UC Berkeley (UCB) (2023-2024)

[stray parrot]

oh

[haughty grotto]

which is a little dumb but yeah

[stray parrot]

do they tell u what u do there too

[haughty grotto]

nope im going in blind

[stray parrot]

cuz i want to only sign up if i know exactly what im doing

but they dont tell us anythinv

yeah

i didn't get any info on it

[haughty grotto]

i said fuck it why not so yeah

[stray parrot]

lol

[haughty grotto]

plus i miss thursday and friday school

so like

im always gonna take that offer

[stray parrot]

i think i saw something like some activities + mock lectures etc.

[jaunty linden]

wait guys who do i send a LOCI to

[stray parrot]

does berkeley take loci

[jaunty linden]

i wanna send about a berkeley research project i got

[jaunty linden]

no idea, but i gotta let them know abt this

[stray parrot]

i thin ki would send it to the undergrad admissions office

either that or maybe the dean at your college?

[jaunty linden]

[email protected] sent autoreply that this email isnt monitored

i shud send to admissions, or dean?

cuz im wled, not admitted lol

[haughty grotto]

@jaunty linden have you considered begging to your admissions officer

kissing their shoes

crying on their pant leg even

(jokes aside i hope you make it)

[jaunty linden]

hm sounds legit

ill give it a try tmrw

[jaunty linden]

thx :D

[haughty grotto]

worth it

[jaunty linden]

theres no admissions representative for my region bruh

[haughty grotto]

what

how

[jaunty linden]

it says position vacant

[haughty grotto]

💀

did they fire the person?

[jaunty linden]

smh

[full cloud]

Can u go to any of the Berkeley tours?

There’s a tour for waitlisted and accepted students

I don’t think it will do much tho

[stray parrot]

actually idek i would send it to general admissions but if theres a separate email for admissions to your specifci colelge iw oudl send it there

omfg wtf are these typos

[full cloud]

Mood

[jaunty linden]

aight tysm

[full cloud]

Gl getting in. I’ll most likely withdraw, but I’m from diff college rip

[stray parrot]

lmao wtf berkele takes 3 on the ap test

im getting sm free ap credit then

[rapid terrace]

such a W

[stray parrot]

ikr

[jaunty linden]

wait bruh who do i email for data sci

i cant find anything lol

[stray parrot]

do they have a specific dean for that

[jaunty linden]

Idts

[stray parrot]

idrk then sorry

[jaunty linden]

They all have very cryptic titles lol

[stray parrot]

o

ig u can email their admissions office

[jaunty linden]

np thx tho

[stray parrot]

👍

[jaunty linden]

School of cs doesn’t have admissions I think

[stray parrot]

aw rip

[uneven haven]

met

[sour root]

What the, why you not going to Berkeley 😭

[tall quarry]

idk if i should go to berkeley

[gritty monolith]

Don’t (I’m in the waitlist) 😭

[tall quarry]

its so pricy + housing crisis

my aid didnt even come out yet

[leaden ledge]

money 🫶

[sour root]

Everyone I know isn't choosing Berkeley

Maybe I shouldn't either

💀

[haughty grotto]

What did you get in for

[sour root]

Eecs

[haughty grotto]

Maybe you should be picking Berkeley

[full cloud]

Berkeley isn’t for everyone but if you like the grind it’s perfect lol

[sour root]

Lmao

[full cloud]

Berkeley’s EECS is very slay

[haughty grotto]

I mean they are very good for your major

[sour root]

Either Berkeley or cmu for me

[haughty grotto]

So either way it’s depression?

[full cloud]

I feel like you should choose a school based on which vibe u like better

Although yaaa it’s going to be hard at both schools

[sour root]

I like cmu colors better and that it has small classes and it's in the east coast.

But I also like Berkeley and BAIR

And how it's top in most programs even physics

And next to silicon valley

[haughty grotto]

Where could you see yourself

[sour root]

Both 💀

[full cloud]

Both are good options

[haughty grotto]

Who gives you more money

[full cloud]

I think it’s a private v public thing too and financial aid ye

[sour root]

CMU gave me 17k in aid

Now it's a 10k differencd

Berkeley no aid

[haughty grotto]

So CMU is cheaper or not cheaper

[sour root]

Cheaper

[haughty grotto]

I see

Are you OOS for both?

[sour root]

Yes

[haughty grotto]

Pick CMU lol

[sour root]

😭

[full cloud]

Honestly I’d pick cmu in ur case too

[haughty grotto]

Usually I never see it recommended to go OOS at a UC

Unless for a good reason

[full cloud]

Smaller undergrad class

[sour root]

How come

[haughty grotto]

Shits expensive

When you graduate you will owe CMU 40k less than you’d owe Berkeley

That’s an entire decent new car right there

[sour root]

🤔

Damnn

Tru

[haughty grotto]

At the end of the day I myself would be tipping a little bit more towards CMU

Even if Berkeley is insanely great for EECS

[leaden ledge]

lol what

[leaden ledge]

I'd love to choose

[sour root]

Thinking about double majoring in pure mathematics as well which Berkeley looks to be top at. Although, you reckon employers look at a Berkeley eecs degree and CMU eecs degree the same? As in same wow factor+ benefit of the doubt

[sour root]

Wdym

[haughty grotto]

I mean in Berkeley’s case they’re like top 2 for EECS, right?

So then in that case idk if CMU would bring the same wow factor

[sour root]

Ywah

[full cloud]

I think they would bc they’re both amazing schools anyway lol and cmu is still very famous for cs

[sour root]

Yeah

[full cloud]

And there ee program is also good

At that point I don’t think they’re going to be like, “oh, cmu. We prefer more Berkeley”

[sour root]

Berkeley does have a large aluminum network, more likely to be the case

[haughty grotto]

I mean the question is wow factor though

[earnest perch]

@sour root whats ur cmu major

[haughty grotto]

Like you would be more impressed at someone went to Harvard vs someone who went to UCLA

Even if both are good

[full cloud]

Yes and it’ll be both

[sour root]

ECE+ cs

[earnest perch]

did u get in

for ece

or cs

[sour root]

ECE

[earnest perch]

and u got berk eecs/

?

[full cloud]

Employers would be impressed with both cmu and Berkeley… it’s not the same comparison 💀

[sour root]

Yes

[earnest perch]

id suggest berk

[haughty grotto]

How far behind would CMU be in this situation though

[full cloud]

Not far

Cmu is very well known

[earnest perch]

cmu would be ahead if its cs lol

in fact even ece its ranked #1

but ece is not cs

[haughty grotto]

ic ic

[full cloud]

Literally I don’t think anyone is going to frown upon cmu over Berkeley

It’s also what you make out of each school

[haughty grotto]

true true

[earnest perch]

im taking cmu over berk lol

w out a question

[full cloud]

You decided?

lol

Glll with the grind

[earnest perch]

wel i alr ruled berk out

its more

cmu vs cornell for me

[full cloud]

Ah

[sour root]

Did you rule it out because your oos or because CMU is just better

[earnest perch]

im in state but i didnt like my major at berk and cmu/cornell is better and i prefer privs

[earnest perch]

ud think ece and cs is adjacent

but if ur trynna do eecs or

double in cs

its not that the gpa bars u off

its htat the coursework is insane

[full cloud]

You should rule it out based on cost, if ur a private or public person, vibe of school, weather, and opportunities available to u at both schools

[earnest perch]

and ur gonna drive urself crazy

like the reason why i might be edging cornell over cmu

is just cu

cmu is soo hard

[sour root]

Damn

Well for me it's pain vs pain

Berkeley and CMU sound equally hard based on what I've heard

[earnest perch]

trust me berk is muc heasier lol

[sour root]

Nvm W

[earnest perch]

cornell is also easier

from waht ive heard from the ppl there

but

berk and cornell r prob similar

cornell prob worse

they got nets off bridges for a reason

[sour root]

😭 I heard

[leaden ledge]

I'd choose berkeley

[sour root]

Smrithi has spoken

[jaunty linden]

id choose anything but berkeley, trust me

(im on the waitlist)

[sour root]

46% yield rate is gonna pull through for you bro

[leaden ledge]

are you Cali instate

[steel quail]

samesies

i wanna get into berkeley

[leaden ledge]

girl you're Hopkins bound

[steel quail]

OK AND

😭

[leaden ledge]

take your Ws🙏

[steel quail]

i want moreeeeee

[leaden ledge]

and leave some for the rest of us🙂‍↔️

[leaden ledge]

(real)

[steel quail]

😔

[leaden ledge]

but also i declined all my waitlists

[steel quail]

i declined ucla 🤡

[leaden ledge]

damn

[dry tapir]

when are we expected to receive results from the waitlist

may or june?

[unique snow]

2nd half of may and whole month june

rolling

[dry tapir]

but they said the movement starts at may 1st or smth

so i was wondering

[tall quarry]

usually june for most colleges

i thinkk

but commitment deadline for ucb is may 15th

soooo

[dry tapir]

oh i see

[daring isle]

cmu feeds into big tech more than berkeley both per capita and in total so this would be my choice too

[jaunty linden]

yea

[jaunty linden]

WWW

[leaden ledge]

still Purdue would be cheaper

[jaunty linden]

cost isnt a major factor, and itd be a dream come true to be able to go to berkeley

[leaden ledge]

fair fair but Purdue is pretty awesome!

i fw purdue heavy

[jaunty linden]

purdue w

yea ive heard their campus is rly good as well

id be rly happy to go to purdue as well, but id take berkeley if i get it ofc

[earnest perch]

ye cmu feeder

[sour root]

damn

[jaunty linden]

yea choose cmu over berkeley

make sure to withdraw :P

[sour root]

cmu slary hugher aswell

plus I lowkey dont like berkeley colors

I mess with cmu brand heavy

[daring isle]

cmu is hard af tho so even if i got in and committed id prob get weeded out 💀

[jaunty linden]

bros at ucla tho

[unique snow]

Well the SIR date for UCs is May 15 this year

[daring isle]

true

[sour root]

how come cmu majors make so much

compared to rest of big 4

cmu sends like -2 people from ece to FAANG(N for nvidia not neflix), yeah nvm

berkeley RAAAH

[vapid junco]

Cmu better than Berkeley regents?

[jaunty linden]

yes

withdraw from berkeley regardless

(im on the waitlist)

[haughty grotto]

Yeah Berkeley fucking sucks

Withdraw now

Don’t go here

[haughty grotto]

Real

[leaden ledge]

you guys do realize that just because one person withdraws they're not going to immediately accept one person from the waitlist right...

[jaunty linden]

they will?

WWW

[leaden ledge]

WAIT I FORGOT NOT

[sour root]

Loll

[jaunty linden]

aw

😔

[daring isle]

for what

cs?

[vivid quarry]

no

[jade yacht]

Where is the appeal form? I can't seem to find it anywhere?

[topaz fossil]

nah

berkeley > cmu

[jaunty linden]

no anything > berkeley, u shud withdraw

(im wled)

[stable ferry]

hahaha me too, what major?

[jaunty linden]

data sci lol

hbu?

[stable ferry]

eecs 🥲

[jaunty linden]

hope u get in :D

[stable ferry]

you too!!

[daring isle]

the stats don't lie 🤷‍♂️

[cinder thorn]

Idk. Berkeley mixture of toxic culture kinda also doesn’t help

[daring isle]

cmu cs is prob just as toxic tbh

gotta remember that cmu has suicide nets

[cinder thorn]

True at this point do any of the T5 cs schools not have a toxic culture lol

Honestly any T5 schools

I’d really like to hear the thoughts of what people think of each school

[daring isle]

yeah most top engineering/cs schools are very cutthroat

[jaunty linden]

yeah u shud withdraw from berkeley trust me

(im on wl)

[cinder thorn]

Well I’m sorry to tell u this I’m waitlisted also

I’ve officially won the mid off

Ive gotten waitlisted ucla, ucsb, ucsd, uci, uc berk, Cornell, cmu

[leaden ledge]

damn

[earnest perch]

oh i have the same amount

maybe one more?

[jaunty linden]

damn

quality waitlists tho

one's gotta clear lol

[cinder thorn]

Nah I withdrew from the waitlist for ucsb

It’s already too late

[jaunty linden]

withdraw ucb too :P

[cinder thorn]

But i haven’t accepted uci or berk yet

I’ve submitted for ucsd and ucla

[cinder thorn]

Lol maybe

[jaunty linden]

u shud do the waitlist leaderboard

[cinder thorn]

Don’t know how it works lol

[jaunty linden]

check pins in the medium place channel

[cinder thorn]

Alr alr

[daring isle]

holy shit

waitlist warrior

[cinder thorn]

UC waitlist warrior

[daring isle]

surely u get into at least one of them right lmao

[jaunty linden]

surely

[cinder thorn]

I was like surely uc berk will now take me with these waitlist right? Nope another waitlist

[cinder thorn]

Uh…. Highly unlikely cuz I did cs

[daring isle]

damn

well u never know

[ruby flame]

i got waitlisted from la irvine davis and cmu lmao

[cinder thorn]

Lol did u commit bro

[ruby flame]

nope

not yet

[jaunty linden]

wait dont waitlists only come after commit day (sadly)

[ruby flame]

i got into cornell and ucb (and yale but not good for my major)

[jaunty linden]

WHAT

[ruby flame]

rn ucb is my top choice

[jaunty linden]

hollyyyyyyy

congrats

[ruby flame]

ty

[cinder thorn]

That’s crazy

[jaunty linden]

what major

[ruby flame]

eecs

im most likely (definitely) gonna commit to ucb after cal day

[jaunty linden]

u shud withdraw from berkeley for no reason at all tbh (im on the wl)

[ruby flame]

unless in the event of a miracle (i get off stanford waitlist)

[jaunty linden]

yale is better trust

[ruby flame]

not for my major lol

i havent told any of my friends i got into yale lol

[jaunty linden]

lmao

[jaunty linden]

ig im not ur frend 😔

[ruby flame]

dw bro ur getting off the wkl

wl

[cinder thorn]

Damn wish I was u

[jaunty linden]

tyty :D

[ruby flame]

you'll make it to ucb

trust the process

they just testing ur interest fr

[jaunty linden]

oh yeah, about interest, i have to do the thing

[cinder thorn]

Do what?

[jaunty linden]

daily reminder to withdraw from berkeley if ur not committing

especially for data sci

[ruby flame]

i got saved on ivy day lmao

[cinder thorn]

Lmao

[ruby flame]

before ivy day all i had was purdue and ucsb

[jaunty linden]

purdue w

[ruby flame]

purdues not a bad school by any stretch but its just not my cup of tea

[cinder thorn]

I only have uc Davis

I’m cooked

[ruby flame]

bro

i got wl from davis lol

go figure

[cinder thorn]

Lol UCs wilding

[ruby flame]

i didnt get into a single uc basically except berkeley

and ucsb

[cinder thorn]

Bro idk if I should be happy with Davis or nah tho

[ruby flame]

davis is good dude

i woulda been ecstatic if i got into davis when it came out lol

[jaunty linden]

davis is crazyyy good

i wud def go there over purdue

congrats!!

[cinder thorn]

Ty! It’s just I hate hearing some of comments from my school abt Davis

[jaunty linden]

dude its a t30

theyre just jealous

[ruby flame]

bro 80% of the kids in my school got flat out rejected

ur good bruh dw

they just bitter

[jaunty linden]

yeah same dude

[cinder thorn]

True idk I’m hoping to get off ucsd tho

[jaunty linden]

everyone got rej or wled and they are dying to get off ucd wl

to feed ur ego

to compare

[earnest perch]

this is why us news isnt accurate

[jaunty linden]

no

its accruate

trust me

except purdue is too low

[earnest perch]

this is where purdue is at in my personal ranking

this includes lacs tho

[jaunty linden]

here's where purdue is in my unbiased legitimate 100% data driven rankings

[jaunty linden]

it better have mudd >:(

[earnest perch]

bleh

[jaunty linden]

w

i love mudd so much (pls reconsider my app)

[earnest perch]

wl?

also i hear mudd is pretty depressing lol

[jaunty linden]

rejeccted ed1 😭

[earnest perch]

oh

rip

[jaunty linden]

geriatric community with a nuclear bomb proof classroom

perfect

[earnest perch]

i feel like this is a pretty hot take

the berkeley palcement

[jaunty linden]

i mean...

what major

[earnest perch]

overall

[jaunty linden]

u got in cornell AND berkeley?!?!?!

[earnest perch]

but its valid imo

mhm

[jaunty linden]

daaam

where r u planning on going

[earnest perch]

no clue

well see

[jaunty linden]

withdraw from berkeley for no reason whatsoever (im wled)

[earnest perch]

yeah i will

i wont go to berk ik that

[jaunty linden]

w :D

what major were u accepted

[earnest perch]

econ

[jaunty linden]

oooh nice

congrats!!!!!

[earnest perch]

ty

i think i have like

better major options elsewhere

which is why berk isnt a huge consideration for me

[jaunty linden]

options better than haas?

holyyy

[earnest perch]

oh haas doesnt house econ

[jaunty linden]

rly?

[earnest perch]

but i think i would take that option over haas

actually hmm

for instate tuition id take haas

otherwise no idts

[jaunty linden]

but gl on ur choices

and congrats :D

[earnest perch]

ye ty

gl on getting off

wls

or at purdu

either way its pgood

[jaunty linden]

thx lmao :)

[full cloud]

I did not hear good things abt Yale

From a cs friend

Mostly because of the environment

[thorny ocean]

what is the chance i get stabbed by a homeless guy in berkeley

[earnest perch]

low

just dont go in the hood lol

[thorny ocean]

cool

also what's the food situation in ucb

is it good, bad, average

[jaunty linden]

https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/tnd7gf/hows_the_food_in_uc_berkeley/

idt there are very many active berkeley ppl here, but google prob has a lot of good info

[thorny ocean]

if they have decent american cuisine then im fine

[earnest perch]

food seems fine

ive been a couple of times

and based on what ppl who go there sya

[daring isle]

my cousins who go there all say it's bad

i've never tried the dining halls but

the small food businesses there are good as fuck

expensive tho

source:

[leaden ledge]

Can I see this list

[leaden ledge]

Nah Berkeley t10 trust

[earnest perch]

what range r u intersted in?

[leaden ledge]

t50

[earnest perch]

also this prolly seems biased against lacs, which is true bc i think research instituations r rly important for grad schools and other purposes and most lacs cant provide that

[leaden ledge]

stanford on top lessgooo

also what are your

metrics

[earnest perch]

essentially much more focused on individual suject rankings than the overall school rep

but i do take school rep into consideration ofc

and also like what i see in temrs of placements

yeah like for example berk is top ranked in all of its categories whch is why i put it t10

i think it could be higher if it werent for it haivng less personalized resources, a housing crisis, and overflowing student pop

[leaden ledge]

mm okay but what subjects

cs? im guessing because you're cs right

[earnest perch]

this is overall

[leaden ledge]

and because uchicago is low

[earnest perch]

never rly been a huge fan of uchicago

i dont thikn its output is as good

as many of hte other schools there

[leaden ledge]

yeah but it feels slightly biased towards cs/stem

but also every ranking list is biased

[leaden ledge]

damn

[leaden ledge]

idk too much about output

but their courses are fucking awesome

[earnest perch]

ig it sorta is

but tahts also cuz

teh stem heavy schools

[leaden ledge]

im ngl i just mainly look at courses for colleges

[earnest perch]

tend to produce like

money making majors

[leaden ledge]

no yeah thats valid

[earnest perch]

yk

[leaden ledge]

thats why i dont look at output

[earnest perch]

and thats would increase the roi of a school

ye thats fair

[next schooner]

If you focus on roi, shouldn't the ranking be fairly different 🤔

[earnest perch]

other aspects too ofc

also its roi w out debt

[next schooner]

Yeah even with debt considered

Like check out this https://www.collegenpv.com/programrankings?query=&page=1&sort=rank_desc

[earnest perch]

note that thats very major dependent

and also doesnt incldue anythign ebsides liek engineering and business

[next schooner]

That's cause it measures ROI lol, so ofc it would do the ones that pay the most

Ranking of programs within each school too

Anyways this is from the same website for overall https://www.collegenpv.com/collegerankings?query=&page=1&sort=rank_desc

[earnest perch]

no it literally

[next schooner]

Which isn't just individual major

[earnest perch]

doesnt hold anything for a lot of school

here for exmaple

princeton has nothign ranked besides ce lol

u think princeotn math doesnt make a boatload of money?

or ece, cheme, etc?

[earnest perch]

they dont even specify their own metrics lol

look at how htye explained their roi calculations

they provide 0 detail

[next schooner]

Oh yeah I noticed that too, all the data is true from DOE but it's weird they didn't explain beyond that

[earnest perch]

id take it w a grain of salt

[next schooner]

Yeah, they do go into what specifically they assess, but that's fair

What would you consider a better estimate of ROI beyond those factors assessed

[earnest perch]

starting salary or like median 20 yr salary r good measures imo

median 20 yr is the best i think

or 10 yr

[next schooner]

Like this isn't that bad of a methodology

[leaden ledge]

bro are the pictures ai generated smh

[next schooner]

It's mainly based of DOE metrics

[next schooner]

Oh true lmaoo that was goofy

Ngl idr where I got it, it was online and I just checked some basic stuff like where the info is from which seemed right

[next schooner]

Like is this shown anywhere

[leaden ledge]

berkeley 41 but santa clara 24 💀

[earnest perch]

yeah a couple of sistes had it

[next schooner]

Lol idk, it's based on median 4 years after and debt so ig you could click on it and see why

[haughty grotto]

I think this is a solid ranking
The only thing I could or would possibly dispute would be USC above UMich (I am a professional USC hater)

Other than that and then who should be #1 between the top 3

[leaden ledge]

usc kinda goated ngl

[haughty grotto]

Fuck USC

[leaden ledge]

:(

i fw usc heavy

10/10 would go to usc if they gave me money

[haughty grotto]

You fw usc I fh usc

[leaden ledge]

lol

[haughty grotto]

Do the megathreads close on May 15

[leaden ledge]

a little after iirc

[earnest perch]

same bro

usc the goat

[haughty grotto]

nuh uh

bad school it sucks

4th best school in LA

behind CSULA, UCLA, and LMU

it trash bro

[leaden ledge]

you mean 2nd best school in california behind stanford

[haughty grotto]

💀💀💀

[leaden ledge]

ok berkeley better

and probs caltech

and i forgot lacs

but still

usc the goat

[haughty grotto]

Berkeley + CalTech + UCLA are clear

[leaden ledge]

ucla is debatable

and dependent on major

[haughty grotto]

UCLA is debatable yeah

But in terms of CA the way I see it is this

CalTech is basically a grad school masquerading as a school that offers great undergrad

So I don’t even count it in my official list

But

[jaunty linden]

berkeley is the worst u shud just withdraw (im wled)

[haughty grotto]

1. Stanford (I’m not delusional)
2. Berkeley
3. UCLA
4. USC
5. UCSD

Those are my top 5

Unless I’m forgetting something

But for me Berkeley definitively is the best UC

[leaden ledge]

hmc cmc

lacs

pomona?

idk much about lacs but

[leaden ledge]

hmmmmmmm switch usc and ucla

[earnest perch]

its like

5th or sm?

ucla ucb caltech stanford

[haughty grotto]

Maybe when counting LACs

Stanford
CalTech
Berkeley
UCLA
USC
Pomona

[earnest perch]

i dont think the claremont ones r better imo

[jaunty linden]

hmc w

[haughty grotto]

I think Pomona has a case over SD

so I’ll throw it just behind USC

[jaunty linden]

hmc has a case agaisnt usc

for eng

[haughty grotto]

I’m talking about generally tho

Not just focused on one thing

[jaunty linden]

ah

[haughty grotto]

Yeah I’m satisfied with that

But I heavily slight CalTech

UCLA is probably better than USC

Not like by much tho

But better I believe it to be

Stanford > CalTech >= Berkeley > UCLA >= USC

= meaning probably better in some aspects but the schools are not far apart

[unique snow]

It was posted on A2C resdit

I saw it too but i decided just to go to DOE website since it lets you compare schools directly

[next schooner]

Oh gotcha

[leaden ledge]

why

i love UCLA and everything but the only reason I'd go to it over USC is vibe + cost

UCLA has better vibe i agree

[vivid quarry]

holy

congrats

[haughty grotto]

Research

[hybrid zodiac]

Ya UCLA > USC imo too

[jaunty linden]

anything > berkeley, u guys shud withdraw rn (im wled)

[hybrid zodiac]

So true

[hybrid zodiac]

What if there is space opened and they don't pick u 😢

At least all the people waitlisted will love you

[jaunty linden]

😔

then ill convince someone else to withdraw :)

eventually ill be the only student at berkeley

[gloomy furnace]

The hero we needed ☝️

[tall quarry]

does ucb send packages

[haughty grotto]

Yea exactly

The way it goes is Berkeley > UCLA > USC

Any different and imma think ur geeking

[haughty grotto]

Yeah

Alr got one

Letter, stickers, pamphlets

[deep rock]

ermmmm

i think berkeley is harder than cornell

cornell dont got grade deflation like us

[thorny ocean]

Isnt he comparing cal to cmu

[deep rock]

naur

anyways not the point

i also dont think either one is "easier" than the other

so many other factors involved

[thorny ocean]

All i know is berkeley isnt easy lol

[deep rock]

it isnt

trust me

n i aint dumb

[thorny ocean]

What major r u

[deep rock]

MCB premed

lol

[thorny ocean]

Zamn

[deep rock]

wbu?

[thorny ocean]

Applied math prolly

[deep rock]

Oooh

omg

i wanted to switch to appl math

i love math

but i dont think i can have a good gpa if i switch

and i dont think i could handle that

so :(((

[thorny ocean]

Lol hopefully i manage 🙏

[deep rock]

r u premed as well

[thorny ocean]

Nah

Im tryna to get into tech, data science

I dont think i could handle med school

[earnest perch]

i was talking ab cmu and berk

but also i think cornell is worse as well anywyas

[deep rock]

valid

[deep rock]

maybe it is 🤷🏻‍♀️ i don’t go there so i could not tell you

[agile gust]

wait does anyone know if i can be a cs major at l&s without any prior knowledge of cs??

[topaz fossil]

dawg cs isnt in l and s 💀

[knotty sluice]

also isn't cs a major where they limit the number of students?

[jaunty linden]

r u talking abt capped majors?

virtually every school has cs capped lol

[agile gust]

oh frrrr guess not then

[deep rock]

there actually is L+S CS

lmao

[jaunty linden]

rly?

[deep rock]

Yes

lol

[jaunty linden]

didnt they change it, now its in school of computing?

[deep rock]

My friend is in it

Maybe they changed it tho this yr

Idk

[next schooner]

Yeah they did

[grand kraken]

it shoulda been one where u had to do a test before

that would decrease the amount

i bet that

[leaden ledge]

regional reception sprawl🤭

[steel quail]

did you know that you are berkeley

crazy innit

[leaden ledge]

i still can't believe it sometimes ngl

[turbid pulsar]

I didn’t even mention anything computer related in my piqs nor have any computer related ECs 😭😭

[stray parrot]

wtf was that all free

[leaden ledge]

Yessss

[stray parrot]

Alr I'm pulling up to the nearest one

What do u guys even do there

I just want free merch 😈

[arctic vault]

has the dining hall food improved over the last 2 years....

im looking at some pics from back then and its HORRID

WHAT IS THIS 😭

[jaunty linden]

😋

[jaunty linden]

no its still bad withdraw from berkeley rn (im wled)

[uneven haven]

wait no hear me out

the college town and restaurants nea by make up for it

theyre sooo good

[leaden ledge]

LMFAO YEAH I SAW THAT

[leaden ledge]

They just give general info, nothing you can't find online

but the merch 🤩🤩🤩🤩

[cinder thorn]

Ur question should never be this. It’s always going to get worse

The food here is shit

Like dog shit

[earnest perch]

w food?

[arctic vault]

waiter waiter!!! more dogshit and vomit!

[leaden ledge]

i have a dog and i can confirm that even dogshit is less hideous and deformed than that monstrosity of a meal

[haughty grotto]

im planning to meet a person ik at one

pretty much that and free merch

plus a day off school

ill take it

[haughty grotto]

gordon ramsey cooking right here

but like if you stabbed him in both eyes and then cut off his left hand

[full cloud]

Is it very difficult (and possible) to double major in mech engineering and applied math? I got admitted to college of l and s, didn’t know strat was actually to apply for engineering as 1st option rip). Going back and forth btwn deciding where to go

[leaden ledge]

what happened to committing to NU

lol

[full cloud]

I prob will. Won’t until I visit though but most likely I will

I’m curious tho if it’s impossible or not

[leaden ledge]

not too sure about engineering specifically but from what I've seen it's not that hard to declare a major as long as you finish prereqs

[full cloud]

I asked some berk friends and they said they haven’t rlly heard anyone that did that

[full cloud]

Yaa ik for other majors it’s easier but engineering is a diff story

[leaden ledge]

oh

[arctic vault]

ive heard that its very difficult/nearly impossible to from ppl

[full cloud]

Ok yup Berkeley prob off table for me

[full cloud]

Tyy for sending

[arctic vault]

dont worry atleast ur not eating goop and cardboard for lunch

[leaden ledge]

tbf that is for change of college, im not sure about double majoring tho

[full cloud]

OHHH

[leaden ledge]

I'd email and ask tbh

[full cloud]

True but food outside Berkeley is slay

[arctic vault]

true

kiraku ❤️

[full cloud]

Ya I’ll prob relay my questions to my bf who is going to cal day

[leaden ledge]

what

is that a restaurant

[arctic vault]

https://kirakuberkeley.com/

[leaden ledge]

because it means a crazy person in my language 💀

[arctic vault]

fr?

[full cloud]

Yes

Oop 💀

[arctic vault]

i mean tbf... i would go crazy over it

[leaden ledge]

lolllll

well it's actually kiruku

[full cloud]

Is it better to not buy dining hall pass and to eat outside for cal specifically

[leaden ledge]

in terms of quality of food yes obviously

but outside is kinda very expensive

[full cloud]

But cost no right lol

[arctic vault]

i mean ur kinda forced to buy a dining hall pass first year

[full cloud]

True

Oh

[arctic vault]

unless u dont dorm on campus at all

[leaden ledge]

so afaik most people get the dining hall pass but eat outside on weekends and etuff

[full cloud]

I will relay cal wisdom to my bf

[arctic vault]

im prob gonna do that

[full cloud]

Is Berkeley food hs food basically

[arctic vault]

12 meal swipes for weekdays

i heard it depends on the dining hall, but like have low expectations coming in

hit or miss is what some ppl say

[full cloud]

I need to research the food for nu now oop

[full cloud]

Ah icic

That one photo brought back memories to what my elementary school food looked like 💀💀

[arctic vault]

NU food is def gonna be better

[stray parrot]

wtf im screwed then

food is important bruh

i can't be eating boiled burgers for another 4 years

[full cloud]

Very slay to know

[arctic vault]

hear me out.... we protest

[stray parrot]

wow

[arctic vault]

typical berkeley stuff

[stray parrot]

what a surprise

average berkeley riot

[full cloud]

Why does ucla have such good food and Berkeley not follow them

[arctic vault]

check out mod pizza

really good ass pizza in evanston

[full cloud]

I used to eat at mod pizza a lot

Yesss

[stray parrot]

berkeley spends all money on research

[full cloud]

They used to have some in Seattle

[stray parrot]

none on food

😭

[full cloud]

Food is research trust :)

[stray parrot]

we're gonna get mushy corndogs and boiled burgers with steamed burritos

ong

[full cloud]

Steamed hams

[stray parrot]

😭

microwaved fried chicken

[full cloud]

Food potion

[stray parrot]

LMFAO

food potion is crazy

or did u mean poison

idk

[full cloud]

Potion

lol

[stray parrot]

lmaooo

"drink this for today's nutrients"

[arctic vault]

it sucks how early restaurants close in chicago tho

[stray parrot]

why do they close early

is it cuz of o block

[full cloud]

Honestly I would for curiosity

[stray parrot]

ganggang

😭

[full cloud]

Do you live in Illinois?

How early do they close?

[arctic vault]

6 pm typically

[stray parrot]

i follow charlikestoeat on ig cuz she posts good eats around berkeley

for asians

[full cloud]

WHAT

[full cloud]

Food outside campus is so good there

[stray parrot]

yeah

im gonna be so broke

[arctic vault]

me too

[full cloud]

Oop

[stray parrot]

i already know where im gonna visit when i go up for cal day

[full cloud]

I wish I could go to cal day

[arctic vault]

i need to investigate these dining halls on cal day

no way its that atrocious

[stray parrot]

just go

[full cloud]

Are you allowed to?

[stray parrot]

im fucking driving up there which is gonna be so bad

[arctic vault]

well im gonna find out

[stray parrot]

p sure its open

[arctic vault]

also driving up there

[full cloud]

I’m going to usc’s day on the 12th and then UCLA’s on the 13th. Can’t rip

[arctic vault]

6 hours woooo

[stray parrot]

they sent us like a "day's schedule"

[haughty grotto]

i got like 4 days at berk residential

[stray parrot]

same lmfao 6 hours

[haughty grotto]

ill send food

[arctic vault]

love being a socal resident

[full cloud]

I will ask my bf to save food

[stray parrot]

o yeah i remember u told me abt it

[leaden ledge]

boooooo

[stray parrot]

fuck bruh i shouldve just taken the 4 day thing

[leaden ledge]

norcal the goat

[full cloud]

YES (I am totally not biased)

[stray parrot]

i literally spent 600 dollars on hotel

why did i do that

😭

[arctic vault]

dont mess with us socal people... we got homeless people too ur not special

[stray parrot]

ok epic

[full cloud]

Bro what hotel did u stay at?

[haughty grotto]

i did?

[stray parrot]

bro im gonna be so horrified of the homeless ppl

[stray parrot]

yeah like yesterday

[full cloud]

Check out Oakland 🗣️🔥🔥

[stray parrot]

im staying at some hyatt thing for 2 nights

[arctic vault]

i also got a hotel for like 600

[stray parrot]

its like 300 per night

which is stupid

but wtv

[arctic vault]

walking out late at night in oakland challenge

[full cloud]

Oop. Honestly hotels r expensive ca tho

[leaden ledge]

my dad went to Cal and was like hey the food isn't that bad it was pretty good! and then he went to Aggie day and had food there and was like ok yeah food at Berkeley sucks

[full cloud]

At Berkeley? Like on campus?

[stray parrot]

when theres a homeless person in my city the police arrests them and drops them off outside city boundaries

[stray parrot]

yeah

[haughty grotto]

ah ok

[full cloud]

Noooo he switched sides fast lol

[leaden ledge]

my dad is in love with davis im ngl

[stray parrot]

like the other day i saw like 3 police cruisers in my neighborhood and i thought there must be some drug bust or something but they were literally just arresting a homeless dude

😭

[full cloud]

It isn’t bad. I live an hr away from cal so I visited a few times. Yea, there r homeless ppl, but they’re not dangerous or anything they just keep to themselves most of the time

[full cloud]

Oop

[leaden ledge]

yeah ^

[stray parrot]

last time i visited cal i saw a dude with a shopping cart on campus

😭

[leaden ledge]

i mean

[arctic vault]

check this out @full cloud https://thexpot.com/chicago-menu/

[full cloud]

That’s rlly normal in Oakland btw

[leaden ledge]

not that big of a deal

[stray parrot]

i like how i used to hate berkeley but now im going there

lolololol

[leaden ledge]

SAME

[stray parrot]

i was like "ew furries ew im not going there ew the campus is so dirty w homeless ppl"

[arctic vault]

i need to go there so badly

[full cloud]

OMG TYSM. I’m staying in Chicago for a few days so if u have more restaurant suggestions dm

[full cloud]

Campus is not as bad trust

Some of it is ugly tho

[stray parrot]

yeah i visited once

lots of hills tho

i dont rly like hills

[arctic vault]

ik so much about NU and it ssurrounding food cause it used to be my dream school 💀

[full cloud]

I sent this to my bf and he said it looked like a Siberian prison.

[stray parrot]

oh nah wtf

dont tell me those are dorms

[leaden ledge]

a month later i got in then fell in love LOL

[stray parrot]

no fucking way those are dorms

[stray parrot]

LOL

[full cloud]

Oooo. Pls dm if u know some more yes :)

[full cloud]

I have no clue. Saw it on tour lol

Some parts of berk r so pretty tho

[stray parrot]

berkeley's zoology building is nice

[leaden ledge]

ok furries part is so true the insta gc name changes everyday but it's always some variation of furries

[stray parrot]

bruhh

i cannot with furries bro

😭

[leaden ledge]

we are all mega oski simps

[stray parrot]

😭

[full cloud]

Omg I saw an insta for furry club at berk lol and sent it to my bf as a joke

[stray parrot]

no like oski looks like cursed mickey mouse

ig it is what it is lol

[full cloud]

First time I saw oski I was rlly scared

Fnaf core

[stray parrot]

SAME

[full cloud]

Ngl

Lollll

[stray parrot]

like why does it look like that bro

why is it staring at me like that

😭

[full cloud]

My friend who goes to berk says a lot of ppl r scared of him

[stray parrot]

joe the bruin looks 100x better

[full cloud]

True

[leaden ledge]

💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[stray parrot]

bro if i see oski at any event im walking the opposite direction

[leaden ledge]

josie>

[arctic vault]

when i first saw oski bro...

[stray parrot]

i didn't know they had a female version of that

[arctic vault]

80s abandoned diner vibes

[stray parrot]

JUMPSCARE

[full cloud]

[arctic vault]

im getting used to it tho

[leaden ledge]

ok yeah the smile is.... something

[stray parrot]

no its not even the smile

its the EYES

[full cloud]

Also the smile

[leaden ledge]

i would 10/10 makeout with josie mm have you seen those curves

[stray parrot]

the smile is wtv its the fucking eyes that scares me bro 😭

nah wtf

im clipping that

[full cloud]

Woah there

[leaden ledge]

BYE

[stray parrot]

how do we put this on starboard

[leaden ledge]

get enough people to react with a ⭐

but nO

bro I'll never be able to show my face at UCLA

[stray parrot]

@rugged plinth can you please react with a star to this msg

[full cloud]

Be proud

[leaden ledge]

why yoon💀

[arctic vault]

such an uncanny mascot

[stray parrot]

idk shes the first person i thought of here LMAO

[leaden ledge]

GUYS DON'T STAR ME

[stray parrot]

STAR IT

making 10 alt accounts rn to star it

[leaden ledge]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

ok but.

[full cloud]

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️

[leaden ledge]

i said what I said.

[stray parrot]

LOL

😭

[haughty grotto]

i dont blame you

i would too

[stray parrot]

WTF

im out

BYE

[leaden ledge]

LOOK AT HER

[stray parrot]

bro

[leaden ledge]

you a real one g

[stray parrot]

😭

[haughty grotto]

sometimes you gotta be real

[stray parrot]

guys how do i get blackwell dorm

[arctic vault]

top STEM schools try not to have a weird ass mascot (impossible)

[stray parrot]

i hate carpets

[arctic vault]

(berkeley and stanford)

[leaden ledge]

hope

[stray parrot]

i think im gonna get a doctors note proving that im allergic to carpets

[haughty grotto]

regents

[full cloud]

Beg

[leaden ledge]

tim the beaver🤩🤩🤩🤩

[full cloud]

But begging won’t work

So be lucky

[stray parrot]

if i get a doctor's note they'll give me blackwell right

what the fuck 😭

[full cloud]

Stanfords mascot is the scariest for sure lol

[leaden ledge]

i saw tim the beaver but like 50 years in the future

[arctic vault]

tree vs freddy fazbear bruh

[full cloud]

New fnaf game!!!

[stray parrot]

i thought stanford's mascot was the cardinal bird

[full cloud]

Five nights at college

[stray parrot]

but then i realized its a tree

[haughty grotto]

tow mater the tree

[stray parrot]

LMFAO

[leaden ledge]

oski ftw

[full cloud]

Based photo

[stray parrot]

LOL

im out

[leaden ledge]

wtf are those eyes

[stray parrot]

WHAT IS THIS

[full cloud]

https://tenor.com/view/beat-stanford-uc-berkeley-cal-big-game-oski-gif-4438686

[stray parrot]

😭

[stray parrot]

LMFAO

[leaden ledge]

💀💀💀💀💀

https://tenor.com/view/cal-golden-bears-oski-lasso-dance-dancing-dance-gif-24401787

[full cloud]

Me fr

[leaden ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/kiwibot-uc-berkeley-kiwi-robot-robotics-gif-20859576

wtf are these gifs

[full cloud]

Northwestern’s cat mascot is cute

[leaden ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/berkeley-eecs-uc-berkeley-engineering-kpop-gif-1344862380473722685

[stray parrot]

https://tenor.com/view/oski-walk-go-bears-uc-berkeley-gif-3574698

[leaden ledge]

Show

[stray parrot]

😍

[stray parrot]

nah wtf

[leaden ledge]

scary