#UC Berkeley (UCB) (2023-2024)

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scenic shore
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data sci. like the course a lot. i may or may not minor in cs, ling, or cogntiive sci as well one of those minors

north umbra
scenic shore
north umbra
scenic shore
lilac saddle
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I have no clue what to write

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I was hoping touching grass would give me some ideas but it only gave me a cold nose and crippling leg cramps

quasi blade
quasi blade
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can someone look at my met essay when its done

vast juniper
river grotto
radiant salmon
quasi blade
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Alright I will send you it when im done

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Still procrastinating on it lol

steep furnace
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holy fuck thread popped off

wide nymph
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For UCB MET, do the admissions officers read all of your UC essays or just the MET essay?

slim ravine
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Logically speaking i think they mustve read all essays

lilac saddle
river grotto
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Can someone please read my MET essay outline plz plz plz

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Plzzzz

radiant salmon
vast juniper
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yeah

mental flicker
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I thought it closes when the Uc app closed on nov 30

quasi blade
mortal horizon
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What’s the met essay?

spring pulsar
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would this be bad if i actually am kinda interested in mse?

jolly python
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Well no haha

quasi blade
# mortal horizon What’s the met essay?

Management Entrepreneurship and Technology (MET) program at Berkeley is basically a dual degree in engineering and bba and applicants need to write another supp before friday

steep furnace
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🤓

hollow folio
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anyone apply for the SUBP program?

river grotto
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Can I transfer to EECS if I get in

scenic shore
river grotto
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Rlly? Like they don't offer the option or it's hard to get in

scenic shore
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u know what i take it back im not too sure after researching

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but if u are in the engineering depart i think it is possible unsure if u can if u are in letter and science

river river
steep furnace
steep furnace
river river
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also wtf was that 61b final 😭

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magic belt my ass

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and middleheap 😭

steep furnace
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where

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show

quasi blade
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can someone read my essay now

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please

jolly python
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Don’t spread rumors about CoE change of major but don’t spread misinformation either

steep furnace
river river
jolly python
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It’s the same as before

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Also loophole sealed \implies impossible

quasi blade
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pulled a half-nighter to finish my met essay cuz im very good at procrastinating

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good night

lilac saddle
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whats the diff between EECS and IEOR

static wren
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you can search up the abbreviations but eecs is electrical eng & cs and ieor is industrial engr + operations research

jolly python
lilac saddle
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im assuming the opportunities are the same cuz its all CoE

jolly python
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Like there is nothing stopping an IEOR student from taking our course in neural networks

lilac saddle
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oh alr

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Is it easy to transfer between IEOR and EECS

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I dont know which one I want to do and just put down EECS bc its more popular ig

jolly python
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Otherwise just put EECS

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This place sucks balls anyways

river grotto
jolly python
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All we really have is our reputation and our best students

vast juniper
jolly python
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If you aren’t super brilliant you might as well just put in the minimal effort because this place has nothing to offer you

vast juniper
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tbh reputation is kinda good enough tho

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imo

river grotto
jolly python
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Other schools have reputation but don’t fuck over their students

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Not that they hoard them there just isn’t enough to go around

river grotto
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What sort of resouces are you talking about btw

vast juniper
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wdym fuck over the students tho

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in what way

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😳

jolly python
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Research, organizations, etc

lilac saddle
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or both

jolly python
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Both

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Because the generational talent students are also 24/7 hustling

vast juniper
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or is the admin just suck ass

jolly python
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Both

lilac saddle
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my lazy ass is not surviving at this school

vast juniper
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what if we get thanos to snap away half of the school population

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would that solve the issue

jolly python
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I would say so

lilac saddle
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how fucked up is course selection for CS

jolly python
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I mean the courses are good

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Good luck getting in them though

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Actually the courses are

lilac saddle
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praying for regents or MET 😭

jolly python
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Of good quality but not taught well

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If you’re regents or MET level you probably have better choices anyway

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Regents only exists to poach top level students

vast juniper
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jolly python
jolly python
lilac saddle
vast juniper
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oh

jolly python
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As long as they weren’t bad/garbage they won’t be the reason you’re rejected

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They’re literally just EECS with social skills yes

vast juniper
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oh shoot

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nick what do u think matters the most in my berkeley app then

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if not the essays

lilac saddle
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would 2 Bs in humanities fuck u over for regents

vast juniper
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assuming they arent flaming garbage

lilac saddle
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ik they care abt grades a lot and Im still top 5 in my school and maybe area even

jolly python
jolly python
river grotto
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For MET

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How improtant is the video essay

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Also is getting a video essay a good sign

lilac saddle
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if u get it i assume ur in top 300

jolly python
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For UC imo just sound impressive

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They’re skimming your app anyways

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Embellish and even lie where you see fit

lilac saddle
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😭

river grotto
jolly python
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I know two people who lied, got audited, then just lied in the audit to get cleared

lilac saddle
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what HAHAH

river grotto
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When do they audit an applicant

jolly python
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It’s random

vast juniper
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were u oos

jolly python
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I mean I was in state and had an awful GPA

lilac saddle
jolly python
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Like 3.72 UW 4.6 W

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I had all 5s and got lucky

lilac saddle
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haas transfer mentions that they consider 50% GPA, 30% ECs and 20% essays but idk if its the same for other stuff

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I assume it wouldnt be too diff

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river grotto
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Yo could someone review my entire UC app and lmk if you thikn I hvae a good chacne at MET

lilac saddle
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I can

river grotto
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Tyy

lilac saddle
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just finished my met essay

river grotto
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I need help with my essay too LMFAO

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finshing it up tonight

jolly python
jolly python
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BHHS if you’re curious

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vast juniper
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nick did u apply to met?

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also how important is ur award and ec list in getting in berk

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or is it mostly j gpa

lilac saddle
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if I was to guess it would help distinguish urself among your area esp if u go to a place with crazy grade inflation

rapid terrace
jolly python
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I’ll drop out of the CoE after I’ve taken the CS courses that I want

vast juniper
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oh

scenic shore
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I hope Berkeley lets me in. I wish they had like a legacy or interest essay or something

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I practically lived at Berkeley campus since birth

slender tiger
jolly python
jolly python
scenic shore
scenic shore
broken grail
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I’m going to get into Berk since Stanford rejected me 💯

wintry silo
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downvote every post on the stanford subreddit

broken grail
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I’m not that upset though but now I’m anxious im going to get rejected from ucs too

wintry silo
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the A2C CS majors should collaborate and make a bot on reddit that downvotes posts from top colleges into oblivion

wintry silo
slender tiger
broken grail
jolly python
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Our DS program is kinda suspect too

lilac saddle
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I looked at the DS program and it just looks like CS but you have to take the ds electives?

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litweally the same degree

jolly python
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Which is the problem to me

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Not uniquely DS enough

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But I don’t really think that there are any good DS programs yet

lilac saddle
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idk if u can even make a decent DS program till grad tbh

scenic shore
lilac saddle
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cuz its all the same prereqs until u get to proving the assumptions you make in ML stuff

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like theres only so much in depth u can go in undergrad I feel

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ofc theres more to DS than ML (not rly)

river grotto
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Can someone read my MET essay rq before I submit it?

broken grail
static wren
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management entrepreneurship and technology!

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also hi again ruby lol

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but its a dual degree prog with business admin + some sort of engineering

broken grail
broken grail
broken grail
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Congrats on Stanford btw!

static wren
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thank you!! 🤭

grand kraken
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love berkeley

grim fulcrum
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*UCB

jolly python
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Least salty SD student

arctic yew
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Anyone applied to Haas?

knotty sluice
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yup 🙋 gmp program

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totally regret choosing it tho

real harbor
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did anyone do the video for Spieker?

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What were da questions

arctic yew
arctic yew
vast juniper
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any special program is hard to get in

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its like

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takes 30 ppl or smth

arctic yew
vast juniper
arctic yew
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makes sense

jolly python
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I know these people

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Half of them are airheads

vast juniper
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💀

vast juniper
jolly python
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MET are mostly solid with a few giga cracked students

vast juniper
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okay thats good to know

vast juniper
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😳

jolly python
vast juniper
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prob chose met over stanny or mit

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tho i would imagine that to be rare

jolly python
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Yeah which is not the right choice imo

vast juniper
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huh why

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doesnt met have mad resources

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it's also a very tight knit program

jolly python
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I don’t doubt that those students can get the resources themselves at a T5

jolly python
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If you really want the community it’s there

vast juniper
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are t5s more worth it cuz of the smaller classes

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private schools after all

jolly python
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Everything being smaller is great

vast juniper
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i mean i just feel like met being small addresses that flaw of cal

jolly python
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It also helps for your school to not be in the red every year

vast juniper
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wdym not be in the red

jolly python
jolly python
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But it’s also the area

vast juniper
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oh wow

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💀

jolly python
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Berkeley would thrive if it were in a nicer area

vast juniper
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whats wrong w the area

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isnt being near the bay good

jolly python
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Very ghetto and kind of dirty

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Not everywhere in the bay is good

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I wouldn’t compare Oakland to Burlingame

vast juniper
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oh hmm

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whats ur major at cal?

jolly python
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Right now IEOR but might switch to Stats

tribal matrix
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But it’s expensive

vast juniper
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oh right ur nick i j remmbered 💀

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true

mental flicker
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Bc like someone told me their applying ieor cuz it “sounds like data science”

jolly python
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More engineering requirements though

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Also more business-ey

vast juniper
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wait nick whats ur plan for ur future career

jolly python
arctic yew
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is spieker friendly for internationals to apply btw

jolly python
vast juniper
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oh

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why wouldnt u do engineering then

jolly python
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I forget what spieker is

jolly python
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I would prefer to learn traditional statistics/modern machine learning

vast juniper
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oh

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would u do eecs if u could

jolly python
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The stats degree is shorter and gives me more wiggle room

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Nah I kind of hate programming

vast juniper
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:0

arctic yew
jolly python
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Oh I see

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I guess spieker was the guy that saved Haas

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I would say totally yeah apply

lilac saddle
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is HAAS + EECS viable without MET

jolly python
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Yeah but it’s a waste of time

vast juniper
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how so

arctic yew
lilac saddle
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HAAS degree is kinda a joke undergrad from what I ve heard

jolly python
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I believe that the best entrepreneurs have something that can’t be taught

vast juniper
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all biz undergrad is a joke

jolly python
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Wharton/Stern seem legit

lilac saddle
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theres some haas only programs tho which I kinda wanted

mental flicker
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Can’t u just like get an mba anyways

vast juniper
jolly python
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jolly python
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Just do minimum courses for Haas and then drop Haas later

lilac saddle
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but once u have clout in the business world you can just apply for like SLOAN and get ur MBA there

jolly python
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Nothing is stopping an EECS grad from doing an MBA

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Like anywhere

vast juniper
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ig met just saves u years of time

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but isnt met 5 years

jolly python
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You should go to GSB though

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MET is four

vast juniper
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oh

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thats nice

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then theres no need for a mba right

lilac saddle
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most MET grads graduate in like 3 tho

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cuz APs

jolly python
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MET isn’t the same as undergrad + MBA

lilac saddle
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MET business degree is kinda troll

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MBA is actually useful

vast juniper
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ok but tbh being an entrepreneur ig u dont rlly need a mba if u have met

lilac saddle
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MBA helps a lot

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esp sicne C-levels move companies a lot

mental flicker
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What’s a c-level

lilac saddle
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CEO, CFO

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CTO

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etc.

mental flicker
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Oh

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Don’t u just get those jobs from extensive work experience e

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Like climbing up the corporate ladder

vast juniper
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or u can just take the risk and launc ur own startup

lilac saddle
jolly python
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I believe that with business you want to do things that heighten your luck

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The business kids at T5s have higher luck factor than MET kids

arctic yew
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any recommended degree if i want to launch my own business

vast juniper
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how so

jolly python
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MET kids are strivers but T5 business kids are both lucky/rich and strivers

lilac saddle
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so an ivy

jolly python
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The business kids at like Harvard would be more likely to sauce you for top opportunities

lilac saddle
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tbh ur college doesent matter for startups, just some places you meet more important ppl than others

jolly python
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And are closer to extreme wealth

vast juniper
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but true tho, they come from wealtheri backgrounds

jolly python
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Mostly wealth and connections

vast juniper
jolly python
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With business you want to get as close to extreme wealth as possible

vast juniper
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oh true

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connections yeah

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tho i feel like met does offer plenty of connections

lilac saddle
vast juniper
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also with cal's huge population

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theres plenty of connections to be mdade

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which imo is a bit more important than pure wealth, although wealth gets you to the ppl u need to meet

jolly python
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Eh Berkeley connections are kind of suspect

vast juniper
lilac saddle
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harvard might

jolly python
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We’re generally upper middle class at most and not the kind to simply boost friends for free

vast juniper
arctic yew
lilac saddle
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MET will however get you ur first internship and lab easilly

vast juniper
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ig met is not very well known outside

lilac saddle
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which berkeley prob wont unless u hustle

lilac saddle
jolly python
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If you go to Harvard and are not a shut-in I would be surprised if you don’t come out with a top role

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Penn M&T is a league above

vast juniper
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cuz of wharton?

lilac saddle
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yeah

vast juniper
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hm

lilac saddle
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although imo MET > M&T if ur in cali

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cheaper + u graduate quicker + better engineering

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which is more important to me tbh

jolly python
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Like generally think of ultra rich people and where they would send their kids if they had the choice

vast juniper
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yeah thats a good point

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name brand means a lot

jolly python
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You wouldn’t see Bill Ackman’s daughter attending Berkeley

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Even if her particular program might have better education

vast juniper
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tho i feel like met is still the better choice

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when compared to none hsm

jolly python
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I mean yeah it’s higher mean lower variance

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HYPSM is high mean high variance

lilac saddle
jolly python
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If you do MET you will walk out with a top offer

vast juniper
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m&t feels more finance

jolly python
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If you go to HYPSM you will walk out with a top offer, you might end up with a moonshot offer

lilac saddle
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at least my ideal plan would be to graduate either eecs or ieor in 2 years and then try to get a masters in some AI/computation field

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and then grow my startup on the side during college

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was hoping for MET cuz it seemed less random than regents and I really dont feel like staying at berkeley for an extra year if I get in

jolly python
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2 years is pretty difficult but I know people that have done EECS in 2

lilac saddle
vast juniper
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jolly python
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They often don’t let them directly transfer

vast juniper
jolly python
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Unless it was a handful of very specific courses

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Like Diablo Valley’s 61A

lilac saddle
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is 61A the one that always gets filled

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I just used assist

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to see if they would transfer

jolly python
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Nah there was space for 61A this semester

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Because they MOOCed the shit out of it

lilac saddle
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💀

jolly python
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They got another Prof to just bs through the lectures

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His section is like 900 people but like 20 go to lecture

lilac saddle
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LOL what

jolly python
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Yeah this prof is really good at 70 but just needed to fill in

lilac saddle
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I have all the math +physics done for transfer and hopefully complete the shit needed for 61 by the time i graduate

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if my class dosent get dropped 💀

jolly python
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steep furnace
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💀

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rao's lectures are a living meme but hes a cool dude

jolly python
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A bunch of ppl did

steep furnace
jolly python
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Damn

steep furnace
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tal was by far the better lecturer

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rao is more coherrent in OH tho

jolly python
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Yeah Tal is better

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Very sharp

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I met him at a theory lunch

simple basalt
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hey, a friend of mine applied with met as both his primary and secondary majors. I remember seeing that you couldn't do that, but I'm still a little confused -- could someone clarify whether he's fine or needs to submit a course change request?

dreamy kite
river grotto
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Has anyone gotten their video interview yet for MET?

vast juniper
river grotto
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YEah sure

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Already submitted though

vast juniper
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dms?

river grotto
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sure

simple basalt
jolly python
knotty sluice
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anyone know what are the interview questions for GMP?

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also are the interview questions for GMP and MET going to be the same?

north magnet
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What questions should i expect in haas school interview ?

simple basalt
jolly python
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MET is not one-shot in any case

grizzled igloo
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did anyone receive a text msg about joining the official group chat of uc berkeley using zeemeeapp

scenic shore
jolly python
dreamy kite
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I thought it was a scam 😭

marble shuttle
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Prob doesn't mean anything

dreamy kite
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Don’t think it does but at least its not like a phishing link or anything

lilac saddle
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if you dont sign up for zeemee you wont get in

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I have a friend who didnt sign up and didnt get in

dreamy kite
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What is this misinformation 😭

wintry silo
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bruh

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i thought that was a scam too

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lmao

winter jetty
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so do i join it or.....lol

jolly python
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Just join llamao

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You might find new friends there

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You will certainly find a bunch of insufferable motherfuckers

lilac saddle
grizzled igloo
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ok lowkey that it might be a scammer

grizzled igloo
river grotto
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When do regents scholarship notifs come out?

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And MET video interviews?

scenic shore
lilac saddle
river grotto
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Did you get MET interview @lilac saddle

lilac saddle
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is it out yet?

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dosent it come out in jan

river grotto
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Isn't it due in Jan

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Jan 12?

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I don't thikn it comes out in Jan

weak bane
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Is this legit?

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grim fulcrum
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!zeemee

autumn hawkBOT
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I got a message from Zeemee telling me to join a group chat for [insert college]. Does this mean I have a better chance of getting in?

No.

Then what is Zeemee?

Zeemee’s concept is supposed to be like Discord. In reality, it’s mostly people sending links to external group chats on platforms like Instagram. It’s pretty dead.

So if I don’t have a better chance of getting in, why did they send me a message? How did they get my info?

A lot of colleges partner with Zeemee. I couldn’t tell you why. But, if you gave colleges permission to communicate with you, then they’re allowed to give your information to Zeemee as well. Per Zeemee’s Privacy Policy:

Participating Colleges may, with your consent for the College to communicate with you, register prospective students, current students, and alumni, before they become a ZeeMee member and provide us various items, including, but not limited to, their name, email address, phone number, location, and if students or alumni, their degree program, and graduation year. We also may send messages to your mobile phone number if you have provided us or a College consent to do so.

vocal rock
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I joined it idk what to do there lol

jolly python
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Ngl fuck these people

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I wonder why I can’t get into any programs and I learn that some randoms are full blasting it across the internet

vast juniper
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💀

lilac saddle
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I missed calhacks

jolly python
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But I think it’s college only

lilac saddle
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does community college count

jolly python
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Lol maybe

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You could also lie

lilac saddle
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"what if my AO find out noooo "

jolly python
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Hm they said undergrad

jolly python
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These apps are reviewed by students

lilac saddle
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FUCK they need a resume

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should I send in my AI one

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theres no finance

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this is an elaborate a2c doxxing scheme isnt it

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why do we need to apply to get in if its an individual competition 😭

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they just wanna gatekeep me pookie

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fuck it imma send in my resume witth my hs still on it

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they better let me in

jolly python
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Say that you’re from the uni local to you

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I wouldn’t even give real name lmao fuck these people

lilac saddle
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is the networking legit or just a data collection scheme

jolly python
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The students don’t really care much abt data collection unless you’re giga cracked

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In which case they stalk you LOL

lilac saddle
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they should stalk me on linkedin 😍

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imma turn in the resume I turned into KAIST

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submitted

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if I get in this is gonna be so funny I think I have a physics test on those days

jolly python
lilac saddle
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ok so funny story

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I discovered a2c end of junior year

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and then promptly started applying to internships

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thing was I didnt know I wasnt shit so I applied to all the grad level labs with like 5 undergrads

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one of them was this lab at USC (or UCLA?) called clvr

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they actually gave me an interview

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and were like

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yo we're at kaist now btw

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so fly over

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and I respondeed (stupidly) with "b-bbuttt ... I'm in high schooowl 🥺 👉 👈 "

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and they never spoke to me after that interview again

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I originally thought that they were a UCLA lab but it turns out that I have the reading comprehension devil and they were always at kaist

jolly python
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LOL

lilac saddle
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I went on wayback machine and checked to make sure too

jolly python
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Oh well

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They’re not very good anyways

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Apply to RAIL instead 😤

lilac saddle
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kaist or clvr

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this lab sounds amazing

jolly python
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CLVR it seems

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I’m meming though they’re probably decent

lilac saddle
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I (failed to) copied their implementaion on skill based rl for a project

jolly python
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Based

lilac saddle
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I didnt know u could actually apply to these things till I joined a2c

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otherwise I wouldve been rishab jain frfr

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but now all I have is a funny story for the addl info section

lilac saddle
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they were all the most difficult to join labs I could find

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like what was I thinking

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there was this SIA one at USC too

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a lot of autonomous navigation

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RAIL I couldnt find the signup button for

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wait its cal only huh

jolly python
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Eh you’ll get into cal or better anyways

lilac saddle
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Im nowhere near the intelligence for rail ngl

lilac saddle
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essays were dogshit

jolly python
lilac saddle
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and my activities isnt 3x aime

jolly python
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My essays weren’t that good either

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3x aime isn’t that much better than 1x

lilac saddle
jolly python
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More a demonstration of how early you picked up the techniques

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LOL same

lilac saddle
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more I realize how good everyone else is the more I feel less confident abt my survival at berkeley tbh if I even get in

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like Im probably the slowest learner of my friend group (maybe even my school)

vast juniper
jolly python
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Imo it’s not resume

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Well it is but the bar is very low

vast juniper
jolly python
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It’s mostly luck if you have decent grades/did things other than academics

vast juniper
jolly python
jolly python
vast juniper
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😭

jolly python
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I can’t think of a single resume item that has been 100% Berkeley success rate

vast juniper
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do they value essays a lot cuz i feel like given so much applications they prob dont rlly care very much abt the essays

jolly python
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You can be an Olympic level athlete and still get rej because their process is so suspect

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They value you not bombing the essays sure

vast juniper
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hmm

jolly python
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Even they said that the essays are more like interview questions

lilac saddle
jolly python
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It’s a measure of how well you can sell yourself bc the essays get like less than a minute each

vast juniper
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i see

jolly python
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You’re doing a sales pitch among tens of thousands of other applicants

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The activities section is also a meme

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Don’t drown out your good activities with bs because you think you have to reach 20

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Less is more in a lot of cases

lilac saddle
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why would they put 20 if they didnt want you to use them all

vast juniper
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which i honestly like more

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than the random bs ivy leagues do

jolly python
lilac saddle
jolly python
vast juniper
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no i mean ours is at least much less random

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not random bs on some fake personality thing

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at least it cuts straight to the point

lilac saddle
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I mean ivy leagues is also not personality

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both is selling "why"

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just Ivys have more time to read abt you than UCs do

vast juniper
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ivy league def has a lot of admits who are much less academically qualified/not as much merit based

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and added with the influx of legacies and what not

lilac saddle
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because they all could sell the "why" behind them better + fit the diversity needed for the class

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thats ig the distinction

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UCs I presume dont rly care abt a class selection

vast juniper
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like it's just there and ur already at a huge disadvantage

jolly python
lilac saddle
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privates seem to be willing to admit mid-der applicants to make the class more well rounded

vast juniper
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yeah of course

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at least public is more regulated

jolly python
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The gap between the 25th and 75th percentiles here is probably the widest among any top school

vast juniper
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it really is that hard to have a university where the vast majority of the students are actually super capable academically 😔

lilac saddle
lilac saddle
vast juniper
jolly python
lilac saddle
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stupider diversity tends to outshine smarter echo chambers in all forms of life

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unis recognize this and if they want donations they tend to follow that princple

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look at the presidential debates for example

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all these people are the same person

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versus look at a decently well run corporate entity

vast juniper
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i dont mean hardcore acaedmic capability, need to correct that - but with extremely capable skills on any field, whether it's research or entreprenurial abilty - but it really sucks when a lot of students in a uni are neither and just extremely average which im sure everyone has seen, e.g. the frequent "how the hell did this guy get in xxx school" you hear in the hallway

lilac saddle
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at a large scale public school like UCs you'll def see less of that though bc u cant micromanage applicants at that level + its state funded

vast juniper
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i personally believe that a lot of the diversity slogans are marketing techniques, no more no less

lilac saddle
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diversity exists because it works

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then theres pandering which is something else

jolly python
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You do not see those moonshot outcomes with solely nerds

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Because they lack funds/can’t self-market

vast juniper
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soley nerds definitely don't always deserve the top schools for sure

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oftentimes the ones who make critical contributions to society are the polar opposite of sole nerds

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i mean, we have a couple living right now albeit causing some internet turmoil every now and then...

lilac saddle
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I think the misconception here is that the ppl that get into the schools have to be the best in their field to contribute to the class

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and this is where selling your why comes in

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apple sells shitty phones for the price they cost

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yet ppl still buy them

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similarly mid students with clear purposes are more appealing to other humans than great students with no clear purposes

vast juniper
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well i guess we can at least say that the correct strat is to sell yourself to align with what the school needs instead of actually just showing them the stellar student you are

lilac saddle
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thing is you dont know what the school needs

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bc

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they might need a certain person at a certain moment

vast juniper
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you can have a general sense at least

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such as the school culture

lilac saddle
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I mean if u dont align with the school culture in your app your not even making it to the stage where the rest of this matters

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but outside of that a perfect student with no why really dosent mean much

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this isnt even just abt apps its in everything in life

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if u think of ur favorite protagonists they all have some sort of purpose

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otherwise they dont feel like the MC

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no MC vibe often means no hire or no funding

vast juniper
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sometimes, tho, telling them abt ur great purpose can be off putting

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aren't there cases where a student who owns a 6 figure business talks abt it in his essay and the school's like "u dont even need college anymore and might drop out" so they just don't take him

lilac saddle
vast juniper
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in my previous msg

lilac saddle
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what would the purpose be

lilac saddle
vast juniper
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wdym

lilac saddle
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CEOs still choose to get their MBAs

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despite having a C level position

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education is important regardless how much motion u have

vast juniper
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mba is different from undergrad tho

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the application is obv more purpose oriented

lilac saddle
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ofc if ur in the position you dont need the network of college as much as a broke student like me would

vast juniper
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no i think the opposite

lilac saddle
vast juniper
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a high schooler who owns a 6 figure business needs college as much as anyone else does

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cuz the connection and network is invaluable

lilac saddle
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behind his or her business

vast juniper
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to initiate startups that may change the world some day

lilac saddle
vast juniper
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to explore their talent/interest in entrepreneurship, just as why some prospective-scientist would conduct research on their own in hs

jolly python
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Then did 3rd year MS

lilac saddle
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waitt arent those all the harder EECS classes

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bro is majoring in masochism

vast juniper
jolly python
jolly python
grizzled elk
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hi

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anybody did their haas video essay

knotty sluice
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same i wanna ask this too

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does anyone know the questions?

gray ocean
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I dont think their out yet

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@grizzled elk @knotty sluice

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im in the same boat just waiting

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i have a few of the possible question prompts im working on

knotty sluice
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the vid is due jan 5 tho...

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so do we just go on the website, press start, and then see the questions?

river grotto
#

Did anyone get a video interview for MET?

river grotto
#

Wait could I DM someone about the video interview

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I have it on my checklist

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Does it mean I qualifed for it?

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Anyone applied to MET btw?

static wren
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i did, i haven’t received any communication about the video essay and i don’t see it on my checklist so it could be a sign

analog tide
#

getting into stanford but not met is crazy

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stanford is insane already tho :))

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does anyone know if it's rolling

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or they just send invites all at once

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It’s like 10pm sf time tho so it’s probably doomed :/

static wren
#

but also isn’t MET only like 50 something people per cohort 😳

analog tide
#

Yeah something crazy like that

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I thought this stat was mad

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23% oos, 8% INTERNSTIONAL WTF

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4 ppl each year worldwide haha, knew it was doomed from the start but still had hope 🙂

unique snow
static wren
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the numbers are crazy though

unique snow
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thats crazy

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the statistics are a how interesting moment indeed

analog tide
cinder finch
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What happens if Berkeley doesn’t sent u a request to do the vid essay

unique snow
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does everyone have to do it

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(i didnt apply MET)

cinder finch
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Nah I think it’s select only

unique snow
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oh really?

cinder finch
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But idk if it’s a good or bad thing

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Like do they want more info abt you because they think ur a good applicant

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Or do they want more info abt u bc they think ur supplemental and stats r bad

unique snow
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maybe they send it later?
at least for this other school im doing (SCU honor college), i have to do the supp first then they send the video prompt later

cinder finch
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Was the supplemental due the 15th for u

unique snow
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i didnt apply met

cinder finch
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Oh

unique snow
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i applied data science to berkely

cinder finch
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I rlly wished I researched met before applying for it

unique snow
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did you apply an alt major that isnt met

cinder finch
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Comp sci

unique snow
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💀

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damn i see

cinder finch
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Damn

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How bad r we talking

unique snow
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i mean

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idk

cinder finch
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Is comp sci that selective too

unique snow
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but comp sci is competitve i assume

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but also idk if you can change alt major

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does anyone know? cuz i did comp sci alt major too...

cinder finch
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That would be nice

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I would do architecture or smth instead

unique snow
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oh ur into architecture?

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i see

cinder finch
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Yeah but I think what I rlly wanna do is make a business

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That’s why I did met but it’s like 1% acceptance rate

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And I spent maybe 5 days total on the supplemental

unique snow
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damn

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idk what i would switch alt major for berkely

cinder finch
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I think u can send email actually

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From the admissions portal

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To request a change of major or alt major

unique snow
cinder finch
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I would think so

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Doesn’t hurt to ask

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Just looked up comp sci acceptance rate for Berkeley it’s 20%

unique snow
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i see

static wren
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but also if you applied eecs+biz for MET you’re already auto considered for eecs if you’re rejected from MET

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from my understanding

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so putting cs as alt major may be a bit redundant (?)

unique snow
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and put CS alt

static wren
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oh yea no i meant for MET

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ds + cs is prob fine but both are very competitive already

unique snow
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oof

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i see

cinder finch
static wren
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yea

analog tide
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damn cal is crazy

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imagine they req it the day before lol

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touch wood

river grotto
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Are these the questions for the video interview?

rapid terrace
scenic shore
north magnet
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lol has anyone done the haas interview or are we all just waiting

river grotto
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@scenic shore Did you do MET?

ancient cairn
analog tide
ancient cairn
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damn

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i might be one of the last ones to get it lol

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i applied 11:58 the day of

ancient cairn
analog tide
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We shall see I guess

analog tide
tender prawn
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One of the nicest guys I’ve met tbh

tender prawn
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I got the video essay in my checklist too but I didn’t get any email, has anyone gotten an email? Does everyone get the request?

ancient cairn
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no

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you aren't supposed to get an email

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just pops up on your checklist

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damn if u got it and submitted at 11:59 i probably didnt advance

vast juniper
ancient cairn
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hmm im cali tho

vast juniper
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so possible that they havent gotten to urs yet maybe cuz they priorized some regions first

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idk

ancient cairn
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i think theyd prioritize in state first if that was the case lol

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unlucky

vast juniper
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but if u think abt it if they finalized the decisions already that shouldnt be the case

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cuz last year the video requests continued to be sent

ancient cairn
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hmm maybe they split piles by region then organize my date

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not sure

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maybe u are right

vast juniper
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dont worry too much rn

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its a blackbox anyway

analog tide
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Any internationals got their met vid requests?

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Thus far I’ve only heard of domestic students

lilac saddle
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BRO

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WHY TTF

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DID HE

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NOT RESPOND

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TO ME

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HE COULDVE AT LEAST REJECTED ME

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INSTEAD OF PRETENDING HE DIDNT TAKE HIGH SCHOOLERS

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AND GHOSTING

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L professor USC is a garbage school

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withdrawing my app

hazy pewter
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No email but showed up on my portal

tender prawn
north magnet
#

i cant see a deadline for my video interview is there one?

hazy pewter
north magnet
hazy pewter
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can i not send images?

north magnet
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oh im not met but i think i found it for me

grizzled elk
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Did anybody do subp video essay

cinder finch
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What did u all write on ur met supplemental

random parrot
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is getting the video a prerequisite to getting into met? and does it mean ur auto acceptedinto ur engineering track

scenic shore
random parrot
# scenic shore Wdym auto accepted? I don’t think that’s possible

idk why cuz i read that usually met applicants who get a video are generally accepted by their engineering tracks and if their video is awesome they get into met, but for the 300 out of the 3000+ people who applied to met and got a video are usually already accepted for engineering

ancient cairn
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just generally have a good chance of getting in

random parrot
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oh gotchy

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whats the acceptance rate for met btw?

vast juniper
random parrot
ancient cairn
random parrot
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wait so like how many apply to met and how many get the video request out of the total applicants

ancient cairn
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michael grimes said they have around 6000 applicants

random parrot
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thats crazy

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do u know how many get the video request

ancient cairn
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i heard 300

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not sure tho

random parrot
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oh thats a good sign then if its true ahaha

cinder finch
random parrot
cinder finch
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Ok that’s probably not the most reliable information then

lilac saddle
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man why didnt I apply IEOR instead of EECS

unique snow
cinder finch
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Did anybody here make a business and then talked abt it on their supplemental

ancient cairn
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check out r/berkeleymet

lilac saddle
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Technical details I was able to already do in my Ec list

unique snow
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did you make a business

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idk the MET prompt (didnt do MET), but i would focus on the take aways you got from teh business experience and such

north magnet
cinder finch
unique snow
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i think if you include those specifics that will make a good supp

cinder finch
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I think I said something abt the dual degree program

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Then how I could learn entrepreneurial skills from business administration

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And how being surrounded by other motivated met students could give me further insight or smth

unique snow
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did you connect it to how specifically you want your business to expand tho

cinder finch
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Yes I think so

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Kinda wish I had more time to do it

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I’m assuming everybody else did smth like that

unique snow
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oop i see

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well

cinder finch
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What did u do

unique snow
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cliche things can be written ok if you make it personal

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the personal touch makes it less cliche i feel

ancient cairn
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i wrote basically a why met

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i didnt spend much time on my experience and instead talked more about the program

unique snow
# unique snow cliche things can be written ok if you make it personal

like i wrote community service for my CAPS (my school gave out toys to me and i was motivated to do community service in the future and even return the favor to the new generation of children)
i feel like thats kinda cliche but i hope it was personal enough for my common app schools

cinder finch
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Did u guys reuse any of ur uc piqs for common app essays

unique snow
unique snow
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i wrote my common app first and my common app didnt fit anything

ancient cairn
unique snow
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oh yea

ancient cairn
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not my personal statement

unique snow
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supplementals i used so many PIQs

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like i used my honor society essay as leadership/important EC prompts (although it might be kinda cliche)

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and my essay about coding for acadmeic interest/why major essays

cinder finch
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What’s EC

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Oh I’m dumb

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Extracurricular nvm

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How many aps u take in total

unique snow
#

uh

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also this might be going into offtopic terriority so i'll type you in #🛩-lounge-chat my APs

cinder finch
#

Alr

ancient cairn
#

did u guys get the met invite

cinder finch
#

Nah

cinder finch
river grotto
#

Has anyone submited their video yet for MET?

vast juniper
#

yes

river grotto
cinder finch
random parrot
ancient cairn
#

but i think there are retakes

river grotto
#

Okok

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BTW is getting a MET intreview a good sign that you'll get into the engineering choice at Berkeley

ancient cairn
#

yea

river grotto
#

frr?

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yayy

grizzled elk
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anybody given the subp business adminstration video essay?

cinder finch
#

Do yk if there’s a way to switch your major from met to business administration

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Or is it too late

random parrot
#

That’s what I heard

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do u guys know how many people got the met video is it like 200 or 500?

cinder finch
river grotto
#

I think so

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But not a formal notifciaton

random parrot
cinder finch
cinder finch
random parrot
#

Yea it shows as requested

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All of met requests are out btw I don’t think they’re still sending more

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I applied 1 hour b4 the supp was due and got my met request video 5 days ago

cinder finch
#

Fuck I never checked

cinder finch
#

So they only notify u by email?

random parrot
#

nah they didn’t send mails

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Just check the Berkeley portal

cinder finch
#

Where does it say it

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Is it supposed to appear under forms

random parrot
#

yea

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Like it’ll show as requested

cinder finch
#

I see nothing

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Is that bad

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Besides the supplemental I submitted

random parrot
#

it means u won’t get into met

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So now they’ll consider u for l engineering only

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Btw this isn’t bad

cinder finch
random parrot
#

Met is like 1-2%

random parrot
cinder finch
#

Is there a way to change majors lol

random parrot
#

The video essay is like 200-300 chosen out of 2000-3000

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Then out of the 200-300 who submit the vid they pick 50

random parrot
cinder finch
#

Aight

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I rlly should have researched met more

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I didn’t realize when I put it down as my major it was 2%

cinder finch
#

Do they still have a chance of getting into their alt major

random parrot
random parrot
#

So like if u picked met ieor + ba and don’t get the vid you’ll just be considered for ieor

cinder finch
#

And if they get rejected for that

random parrot
cinder finch
#

Ok good

random parrot
#

Yea

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Majority of people don’t get into met but many get into engineering

cinder finch
#

My alt major is comp sci tho

random parrot
#

It doesn’t count against u

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Oh

cinder finch
#

That’s competitive right

random parrot
#

Yea veryyy

cinder finch
#

Oml

random parrot
#

yea..

#

U didn’t get the met vid?

cinder finch
#

Yeah I’m emailing them I wanna switch

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Nah

random parrot
#

yea prolly do that

#

ahh gotchu

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Well if u have a decent app stick with cs then

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U might get in u never know

cinder finch
#

Out of curiosity What did u write on ur supplemental

random parrot
cinder finch
#

That’s pretty much what I said too lol

random parrot
#

oh

#

It’s kinda random tbh😂

#

Not just supplementals yk

#

They consider ur grades activities awards and piqs

cinder finch
#

So ur 100% sure they’re Some sending out Video requests?

random parrot
#

yea they already sent all of the video requests

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Everyone got them

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Getting the vid is a pre requisite to getting into met

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no vid = no met

cinder finch
random parrot
#

Get the vid = get into met or rejected from met but most likely accepted into engineering cuz strong candidates

random parrot
#

Basically a known thing

cinder finch
#

Damn

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Well I tried

random parrot
#

u still have a lot of hope for getting into engineering/ur alr major

#

Berkeley is like 11.6% so u got a shot

#

Met is a totally diff case it’s like 1-2% that’s like impossible lol

cinder finch
#

Oh wait on the portal

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It says my supplemental was submitted 12-16

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But I turned it in like 10 mins before the deadline so it should say 12-15

random parrot
#

weird

cinder finch
#

I def hit that submit button 10 mins before it shouldn’t say 12-16

random parrot
#

maybe they think u turned it in late so didn’t consider u