[void fiber]

3:30 PDT !!

[royal steppe]

ready to see rejection

[cosmic onyx]

I’m holding out hope but I don’t like these odds

[nimble gulch]

I thiught last year it came at like 6:30

[granite dirge]

i literally got rejected from every uc so far

its basically done

[humble mauve]

Food is alright--its gotten better since my freshman year, but they're not really good at creating non-american/non-european food. Quality seems fine for the most part and the dining halls are convenient, but after a year of meal plans, if you're someone who really values having tasty food in your life, it'll drive you a little insane

On campus there's a few fast food places but the selection is honestly really small. What does exist is a little over priced too but that's coming from someone who doesn't like eating fast food in the first place

In the local vacinity around campus, there's two "campus malls" which is primarily food that's okay but also unfortunately overpriced and low quality. The other one is decent and also has a paris baggute opening soon

[random saffron]

berkeley came out at 3 last year

either 3 or 3:30 i forgot

[nimble gulch]

Oh goodness I’m scared

[random saffron]

but it was while i was in school so i know it was fs before 4

[nimble gulch]

My mom’s like don’t check till 7

Like 7 EST

[random saffron]

oh my bad

[nimble gulch]

Because my luck is always the best after like 7

LOL

[random saffron]

i thought u meant pdt

[nimble gulch]

No yeah I’m on the east coast 😢

[random saffron]

good luck 🙏

[nimble gulch]

Thank you man

[red salmon]

3:30

[past whale]

no it's objectively UCB 👍

[pallid crater]

#1135713116425035837

Btw y'all

[desert comet]

Fax

[granite dirge]

looks like yall were wrong

every uc is rejected

[atomic escarp]

Aaa why Berkeley didnt give me decision

[undone tendon]

its under rhe faq

at the bottom

[uneven isle]

did anyone get a decision

i have like an faq abt being rejected im cooked

[worldly igloo]

scroll all the way down

[uneven isle]

did u get a decision?

@worldly igloo

[undone tendon]

yes

scroll

[warm sierra]

got berkeley nice

[worldly igloo]

yes

reject

[cold vector]

It’s out or what

[west goblet]

if i appeal to my rejected ucs is it just cope atp

[uneven isle]

does ur js have an faq abt being rejected like i dont have a letter or any type of page saying "we're sorry youve been rejected"

[west goblet]

go to the bottom of the ucb to page

it has two pdfs

i think berkeley fucked up and linked to the faq instead of the letter

[limpid goblet]

is there anyone that goes to riverside/went to riverside here

have many questions cause now im like stuck on where i wanna go

[honest vine]

nooo do sjsu 😔

[limpid goblet]

its aeroE vs EE

[honest vine]

fair enough

👍

[limpid goblet]

@honest vine im really curious to see though

will i get beaten today

my

or not today

soon

[honest vine]

yea

[limpid goblet]

my soon-to-be

21 rejections

like will i be second

or 3rd

[honest vine]

a lotta ppl got a lotta rejs

[limpid goblet]

or 4th

[honest vine]

yea 9 rej a lotta ppl are putting

enough to instantly put them in 12th

[limpid goblet]

i shouldve aplpied all ivies

[honest vine]

nah doesnt help

i did and i wasted a lot of money

and got rejected

[limpid goblet]

true...

ughh all that money

and now im going to riverside or sjsu

[honest vine]

ikrrr

600 dollars

down the drain

smh

[plush coral]

waitlisted UCSD UCB, rejected UCI UCLA

[twilit escarp]

rejected berkeley

[wheat flower]

Same

[wheat field]

bro

i got rejected all UCs except for berkeley

i did not expect berkeley to be my savior

and for EECS too

[honest vine]

U GOT IN???

congratstssss!

[wheat field]

unless i got accepted to stanford i only got into 1/13 of my colleges

this is wild bro 😭

[honest vine]

:(

which one did u get into

[wheat field]

berkeley is my only W

so if i didn’t get berkeley i woulda have to go down the CC and transfer pathway

[honest vine]

dam bro congrats

W

[wheat field]

all it takes is one guys

[honest vine]

yea

:D

wait but what if i dont get the 1 (im currently number 1 on the a2c rejection leaderboard)

[exotic finch]

lmao it looks like i gotta go to CC

[honest vine]

nooo
r u in cali?

[exotic finch]

mhm

[honest vine]

oooh

what major

[exotic finch]

depends on school

[honest vine]

cs-ish?

[exotic finch]

mhm

[red salmon]

thats how it goes for berk

[red salmon]

rough

😢

[honest vine]

ooooh uc irvine has guaranteed trasnfer from cc into comp eng

if u wanna look into that

[red salmon]

guaranteed?

[honest vine]

yea

look up UC TAG program

[wheat field]

yeah UC TAG is really nice i was gonna do that

[honest vine]

as long as u maintin some gpa in cc

[red salmon]

ah

[honest vine]

W

[wheat field]

looks like i don’t need to no more

[limpid goblet]

i was aboutta say what i wanna try

until i remembered my parents wont let me go cc

[sweet wyvern]

#1223058033354084515 can someone give some input on my decision?

[heavy plover]

this admission cycle is absolutely insane

colleges i thought were targets or safeties

be thinking they are Ivys

[wheat field]

dude it was

like how did i get rejected from the school i did their 7% acceptance rate program at

[valid crater]

CONGRATS OMG

[wheat field]

how did i get in bro my stats were not that good compared to other ppl competing for my major

[exotic finch]

u can tag to that?

[honest vine]

yea

[exotic finch]

what abt comp sci and eng

[honest vine]

no

[shell lark]

waitlisted ucb, I’m so happy :))

[honest vine]

i emailed abt it

only ce

[honest vine]

sameeeeeee :D

what major

[shell lark]

EECS

[honest vine]

W

congrats

[shell lark]

thanks wbu?!

[honest vine]

ds :D

[shell lark]

congrats!!

[honest vine]

idek how, i got rejected from RIVERSIDE

but ill take it :D

[shell lark]

yield protection prolly

[honest vine]

hell no

i got rejected from literally everywhere

[shell lark]

i mean i got rejected from sd, irvine and la

[honest vine]

im number 1 on the a2c rejection leaderboard

27 rejecttions

prolly not yield protection

[shell lark]

oh.. im sorry

[honest vine]

lmao nah its fine

i got ucb wl :D

[shell lark]

theres a rejection leaderboard?

[honest vine]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/2/d/e/2PACX-1vQtm67j7FHoNfY3hNoIHbf8UXOMir3nAExsPH7ASNkTss7eX6JQG5njPOA6o_MxVJ-HK4Z19AhMIA6D/pubhtml

[shell lark]

exactly!! and im sure both of us will get off, praying for us 🙏

[honest vine]

yea

i hope wl accept rate is triple digits

[shell lark]

how many schools did u apply to??

[honest vine]

32?

[shell lark]

yeah my calc teacher was like berkeley is usually good with waitlists

[honest vine]

or smth

[honest vine]

yessssss

:D

[shell lark]

whoaaaaa thats alot

[honest vine]

yea

wasted a lotta app fees

[shell lark]

😦

my twin did like all the ivies and he got rejected from all and wl for cornell

[honest vine]

if i have to write another college essay, its joever for me

[honest vine]

cornelll wl is w

[shell lark]

yeah but he got into berkeley eecs so im pretty sure hes gonna go there

i got rejected cornell

[honest vine]

aw

its fine tho we got berkeley

[shell lark]

exactly!!

[honest vine]

ull go there with ur twin dw

[shell lark]

i hope soo!!

i like submitted the form at like 3:37 lol

[honest vine]

yea

wait lemme check what time i did

LMAO i am desperate

[shell lark]

wow lol!!

[honest vine]

sadly they dont track demonstrated interest :(

[shell lark]

wdym?

[honest vine]

if cmu tracked it id prolly be number 1

[honest vine]

how intersted u are in their school. some schools like purdue check how often u visit site, check their emails, visit campus, attend webinars etc

[shell lark]

ohh

[honest vine]

sadly ucb and cmu dont track

😔

[shell lark]

do they like look at the list by like who filled out the form first because theres no like supplement that we write yk

like i just wrote confirm

[honest vine]

i was kind desparate abt cmu

[honest vine]

yea ig its school dependent

like eecs didnt needa do antyhing but "CONFIRM"

[shell lark]

ohh like other schools like l&s had to write stuff?

[shell lark]

oh wow lol me and my twin got wl from there

im still writing the additonal information for it

[honest vine]

yea everynoe got wled for some reason

[shell lark]

did u too?

[honest vine]

yea

[granite dirge]

wait what rejected from pomona?

[honest vine]

A FRIENDLY REMINDER FOR YALL TO WITHDRAW IF ACCEPTED TO IVY TODAY

[wheat field]

anyone else get into EECS for berkeley?

[valid crater]

there's a Berk thread btw #1135713116425035837

[granite dirge]

wait what u got waitlisted?

[wheat field]

thank you

[honest vine]

YES IDK HOW

[granite dirge]

damn which one

[honest vine]

berkeley

idek how

got rejected from riverside but into berkeley waitlist

[granite dirge]

tf

thats wild

[honest vine]

ikr

so weird

like the only other school to wl me was ucsc

so im not even good enough for ucsc

[valid crater]

Berkeley most holistic

[granite dirge]

yeah apparently for holistic they still thought im trash

[hasty leaf]

Was fully expecting berk reject

Got a waitlist

[granite dirge]

i just realized i have a streak of 10 rejections

what the heck

[steel matrix]

I have a 5 steak rn will be 6 tmrw after stanford

UC Stats:

Accepted: UCSC, UCD, and UCSD
Waitlisted: UCLA and UCSB
Rejected: UCI (??) and UCB

Committing to UCSD for college

We'll see what happens with UCLA waitlist but i'm gonna try and forget abt it

[granite dirge]

i got rejected from all ucs

[steel matrix]

Are you in state

[granite dirge]

they must have found out about my fresno state fetish

[granite dirge]

ye

[steel matrix]

no shame in CCC

i swear bro

[granite dirge]

?

[steel matrix]

community college

i swear bro i have so many friends

[granite dirge]

no need

i got into oos

unis

[steel matrix]

who are going straight to community college

WHere

[granite dirge]

penn state, purdue, texas a&m

[steel matrix]

how is tuition tho

[granite dirge]

purdue is 29k a year for tuitio

[heady cobalt]

omg ucsd is so good

[granite dirge]

tamu is 40k

penn state 38.6k

[heady cobalt]

hope u get off the wl for ucb and UCLA

[steel matrix]

i did not get waitlisted berkeley

But i did UCLA and that i care abt so much more and am so grateful

I'd pick UCLA over UCB in a heartbeat

yeah UCLA would be a dream come true but i'm trying to just finish my waitlist statement and submit that and just forget abt it

[heady cobalt]

mb I can’t read

[steel matrix]

What happens happens

[heady cobalt]

hope u get in !!!

[steel matrix]

thank you that means a lot

Not having a great day tdy

0/4

[heady cobalt]

ofcc im also wl 😭

[heady cobalt]

aww same it’s ok dww!!

[steel matrix]

pretty humbling but i'm reminding myself i got into UCSD which is insanely good

[granite dirge]

wl for cs is crazy so nice

[heady cobalt]

sd is insane man

[steel matrix]

It's just hard to remember that when your dream school says maybe / no

[heady cobalt]

so true

[steel matrix]

Brown/Harvard were my other dreams

Those were crap shoots

I wasn't shocked

[heady cobalt]

cmu was mine 😭

[steel matrix]

but i would hav ebeen so happy with a waitlist i'm so fr

[heady cobalt]

ikr

[steel matrix]

i know i'd never get off but genuinely i'd love a waitlist

[heady cobalt]

it’s alr we got in some pretty good schools

let’s hope for the best

wait ur cs too?

[steel matrix]

I'm very grateful for the UCLA waitlist tho especially since my GPA is a lot lower than average admit

No i'm bio

[heady cobalt]

ohh

oo

[steel matrix]

I almost got all Bs sophomore year

[heady cobalt]

premed?

[steel matrix]

People were telling me i was cooked

yeah

[heady cobalt]

damn

[steel matrix]

I like to tell my story telling people that are applying

[heady cobalt]

ur essays and ecs pulled thru

[steel matrix]

That Bs do not mean you're getting rejectedf rom a T30

[heady cobalt]

this is so real

[steel matrix]

Bs are literally good people don't understand that

[granite dirge]

wish i can say that

[heady cobalt]

like a b won’t stop u from getting into a good school

[heady cobalt]

😭

[steel matrix]

I don't think it was your grades man, it's just such a gamble. I got waitlisted from UCLA with a 3.7 UW and 4.0 W (UC GPA) and my friends with a 4.0 UW got rejected

It's such luck man

i know so many people who were so unlucky

12 APs, Varsity sports, etc. not a single UC

[balmy laurel]

last year 1192/4821 ppl got off the berkeley waitlist

hopefully its same % this year 🙏

[steel matrix]

UCLA waitlist is absolutely terrifying

Last year it was actually not bad

Year prior....... yeah no

[limpid goblet]

bro what

[heady cobalt]

LMFAO HELP WHAT

[granite dirge]

my friend has the same stats as you and he got rejected from all but ucsc (waitlisted)

i was gonna leave california after uni anyways but they want me gone now ig

[heady cobalt]

for me it’s a soft rejection

😭

[steel matrix]

basically yeah

[cosmic onyx]

Someone has to be accepted off the waitlist 🤞

I just hate not knowing until possibly the summer

[half raft]

4 UC waitlist my ass

so cooked

[keen dew]

uci ruined my uc sweep

[limber cipher]

you’re cracked wtf

[keen dew]

naw rejected from all my (2) oos apps

[limber cipher]

so you got into every uc except Irvine??

[keen dew]

only applied to 6 ucs, but yeah

[cosmic onyx]

i hope i get off just one waitlist

[reef merlin]

uc sweep would've been crazy

[reef merlin]

out of curiosity can I ask why

[heavy pewter]

cause its la

[gentle obsidian]

same bruh same

[steel matrix]

I live 20 mins from UCI

UCLA is very convenient. It's an hour away so I will live on campus, but I can come home on the weekends

I fucking love LA I've been a few times and I've loved every minute of it

[keen dew]

ucla is pretty close to metro system

[steel matrix]

I've gone rooftopping in LA and I've visited UCLA and it was beautiful

UCLA has insane academics and a social life/party scene

UCLA is also in Beverely Hills bruh

What else is there to want

[elder apex]

i rly want to go but i think i can’t afford

[steel matrix]

Berkeley has sweaty nerds, a shit ton of crime, and is a lot mroe competitive

(i'm coping cuz i got rejected)

[elder apex]

berkeley sucks (i was rejected)

[steel matrix]

real

[elder apex]

nah but why is it so expensive for oos

i know it’s public school but i’m coping

[steel matrix]

yeahi'msorry

im very happy with my tuition price

[elder apex]

:/

[steel matrix]

UCSD aid calculator estimates i will have 9k in tuition only

I hope so

[elder apex]

i didn’t even bother looking

i know it’s full price

[reef merlin]

ah i see

hope you get off the wl there

i got waitlisted too so im hoping for the best

[steel matrix]

thank you man means a lot

you too

[split swan]

UMichigan has a U in there 🥰

It should totally be a UC

[keen dew]

uc hicago

[hybrid ember]

If yall get into ucla can u let me inside the dining hall

I’m obsessed

[sweet wyvern]

ill swipe

still deciding though, mind giving me your input?
#1223058033354084515

[hybrid ember]

ucla the dining hall is fkin crazy

actually dms

[thin minnow]

hey does anyone know how hard it is to transfer from UC Davis to UC Berkeley?

[exotic finch]

well they said i can pick any non engineering or cs major and do that but like…. im not doing that

[granite dirge]

yeah but i thought pomona was still fine for engineering or cs

i thought they are more competitive for medicine

[granite dirge]

honestly its better to stay at uc davis anyways

[stoic panther]

Do UC’s give aid to internationals?

[royal steppe]

ik UC doesnt give OOS aid

[limber cipher]

they do

[royal steppe]

with that in mind i would doubt it gives international

[limber cipher]

or at least like academic scholarships

[royal steppe]

oh i thought tehy were talking about need based aid

[cosmic onyx]

the ucs will usually release some waitlists before may 15, right?

[royal steppe]

Im not too sure about that

[royal steppe]

which UCs u waitlisted

[silver pendant]

hard

there’s no UC to UC benefit

you’ll just be treated like an in state applicant

if you want to transfer to cal, going to CC is your best bet

[limpid goblet]

wb transferring csu to uc?

my parents said i should go sjsu

and then transfer to maybe irvine cause that was my dream school

still is

[heady cobalt]

ik someone w transferred from sjsu to berk

[limpid goblet]

yea im asking like

how hard is it

im gonna do my research fs

[limber cipher]

apparently there’s like a difference in how courses are weighted and the requirements for certain majors so there will be difficulty there

but im guessing a lot of people transfer from sjsu to UCs so

counselors should help you a lot

[limpid goblet]

yea im planning on reaching out to transfer counselors

[cosmic onyx]

Sb la uci, ucsd

On college confidential it said ucla and uci did release some waitlists last year before may 1

[unkempt drift]

was looking at the stats yesterday, it seems to be incredibly difficult to get off the waitlist for UCLA. I did only look at the most recent year though

I'm not sure about the others though

[cosmic onyx]

Yeah I’m not holding out hope for ucla, but they’ve got to take some people off

It seems like the waitlist acceptance rates are pretty similar to the schools original admit rates

[unkempt drift]

sorry i didn't mean it to be a discouraging comment, you definitely should be on it. I was personally surprised with how low it was for the most recent year but there could be explanations for it

[unkempt drift]

yea true, sometimes they can be a lot lower but they also can be more generous

[royal steppe]

for me UCB UCSD

[cosmic onyx]

Nah your good I’ve already checked the percentages

UCSB actually was really high last year

[cosmic onyx]

Berkeley was the only one that flat out rejected me

Did you get into any?

[blissful zealot]

It’s ok I got rejected from all ucs

[royal steppe]

only ucsc

[cosmic onyx]

😔

in state?

[hybrid ember]

socal > norcal

[cosmic onyx]

ucsc is actually a really nice area its underrated in my opinion

[royal steppe]

Hm idk

[sweet wyvern]

ong

[royal steppe]

i dont feel excited about it cuz its one of the middle road UCs

and i feel like everyone in my school got it

[cosmic onyx]

yeah its not as impressive looking as some of the others, but its still a UC and ranked pretty decently

looking at your name i assume you have some other options though

[royal steppe]

the 13A is mostly safeties and targets

Right now im considering an OOS school (with all fhe merit scholarships its gonna be 20k including room and board), UCSC, SJSU, SCU

[blissful zealot]

Ye

[royal steppe]

I might tour UCSC but the tour dates are a little inconvient for ke

me

[cosmic onyx]

damn that sucks

you have any good luck with other schools?

[cosmic onyx]

sjsu and santa clara are good too, good area for opportunities

[blissful zealot]

Mid luck

[royal steppe]

Yea but also the thing is

OOS offer is cheapest rn

OOS offer is 20k, SJSU 30k, SCU 50k with aid, UCSC 40k

all of these include r&b

[cosmic onyx]

yeah thats pretty good deal

especially for out of state

[royal steppe]

Yea

im just conflicted if i wanna go OOS

cuz maybe ill miss cali

[cosmic onyx]

yeah i like california too i only applied in state

depends on where you go i suppose, some places arent too different

[granite dirge]

cali hates me

[royal steppe]

OOS school is in nevada

[cosmic onyx]

Relatively close at least

[silver helm]

Has regents/honors come out for UCLA or UCSD? Anyone know? (I got this on mute pls ping if u have info)

[sweet wyvern]

That’s what I’m wondering too.

I haven’t seen anyone get invited for ucla regents

That would probably sway me to ucla cuz I also got cal eecs

[glossy scaffold]

:( berk did not clutch up

[silver pendant]

again, no magic benefit

you can obv still accomplish a transfer

[tepid lodge]

Stoner school

Somehow worse than us

Actually might not be worse than us in that regard

[royal steppe]

who is us?

[agile wedge]

berkeley

[royal steppe]

O

[agile wedge]

i think theyre saying that sc has a serious stoner problem

or ive completely misunderstood em

[royal steppe]

yea they said that

[agile wedge]

my cousin goes to sc and he can attest to it

[tepid lodge]

yes

[agile wedge]

ok that’s what I figured

[cosmic onyx]

Yeah that’s for sure

Santa Cruz as a whole is a stoner city

[royal steppe]

lol

yea idk if i wanna be in the middle of that

[silver pendant]

wild

[twilit escarp]

UCSC and SDSU are my top choices rn but each of them have so many problems

[royal steppe]

hm how so

are u talking about the party culture of sdsu

[agile wedge]

What major

[twilit escarp]

aerospace SDSU applied physics UCSC

[twilit escarp]

yeah

[wispy rose]

how is uci math major?

[wicked isle]

@hidden cedar I had safeties

I can’t type in the rejection thing

I got Csulb, csuf, and cal poly Pomona

I don’t really like them

[hidden cedar]

oh bruh rip

[cosmic onyx]

we are getting off the waitlist trust

[sweet wyvern]

What’s the cat emoji on the thread? What school does it represent?

Merced?

Who’s the dog and horse then?

[nova bridge]

i know someone that got purdue cs and is going to santa cruz instead

[honest vine]

tbh id do the same

bayrea opportunities, close-ish to home, way cheaper, etc etc

like im considering sjsu over purdue for the same reasons

[agile wedge]

Which major do you want more

[twilit escarp]

aerospace

but i still feel like id fit in better at UCSC

[agile wedge]

Maybe you may fit in better there but how psyched are you about physics instead of aerospace

[twilit escarp]

i like physics a lot too

and im gonna try to get a masters in aerospace

but idk how much harder it is to get into an aerospace grad program with a physics bachelors instead of an aerospace one

on the applied physics curriculum page at UCSC tho they name the best electives to take to get into an aerospace grad program

[nova bridge]

good idea

[silver pendant]

party culture aint bad

[nova bridge]

i prob would choose riverside over neu if it had a good eng program

[covert arch]

Same lol

[agile wedge]

My friend is planning to turn down UCLA undergrad business to go to community college and hopefully transfer into USC business

Does this sound like a particularly good idea?

(Cost isn’t the issue here)

[valid crater]

ngl USC business is fucking cracked and UCLA isn't that well known for business

[royal steppe]

Do you guys know when ELC comes out for UC? my friend asked me and im not too sure

Like the guranteed admission to merced thing

[agile wedge]

Ah I see

Most of the friend group had been advising him to take UCLA’s offer then try USC for grad school

vs CC attempt

Because the UCLA offer is there and tangible but the CC attempt may not come to fruition

[valid crater]

yeah im not someone to advise

[sweet wyvern]

I agree.

[agile wedge]

The thing is

He’s nearly dead set on it because USC is his dream school

Which we understand but we’re just worried what happens if he’s unable to successfully transfer there

[upper mango]

Although I would defo reccomend to stay, ucla doesn’t even have undergrad business it has business econ which is a combination of both so i kinda get his pov. But yeah as you said cc and transfer is harder and ucla opens many doors guaranteed

[sweet wyvern]

Business Econ would still open similar doors?

[agile wedge]

iirc he got in for business Econ

According to him tho it’s more his craving for USC than the actual undergrad business quality

If he were to get into Berkeley he’d probably be saying the same thing rn

[upper mango]

Business econ is a really solid program as you get both economics knowledge from the economics department and business knowledge from anderson. It definitely opens many doors, probably similar to a usc marshall degree but he might not have the freedom to actually emphasize on what he wants to do in business during undergrad whereas usc marshall offers emphases and room for minor/double major
Sorry for yap

[sweet wyvern]

Nah im actually curious lol. Thanks for the response!

[agile wedge]

All good I feel like the yap is warranted and insightful

[upper mango]

Yeah i get that, perhaps he could visit ucla to see if he likes it too, great campus with great student life

[agile wedge]

Yeah I’d probably suggest it

Good idea

[sweet wyvern]

I’m currently on the fence between ucla and Berkeley

[upper mango]

also ik all this stuff cause my brother does business econ at ucla so i could also maybe get them in touch but idk

[upper mango]

What major?

[sweet wyvern]

That’s actually pretty funny because your sibling is your rival haha

[upper mango]

Yeah lol☠️

[sweet wyvern]

And Berkeley EECS vs UCLA CSE. I know Berkeley is a superior program but I’m thinking ucla is more of my fit as a whole. + I want to do machine learning research and both schools are solid for that

But maybe a bit biased since ucla is pretty much local to me, so I definitely won’t be committing til I visit cal + see my aid package

[upper mango]

I have a friend in ucla cs, there seems to be many opportunities/internships especially in the machine learning/ai department, but I have no doubt there are similar opportunities in Berkeley so i can’t rlly give good advice

[sweet wyvern]

Do you know if location matters for internships? Can’t I just relocate during the summers?

[upper mango]

Iirc an swe in general the other day said that it plays little role, but yeah i don’t know much about cs/cse interships

The thing is with location some schools just have good connections with nearby firms

so maybe a cal student could get a position in the bay by help from the cs department

[sweet wyvern]

Thanks bro

Fight on ✌️💙💛

[upper mango]

Yeah np, touch choice to make but i’m sure you’ll excel wherever you go

Fight on!

[sweet wyvern]

😭lol I did ucla colors

[upper mango]

I thought u were tryna make it wholesome by merging them lmao

[sweet wyvern]

Oh ya that’s what in meant

I just thought some people would take it as mocking lawl

[upper mango]

In that case go bruins💛❤️

[sweet wyvern]

Go bears 🌲❤️🤍

[agile wedge]

[silver pendant]

yes

[sweet wyvern]

Can I contact him?

[silver pendant]

any decent firm would provide corporate housing or a stipend

[silver pendant]

this is such an inane concept

[sweet wyvern]

Yes to the second question right?

[silver pendant]

yes

[silver pendant]

location of your school is mostly irrelevant for cs

i mean, you school itself is also irrelevant too lol

[silver pendant]

imagine completely changing your life trajectory just to get into a college for undergrad

[sweet wyvern]

Grad school is an option

[upper mango]

Sure i’ll shoot him a message and ill tell you if hes down

[sweet wyvern]

Do you think that it’s reasonable that I just choose based on fit since they both seem good?

[upper mango]

I do think its reasonable for sure especially since you say their both good programs

[jaunty walrus]

anyone know how berkeley waitlists are

🥺

[upper mango]

Not terrible i think it was like 15% i saw on an image

[sweet wyvern]

People have called me nuts for considering turning down Berkeley EECS lol

[upper mango]

But lemme search

[agile wedge]

That’s what the entire friend group has been telling him

Like USC is cool but go for your MBA bro

You have UCLA tabled and ready

[upper mango]

Yeah i agree with that^^

[sweet wyvern]

I think when you’re in HS it’s good to have a “dream school,” but it also takes a lot of maturity to realize that no matter what… success can still be found no matter the school, really

[agile wedge]

The thing is that he maintained from the beginning that he was gonna do anything for USC

So idk what he’s gonna do now

Hopefully he does take the LA offer instead of community college

[upper mango]

is he fine with ending up not being accepted in the transfer though?

Cause its a serious serious risk

[agile wedge]

I don’t think it’s even occurred to him that he may not be accepted

Cause like he’s our valedictorian and basically expected to get into USC

not official valedictorian but like rank #1-3

Something round there

[upper mango]

Damn. Personally i would appeal usc and go ucla, perfect 4 year undergrad experience and really solid major

[agile wedge]

Yeah I’ll suggest this for certain

Cause like what if he gets there and he’s like “man maybe I don’t like business”

Then UCLA got everything but CC is another story and a half

[sweet wyvern]

My friend at UCLA told me his TA lineup was nuts

They all graduated from really cracked schools lol

He said his lineup was northwestern, Harvard, and Stanford

[upper mango]

Aren’t TA’s mostly grad students or somethinrg

Or can they be actual teachers

[agile wedge]

Also @upper mango congratulations on USC

Didn’t get the chance to properly congratulate you

[sweet wyvern]

Yuh

[agile wedge]

Looks like the UCSD dream has ended for us both

[upper mango]

Thanks 🙏 Im still shocked

[agile wedge]

Me and you both bro

[upper mango]

I kinda fell in love with ucsd those few days researching it

[agile wedge]

We up tho fr

[upper mango]

Yeah lmao

[agile wedge]

Lowkey yeah but then I fell in love with Berkeley as well

Spoke with some alums and discussed the schools

[heady cobalt]

omg I js got my usc acceptance package

[upper mango]

Yeah usc was probably my #1 of #2 from the get-go but i was discouraged from ea defferal

[heady cobalt]

wow they r very convincing

[agile wedge]

Yo congrats!!!

[upper mango]

Me in 2 months as intl

[agile wedge]

But you made it anyway fr

[upper mango]

[heady cobalt]

tyyy!! omgg congrats on uc Berkeley!!!!!

[sweet wyvern]

I think in the end we are gonna fall in love with the schools we commit to anyway lol

[heady cobalt]

ahh it’s really cute

[upper mango]

Yeah huge dubs by both of us

[agile wedge]

Yo thank you lol

[royal steppe]

does anyone know?

[upper mango]

aaaa what does it have

[agile wedge]

Seemingly unlikely but we succeeded anyway

[upper mango]

https://tenor.com/view/aguerooo-gif-24409536

[sweet wyvern]

lol! If I commit Berkeley we should meet up with the other bears from a2c

[upper mango]

me with usc acceptance

[sweet wyvern]

Still undecided

[agile wedge]

sounds cool

[royal steppe]

Lol where im comitted probably not meeting any of yall

Unkess i get off berk waitlist

[agile wedge]

Where are you going?

[upper mango]

berk waitlist aint that bad

[heady cobalt]

ywww!! did u watch the england vs Belgium

[agile wedge]

And yeah berk waitlist is doable

[upper mango]

Other schools have sub 5% ar from waitlist

[sweet wyvern]

There’s a chance I turn down Berk for ucla but I’ll see

[agile wedge]

I was sleeping unfortunately but Mainoo my goat fr

[heady cobalt]

stopp u need to see it

Bellingham saves England

[upper mango]

They fr sweating in these friendlies

[royal steppe]

SJSU or UNR

[royal steppe]

Really? ik its probably more likely than mu chances on UCSD waitlist

[agile wedge]

Gotta load up the highlights

Or find a recording probably

[agile wedge]

Uni of Nevada, Reno?

[upper mango]

apparently it was ~20% last yr

[royal steppe]

Yes cuz they gace me a good scholarship offer

20k including r&b

[royal steppe]

Damnn

[agile wedge]

Ah I see

[royal steppe]

Yea still deciding school

[random saffron]

all of my tas so far have been from the ivy league and ivy adjacent schools

i'd assume most top school's tas come from backgrounds like that tho

[sweet wyvern]

do you know about the machine learning / ai side of the school?

i wanna do undergrad research in that lol

[random saffron]

tbh i have no idea but i'd assume ucla is pretty good for it

our programs have been getting more ml/ai oriented

for example

recently our stats major became a joint major

its not just stats now its stats & data sci

and we have a decent amount of ai courses so i assume there's a decent amount of profs doing ai/ml research

our math department is involved with ai as well and is also pretty good in terms of reputation

they deflate the shit out of ur grades tho

if you're naturally good at math i wouldn't worry abt that tho

[silver pendant]

most of my TAs are intls

i mean it’s just by graduate program

[random saffron]

all of my stem tas are international

[silver pendant]

and most ppl here are either coterminal ir intls

[random saffron]

bro i left for spring break half a week early and it still went by so fast

we already back soon

😢

[silver pendant]

blink of an eye

[granite dirge]

quarter system eh?

u guys got good housing?

[silver pendant]

no

you gotta pray

[rose island]

does anyone know how competitive uci’s informatics is to get into (in state)? compared to something like cs or software engineering

[random saffron]

yea i'm balling

couldn't have asked for anything better

no complaints

[wispy rose]

how is uci math major

is it really good?

[sullen sierra]

How hard is it to get of the waitlist at UC schools. I got waitlisted at Davis for Aerospace Engineering

[steel matrix]

You can search up the Common Data Set and see how many students were taken off the waitlist each year

I'll tell u Davis has a good waitlist rate a lot of students get off because Davis' yield rate isn't as high

[nimble gulch]

Davis is a great school though why is the yield not high

[agile wedge]

Students are satisfied initially when they get Davis

But a lot of people who get Davis are able to get schools they may choose over Davis

Irvine, SD, SB, Cal, LA

I had Davis as a top choice until I nailed SD and eventually Cal

It’s a great school but sometimes people get into better

[royal steppe]

I couldnt find Davis’s most recent common data set

only 2020-21

[wheat oyster]

Not the CDS, but close

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/_files/documents/2023-counselor-conference/remediated-pdfs/ucop-and-campus-updates-remediated-pdf.pdf

[limber cipher]

it’s crazy Davis is ranked higher than sb, sd and irvine witj less competitive admissions statistics

they doing something right fr

[thorny ermine]

Does anyone know if its possible for me to switch to a different college within UCSD before starting as a freshman?

I put down revelle as my first choice and have read a lot of bad things about it 😭

[royal steppe]

i think someone said here its only possible if you can prove you can graduate early or somethin

[thorny ermine]

interesting.. like an appeal?>

[royal steppe]

im not too sure about the process

i just read someone say that on here

[thorny ermine]

gotcha thanks

[wheat oyster]

Yea the guy above is right, it’s really unlikely that u can change colleges tbh

Revelle isn’t the best college, but it’s not as bad as everyone makes it seem

[random saffron]

not an ideal location

[nimble gulch]

i c

[agile wedge]

Where???

On US news they’re tied with USC

[limber cipher]

im talking about santa barbara san diego and irvine

[limber cipher]

even though those schools accept like half as many

[agile wedge]

WHAT

Well DAMN

But yeah Davis is a great school

Also it never ceases to shock me that only 3 UCs have an acceptance rate above 42%

UCs are quite competitive

[silver pendant]

wow ucsb deranked

[agile wedge]

Usually I see UCSB considered as the 4th best UC

not the 6th

Sometimes maybe 5th

[wheat oyster]

Tritons on 🔝

[steel matrix]

^

ucsd saw my potential

[wheat flower]

What major r u

[wheat oyster]

Disciplinary action

[wispy rose]

hey guys

got admitted by uci

just wondering

how is uci math

compared to other ucs?

[agile wedge]

Real

[silver pendant]

best major

[wheat oyster]

🥰

[wheat flower]

Anything u don’t like about ucsd

[granite dirge]

didnt for me

[round vector]

This is a really vague question, by pure department ranking UCLA/Cal are most likely better, and perhaps some of the other UCs as well, but it’s probably not the worst ranked

What about things like curriculum? Class sizes? Professors? Individualized attention? Career paths and opportunities? Do you want a BS/MS? Research? Easy to get a good GPA? Do you want to graduate early? If you’re more specific someone with more knowledge than I do on this topic would find it easier to help you

[wispy rose]

like difficulty and amount of resources

As well as professors

For bs

[royal steppe]

why Merced still yapping to me

[lost heart]

Why aren’t you planning your next adventure?

I think you should plan it at UC Merced, specifically the admissions office

[royal steppe]

lmaooooo

[agile wedge]

Me too

And I didn’t even fucking apply

[royal steppe]

SAME HERE

isnt their deadline over

[agile wedge]

Maybe we’re ELC

so that makes Merced the back up

[royal steppe]

are u ELC

im ELC

but
A) im not going to merced
B) idk when or how they even send out ELC, my friend asked me and im not sure. do you know?

[lost heart]

bro got into the best/2nd best UC and the worst one thinks they can pull him

very ambitious i must say

[agile wedge]

We both nailed the best UC

[lost heart]

ill decide which one is the best once i commit

😄

[agile wedge]

(It’s Berkeley)

(Academically and by name weight Berkeley is the #1 public university)

[lost heart]

🤓 Berkeley more like UCB (ha take that)

[royal steppe]

which UCs u got

[lost heart]

la berk sb and sd

deciding between the first two

[royal steppe]

BRO YOU CRACKED

me:
Rejected davis irvine
waitlist berk SD
accepted sc

[agile wedge]

Crazy as fuck

[royal steppe]

i was humbled big time

[lost heart]

im in state tho

[royal steppe]

me too

[lost heart]

o

[agile wedge]

I got Davis, SD, Berkeley, Riverside

[lost heart]

bro i hate UCI

screw them

[agile wedge]

So out of 6 UCs I nailed 4

[royal steppe]

i got 1/5 i applied to

2/5 WL

2/5 reject

i dont think i'll end up at a UC lol

[lost heart]

csu?

or somewhere else

[agile wedge]

Irvine an L and LA is just plain hard

The rest took me tho so we chill

[lost heart]

irvine is so bad

horrible

trash

garbage

the thing is why are they accepting people that got into MIT and Caltech

Even tho they know they are not gonna go there

[royal steppe]

Either SJSU or OOS

i would go SJSU if this OOS school didnt give a great scholarship to me that makes it cheapter than SJSU by like 10k

[lost heart]

r u a CS major?

[royal steppe]

MIS

[lost heart]

what is MIS

[royal steppe]

management info systems

[lost heart]

o

i assume SJSU is p good for that cuz i think its p good for CS right

and theres lots of companies near it

[royal steppe]

yea

im considering the tuition too tho

since its liek 30k SJSU vs 20k for the OOS school that gave me merit aid (including r&b costs + fees)

so its kinda hard choice lol

im not counting on the waitlist Berk or SD to come through

[lost heart]

i see, gl with your decision

[royal steppe]

thanks man

[agile wedge]

Utter fucking shit

Just Cal State Fullerton pro max edition

[lost heart]

lol

[agile wedge]

Not even tbh

Even Cal State East Bay is clear

And nobody ever fucking talks about Cal State East Bay

I’ve never heard it mentioned in any conversation

[acoustic ibex]

@lost heart you committed?

[lost heart]

not yet

[random saffron]

💀