UC Berkeley (UCB) (2023-2024)

[leaden ledge]

damnnnnn

name?

[haughty grotto]

im gate keeping it

but really cool guy, invited me to a Manchester United game in SD if I did go there for UCSD

like executive box seats

Is this what making connections is like?

[leaden ledge]

are you ok to dm?

[haughty grotto]

Yeah sure why not

[rain sail]

So when are decisions probably coming?

[rapid terrace]

confirmed 28th

[rain sail]

Nice

[modern blade]

yall think data sci will be easier to get into?

berkeley's the only school i didnt apply to with a major with the name computer in it

[tribal lava]

no, idts

[fallen oxide]

objectively yes. eecs is at 4%, cs is at 2%, data sci is probably closer to 8-10%

[haughty grotto]

How do you find out the percentages

For majors

I’m curious about my major but couldn’t find it

[wanton timber]

should be in the common data set, i havent checked berkeleys cuz im living in denial but it should be there

[haughty grotto]

I see

I did Molecular Environmental Biology instead of MCB

So idk if that’ll help me or hurt me

Since I applied to Rausser and not the C of L&S

[tribal lava]

I believe only berkeley students can access the cal answers thing

which is where the admit rates are segregated by major

although if you try hard enough, you might find someone posting about it on reddit

that's how i found the admit rate for my major

[wanton timber]

btw if anyone gets waitlisted ima keep it a stack, its joever

44/8.4k is wild

[tribal lava]

shouldn't it be 44/4655

4655 is the number of students on the waitlist

[hardy haven]

bro omg

[wanton timber]

oh yeah youre right

[tribal lava]

still though

[hardy haven]

only 44 💀

[wanton timber]

8.4k is waitlist offers

[tribal lava]

0.9% is just as bad 💀

[wanton timber]

yeah its most likely joever

[hardy haven]

pls Berkeley 😭😭

[wanton timber]

although?

very weird tbh

[languid raven]

UCBerkeley rejection

I am prepared

[hardy haven]

unrelated but if im on a waitlist can i switch my first and second major

[wanton timber]

@haughty grotto heres molecular environ biology

[spiral meadow]

EECs and cs are sort of close but cs is still lower by about 1%, then again less people apply to EECs

[wanton timber]

its in decimal and not percentage for some reason

but yeah this is 2019-2023

[hardy haven]

what about undeclared engineering

[wanton timber]

i think undeclared engineering is literally the lowest one

because you need to meet the requirements for everything

[hardy haven]

omg

😭I need a miracle rn

[wanton timber]

praying for you

2019-2023 btw

[rapid terrace]

is this for berk? cuz then this is for 2022 not 2023

[wanton timber]

i mean yeah its fall 2022 but its the latest info they publish

[haughty grotto]

Ah

[wanton timber]

they dont publish waitlist acceptances until the year after afaik

[haughty grotto]

So the acceptance rate is like 20%?

[rapid terrace]

look at this https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/uc-berkeley-freshman-class-of-2028-waitlist-appeal-discussion/3659846

1192/4821 for 2023

[haughty grotto]

I can work with w/ 20% or so right

Highest it ever got was 34%

[wanton timber]

what the fuck thats wild

much better than what the 2022 cds said

[rapid terrace]

yeah lmao 2022 they overadmitted thats why wl acceptance is so low

[wanton timber]

shocked tbh by the huge difference

[wanton timber]

ah i see i see

[haughty grotto]

Berkeley pls save me

Berkeley pls save me

[wanton timber]

yeah 2023 seems much more positive

[haughty grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/praying-gif-3348052254980566268

Let me have more UC accepts than rejections

[wanton timber]

UCSD proceeds to break the window down

[wanton timber]

you got ucsd and?

[haughty grotto]

UCSD, Davis, Riverside

Rejected UCLA and Irvine

If I get Berkeley I end with 4 admits and 2 rejections

If I am rejected Berkeley I finish even

[rapid terrace]

also btw typically these admit rates are higher for in state applicants

[haughty grotto]

Not the hero I called for but the hero I needed

San Diego my goat

[wanton timber]

UCB from downtown coming to tie the scoreboard last minute

[wanton timber]

wallahi im finished

uoft has saved my life and given me senioritis, im chilling now tbh

[rapid terrace]

😭 cuz i remember for my major it was like 17% overall but ~30% for in state

[river sluice]

where are you finding this?

is there one for compE

[wanton timber]

its usually only for grads but most of it can be found on reddit

[wanton timber]

ill pull it up

[rapid terrace]

i thought berk doesnt have comp eng

[river sluice]

i applied to it so

[wanton timber]

it has elec eng and comp sci, is that what you meant?

or comp eng?

[river sluice]

oh mb yeah EE

[rapid terrace]

yeah im p sure its just eecs

[river sluice]

it's been so long since i did the app omfg

[wanton timber]

yeah here ya go

[river sluice]

Welp

[rapid terrace]

LOL only reason ik this is cuz my friend was a comp eng applicant everywhere except for eecs at berk 😭

[hardy haven]

tyyyy 😭 this is so depressing

[rapid terrace]

wait its lower than eecs wtf

[haughty grotto]

The buzzer beater to break my heart

[hardy haven]

its actually over bro

[wanton timber]

yeah undeclared engineering requires you to meet the requirements for eecs AND everything else

[rapid terrace]

wait im p sure this girl on yt got rejected by all the uc's but then got into berk for engineering undeclared

[hardy haven]

is it too late to switch it to eecs.....

[rapid terrace]

ah

[haughty grotto]

Maybe I can get MEB cause I think Cal Poly SLO’s bio sciences was like 18% and I made that

[hardy haven]

omgg im manifesting s badly

like the ucs did me bad

[haughty grotto]

How bad

[rapid terrace]

no fr and it was my best app 😭

[hardy haven]

very very bad

i have 0hope for sd or la wl 😭

[ancient cairn]

did you see virginia?

[haughty grotto]

Same

Idk if my privates are failing me or if im failing my privates

but either way my privates aren’t producing and it’s too late to fix it

[wanton timber]

istaghfirallah

[ancient cairn]

i wrote loci

btw i was waitlisted

there

[north magnet]

wtf 💀

[wanton timber]

although this is the new one

seems 2022 mustve been the year of overacceptance due to covid recovery

[north magnet]

yeah from 7 to 2.4k

[ancient cairn]

all ucs have like 50% more students this year

there will be 200k application to ucb this year

[wanton timber]

phew thank god im one in a million

[ancient cairn]

1390 sat 4.0uw good exs

i believed in t20

however was rejected by usla and nyu

umich def/virginia waitlisted

[wanton timber]

same stats but no sat included, i got uoft

[ancient cairn]

waitlisted=rejected

but how good is ucsd

i kinda fucked up while choosing a college

[wanton timber]

28th according to usnews

[ancient cairn]

i chose earl warren instead revelle

how cooked am i

[north magnet]

revelle is the worst one dude

you dodged a bullet

[ancient cairn]

why

[gloomy furnace]

Do y’know what environmental economics and policy in rausser is

[ancient cairn]

isn’t that more focused on academics?

[north magnet]

go see what people online say 🤣

[ancient cairn]

can you tell me in a few words

[north magnet]

no cause i did this research back in october, all i know is most if not all students said to avoid it at all costs

[haughty grotto]

What

[ancient cairn]

what about warren

[north magnet]

i think warren is fine

[wanton timber]

yeah kinda wild

[ancient cairn]

i was under zaza)) while i chose it

[gloomy furnace]

damn

[wanton timber]

not even highest acceptance rate

[gloomy furnace]

waht's the highest

[wanton timber]

this is highest in Rausser

[ancient cairn]

thanks you can’t even imagine what a relief it is for me

[gloomy furnace]

holy crapp

[ancient cairn]

i thought i was so cooked

[north magnet]

np

whats your major

[ancient cairn]

something with biz

sec

[north magnet]

business economics?

[wanton timber]

just saw this in one of his random comments

[ancient cairn]

yep

[wanton timber]

instate only

[ancient cairn]

my resume goes well with that major

[north magnet]

ehh warren is not ideal, it has engineering GEs but its not bad probably

im also business econ btw

[ancient cairn]

what’s yours

[north magnet]

sixth

[ancient cairn]

is that the best for biz?

[north magnet]

its one of the best for any major

i ranked it 1st

[ancient cairn]

i some some internship opportunities

so i chose earl warren

[north magnet]

yea its not bad dw

[ancient cairn]

and randomed the remaining

[north magnet]

just prepare to have hella engineer majors around you i think

[ancient cairn]

btw revelle was going after earl warren

[wanton timber]

sidenote wtf is wrong with the uc application site? i went back to revise my application and i see this

[ancient cairn]

dodged a bullet

[north magnet]

yeah lol

[wanton timber]

wtf it works now

it said internal server error for a sec then went back to normal

[ancient cairn]

but is it possible to transfer from earl to a different if i need?

[north magnet]

i think its rlly difficult

something like you need to prove you can graduate early if you go to another college

which is impossible with business econ i think

[ancient cairn]

i mean inside ucsd

[north magnet]

yea

[ancient cairn]

from earl to sixth for example

[north magnet]

thats what i answered

[ancient cairn]

a

thanks

[north magnet]

yea np

[hasty pine]

Does uc berkley offer interviews

?

[steep abyss]

haas video interview if u applied business

[hasty pine]

Oh ok, thank you

[cerulean python]

For MET, it's the video essay

[drifting sequoia]

@modern blade your linkedin is cracked, where did you apply to?

[hasty pine]

Thank you for the information

[modern blade]

aw dude thanks so much!

this is my list

its been... rough so far but

i trust most holistic UC comes in clutch :)

[wanton timber]

interesting cali only

Well cali focused I should say

cuz washington

[modern blade]

my parents wanted me to stay on the west coast close to home

and given they're the ones preventing me from loans in the hundreds of thousands, i didn't argue it

even UW i had to push for

[wanton timber]

fair enough

[modern blade]

though so far it really hasn't been going my way

im sure itll be fine in the end, i think my application is pretty good and generally my teachers mentors friends etc all expect great results

im sure slo usc or berkeley will clutch up!

santa barbara was my personal top choice so that was a bit disappointing but I gotta press on

[spiral meadow]

Ngl applying data science for first major at Berkeley is smart, still competitive but not as much as compsci

Bros also cracked wtf

[modern blade]

AHAHA THANK YOU

I wish colleges could see that 😭

its mostly bc i fell behind in math and chemistry bc i spent a year taking care of my grandma cuz like she was abt to lowkey die o most of my math grades during and after that are Bs with one C in the second half of calc ab

[spiral meadow]

Did you write that in the additional info

[modern blade]

I did

I thought that would clear things up but

clearly it didn't

[spiral meadow]

What did you write for your piqs

[modern blade]

I can send them to you!

[unique gulch]

how the fuck are you doing research with ucsd and dont even get wl by them

that is crazy to me

[spiral meadow]

That’s what I’m saying lol

[unique gulch]

@modern blade sent you a request to connect (:

[modern blade]

but I did 1 - how swimming translated to my leadership abilities, 2 - My passion for improving the environments around me and modernizing them 5 - how I took control of my extroversion throughout high school and went from being alone and lifted myself up to make a bunch of connections and 8 - how I put 100% into every opportunity I get a shot at

[modern blade]

oh sick! ill add

[spiral meadow]

Then again they don’t really care about interest

[modern blade]

I opened the rejection letter in the lab LMAO

[spiral meadow]

I don’t have anything on my LinkedIn yet but I’ll add lol

[modern blade]

ive published with them too

[spiral meadow]

That’s tuff

[unique gulch]

yeah thats lwkey fucked

[modern blade]

i even got an email and an ID and shit

imma delete to keep my last name off here

[unique gulch]

@modern blade im in the same boat as you, we are both overqualified ml/dl applicants to colleges that dont understand how much we have achieved lol, regardless of what college we go to we will still do great things in this field

dont let college admissions fuck with ur mindset

[modern blade]

HOMIE

NASA?!

out here sayin im cracked look at you!!

that's amazing

[unique gulch]

yes and im getting rejected everywhere

bro im getting flat out rejected everywhere its so rough

[spiral meadow]

Lol I don’t have anything on my LinkedIn I should really set it up

[modern blade]

i just wanna have the college experience somewhere i like

thats why sb was my top choice

[unique gulch]

we both8 are overqualified

[steel quartz]

college admissions are actually too brutal

[unique gulch]

me too 😦 its okay itll work out in the end

[modern blade]

clearly they dont see that

[spiral meadow]

My stats/ECs are half as impressive as y’all but I think my region is carrying

[steel quartz]

its ridiculous

[modern blade]

whats ur region

[spiral meadow]

Central Valley area

[modern blade]

i think we'll get in somewhere great

[steel quartz]

im OOS and applied CS to UCSD and got waitlisted and i didnt even have many cs activities

[modern blade]

dont even worry abt it

[unique gulch]

i hope so, if we dont we will still do good things no matter where we go its just gunna be a little bit harder but we will manage

[spiral meadow]

It’s pretty much just luck

[steel quartz]

^

[modern blade]

my high school here in socal is pretty crazy tbh, one of my actual ops who just wants money and tried to ride off my stuff before i threw him off got into ucla and ucsb 💀

[spiral meadow]

Damn that’s messed up

[unique gulch]

i seriously think t20 colleges need to have actual experienced computer scientists as their AO for CS, this is getting out of hand

[hardy haven]

pls uc Berkeley 😭😭😭😭

[steel quartz]

I'd imagine you're nervous or stressed about your other colleges at this point in the game since you have 0A

[spiral meadow]

A girl at my school went to caltech without any competitions or anything

[steel quartz]

I would be too

[unique gulch]

yeah thats fucked

[spiral meadow]

So yeah admissions are just wild

[hardy haven]

I need luck omg

[modern blade]

honestly its fine! rejection is redirection

[unique gulch]

there are AOs that dont have any background experiences in cs and are making decisions based off whatever they think they knoiw

[steel quartz]

Pray your reviewer enjoys a nice lunch before reviewing your file 👍

[modern blade]

im sure ill fit in better elsewhere

somewhere like berk or something!

[unique gulch]

NGL i dont know how much longer i can keep sayiing this to myself 😭

[hardy haven]

bro my friend got into uc berk cs w little no cs activities

[modern blade]

well UCs dont care abt interest in major

[spiral meadow]

You applied data science for Berkeley I’d say you have a good chance

[modern blade]

but my other ecs are pretty nice too!

[spiral meadow]

Yeah my friend got into Berkeley eecs without any cs/ee backgroud

Other than duel enrollment courses

[hardy haven]

pls pls pls god

[modern blade]

I will share if requested but i dont wanna humble brag in the middle of the discord server

[steel quartz]

its wild my friend who's oos got into johns hopkins yesterday for biomedical engineering and he only has volunteering-based activities and one internship

[spiral meadow]

I need that Berkeley miracle

[modern blade]

hey it happens

[spiral meadow]

Or Georgia tech

[modern blade]

they'r called the most holistic for a reason

[spiral meadow]

But my stats are average for tech

[unique gulch]

yeah i know somoene who got into berk eecs with only one cs internship with their parents company

[spiral meadow]

Lol

[steel quartz]

berkeley miracle

[modern blade]

they just gotta see the picture

[steel quartz]

ok yeah he was in that exact same scenario

[spiral meadow]

Hopefully they see my picture 🙏

And realize I’m ugly enough to attend Berkeley

[unique gulch]

regents too 😭

[spiral meadow]

Jk

[steel quartz]

his mom also worked at johns hopkins in early 2000's, idk how much significance that gives towards his application

some legacy basically

[unique gulch]

damn

[steel quartz]

and his mom also got him the internship at her company she works at

his personal essay was about watching movies too

[spiral meadow]

Yeah connections are everything

[unique gulch]

crazy to me

[steel quartz]

and he did his supplemental in only 30 minutes

not even joking

[unique gulch]

LMAO

BRO

[steel quartz]

i read it too

[unique gulch]

😭

[steel quartz]

you can clearly tell its written in 30 minutes 😂

but no flame to him though, he still deserved it he worked hard throughout high school, straight 4.0 student

[spiral meadow]

Admissions are not a very fair game

[unique gulch]

yeah

[steel quartz]

there were definiteily other kids in my school who applied and did wayyyy more than him for EC's and they all got rejected

he was the only one that got in

one other person got waitlisted but thats it

hes had 17 college decisions back so far with 16A and 1R

[spiral meadow]

Damn

I have 2 rejections rn

[unique gulch]

i am 0A, 2W, 8R

[spiral meadow]

But 2 are also accepted undeclared

[steel quartz]

youre joking

actually?

[unique gulch]

yes

[spiral meadow]

Yeah admissions are tweaking

[steel quartz]

wtf is this reality dude

😂

this shit is so unfair its ridiculous

i feel bad for some of you guys

[spiral meadow]

That’s the holistic process

[steel quartz]

CS major?

[unique gulch]

😭 its okay im not tweaking over it

[modern blade]

YOO

twinning

almost

[steel quartz]

CS cuts your chances in half at every college i cant even lie

[spiral meadow]

Yeah cs is also really unpredictable too

[steel quartz]

im also CS

[unique gulch]

yep, but im more than qualified for CS

[spiral meadow]

Especially ucs

[modern blade]

I thought I was helping myself out by applying CSE and CE

[spiral meadow]

Lol same

[steel quartz]

which 2 did you get waitlisted at @unique gulch

[modern blade]

but I couldnt even clear those gaps

[spiral meadow]

I applied cse to Irvine and got rejected

[unique gulch]

fucking riverside and sc.

[nocturne sleet]

berkeley 💀

[steel quartz]

god damn

[nocturne sleet]

every day i think about how im cooked

[spiral meadow]

They have low yield so you’re chillin

[modern blade]

aw man im sorry

[steel quartz]

rejected from ucsd? also are you oos

[modern blade]

sc is good tho

[modern blade]

r u talking to me?

[spiral meadow]

I’m waitlisted from Davis and LA

[jolly python]

Berkeley tomorrow right?

[steel quartz]

kunal

[nocturne sleet]

nope

[unique gulch]

rejected from every single UC, WL riverside and sc

[modern blade]

ah

im in state

[nocturne sleet]

next thurs

[jolly python]

oh rlly?

damn

[nocturne sleet]

yeah

id explode if it was tmrw ngl

[spiral meadow]

Did you apply csu

[steel quartz]

@unique gulch OOS or in state?

[modern blade]

i got WLed at davis and santa cruz

[spiral meadow]

Ivy day is going to be a nightmare

[modern blade]

hoping to get off davis

[unique gulch]

in state, socal, rejected from UCSD despite them asking for 7th sem grades (all A's) and more explaination on my most significant achievement

[steel quartz]

jesus christ

[zealous jolt]

aaa im rereading jjk and was wondering why ur bio is different from what the manga says until i remmebered the translation im reading can be wrong

[unique gulch]

rejected SJSU, rejected SDSU and SLO

[modern blade]

yo im also instate socal

la or sd?

or oc

[unique gulch]

oc

[zealous jolt]

wait u got rejected slo?

[spiral meadow]

I didn’t even get slo decision back but I’m probably rejected

[unique gulch]

yes

with a 4.4

[zealous jolt]

jesus

oos or instate?

[steel quartz]

im OOS and WL'ed at UCSD with one just 3 CS activities 😂

[unique gulch]

in state

[spiral meadow]

I have a 4.5 and didn’t get it lol

[steel quartz]

music was my biggest activity on my app though so it mightve pushed me towards not a rejection

[spiral meadow]

It’s actually so weird

[steel quartz]

then again idk

[unique gulch]

so fucking roough

[steel quartz]

my officer literally couldve flipped a coin for my decision

[zealous jolt]

did they send u an email or anything? ive been checking slo and theres been no decision at all

its been 2 weeks cmon slo :/

[unique gulch]

email

[spiral meadow]

It’s not over till it’s over

[zealous jolt]

interesting

good luck man

[signal herald]

i wrote about playing minecraft for one of my uc berkeley essays am i cooked

[spiral meadow]

No

[unique gulch]

thanks 😭

[modern blade]

i think its bc i put discord/reddit mod as an EC

thats my game theory

[unique gulch]

are u deadass

[spiral meadow]

Nah they probably won’t care about that lol

As a matter of fact it’s more unique

[unique gulch]

ngl that wont even hurt

[zealous jolt]

im gonna be fr this looks fire

[unique gulch]

YOU FOUNDED OVERWATCH 2???>

[spiral meadow]

Maybe because it was overwatch 2 lol

[modern blade]

ya

[unique gulch]

bro

[modern blade]

yeah maybe its bc the game's trash LMAO

if ow2 turned out well

[spiral meadow]

UC admissions had beef with overwatch

[modern blade]

then it would be good

[unique gulch]

holy shit wow i feel bad for both of us bro

we are genuinly so fucked over

[modern blade]

watcha waiting on now

im sure a school's gonna come in clutch

[steel quartz]

dude founded overwatch 2 and is getting rejected

[unique gulch]

CMU, Gtech, UW-Madison, UNC, Purdue

[steel quartz]

makes me wanna beat up the AO's so badly

[modern blade]

if you think that's crazy you should see the rest 😭

[unique gulch]

i hope my act carries for oos schools

[steel quartz]

life is so unfair

[unique gulch]

in state i was fucked over

[modern blade]

my SAT singlehandedly better be getting me into usc

[unique gulch]

fr 😭

what was ur sat

[spiral meadow]

My act is honestly a little mid

[modern blade]

gotcha

[unique gulch]

what is it

[modern blade]

1510

[spiral meadow]

I need my ECs/essays to carry lol

[unique gulch]

W

[modern blade]

ty

[spiral meadow]

33, I was 1 away from a 34 but I got lazy

[steel quartz]

has CMU come out for you (if you applied) @unique gulch

[spiral meadow]

Because I didn’t want to retake it

[modern blade]

DAYUM

[unique gulch]

😭 that is a good score

[unique gulch]

no, still waitingf

tmmr at 5EST they release

[steel quartz]

if you dont get admitted ill be mind blown

[modern blade]

i shouldve applied LMU

[unique gulch]

me too i dont even mind paying their tuition

[steel quartz]

this is genuinely the dumbest process ever

[spiral meadow]

34 would’ve been more competitive lol but I was burnt out

[steel quartz]

what a scam

[signal herald]

i got a 33 on the ACT too and decided to go with the SAT instead

SAT is easier imo

[unique gulch]

i have a 34 composite and 35 super and i promise you anything above a 33 is fine

[spiral meadow]

Yeah ucs don’t use standardized testing so the process gets wild

[modern blade]

apparently the UCs used to be super predictable

with the sats

its only afterwards it got crazy

[steel quartz]

berkeley better be the most holistic

[unique gulch]

yeah they need to get standardized testing back in

[modern blade]

thats what literally everyone says

[steel quartz]

it better live up to its word

[modern blade]

including counselors

like

[spiral meadow]

Yeah act is all timing, ngl i should’ve done the sat

[modern blade]

everyone says everything is truly equal

[spiral meadow]

I always had trouble with time constraints lol

[steel quartz]

im not doing a whole other application just to not get into any of these schools 😂

[signal herald]

for people that applied to multiple ucs, do they all have the same supplements ?

[modern blade]

yep same

[steel quartz]

I did UCLA UCB and UCSD and i better get into at least one

[spiral meadow]

Yes

It’s one application

[steel quartz]

already hated common app

and i spent a ton of time on this UC one

[unique gulch]

someone i know said they had ahdh for the act, got the 1.5x time, and got a 36 LOL

[steel quartz]

for nothing

[unique gulch]

even though they didnt havee adhd

[modern blade]

I spent more time on the UC app than my commonapp

[unique gulch]

on god 😭

[spiral meadow]

Bro played 4d chess

[steel quartz]

berkeley will flip a coin for 100K+ applicants to decide our decisions

[unique gulch]

WOOOOOOO

[spiral meadow]

I knew a guy who basically did every section individually each time he took the act and got a high superscore lol

So he’d work on the reading section and bomb the other sections

[unique gulch]

yeah that sucks if colleges he applied to doesnt take super

[spiral meadow]

He got into brown lol

But he didn’t go because cost

[modern blade]

dude even like my english teacher who looked over my applications and has gotten students into crazy schools for the last ten years (she teaches a class called College Application Seminar) she was like i have a great feeling for you and berkeley

[unique gulch]

yeah thats insane

[modern blade]

like

i hope shes right 😭

my high school counselor said the same

[spiral meadow]

Data science acceptance for Berkeley I think is pretty good compared to other computing majors so I think you’re fine

[modern blade]

i think this is it

i think the berkeley gambit pays off

[unique gulch]

lets pray for that one

[modern blade]

always wanted to live in the bay area didnt know itd be this soon

but it would actually be hella hype

[spiral meadow]

Berkeley always comes in clutch

You got this lol

You’re definitely competitive for it

[unique gulch]

i just got waitlisted from UW-Madison 😭

[drifting sequoia]

dang!! im waiting on cal as well XD. i got accepted into my safety ucr and waitlisted at ucsb, rejected from the other ucs. applied as data science. goodluck to you!

[modern blade]

dudee i hope you get off the sb waitlist and im wishing the best for DS at berkeley!

whatd u apply to sb

[drifting sequoia]

data sci for everything

[hardy haven]

No no plssss uc Berkeley

[spiral meadow]

Did you happen to join a Berkeley group chat by chance

[hardy haven]

for cs?? omg gll

[modern blade]

i know ppl who got rejected by every UC but berkeley

it happens

[unique gulch]

thank you 😭

[nocturne sleet]

im cooked for cs

i didnt know it was THAT bad

[spiral meadow]

Yeah it’s rough but it’s also unpredictable so you might get some unexpected results

[hardy haven]

wdymm

[spiral meadow]

Did you join a Berkeley group chat

[modern blade]

ya bro i saw 2% and i was like

oh helll no

data science it is

[nocturne sleet]

well its over for me anyway

i really wanted to go

[modern blade]

not interested in throwing my app into the gd abyss

[rapid terrace]

wait do they not ask for proof 💀

[modern blade]

is it legal for them to ask for proof?

[nocturne sleet]

theyre not gonna check proof from like 2000 people who claim to have adhd

they might audit a few but its impossible to ask for proof from everyone who claims a medical condition

[modern blade]

i do know they pick 15% of the applicants and make them submit verifications for things

[rapid terrace]

for the act??

[modern blade]

UC has a system for that

[nocturne sleet]

oh i thought you were talking adhd

same thing with act though they take self-reported scores

[rapid terrace]

nah wait i thought he was saying they claimed they had adhd for the act

[nocturne sleet]

oh

[rapid terrace]

to get testing accomodations

[nocturne sleet]

i didnt read that

🤷‍♂️ no clue bruh

[unique gulch]

@modern blade what research r u doing at sd

[old igloo]

!ucberkeley

!ucb

[fallen oxide]

actually more people apply EECS. last year, 11-12k applied eecs, ~6k applied cs

[fallen oxide]

i read it was closer to 1% of people

[edgy marsh]

anyone getting into UCB OOS EECS without being an early admit?

[rose prism]

it is not even 28th yet

[spiral meadow]

I read somewhere that for fall 2023 that the admission % for EECs was around 4.7 and cs was roughly 4.0

[edgy marsh]

no but does it happen a lot

[fallen oxide]

yes people do that each year, only ~10% get in early

[edgy marsh]

yeah but eecs is so selective that I imagine those in eecs are in the top 10%

[zealous jolt]

actually crazy

[fallen oxide]

4.0% for EECS, 2.3% for CS

[edgy marsh]

also is eecs for ppl interested in both electrical and computer science or do many ppl interested only in CS apply?

[rose prism]

In cs only I believe

Or many people just do ee+cs

[spiral meadow]

I heard eecs is mainly just cs

[edgy marsh]

oh ok got it, idk why they call it eecs then 🤣

[spiral meadow]

There’s some other requirements involved

[edgy marsh]

just call it CSE and ppl can take an ee minor if they want

[spiral meadow]

But there’s little to no involvement in circuits I heard

[edgy marsh]

yeah I think eecs has more engineering requirements

[rose prism]

Yes I feel like many ppl just treated it as CSE

[spiral meadow]

Well I think eecs is there to compete with ece

[zealous jolt]

whatttt

[edgy marsh]

yeah I applied assuming it was just CSE

[zealous jolt]

thats so sad

[rose prism]

You can just take minimum number of EE classes and just do CS lol

[edgy marsh]

ohhh yeah I imagine ppl actually interested in both electrical engineering and computer science would do ECE

[rose prism]

UCB does not have a ECE major I believe

[spiral meadow]

It doesn’t

[rose prism]

UCSD has bunch of different CSE major

They have CSE and ECE departments.

[edgy marsh]

why do people even apply to L&S CS when the acceptance rate is half of EECS

[rose prism]

I believe they got CS, CSE, CE, EE and CE in the ECE

A lot more options than Cal

[spiral meadow]

More easy to double major I assume

[edgy marsh]

my friend applied CS because he didn't know EECS was an actual major and just spammed CS everywhere

[rose prism]

That they did not do the research on the AR

[spiral meadow]

That too

(Me)

[edgy marsh]

I only knew about EECS cuz I use r/collegeresults and ppl r always talking about EECS there

[fallen oxide]

most people dont know that its 2% unless they're a sweat and browse through reddit. also in general anecdotally eecs applicants are on average sweatier than cs applicants

[edgy marsh]

oh yeah shit selection bias might make EECS harder

[spiral meadow]

Not sure how much more requirements eecs needs than cs

Yeah

But then again I know some people who wouldn’t be considered sweaty get into eecs

[fallen oxide]

because most people choose to focus on CS because thats where the money is at. you could choose to focus on EE though. its a pretty flexible major

[spiral meadow]

I’d argue that ee is more flexible because you can learn how to code but you can’t easily learn ee

[fallen oxide]

i meant eecs is a flexible major. you could focus on anything you want for upperdivs from like cs theory to ML to systems to robotics to EE stuff

[rapid terrace]

wait could you send the link to the post that has this info

[languid raven]

Why do you have 0A?

[modern blade]

:((((

doing greatt

[languid raven]

Aiden pls you need at least 1A

You need somewhere to go 😭

[stiff oasis]

Sdsu came out I thought , check portal

Also I got cal poly pomana cs a month ago I would check portal too

[modern blade]

rolling based on major

although fun fact i did actually just get rejected by sdsu

[modern blade]

that’s where berkeley comes in baby

(ya so if slo usc or berkeley dont admit me it seems like all of my 4 years of hard work will have gone to waste as “cracked” as i may be)

[unique snow]

wait damn 0A? im sorry bro

[modern blade]

my application isn’t that bad i promise

my ecs and piqs are stacked and the lowest part of my application is some lower grades bc of a major family medical issue that i had to handle and take over the house on top of everything even then i had a 3.9 uc gpa and a 4.0 w which i think is pretty solid considering ive taken 11 aps

[rose prism]

There will one saver

That is me last year lol

[modern blade]

mhm!! berkeley usc slo will come in clutch

[unique snow]

GL BRO

[blissful arrow]

Whats piqas

Piqs

[modern blade]

personal insight questions

it’s the essays you write for UC schools

[vale oasis]

How do yk your UC gpa?

[languid plank]

if you know your gpa for 10th and 11th grade and add honors weight for UC honors/AP/DE thats uc gpa

[past helm]

Hi us anyone know how hard it is to get into the new business program hass? Relative to others majors at Berkeley

[spiral lintel]

Don’t let it get to your head g

[drowsy shale]

It's really hard

a lot get rejected, if you get rejected it's not bad news

It means something was critically wrong with your application, which probably isn't the case!

It's really hard to get in

[unique snow]

how easy is easy

[past helm]

How about comp sci?

[unique snow]

bro i should have applied if its really that easy

i did data sci

[drowsy shale]

Pretty easy as well

[spiral lintel]

This guy is high

100% he’s not in Harvard

Sarcasm at its finest

[drowsy shale]

I graduated Harvard University Summa Cum Laude, asshole.

[spiral lintel]

Don’t think like that

[unique snow]

you right bro

[unique snow]

no fuckin way

[vale oasis]

What if I don’t know my gpa? My school only calculates cumulative

[drowsy shale]

Add up all classes summer after 9th grade to summer after 11th grade

For each semester

A = 4 B = 3 C = 2 etc

Add 1 point for each honors/AP/IB/DE class up to 8 points max

then divide by number of semesters

But there is a website that does it for u here

https://rogerhub.com/gpa-calculator-uc/

just note that the uc gpa is bullshit since they cap it

And it doesn't mean anything

I have a 4.0 W and a 3.7 UW according ot the UCs

which is way under the average admit

And I got into UCSD for a capped major and waitlisted UCLA

[wooden sorrel]

What does “capped” mean?

[drowsy shale]

For a major or gpa??

[spiral lintel]

It’s not the grades that get you in

[drowsy shale]

yeah duh but they're a huge part of it

If it was just grades

Then I would be cookeed

[spiral lintel]

I have a perfect grade when converted to my UC application and even I wouldn’t call it easy

Stop underestimating the admission process

It’s one that’s extremely competitive

[drowsy shale]

who said it was easy

[wooden sorrel]

Um both ig

Sry if that’s a dumb question

[drowsy shale]

a capped gpa is bullshit and the UCs do it for no fucken reason

It means they won't give you as many honors/AP points as you need

So if you took 4 AP/Honors classes

You would getan extra point for those, up to 8

So literally any more than that

It doesn't help your gpa for shit

A capped major is a major that is particularly selective/popular at this university

Often because this school has a good program for it

[wooden sorrel]

Oh I see

[spiral lintel]

You just said that it’s easy to get into Berkeley business

[drowsy shale]

They set a cap on the amount of people they can admit

[wooden sorrel]

Thank u!

[drowsy shale]

And set extra precautions/review for applicants

[spiral lintel]

Do you know much people they reject

[drowsy shale]

No, I didn't. What are you talking about?

[spiral lintel]

“Almost nobody gets rejected”

[drowsy shale]

What are you talking about?

Dude do you need glasses or something

[spiral lintel]

“Edited”

[drowsy shale]

Yeah, I made a typo

[spiral lintel]

Why don’t you start owning up to what you said

[drowsy shale]

I didn't say anything

[spiral lintel]

“It’s really easy to get in” gj editing it to “it’s really hard to get in”

[drowsy shale]

I have no clue what you are talking about.

[spiral lintel]

Alright bud

[languid plank]

Well then don’t worry about it lol

[vale oasis]

@drowsy shale

Good or bad?

[spiral meadow]

Last time I checked business administration had the same ar as cs lol

[drowsy shale]

That is not correct

oh

acutally

If you did the points at 8

Then that is insane bruh are u sure u did that jawn right

[vale oasis]

I have only got A’s

And I did 1 A per semester

[drowsy shale]

You have to do

8 grades

for honors courses

you can't do more than that

[vale oasis]

Wdym

[spiral lintel]

You seem like the average Uc applicant that gets in with this gpa

Which is good news

Check out their common data set

[drowsy shale]

This is what it looks like

You can't do more than 8 for grades for honors courses

[spiral meadow]

What’s the link for that

[zealous jolt]

40 grades for honors courses jesus

[vale oasis]

Why can’t I do more than 8?

[zealous jolt]

bc uc is silly like that

they only count 8 honors courses

[drowsy shale]

Because the UCs don't let you do it cause they're morons

[zealous jolt]

i assume ur talking abt uc

[vale oasis]

Ofc they are 😂

[mighty geode]

What's the bot command to get the decision date?

[vale oasis]

Lemme readjust

[knotty sluice]

!ucb

!berkeley

[vale oasis]

Rip

[runic dagger]

Rip

[vale oasis]

Ig this is the best you can do tho so

That’s dumb how they limit to 8

[rapid terrace]

wait no you can put more than 8

ucla and berk both use fully weighted

[finite badger]

how does this make any sense

the only that changed is the number of A grades

[rapid terrace]

are the # of honors courses the same in both

[finite badger]

OHHHHHHHHHHH its cuz that means lesser percentage of the honors courses were A

yeah im just stupid

ok anyway

i have a 4.17 ig

no Bs

[rapid terrace]

your fully weighted gpa matters more for berk

[finite badger]

oh

[rapid terrace]

capped gpa is lwk stupid anyways

[finite badger]

checked my transcript, this is it

[runic dagger]

Nah

[finite badger]

is this even competitive

idk what the norm is

oh wait hang on i did it wrong

[vale oasis]

How does this compare then?

[rapid terrace]

bro it decreases if you took extra courses even while getting A’s in them 💀

[finite badger]

u can only have 8 honors courses?

[runic dagger]

Yup, that’s how that works

[rapid terrace]

yeah that’s so wacky

[runic dagger]

I think it’s fair

Esp for kids in rural area

[finite badger]

wait so if i get an A in an honors course, i cant put it in both?

[rapid terrace]

you’re getting compared to your school anyways

[runic dagger]

Ik

[finite badger]

this system's weird

cuz it doesnt flag for possible duplicates

[languid plank]

capped doesnt make sense simply because theres no way i would have been able to get into ucla otherwise 😭

[scarlet jacinth]

wait does anyone have the speculation or confirmed time of decision release on the 28th?

[unique snow]

4pm?

[zealous jolt]

just before 4pm (based on last year)

[rapid terrace]

early admits for berk came around 3:30 pm (3:33 to be exact) so prob around then

[modern blade]

my school’s grade portal has a tracker for it

[modern blade]

i got waitlisted at davis which tells me something wasn’t critically wrong

lmao

[spiral meadow]

My genuine reaction

[modern blade]

honestly? hilarious

[vale oasis]

There’s also the website

So all good now

[rapid terrace]

berk is so real for this

[fallen oxide]

probably gonna be why i'm not gonna get into cal poly slo for cs even though i got into berkeley eecs

took way too many classes

[spiral meadow]

t-minus 7 days till rejection

[hardy haven]

wait what???

i took a lot of classes

[hardy haven]

wait what gpa does calpolyslo look at

[vale oasis]

I feel better now

My UC gpa be looking good

Berk will def accept me 100%

[languid plank]

yessir

[rapid terrace]

capped weighted gpa but they include 9th grade

[rapid terrace]

ahh but congrats on berk eecs!! clears slo

[rose prism]

I can’t wait for another month

Transfer admission is killing me

[spiral lintel]

Did any other UCs accept you

[vale oasis]

La

That’s the only other one I applied to

[hardy haven]

uhm can i get into both or is that not a possibility?

[wanton timber]

https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/wwmn6u/comment/jx1f9vj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[spiral lintel]

what do you even mean

how do you find this shit

[wanton timber]

all uc students have access to these

im not one but on reddit you can find a bunch

[spiral lintel]

are you fucking serious

[wanton timber]

people post the info a lot

[spiral lintel]

why is the % so high

man i shouldve applied berkeley gmp

[wanton timber]

its management

eco management not even business

[spiral lintel]

i applied for the wrong major

guess im getting rej

fuckkk

[wanton timber]

what major did you apply for?

[spiral lintel]

something like environmental economics

i meant to apply to business

[wanton timber]

@spiral lintel this one?

[spiral lintel]

yes

[wanton timber]

thats 30%

[spiral lintel]

can you swap out later

thats so high in acceptance rate

thats zero prestige

[wanton timber]

true

you can switch majors yeah

[spiral lintel]

can you swap to business

[wanton timber]

you need to talk to uc berkeley about that

tho heres a sc from their site

[spiral lintel]

i wanted to do Env Sci, Policy, & Mgmt

[wanton timber]

btw just fyi thats cali residents

out of state is less acceptance

[spiral lintel]

im intl

[wanton timber]

international is even less

[wanton timber]

tough

im an intl as well and only places ive gotten so far are uci and uoft 2 campuses

good luck

[spiral lintel]

btw

by 2030

uc system will expand admission size bhy 50%

[tropic storm]

does anyone know if L&S admits by major

[wanton timber]

slow growth ig

[dawn wolf]

Do you guys think mudd engineering is comparable to berkeley?

[spiral lintel]

cali new law

no one has heard of mudd before

intl

[dawn wolf]

its a pretty well known engineering/cs school in the us

[spiral lintel]

is it harvey mudd

[dawn wolf]

yeah

[spiral lintel]

i saw people making fun of it on wso

[dawn wolf]

What is wso

[spiral lintel]

wall street oasis

[smoky ravine]

that’s definitely a joke

[dawn wolf]

Im kind of comparing options nad i see that mudd grads make the most

[spiral lintel]

lazy kids dont belong on wall street, go look it up yourself.

[smoky ravine]

hmc also has the best grad placements

[smoky ravine]

wall street is a joke

it’s where all the dumbasses go out of college

[spiral lintel]

right they somehow also happen to be extremely wealthy

[dawn wolf]

i want to work in industry

[smoky ravine]

they’re not extremely wealthy

[spiral lintel]

the older you get, the more you realize that money solves everything

theyre working class but upper-working class

[smoky ravine]

my mom has been on wall street for 20 years

[wanton timber]

wall street guys are the ones that act wealthy

[smoky ravine]

she’s convinced wall street is trash and it’s only going downhill

[spiral lintel]

because their bonuses are sky high

[wanton timber]

the ones you see flaunting it make their money selling courses and shit

[spiral lintel]

well

heres the thing

[smoky ravine]

don’t idolize wall street

[spiral lintel]

if youre not on wall street yourself you cant really trash it

getting there is extremely difficult

almost no one makes it

[wanton timber]

ya see thats the thing, the real money owners hire privately

[smoky ravine]

that’s not anywhere near true

the wall street firms you hear about are the wannabes

on the internet

[spiral lintel]

well good luck getting into ibd or pe or a huge hf

[smoky ravine]

the actual firms that make real money or are actually intelligent

[spiral lintel]

if youre not from a target youre gonna be suffering

[smoky ravine]

don’t advertise themselves on wall street oasis

[spiral lintel]

you think its that easy to get in there?

[smoky ravine]

i know it’s easy

[spiral lintel]

wso is just a forum...

no one advertise there

they just talk and communicate

[smoky ravine]

bc tons of idiots make it

it’s not easy it’s luck

tons of dumbasses drop into wall street a year

[spiral lintel]

well do a superday i doubt youll survive the first interview

[smoky ravine]

tons of them fuck over their firms and bank branches and get downsized

[dawn wolf]

Wtf r u guys talking abt 😭

[wanton timber]

the only difference between wall street and banks is that wall street forces an mba

but many banks do as well

[spiral lintel]

you dont go into wall street as a firm owner

you go in as a college graduate or a 3rd yr student

its harder to get into jpm than harvard

just put that into perspective

[smoky ravine]

if you’re in as a 3rd year student you’re already late

[spiral lintel]

getting into blackstone pe is harder than getting into every ivy at the same time

[smoky ravine]

LMAO

i wouldn’t idolize wall street if i were you

it’s all connections and luck

[dawn wolf]

Bro thinks he can escape the matrix 😭

[spiral lintel]

am i idolizing it?

[spiral lintel]

you act as if making connections is that easy

[dawn wolf]

Fr

It is

[smoky ravine]

my friend at jpm got in bc he knew people from a feeder school

[smoky ravine]

it is

[spiral lintel]

also you start out as an excel monkey or a qa

[smoky ravine]

if you’re already on the inside

[spiral lintel]

thats why people burn out first and 2nd year

[dawn wolf]

Bro ur an international high school kid what do you know abt wall street

[spiral lintel]

same goes to you all

[wanton timber]

harvard gets 40k applications a year for 2000 positions
JPM gets 50k for 200 internships, its just that jp morgan has more applicants who got no qualifications

[smoky ravine]

i mean dude you can not believe me but i live in nyc

[spiral lintel]

youre in fucking engineering

[spiral lintel]

i did as well for 4 years

[dawn wolf]

Brodie the wall street warrior 😭 💀

[spiral lintel]

what makes you think those 40k applications are high quality as well

[spiral lintel]

no one is glamorizing wall street

why do you think so many scholars from all around the world want to make it into wall street do you know how difficult and how big of a dream it is

[dawn wolf]

I think one person is..

[spiral lintel]

and here you are acting like its "easy"

[wanton timber]

because harvard has set guidelines you have to follow

[smoky ravine]

i mean self selection is bigger for the brand name

[spiral lintel]

theres no easy way to break into wall street

[dawn wolf]

I've never heard of a scholar wanting to go to wall street

[smoky ravine]

nah

[spiral lintel]

look at their minimum app gpa requirement

those guidelines are very low

[smoky ravine]

it’s not as hard as you think

[dawn wolf]

The only people i've heard wanting to go to wall street are a bunch of idiots who want to try and escape the "matrix"

[spiral lintel]

tell me that after you make it

[smoky ravine]

esp if you already go to a private school

[spiral lintel]

heres no such thing as a matrix

[smoky ravine]

i don’t have to

[spiral lintel]

its just fucking money

[smoky ravine]

two of my friends did last year

[spiral lintel]

finance is the closest to money

it is working with money

[smoky ravine]

and they’re both embarrassed about it bc it’s super frowned upon

[rapid terrace]

my mom switched careers and became a banker at jpm after being a pharmacist by degree for 9 years lmao

[wanton timber]

watches the wolf of wall street
man that guy was so cool, hes def the hero and good guy

[dawn wolf]

Fr 😭

[smoky ravine]

LMAO

[dawn wolf]

thats literally this kid

[spiral lintel]

must be working as a janitor on wall street

[dawn wolf]

He dont even live in america 😭

[spiral lintel]

so not living in america at this present moment makes my opinion invalid?

what are you implying

[smoky ravine]

dude i guarantee you

go to any school that feeds to these firms

[dawn wolf]

Yeah more invalid than people who live in america and understand how the culture is

[smoky ravine]

they will look down on you for this opinion

[spiral lintel]

youre not even attempting to converse rationally all your doing is being passive aggressive

[wanton timber]

duke and uchi feed right?

[smoky ravine]

bc the insinuation “they work with money they’re closest to money” is laughable

[spiral lintel]

getting into those schools is just the first step and theyre already difficult

think about it

1. application
2. cost to attend
3. visas

plenty of things that makes this first step difficult

and thats just the start

[smoky ravine]

what cost to attend?

[dawn wolf]

Maybe its hard for you, but not for a privileged american

[smoky ravine]

you don’t already have 200 grand to burn?

[wanton timber]

yeah like im in econ but im under no illusion that "its the closest to money" econ isnt as applicable as others

[spiral lintel]

enjoy paying 85,000 for stern

[smoky ravine]

then you’re fucked

congrats

accept it and find something worthwhile and interesting to do

[spiral lintel]

you just proved my point

[spiral lintel]

by telling me that you dont "even have 200 grand to burn"

[wanton timber]

i mean tbf depending on where hes from he could have scholarship/aid

[spiral lintel]

theres already extremely high barriers to make it into these target schools

funny stuff

[smoky ravine]

entry level debate kids don’t make it far in interviews my guy

[glass bough]

Anyone here go to a feeder school

[smoky ravine]

just let it go

[spiral lintel]

neither do kids that thinks the process is "easy"

[spiral lintel]

by saying this you prove my point again

[smoky ravine]

these are exactly the kind of people who get it

because it is easy for them

[spiral lintel]

alright thats enough

think what you want friend

[dawn wolf]

😭 😭

[smoky ravine]

i truly hope you find a passion outside of finance

[spiral lintel]

theres no such thing as passion in finance

[smoky ravine]

bc honestly it will probably lead you to finance

[spiral lintel]

its money thats it buddy

[wanton timber]

disagree finance is extremely interesting

[dawn wolf]

Bro def watched wolf of wall street once