UC Berkeley (UCB) (2023-2024)

[stray parrot]

its ok

[hardy haven]

I have a academic advisor

and that’s how ik

[stray parrot]

lucky

i wish i knew someone that can tell me all of this

[hardy haven]

uhh when ur paying ur entire life off

[stray parrot]

none of my senior friends from last year went to berkeley

[hardy haven]

I think an advisor should be providded

[stray parrot]

lmaoo

[hardy haven]

yeah I get that

def email them

[stray parrot]

ig i will

they better respond fast cuz aps start next week

💀

[arctic vault]

my college counselor aint even a college counselor

[stray parrot]

im just trying to figure out how many ap tests i can NOT take this year

[arctic vault]

last "helpful" thing they posted was a scholarship for ppl who go to school in the bay area (our school is in socal)

[stray parrot]

💀

ok ig 130 units max

cuz im not double major

[hexed sigil]

public school?

[arctic vault]

yep

[hexed sigil]

expected

[arctic vault]

they also posted "how to write a uc piq" guide 2 weeks after the deadline

[stable ferry]

Twinnn

yeahh that’s why I took like more de classes sooo like the credits would transfer

[arctic vault]

i prob shoulda done that... now i gotta take more classes

[scenic shore]

omg herman told me someone who appealed berk got in for eecs lol

[stable ferry]

@lilac saddle where are you planning to commit rn?

[lilac saddle]

uiuc

[arctic vault]

never took a single de class in my life

[stable ferry]

Bro I took 8 😭

And 8 AP’s 😭

[arctic vault]

i was apmaxxing

[lilac saddle]

I love DE 😍

sm better than AP

[arctic vault]

14 aps

[hardy haven]

wait already??

[stable ferry]

DAMN

[hardy haven]

appeals r out

[scenic shore]

no last year

[stable ferry]

berk appeals?

[lilac saddle]

oh shit

waitlists might be out soon then?

may 8th

[stable ferry]

Oh shoot

[hardy haven]

wait

it’s false

[lilac saddle]

🤞

oh

nbm

[scenic shore]

guys i said last year

last year

2023

[hardy haven]

bruh

[arctic vault]

misinformation 🔥

[hardy haven]

set me up

[stable ferry]

Ohhh

[worn egret]

im looking at berk time hollow

[scenic shore]

lmao

[worn egret]

and it seems cs lowedivs have lower grade averages

[stable ferry]

Rn I’m thinking to commit UCR but like imma wait the last second

[scenic shore]

ucsd appeal came out before wailist so like are ucs making progress?

[worn egret]

so our gpas wont look so hot at the beggining but we will bring it up 🔥

[scenic shore]

and ucsc announced couple waitlist

[hardy haven]

wl decisions r usually out during ap testing

[arctic vault]

me when grade deflation

[hardy haven]

for ucsd

[arctic vault]

it cant be that baddddddddddd

[hardy haven]

my friend got hers in like June last yr

[scenic shore]

it is

[hardy haven]

after graduation

[worn egret]

yeah it cant be and if it is then it will just make us stronger

hey krispy

[stable ferry]

Wassup king

[worn egret]

i want some krispy kreme

[scenic shore]

omg that glazed donut from krispy kreme is so good

best donut

[stable ferry]

Bro yk they give a dozen for free if you show up in your cap and gown

[hardy haven]

id rilly love getting into sd after bobbing stats

[leaden ledge]

it asks to input the SID of your roommate

[scenic shore]

and will be my only fav donut

[worn egret]

Can i show them my whole high school transcript

[hardy haven]

if god can make that happen ty

[worn egret]

LOL

[scenic shore]

lol are u taking stats too

ucsd pls

bless me up

[worn egret]

i think they just want progress reports huh

[hardy haven]

yea ( against my will)

[worn egret]

cuz like i took a bunch of classes....

those are a lot of free donuts

[scenic shore]

im also taking it too

[stable ferry]

Wait Lowkey I wanna see ur transcript

[hardy haven]

hope ucb doesn’t see me flopping stats bc im doing ds

[scenic shore]

maybe after a long ddy of ap i will get good news from ucsd

[stable ferry]

I took de stats sooo im chillin

[worn egret]

ok ill dm it but ill like crop out my info lol

[stable ferry]

But calc bc

[hardy haven]

victims ✌️

[arctic vault]

isnt it like 1 donut per A on ur report card

[stable ferry]

Yeahh they do that too

[arctic vault]

whipping out the entire high school transcript to get 40 donuts real quick

[stable ferry]

Nah frr

[scenic shore]

LETS GOO BERKELEY

BLESS UP

[stable ferry]

Wait

What happens

Did they come out with wl

[scenic shore]

no

im manifesting

[stable ferry]

:((

[hardy haven]

bro it’s fake, last time I went apparently like a bunch of hs seniors ordered a huge batch of donuts and they said they can’t give me any

[scenic shore]

adsadsfkl asdfhnakldshjg iladfkjga

gh aighajgh

[leaden ledge]

no way this chat became active when i was dead

[hardy haven]

I manifested the wrong school

[stable ferry]

I’ll manefist with 🙏🏾

[scenic shore]

please

[arctic vault]

to get into ur dream college u have to make it ur 2nd choice so u get rejected from ur 1st and pitied into ur 2nd

[worn egret]

sent it @stable ferry

[stable ferry]

I tbh didn’t manefest anything cause i was like Berkeley is a long shot and then my twin got in for EECS sooo I was like if he can get in maybe I might get off the waitlist idk

[hardy haven]

either ucb accepts me or 200k falls from the sky 😭

[hardy haven]

they have to let u in girl

[hardy haven]

wait that’s so real

[leaden ledge]

mfw i had 10 dream colleges 💀

bro highkey

i got into like 5 reaches but both my friends only got into 1 reach

but both of them got into their absolute #1 college that they idolized

whereas i got into 4/10 of my dream schools

maybe if i'd had only one dream school all my luck and energy would've been channeled into that

[scenic shore]

i got into none of my dream schools but its ok none of them had cows anyways

[lilac saddle]

I got WL from all my fav schools 🥴

[stray parrot]

i got rejected from all ivies except cornell

L

not even a waitlist

[arctic vault]

stanford reject to uc berkeley 🔥

[lilac saddle]

rejection better than WL

ngl

[stray parrot]

yeah

wl is just glorified rejection

[lilac saddle]

WL is rejection + free cope

[arctic vault]

brotha got friendzoned by a college

[stray parrot]

ye

rejection + delulu

[lilac saddle]

alll the colleges

[stray parrot]

"maybe ill get off WL!"

[lilac saddle]

😭

[arctic vault]

"my loci will come in clutch!"

[worn egret]

i never had a "dream" school

i didn't think about college till when it was time to apply lmao

[lilac saddle]

me neither

[arctic vault]

i had a strange tier list for colleges

[lilac saddle]

wish I did tho

all my friends is ivy bound

[hardy haven]

I got into my dream school but I didn’t get my dream scholarship so 😭

[lilac saddle]

or ivy like

[leaden ledge]

this is why i withdrew all my wls

dont need the unnecessary pressure

berkeley ftw

[leaden ledge]

REAL BRO

[stable ferry]

Nah bro do you think Berkeley might have the twin advantage

[arctic vault]

ngl worse than rejection and waitlist

[leaden ledge]

OMG JAN 30 I WAS CRUSHED WHEN I GOT REJECTED FROM USC MERIT

[hardy haven]

bro same

[stable ferry]

DUDE

I WAS USC LEGACY

[hardy haven]

😭bonding over trauma?

[stable ferry]

AND I GOT REJECTED

[hardy haven]

OMGG

NOOO

[lilac saddle]

only WL I kept was masstech and berk

rest aint worth keeping

[arctic vault]

my friend was hyping themselves up so much cause they were yale legacy

[lilac saddle]

masstech cope 🙏

[arctic vault]

they didnt even get deferred from REA

[stable ferry]

Nah cause I was like usc too expensive anyways

[hardy haven]

I told my friend like what if I get in but don’t get a scholarship and I just jinxed it bro

[stable ferry]

But I thought I would get I

In

[hardy haven]

there r some usc legacy scholarships i think

[lilac saddle]

any nmsqt get rejected from usc this year 😭

I thought nmsqt was a lock in for usc so I was just messing around in the applicattion

[stray parrot]

me

[lilac saddle]

🙏

[stray parrot]

i only know 1 nmsqt who got in usc

[stable ferry]

What’s nmsqt?

[lilac saddle]

psat scholarshup

[stray parrot]

all the nms finalists i know including myself got rejected

[stable ferry]

Ohhh

[lilac saddle]

gives u auto presidential

[stray parrot]

which is stupid

[lilac saddle]

I think

LOL

[stable ferry]

Dang im sorry

[lilac saddle]

I think most nmsqt didnt take usc serious

cuz of it

[stray parrot]

this is just my opinion but i feel like usc picked all the goobers

none of the actually super smart ppl i know got usc this year

[lilac saddle]

nah USC picks were valid in my area

[stray parrot]

no offense to all the usc ppl

[stable ferry]

Yeahh I agree with that no offense (waitlist specifically)

[stray parrot]

for us all the ivy league ppl got rejected usc and all the randoms i didn't know that existed at my school got usc

like the B tier students

[hardy haven]

I didn’t make it so that sucks

[lilac saddle]

damn 😔

[stray parrot]

i didn't even get the free 2000 dollars

so nms finalist was a waste of time

L

[hardy haven]

😭

[lilac saddle]

ye

[hardy haven]

randoms lmfao

[stray parrot]

ye

them randoms

i heard their names and was like "who???"

[hardy haven]

😭I hope no one thinks that of me

[stable ferry]

I mean again I had legacy and me and my twin both got rejected and then he ended up getting eecs and I was wl soooo yield protection??

[stray parrot]

"who are these bozos? do they go to my school?"

[stray parrot]

o yeah usc has yield protection

theyre very goofy for that

[arctic vault]

what ivys did yall apply to

[stray parrot]

bro i was such a big fan of usc for years and they did me dirty

[leaden ledge]

🫂

[lilac saddle]

none 🤩

[stable ferry]

Cornell rejected

[stray parrot]

if i ever get a chance to work with usc in the future for med or wtv imma say "nah yall rejected me undergrad too bad for u L bozo monkeys" and reject them

[lilac saddle]

I was gonna do stanford but

I got lazy

oh wait I applied upenn

[stray parrot]

all except princeton and dartmouth

[arctic vault]

freak the roommate essay....

[lilac saddle]

I forgot that existed

[leaden ledge]

oh MIT wl goes hard, hope you get in!

[stray parrot]

bro but imma be real honest here

[lilac saddle]

MIT waitlist is pure

bs

[stable ferry]

Yeah frr

[leaden ledge]

(cope)

[stray parrot]

the ppl who got ivy leagues at my school are like smart

[lilac saddle]

they already kno they aint gon take noone

🤣

[stray parrot]

the people i know from other schools that got ivies this year are not smart 😭

[leaden ledge]

i think USC wants a really specific type of student with actual personality and all the smart people end up being too sweaty

[stray parrot]

ig the fit thing is real

[arctic vault]

damn bruh mit waitlist stats 😭

[lilac saddle]

institutional prio is also p important ig

[stable ferry]

Only one girl from my school got into ivy she got a full ride to Columbia

[stray parrot]

i think they just want rich people who can pay full tuition 💀

[lilac saddle]

a lot of sweats got in the last class

like

all of the USC math stuff

[stable ferry]

Oh shoot :((

[lilac saddle]

is run by a small geroup

[arctic vault]

a fat 0 is crazy

[lilac saddle]

of freshman and sophmores

so

[worn egret]

GYATT

[lilac saddle]

ig prio shifted to a diff

[stable ferry]

There’s some ppl who are waitlisted tho from my school

[lilac saddle]

area

[stray parrot]

my friend got waitlisted mit but he committed yale

[leaden ledge]

i am not a rich girl who can pay full tuition 😭

[stray parrot]

so it doesn't even matter anymore 💀

[leaden ledge]

if i could afford usc i would def choose it over berkeley

[stray parrot]

damn

[leaden ledge]

but unfortunately i cant

[stray parrot]

o wtf

id choose berkeley

[leaden ledge]

berkeley came in clutch tho gg

nah bro berkeley kinda toxic

[stable ferry]

Yeah I mean my bro was wl Harvard and Cornell and he turned them down cause Berkeley

[leaden ledge]

i wanna be an LA girlie

[arctic vault]

berkeley!!!!

[stray parrot]

id choose berkeley cuz im doing stem

[leaden ledge]

but i didn't like UCLA's courses

mm im doing humanities+stem mixed

[worn egret]

i would personally choose berk over usc but part of it is my major lol

[stray parrot]

yeah wl is just a nono

[leaden ledge]

plus im pre law so i feel like private school would be better

[worn egret]

cs research goes hard

[stable ferry]

UCLA dining hall slaps tho

[lilac saddle]

toxic 😍

[stray parrot]

btw is there a maximum cap on ap credit for berkeley

[arctic vault]

erm actually berkeley is #4 institution globally 🤓👆

[leaden ledge]

but i liked berkeley more than LA and usc more than berkeley and i couldn't afford usc so

[worn egret]

true, im local :)

[stray parrot]

guys i just wanna graduate early if i stay at berkeley 😭

[leaden ledge]

in 2022-23 rankings we trust

[worn egret]

im like 20 mins away from ucla

[lilac saddle]

my cuz kno berk

and he IIT

so

¯_(ツ)_/¯

berk = iit

[stray parrot]

bro i have no idea how they rank this

how are we #15 domestic and like #10 global

goofy ahh rankings

[arctic vault]

the global ranking is hella weird

[leaden ledge]

berk>>>>>>>iit

[stray parrot]

like wtf is it based on lmao

[stable ferry]

Who ranks it like

[worn egret]

it is kinda nuts how it has more international prestige

[lilac saddle]

berk has more histrocial clout I think

[leaden ledge]

a drunk mathematician rolling dice

[stray parrot]

with nobel prizes yeah

[lilac saddle]

so it ranks higher

also grad

[worn egret]

i think global rankings is based on sole research? being a big public has its advantages

[lilac saddle]

school

[arctic vault]

how is berkeley #4 in the entire world but 15 in the U.S.

[lilac saddle]

at berk

is insane

so

[stray parrot]

berkeley has like 80 nobel prizes right

[lilac saddle]

intls love it

[stable ferry]

Oppenheimer

[stray parrot]

its either 80 or 90

i forgot

[leaden ledge]

#4 is 2022-23 but #15 is 2023-24

[lilac saddle]

think einstein did sum shit here

[worn egret]

steve wozniak

[lilac saddle]

during ww2

[worn egret]

cofounder of apple went to berk

[lilac saddle]

woz was here

uhh

[leaden ledge]

100, only harvard has more

[worn egret]

in eecs

[lilac saddle]

who else

[stray parrot]

my entire personality is about to become "i went to the room where they discovered plutonium"

[leaden ledge]

and free speech

[stray parrot]

fr

[worn egret]

16 elements

[leaden ledge]

i love berkeley free speech environment sm

[worn egret]

BAIR

hehehe

[stray parrot]

my conversation starter is gonna become "did you know my college discovered 16 elements?"

😭

[leaden ledge]

no my conversation starter is just gonna be

[worn egret]

bair is crazy ngl...

[leaden ledge]

"oh hey you know only one college has an element named after them? yeah i go there :)"

[arctic vault]

my college has more nobel peace prizes than urs 😈

[stray parrot]

lmaooo

LMAO

[stable ferry]

Would love to attend a physics lecture at the same place Oppenheimer created the atomic bomb

[stray parrot]

"where are YOUR nobel prizes?"

[stray parrot]

ong

[leaden ledge]

you go to stanford? come talk to me when stanfordium is on the periodic table 🥱

[stray parrot]

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

[worn egret]

we have more elements discovered per capita, stanfurd

[stray parrot]

(im coping)

[leaden ledge]

LMFAO THATS WILD

[stable ferry]

Also I love oski

[stray parrot]

the trees didn't want me

[leaden ledge]

dw all of us are

[worn egret]

tree vs freddy fazbear

[stray parrot]

😭

[leaden ledge]

i dont think anyone who gets into stanford would choose berkeley

[worn egret]

haur haur haur

[leaden ledge]

like berkeley is awesome

[stable ferry]

Dw they didn’t want me either

[leaden ledge]

but stanford is insane

[lilac saddle]

https://tenor.com/bOZYJ.gif

[stray parrot]

unless its a money issue

[leaden ledge]

yeah

[stable ferry]

Yeah

[leaden ledge]

i might've chosen berk over stanford for money

[worn egret]

yah private > public

[leaden ledge]

but now we'll never know

[stray parrot]

ppl tell me berkeley is either for ppl who had berkeley as their dream school since they were born or for people who got rejected ivies

ngl its kinda true

😭

[stable ferry]

Yep

[lilac saddle]

its 100% true

[leaden ledge]

yeah i got rejected ivies

[arctic vault]

stanford reject!!!!

[stray parrot]

😔

[worn egret]

i didn't apply to ivies

[stable ferry]

For me berk is dream lol

[lilac saddle]

berk been my top school for awhile

[noble edge]

bork

[lilac saddle]

sad I aint get i

[leaden ledge]

berkeley has been my dream school since february 9th (when i got in)

[stray parrot]

💀

wait did u get regents

[worn egret]

yoo early admit gang!

[misty rivet]

Berk berk berk berk

[stable ferry]

Dw we gonna cop the wl ik so many ppl who aren’t going to Berkeley EECS

[leaden ledge]

i highkey only applied because i was filling out the app anyway and i thought why not

[leaden ledge]

NOOOOO IM SO SAD

[arctic vault]

ngl i had ucla higher ranked in my list above berkeley just cause of their food 💀

[lilac saddle]

oh btw

[worn egret]

you got family ties !

[arctic vault]

then i had the most gas food in berkeley

[stray parrot]

wtf i thought all early admits got regent

[noble edge]

i applied to duke only for food

[lilac saddle]

cal dosent take by major off wl

[noble edge]

https://tenor.com/bim3h.gif

[leaden ledge]

WHATS THE POINT IN EARYL ADMIT IF I DONT GET REGENTS

[worn egret]

what schools are they choosing over eecs?

[noble edge]

do not apply for academics

apply for dining

[stable ferry]

NAH FRRR

[stray parrot]

im doing the allergy thing so i can get blackwell

ahahahah

[lilac saddle]

so its completely random off a list

[stable ferry]

UCR

[worn egret]

mit stanford and cmu come to mind but what else?

[noble edge]

the dining at a school should be your favorite department

[leaden ledge]

i had ucla higher in my list bcuz vibe but then i rejected them lol

[stable ferry]

Wait they don’t 😭

[stray parrot]

i got my allergies tested last week so im just waiting for my results so i can get blackwell

😋

[arctic vault]

picking ur college based off of academics ❌ picking ur college based off of food

[lilac saddle]

dont ting so

[stable ferry]

But that doesn’t make any sense lol

I think they would yk

[stray parrot]

im about to become a daily customer at sheng kee bakery 😭

[stable ferry]

Cause like they gotta fill spots in certain programs 😭

[arctic vault]

BRO THE SHENG KEE BAKERY

🔥

[stray parrot]

ong

[stable ferry]

Oh wait I’m dumb

[stray parrot]

sheng kee bakery 🔥

[leaden ledge]

gang do yall live near berkeley

[arctic vault]

im going in debt for this one

nuh uh

socal

[lilac saddle]

berkeley mentioned in a frank ocean song

[stray parrot]

nope

[stable ferry]

I thought you said what school I was choosing

[leaden ledge]

you need to show me around bcuz im from india and dk anuything around the area

[lilac saddle]

gg best school

[stray parrot]

its ok i know nothing too LOL

[worn egret]

i got into both ucla and berk but ima chose berk... AS SOON AS I GET MY FINAID

[stray parrot]

i just know sheng kee cuz i visited berk on cal day and went there like 5 times

😭

[arctic vault]

i just went on a shopping spree during cal day

[leaden ledge]

yeah same i chose berk because ucla has no bragging rights

[worn egret]

naw im 20 mins away from ucla

[stable ferry]

Sooo like some ppl are picking mit or Yale

[stray parrot]

fr the only bragging rights for ucla is food 💀

[leaden ledge]

oh you go to ucla? cool whats that

[worn egret]

my parents never heard of berk lolol

[stray parrot]

also koreans like berkeley more

so i choose berkeley

[worn egret]

tbf they don't know any ivies either except for harvard

[lilac saddle]

berkeley intl clout

is insane

[stray parrot]

if i go back to korea and say i go to ucla theyre gonna say "ew"

if i say i go to berkeley they'll be like "oh yes u big smart i like what yo kakaotalk"

[leaden ledge]

berkeley has so many superlatives

[stable ferry]

Bro my sister went Berkeley EECS and my twin accepted Berkeley EECS idk what imma do if I don’t get off the waitlist

[worn egret]

if i wear a berk sweater and i visit korea some day is that rizz

[stray parrot]

yeah

actually idk

[leaden ledge]

most nobel prizes most elements discovered highest crime rate most unattractive students etc etc

[stray parrot]

💀

[worn egret]

skibidi toilet rizz

[stable ferry]

Wait I wanna go to Korea Lowkey

[stray parrot]

im going this summer

its an unwritten rule for koreans to visit korea after graduating hs

[stable ferry]

Take me with lol

[stray parrot]

ok bet

[arctic vault]

bro got berkeley eecs legacy

[stray parrot]

u gotta get yo tickets tho

cuz theyre fuckin expensive 😭

[stable ferry]

yes bro 😭 I can’t be the only sibling who doesn’t go

[worn egret]

i dont know if the berk goggles already kicked in.... but there are def some attractive ppl imo

[stable ferry]

They gotta like connect us

[stray parrot]

berkeley2028_?

[leaden ledge]

they already kicked in fs

[arctic vault]

i do not think berk goggles are real bro

[stray parrot]

they haven't kicked in or me cuz i haven't been there yet

[worn egret]

yes and the fact that im going

jk lol

[leaden ledge]

i agree everyone on the ig page is so hot

[stray parrot]

i meant they didn't kick in cuz i haven't seen anyone yet

[stray parrot]

loll

[worn egret]

volunteer bias ig

[leaden ledge]

def

but they've posted a shit ton of people

[worn egret]

im waiting for them to post me

[leaden ledge]

SAME

[worn egret]

i submitted like last week

[leaden ledge]

I SUBMITTED OVER 2 WEEKS AGO

[arctic vault]

like if u gave pictures of ppl on the berkeley commit page without saying where theyre attending

they would not say berkeley

[stable ferry]

Damn

[leaden ledge]

omg fr

there are some kids that look hella nerdy fs

[stable ferry]

2 weeks is insane

[leaden ledge]

but bro this one person who posted like "are you appendix because i have a funny feeling in my stomach i need to take you out"

[worn egret]

im posting a pic of me swimming

[leaden ledge]

we're now best friends i love them

im posting a pic of me upside down

[stable ferry]

Let’s goo swimmers unite

[leaden ledge]

i need people to slide into my DMs

[stable ferry]

I have a photo of me underwater cause like our yearbook has cameras for underwater

I might post that idk

[arctic vault]

i need to get into berkeley ig gc....

[leaden ledge]

i read that as underwear help

[leaden ledge]

its full gg

[stable ferry]

I’m like waiting till the end to see which insta imma post in

[leaden ledge]

but its so fun

[stable ferry]

Hahahahahabaha a

[stray parrot]

theres a gc?

HOW DO I GET IN HELLO?

[leaden ledge]

you dont

[stable ferry]

Ik there’s an EECS gc

[leaden ledge]

its full

[stray parrot]

bruh

how am i supposed to meet ppl

[leaden ledge]

although if you can convince the admin to kick someone out you can slide in

like for example @broken grail is in the gc even though she's going to ucla 🙄

[stray parrot]

buthow do i even ask to get in

broooo

[worn egret]

ima just meet eecs ppl in person

[stray parrot]

nobody told me there was a gc

[leaden ledge]

want me to dm you the admin's IG?

[worn egret]

just casually

[stray parrot]

wait yeah

yes pls

plspls

[arctic vault]

pls dm it too 🙏

[stable ferry]

Lmk if u wanna join I’ll just give u my brothers insta

[stray parrot]

i wanna make new friends i dont wanna spend my time w the same mfs i go to school with already

😭

[arctic vault]

oh wait wait lemkme join the eecs gc too

[worn egret]

none of my friends from my school are going to berk

[stable ferry]

give me ur insta

[worn egret]

i think all cross admits choosing ucla

[stray parrot]

bro my school is a feeder 💀

[leaden ledge]

damn L

[worn egret]

really lol

[arctic vault]

my school is a ucla/ucb feeder

[stray parrot]

yeah

[leaden ledge]

i've made so many friends already at berk im so excited

[arctic vault]

10+ ucla admits, 10+ berk admits

[stray parrot]

did u guys get a message for "zeemee berkeley chat!"

[stable ferry]

My school is not lol

[worn egret]

is my school considered a feeder when like 5 ppl matriculate in berk / ucla out of ~200ish

[stray parrot]

is anyone actually joining the zeemee thing

[stable ferry]

We got like 4 berk admits this year

[leaden ledge]

no

[stray parrot]

we have like 20-30 for berk and 20-30 for ucla every year

[arctic vault]

i was going to at one point but like, everybodfy b saying its full of weirdos

[stray parrot]

yeah im not joining that shit too it looks like some shady ass chinese site

[leaden ledge]

im only interacting on disc/insta not zeemee/igotin

LOL

[stray parrot]

oh

who tf is naming a chat site "zeemee"

[worn egret]

zamn

[stray parrot]

we used to have more

but we kinda fell off

L

[worn egret]

we had one eecs two years ago

[stray parrot]

i rly need to meet more ppl from my college

but i know literally nobody

[stray parrot]

o nice

[worn egret]

im more introverted soooo

[stray parrot]

its not even that my college has like 250 freshmen

i can't fucking find anyone in my college

💀

i think letters and science is probably way better for making friends

[leaden ledge]

ok gang i just counted and i DM-ed 46 people to find a roommate

[stray parrot]

damm

[leaden ledge]

and i finally found one yesterday and she was a girl who DM-ed me first so like i did all that effort for nothing bruh

[stray parrot]

im just rooming w my friend from school

[leaden ledge]

I DONT HAVE FRIENDS FROM SCHOOL

[stray parrot]

😭

[leaden ledge]

only 6 people in my school applied to the US

[stray parrot]

o

[leaden ledge]

berkeley, umich, harvard, purdue, texas state, rice

[stray parrot]

r u intl?

[broken grail]

Girl why are you so pressed about this 😭

[leaden ledge]

yeah

india

[stray parrot]

ohhh

[broken grail]

I can leave if you want

[stray parrot]

ooo

[leaden ledge]

nooo im just joking dw

but curious

[stray parrot]

how many ppl r in it

like 1000?

[leaden ledge]

229

no

insta limit is 200 something

[stray parrot]

wait 250 not even that big

theres like 30 group chats worth of ppl going i think

im chillin

[leaden ledge]

lol

[worn egret]

woah i didnt know you were int. that's so cool!

[leaden ledge]

i should capitalize on the flexing privileges

[broken grail]

Yes

[leaden ledge]

there we go

[worn egret]

good shit

[hollow hedge]

Nah

[stable ferry]

Didn’t Vanderbilt already start wl movement?

[leaden ledge]

this is the berkeley thread btw

[stable ferry]

Lolll

[scenic shore]

yes a lot seems like

[stable ferry]

I just saw it like on cc

Berkeley next pls 🙏🏾

[earnest perch]

smrithi y u flexin

[jaunty linden]

w

[jaunty linden]

its prob starting a week after commit day, may 22

[leaden ledge]

because i can 😔

[jaunty linden]

so dont expect anything till then

[leaden ledge]

why are you at osu

[earnest perch]

cuz of the baddies

[stable ferry]

That’s like a day before the last day of school for me

[lilac saddle]

CC the baddest lowk D:

UCI & UCLA was overhyped imo

UCB aint that bad

[broken grail]

?

[hollow hedge]

No

[jaunty linden]

ooh

so ull get it after school ends

[broken grail]

Why are you saying no

[jaunty linden]

who will u brag to 😔

[hollow hedge]

No

[broken grail]

No

[jaunty linden]

No

[hollow hedge]

Yes

[broken grail]

Yes

[broken grail]

Yes

[jaunty linden]

Yes

[stable ferry]

🙏🏾

[jaunty linden]

daily reminder to withdraw from berkeley if ur not committing

especially for data sci
and for eecs
and for applied math
and for film or media
and for cog sci
and for econ
and for sidewalk history
and for chem

[arctic vault]

i could be at the golden bear cafe rn....

[jaunty linden]

at least ur sure ur gonna be at the golden bear cafe in a few months 😔

[worn egret]

i could be at cal esports rn...

[strong pier]

is that before rankings or after? or on the same exact page

[scenic shore]

again perfect timing as always

[jaunty linden]

:D

[scenic shore]

because of this i swear we will get off

preach

[jaunty linden]

i know we will 💪

[surreal dune]

is there any speculation on when the waitlist comes out

[surreal dune]

twin im an esports fanatic as well

[scenic shore]

just refer to previous years and u can just make urself a mental note, no one knows cuz of fafsa

[worn egret]

what do you play/

[surreal dune]

league of legends i run the esports program at my school we r hella good ngl

maybe u can guess my school XD

[worn egret]

naw i dont really know High Schools like that

only know the local ones near me that i compete against

from socal

[stable ferry]

Real

[surreal dune]

we from socal too lol

[stable ferry]

Wait me 3

[leaden ledge]

After, there are multiple pages

[knotty sluice]

if i get off waitlist will i still have dorms...?

[noble edge]

@lament anvil

[lament anvil]

marryvile?

uci?

ik their teams are cracked

oh ur in hs

[lament anvil]

im mid masters LMFAO its over

on the chem study rn 😔

[leaden ledge]

asu '37 wtf 😭

you still have the hs senior role btw

[lament anvil]

ye planning to postdoc at asu after grad school

[leaden ledge]

are you at asu for bachelors rn?

so 4+3+3?

[lament anvil]

no im a hs senior

[leaden ledge]

damn

[lament anvil]

ok i should probably remove it

[leaden ledge]

its funny lol

bro already has the entire life plan mapped out 🔥

[surreal dune]

nah we high school but we close to uci

[noble edge]

alr ur fucked

LOL

me 2 tho

i’ve been ragequeueing jayce and going 5/18

🥰

idc atp fuck it

[arctic vault]

i could be in blackwell hall rn…

[lament anvil]

i thought only regents got blackwell

[lament anvil]

valid

[leaden ledge]

mostly only regents and athletes get Blackwell but you could get it otherwise but it's very hard

chat am i obsessed or am i obsessed with college

[lament anvil]

is it time to end it all @noble edge

[lament anvil]

makes sense

[lament anvil]

which dorm is best for eecs

[leaden ledge]

look at gmaps and see which is closest to eecs buildings

although afaik a bunch of freshmen are in units regardless of major

some coc kids are in foothill

[noble edge]

idk i think im gonna jump

[cerulean forge]

i’m a zyra hater

morg on top

[noble edge]

cringe

[cerulean forge]

actually insane

[worn egret]

other UCs for aid have not been that good compared to ucla...

still waiting on cal xD

for cal i would gladly take anything sub 10k tho

[wintry silo]

u’ve gotten UCLA but not cal?

its the opposite for me lmao

[worn egret]

yeah bro!

and UCLA is 2.5k/yr for me!! such a good deal

[wintry silo]

oh dang

[worn egret]

should i contact finaid or should i just trust the process

i really wanna see my aid before i commit :/

[wintry silo]

idk, i thought berkeley was fully out

[worn egret]

i had an issue with my fafsa

did a correction

then i got my ucla package like a week after

but it's been a while for cal

[wintry silo]

i c

i havent gotten ucla at all unfortunately but im basically committed to cal

[worn egret]

wish i got cal first lol

i cant seem to find an email i can msg?

[broken grail]

Hoping the finaid works out!!

[wintry silo]

maybe there is something on your portal

I remember myUCLA had something where I could directly ask the people about finaid

[silk orbit]

How’s Bowles Hall at Cal

Also does getting in mean 4 yrs of guaranteed housing

[worn egret]

It’s separate from cal housing, but yeah they guarantee 4 yrs

Lowks I don’t think it’s for me in retrospect, I’d rather live in an off campus apartment after my freshman year

[leaden ledge]

yes

[leaden ledge]

pretty cool, you get a private bathroom plus a lot of other amenities but i heard that it can be very bubble/clique-like in that bowles students don't engage a lot with non bowles students and for your first year you'd want to be making a lot of friends, its also more expensive but overall its def pretty awesome

you'll still need to apply to regular housing though because admission to bowles isn't guaranteed

[silk orbit]

tysm!!! This is so helpful

[noble edge]

@lament anvil spot the human

23 death botlane XDD

Can win.

[jaunty linden]

daily reminder to withdraw from berkeley if ur not committing

especially for data sci
and for eecs
and for applied math
and for film or media
and for cog science
and for econ
and for sidewalk history
and for chem

[scenic shore]

great timing

[haughty grotto]

I bet cal might swing in with a good deal

All my UCs I got into (Davis, Riverside, SD) wanted 9k a year

Cal Poly Pomona and Cal Poly SLO wanted 11k or so

And Berkeley offered me a full ride

[jaunty linden]

wtf ucs cheaper than csus is crazy

[haughty grotto]

They tend to be generous with their fin aid at times

[jaunty linden]

daaaam congrats

[worn egret]

Are you regents or anything ?

[haughty grotto]

Nah I’m just poor

Not particularly academically strong

[worn egret]

My SAI is -1500 which is the max it could be, hoping I get a good deal 😭

[jaunty linden]

nah shut up u deserve berkeley

[haughty grotto]

I had that SAI

[worn egret]

Naw don’t doubt yourself!

[haughty grotto]

My offer was 45k in aid

• 3.5k work study

[jaunty linden]

wait how do u check ur sai

[haughty grotto]

So if you get this offer

You’d pay 1k more than LA

But ur EECS so that shit is way worth it

[worn egret]

By logging in through fafsa, but it should be in cal central too in the finaid section. Just scroll down

[haughty grotto]

Hell I’d be willing to say like 5k per year is worth Berkeley EECS over LA from my limited knowledge

[cerulean forge]

me when i still havent gotten my berk aid...

[worn egret]

Would gladly do that

[jaunty linden]

i dont have calcentral 😔

[cerulean forge]

[haughty grotto]

we saw

[cerulean forge]

[haughty grotto]

https://tenor.com/view/thierry-thierry-henry-wink-arsenal-goat-gif-21644819

[cerulean forge]

🧍‍♀️

[worn egret]

Is it normal for it to be close to 50k before aid?

[haughty grotto]

Yes

Exact same thing I saw

[cerulean forge]

its 45k for me

but yes

[haughty grotto]

Check the incomplete fin aid tasks to make sure you didn’t forget to give them something

[cerulean forge]

YOU QALSO HAVENT GOTTEN AID MA BOI

[worn egret]

Interesting, how come?

[worn egret]

Huh

[cerulean forge]

no clue

[haughty grotto]

It’s very interesting

[cerulean forge]

i havent either

[worn egret]

Looks like I can’t do anything I just gotta wait

I mean I don’t think there are issues cuz I got aid from ucla

[leaden ledge]

it was 45k for me how is it 49k for you

[cerulean forge]

same

[leaden ledge]

also currrent ucb students have you checked your file and is it cool

[cerulean forge]

yeah berk is worse

in terms of

updates

[leaden ledge]

really?

berk is p smooth afaik

ucla portal highkey sucks

calcentral is so neat

[cerulean forge]

:(( ucla's financial aid office was nicer than berks...

:(((

[worn egret]

Health insurance? What if I already have it lol

[haughty grotto]

Imma crack it open and it’s gonna have the note “we flipped a coin”

[worn egret]

How do you remove health insurance lol

[cerulean forge]

im just not enrolled

lmfao

[haughty grotto]

brother with an SAI of -1500 they’re gonna give you a full grant for the health insurance

that’s what they did for me anyway

[cerulean forge]

I ALSO HAVE AN SAI OFF -1500

HOW MUCH

DID IT

COST

UOUI

[worn egret]

Interesting so I’m chilling

[haughty grotto]

45k in aid and everything else (3.5k?) was work study

[cerulean forge]

YIPPEEE

[haughty grotto]

Which is basically a full ride

[cerulean forge]

YIPPEEE

YIPPEEE

YIPEEE

MANIFESTING

I GET AID LIKE YOURS

[haughty grotto]

I cannot say this will occur for you guys

[cerulean forge]

:((

[haughty grotto]

Because at UCLA

[haughty grotto]

@worn egret UCLA might only want 2.5k from you but it wants 9k from my friend with a -1500

So something seemed off

[cerulean forge]

how much do their parents make...

[haughty grotto]

No clue

SAI’s the same tho

[haughty grotto]

just gotta wait it out

[worn egret]

I got some scholarships

[haughty grotto]

An

[cerulean forge]

wait

[haughty grotto]

ah*

[cerulean forge]

no congrats

i meant pain for myself

thats good

[leaden ledge]

oh yeah i dont think i have health insurance

[leaden ledge]

call them and beg for more

[leaden ledge]

😭

[cerulean forge]

theyre gonna block my number

[leaden ledge]

😭

i am also planning to call and beg

because i need money

[cerulean forge]

yes lets beg together

[leaden ledge]

@deep rock @jolly python

[worn egret]

How much nicer

Pretty sure the file isn’t that interesting, I think it’s just numbered?

[cerulean forge]

the people there actually gave me a date as to when my aid was gonna come as opposed to berks... :((

not any fault of berkeley

im just sad

[worn egret]

I read it wrong

I thought you meant UCLA’s actual aid was better

[cerulean forge]

:(( no

[worn egret]

Should I call Berk or just trust the process 😭

[cerulean forge]

call em up

[worn egret]

Where’d you get their number

[cerulean forge]

OMG

I WOULD LOVE TO TELL YOU

I TRIED TO FIND THEIR NUMBER

BUT I COULDNT

SO I ADKED THEIR WEB AI

THEIR CHAT AI

WHAT THE NUMBER WAS

HOLD ON

I GOT YOU

[worn egret]

Exactly why I’m asking xD

Looked on their website and not a single number

[haughty grotto]

Are you guys considering summer bridge

[cerulean forge]

yuh

as long as rthey give me aid

[deep rock]

did someone ping me

[deep rock]

hi

what

[deep rock]

what file

[leaden ledge]

like the admissions file

[deep rock]

oh

no

have not

[leaden ledge]

do you know people who have

[deep rock]

damn ur rly flexing w the early admit lmao😭😭

nah

[leaden ledge]

need to terrorize the juniors into submission

i was early admit but wasn't offered a regents interview

[deep rock]

guys

stop lmao

lolol

don’t be that kid

everyone who goes to berk is there for a reason

[leaden ledge]

dw i wont flex it when im at berkeley

[deep rock]

regardless of when you got in and whether you’re regeants or not

[leaden ledge]

only on a2c

[worn egret]

Thanks !

Can’t do summer bridge

Will be working lawl

[jolly python]

waaaaaat

[hollow hedge]

uc berkeley '28 | MET | early admit | intl | regents | blackwell housing

[jolly python]

I haven't checked my file

I might next year idk

[leaden ledge]

do you know people who have

[leaden ledge]

me minus met and regents fr

[hollow hedge]

unfortunate

no more flexing then

transfer to met then we'll talk

[jolly python]

not really

[leaden ledge]

🫡

[deep rock]

erm

people will hate on you

stop

lmao

[hollow hedge]

oh I’m none of those

I was just making a joke

[mortal grotto]

@stuck shell

[cerulean forge]

wait

they added insurance for me

...

is this proof that theyre gonna give me aid

PLS BERK BERK

[leaden ledge]

@warm pike saw your post about berkeley pre-law, just wanted to point out that a lot of the grade deflation is only for stem and berkeley poli sci is extremely strong, also i talked to a couple of pre law students and they said as long as you have a 3.7+ gpa and a decent lsat you're pretty much guaranteed berkeley law which is a huge plus since berk law is t10

[foggy veldt]

I am and I got it for free

[worn egret]

Good stuff

[broken grail]

You’re not pretty much guaranteed Berkeley law…

https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/mkcrzp/do_most_people_who_want_a_law_degree_and_go_to/

It seems like it doesn’t necessarily help and it doesn’t necessarily hurt

[worn egret]

Hi

[deep rock]

yea

you’re not

still gotta be cracked lmao

[worn egret]

Anyone got this?

[cerulean forge]

that’s so cute!

i didn’t get that but i got a handwritten one from my AO

a shorter letter

[scenic shore]

Again ur name boss

[haughty grotto]

nah :(

would’ve been an amazing boost to the ego to get one but didn’t get one unfortunately

[worn egret]

I’m fine with my first name

[scenic shore]

Is this a personal written letter

[worn egret]

Seems hand written but tbh it does seem general enough to maybe be mass sent to some eecs bros 😆

But it’s fine lol

[cerulean forge]

berk berk begging on my knees for money

😕 just show me my aid

[worn egret]

I’m begging tooo lol

I’m calling on Monday I think

Ima just ask kindly if I’m missing something

[cerulean forge]

yes! i called too but they said they’re still processing it

[worn egret]

Then that can be a nice transition to like is there an ETA maybe

[cerulean forge]

😭😭

[worn egret]

Yeah I guess it doesn’t hurt to try right

[cerulean forge]

their eta was may 1

yeah it doesn’t hurt!

[worn egret]

Just really want it before May 15th

[cerulean forge]

go for it maybe they have uodates

ong

[worn egret]

Because my parents won’t be comfortable with me committing without aid confirmation

Lol

[cerulean forge]

no fr

i havent committed yet i just wanna see that aid first

[worn egret]

Yeah same.

But if it’s reasonable would you?

That’s how I feel.

Like I’m committed by heart but not officially

[cerulean forge]

YES

[worn egret]

Like I deadass just wanna see how much I’m paying

[cerulean forge]

HOMESTLY

😕

[leaden ledge]

ok yeah not guaranteed but berkeley ugrad feeds to berkeley law

[broken grail]

Idts

I was researching the other day for my friend and it looks like it doesn’t really make a huge difference

Some schools really like picking from their ug but Berk doesn’t really seem like one

Obv you can still get in but there’s not a strong correlation or anything

[worn egret]

How’s the Berk to PhD pipeline ? Doesn’t have to be Berk again

[haughty grotto]

from what i hear from alumni berkeley is good at sending its students to graduate school

i cannot directly attest to phd students tho

[earnest perch]

its fire

[lilac saddle]

its good

[earnest perch]

berk is good for cs phd ucz they can gaurantee like a 3yr cs phd but in genral most berk students can do to top cs schools

a lotta stanford mit type stuff

[lilac saddle]

^^

berk rigor is respected

[arctic vault]

ong???

w

[worn egret]

Yoooo

[lilac saddle]

berkeley eecs afaik is seen as on par with MIT in terms of rigor

[arctic vault]

so its very plausible is what ur saying to get ur masters at like stanford or mit

[lilac saddle]

yes

many do

[earnest perch]

rigor and respect arent equivalent

[worn egret]

I hear out of the ivies Princeton / Cornell are the harder ones?

[earnest perch]

yes very

[earnest perch]

yeah

[lilac saddle]

yeah im just saying that berkeley wont be the reason u get denied from stanford phd

[earnest perch]

cornell proly the hardest for cs?

pton is more of like

harder for pure stem things

like physics, chem, math etc

cornells more engineering

and cs

[worn egret]

Oh yeah def need to build a good app ofc

Name doesn’t carry

[earnest perch]

lwokey as long as u be gettin decent grades u can prob go to stanford for phd

berk is like just as good as stanford for eecs

[worn egret]

Uhh define a decent threshold