UC Berkeley (UCB) (2023-2024)

[lilac saddle]

3.8+

[worn egret]

People tell me 3.5+

[earnest perch]

3.8+ is crazy bro

[arctic vault]

ngl im just worried about getting those letters of rec in a huge ass public school

[worn egret]

Prob 3.8 for like Stanford mit and cmu right ?

[lilac saddle]

for a phd in eecs?

[worn egret]

Yeah

[lilac saddle]

afaik the threshold for computational shit phd is p high

[earnest perch]

idk ab how ez berk classes r

[worn egret]

Might pivot to robotics

[lilac saddle]

they are insanely hard

[earnest perch]

but avg cs gpa at cmu is 3.3

and avg at cornell is about the same

but a bit higher

like 3.4-3.5

[worn egret]

Ima just try my best and not worry about it

[earnest perch]

^

word

[worn egret]

• it’s not really about the school, especially so for PhD, it’s definitely 💯 fit

With your advisor

[earnest perch]

yeah but most advisors r school based

like good ones r in good schools

theres def exceptions tho

[lilac saddle]

canada got hella robotics advisors iirc

[earnest perch]

for exmaple my friend from berk was going into computer arch and eth zurich had a prof that was super good at it

[lilac saddle]

I was emailing some of them

[earnest perch]

but she ended up going to mit

she bagged stanford caltech cmu too

[worn egret]

ZAMN

[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

was late today 😔

[worn egret]

You’re late

Tsk tsk

[jaunty linden]

😔

[stable ferry]

@jaunty linden ur literally doing gods work

[noble edge]

withdraw from the huge coc… NOW

[swift kindle]

As a EECS major, would anyone take Columbia over Berkeley? If so, why?

[slender tiger]

can someone forward me the berkeley 26 server

[cerulean forge]

BERK GAVE ME AID

FINALLY

@worn egret checj your portal too

[worn egret]

I got excited

Don’t have it

😂

[cerulean forge]

[worn egret]

You got yours today though?

[cerulean forge]

yep

[worn egret]

Don’t they not work during weekends?

[cerulean forge]

no email either

no clue

i checked yesterday

and it wasnt tere

i was up till 3:00

[worn egret]

Interesting

What’s your SAI if you don’t mind me asking

[cerulean forge]

-1500

[worn egret]

Same! Is it possible for you to DM me what you got?

[cerulean forge]

sure!

[haughty grotto]

good offer???

[cerulean forge]

im mskinh s dchool x vs school y post rn

[cerulean forge]

total: 4k in loans a year

like

total cost is: 4k

and theyre covering ti with loans

but my other school is net cost: 2k through work study a year

[dry tapir]

when will waitlist results start to roll this year?

[jaunty linden]

last year it started may 8, a week after commit day, and rolled until very very late, like june july, maybe even august. so we can assume the same this year, but starting on the 22nd instead of the 8th

[haughty grotto]

not too shabby

[cerulean forge]

ong

[worn egret]

My friend sent me this lol

[jaunty linden]

daily reminder to withdraw from berkeley if ur not committing

especially for data science
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

[turbid pulsar]

The exact second😭

[jaunty linden]

:D

i got tsk tsk-ed at yesterday for being a few minutes late

and a few days ago i got tsked at for being a minute late

so i rly gotta stare at the clock the 5 min before midnight lol

[noble edge]

ye i was concerned briefly

[leaden ledge]

buddy

get a life

and hobbies

and friends

and a purpose that isnt fucking a2c

[leaden ledge]

you applied here?

[noble edge]

no

xd

i meant i was concerned when bro was late

https://tenor.com/view/skull-emoji-discord-react-skull-react-stippystompy-infinite-loop-gif-11027671312549723534

[leaden ledge]

oh i got that but I wanted to know why you hang out here then

[worn egret]

😭 sowwwyyy

[noble edge]

league of legends

[leaden ledge]

blud💀

get yo lol-loving ahh outta my thread🙄✋

[jaunty linden]

what are those?

[jaunty linden]

my hobby is a2c

[leaden ledge]

😭 😭 😭

[worn egret]

still dont got my aid

[arctic vault]

they gonna give flex dollars as aid at this point

[stable ferry]

brother you gotta call them if you don’t get it by Saturday 😭

[worn egret]

I’m calling tmr 😭

[stable ferry]

that’s even smarter

[worn egret]

I don’t wanna go to ucla

🥹

Actually ucla fire but I’m drawn towards cal

[stable ferry]

both are lowkey good but I don’t think anything can beat cal EECS

what was your major for LA?

[arctic vault]

cal > ucla 🔥🔥🔥

[worn egret]

CSE

I also want to step outside of my comfort zone

UCLA is like a 20-40 minute commute lol xD

[stable ferry]

danggg cse is good

But Berkeley tho

yeahh lowkey try something new yk for me likee UCR is literally 20 minutes away from me so it’s not like new yk

[worn egret]

I go there a lot for math comps xD

UCLA

[stable ferry]

that’s why I’m like Berkeley = new experience for me (if they give me a chance)

[stable ferry]

I heard their food is bomb

[worn egret]

Dining hall food yes

[stable ferry]

But then again I heard the restaurants around the Berkeley area are good but dining hall is meh

[worn egret]

Berk outside food is still great

[stable ferry]

yeah I keep seeing reels about if you are in the Berkeley area and then food Lowkey looks really good

[worn egret]

I only tried some Korean dogs nearby

Bomb asf

Pricing was pretty solid too

7 bucks a dog

[noble edge]

🤨

[arctic vault]

7 dollars?

thats kinda expensive af for a kdog

[daring isle]

7 bux

god dayum

[arctic vault]

theyre usually like 4-5 lol

atleast in my area

[daring isle]

yea they're like 2-3 for me but i live in the trenches

[worn egret]

In my area it’s like that but I’m from LA XD

[daring isle]

what part of la

[arctic vault]

im from la too tho

[daring isle]

im in la too but everything is cheap af

[worn egret]

Oh shi deadass XD

I’m getting my shit scammed then XD cuz like when I say LA I don’t mean downtown, I get my Korean dogs in the northridge area

[daring isle]

i live in the northridge area

sfv

[worn egret]

🥲

[daring isle]

sfv gang

[arctic vault]

damn bruh sfv too

[worn egret]

Yea SFV too XD

[daring isle]

no way

LOL

[arctic vault]

no shot

[worn egret]

😂

Yes

[daring isle]

that's actually crazy

[worn egret]

We are representing the SFV

In A2C

[daring isle]

W

[arctic vault]

W

[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

[knotty sluice]

bro's on time

[jaunty linden]

💪

[knotty sluice]

berk WL acceptance rates are looking good

based on last year

i think it was around 24%

[leaden ledge]

wasn't it 0 the year before that 💀

[knotty sluice]

what-

well it's fine i got umich which admitted 77 ppl out of like 15k

definitely getting in

[broken grail]

Yeah

[broken grail]

A lot of schools under admitted compared to last year

Idk if this specifically true for Berk but

Doubt they overadmitted

[leaden ledge]

yeah but in general wls are very unpredictable

[broken grail]

Yeah because they’re based on yield

Yield will likely be similar at Berk this year

[haughty grotto]

probably ye

[jaunty linden]

Someone was saying it was smth to do with covid

So we hope :D

[stray parrot]

guys does berkeley have a cap for ap credit

google wont tell me shit

[arctic vault]

depends

are u college of engineering

[stray parrot]

no im CoC

i tried searching it up and theres no results anywhere about a cap on ap credit

all the private schools tell you straightforward how many credits u get but berkeley is making this so much harder

[arctic vault]

no cap for you

[stray parrot]

does that mean i should take all my AP's this year

i already skipped gov cuz its useless

[arctic vault]

only college of engineering has a limit

[stray parrot]

i see

[arctic vault]

allat just for me to work at lockheed martin 😈

[stray parrot]

do i get any benefits for taking ap lit

im not getting a 5 anyways

[arctic vault]

yes

[stray parrot]

what benefits do i get?

[arctic vault]

u get a 4 -> u dont need to take english 1A

[stray parrot]

i got a 4 in AP lang already

[arctic vault]

u get a 5 -> u dont need to take english 1A AND 1B

so no unless u get a 5

[stray parrot]

ok theres no way im getting a 5

i did 0 practice and u can't rly cram ap lit

[arctic vault]

hoping im just extremely lucky tmrw

[stray parrot]

but if i take the exam and get like a 3+ on it, then i get "units" for it right?

[stray parrot]

glgl

it says 5.3 units here

not sure if this means it goes towards my graduation

[arctic vault]

no

[stray parrot]

wait then what about the 5.3 units it says on the left

i thought those numbers were the number of units i get as credit for reporting the exam

[arctic vault]

nope

[stray parrot]

😲

[arctic vault]

thats just the units that youd have to take overall

[stray parrot]

wdym?

[arctic vault]

u pass lit with 4, you get 4 units of credit

[stray parrot]

4 towards the breadth right

[arctic vault]

pass lit with 5, you get 5.3 (aka no english 1a n 1b)

[stray parrot]

oh so 5.3 is the MAX

given that i get a 5

[arctic vault]

yessir

[stray parrot]

wait its 5.3 for lang and lit combined i think

unless im tweaking

what about chem here

im trying to figure out how to interpret this chart thing

[arctic vault]

none

[stray parrot]

so i dont get any credit at all

[arctic vault]

the important part is the right column

no credit

[stray parrot]

😭

this is sadge

but for math i get the classes waived + 5.3 units?

i got a 5

[arctic vault]

it will just satisfy math 1a and 1b (the 5.3 units)

no additional credits

[stray parrot]

so the math 1a 1b counts as the 5.3 units

[arctic vault]

yes

[stray parrot]

cuz i get to skip them

man wtf is this

they made it so vague

[arctic vault]

howd you study for bc @stray parrot

[scenic shore]

Oh berkely oh how much I love u. I love u Berkeley. Nobody is gunna take me away from u NOBODY

[stray parrot]

i didn't

😭

[arctic vault]

what a god

[stray parrot]

my school teacher does insane prep tho

we have a 100% 5 rate

nobody has ever gotten a 4 with our teacher

[arctic vault]

i might be cooked

[stray parrot]

bro trust

mcq isn't that bad

[arctic vault]

what about the frqs bro

my notation is horrible

[stray parrot]

the frq wasn't bad for me either

do u know the patterns

like last question is always taylor series

2nd question is some graph thing or wtv

[arctic vault]

like i understand shit but my writing looks like the work of a schizo 💀

[stray parrot]

💀

dont skimp on showing work

like if u have to simpliy f(x) or something

you need to write f(x) for every line

you can't just do sumn like
f(x) = lakhfasklfhd
= asfhaslfhd
= alsdhfsalfhsdal
= alkfhkaslhdflahkf

you get points off for that ^

[arctic vault]

you cant?!?!?!

wtf

[stray parrot]

yeah

u need to deadass show everything

[arctic vault]

cause ngl thats probably how i fucked up on calc ab

i had the right answers but my notation was horrible

already accepted the fact that i need to take english in berkeley 🥲

unless i clutch up with a 5 on lit

that curve is horrendous...

114/150 composite score for a 5

[fathom merlin]

bruh i have lit tmr too

[arctic vault]

boutta just yap about JJK for frq 3 at this point

[fathom merlin]

hypothetically speaking if someone gets a 2 on lit or any exam would berkeley rescind or nah

[arctic vault]

no

[fathom merlin]

alr im good then

im only tkaing it because it showed up as one of the documents that i need to send

should not have signed up for this jawn

[arctic vault]

u can get 1s on all exams and they wont rescind you

[fathom merlin]

bet

wait could i acc talk about jjk for frq 3

like i would cook

[arctic vault]

yes

anything

recommended? no

will i do it? yeah

[fathom merlin]

gonna do AOT

can apply it in anything pretty much

[arctic vault]

one of my friends is doing a kanye album for it

[fathom merlin]

💀

do these dudes fact check to see if the shit we say about the book/work is actually true

[hollow hedge]

Gl broski

[fathom merlin]

or do they just assume that whatever evidence u said related to a book is true

[hollow hedge]

Dyk how lenient they are on essay grading

[arctic vault]

depends on the mood of ur ap exam scorer 💀

[fathom merlin]

all i know is that ur essays go through 3 ppl

[hollow hedge]

💀💀

[fathom merlin]

2 or 3 ppl

[arctic vault]

theres just no way i get a 5/6 in each frq

[fathom merlin]

dawg id rather just take english at berk

i dont even care anymore

i get to skip 1a anyways

[arctic vault]

1 point on the rubric is practically unnattainable which means u gotta get like "perfect" scores across

cooked

[hollow hedge]

Complexity?

Is it really that hard to attain

[arctic vault]

yeah

[hollow hedge]

Hm

[fathom merlin]

i know one way to get it thats somewhat easy

u just extend the theme/point ur trying to convey to the world as a whole

smt u would do in ur conclusion

but i only do a thesis and two body paragraphs 🤣 im not doing a conclusion

[arctic vault]

im gonna see how many times i can get away with saying "perchance"

[fathom merlin]

i always say "if you will"

[worn egret]

Deadass??? Gotta lock in tmr then ong

[worn egret]

COOKING

[stray parrot]

@arctic vault sry for the late question but doesn't this mean i still get "units" for classes that dont satisfy courses/requirements?

[arctic vault]

no

[stray parrot]

wait why

it says i get credit for physics 1 and 2 no?

[arctic vault]

wait gimme a sec

[arctic vault]

this basically says theres a maximum amount of credit u can get per thing

like

lets say you get a 5 on both the ap lang and lit exam

you dont get extra credits as the cap is 5.3

[stray parrot]

ohhhh

so i wont even get credits at all for physics

damn

[arctic vault]

nope

they for some reason dont accept physics 1 or 2 scores...

[stray parrot]

so the 5.3 thing on the left is based on university-side requirements

but for my college i need to look at the stuff on the right

[arctic vault]

yeah

[stray parrot]

damn ok

that kinda sucks

wait so for math from earlier

i get 1a and 1b and 5.3 units?

[arctic vault]

the 1a and 1b is the 5.3 units

[broken grail]

Are you transferring to corn from Berkeley

[stray parrot]

ohhh

[stray parrot]

yeah

i got the TO

[broken grail]

Why

Is Cornell that much better for your major?

[stray parrot]

idk for sure if im gonna go yet

if im happy w berkeley ig ill stay

[stray parrot]

im doing premed

[broken grail]

Most of the people ik who got transfer options don’t usually go unless they hate it

[stray parrot]

so im cooked if i stay at berk

[broken grail]

Are you in state at Berk

[stray parrot]

yeah

[arctic vault]

premed at berk is pretty good no?

[stray parrot]

its cuz of gpa

[broken grail]

Cornell grade deflates like crazy too

[fathom merlin]

yea im berk peremd too

[broken grail]

Stay at Berk

[stray parrot]

im gonna die with gpa

[fathom merlin]

berk premed is good just very hard

[broken grail]

You’ll do great

[stray parrot]

idk 😭

ig ill have to see

[broken grail]

Switch from mcb into meb

[arctic vault]

true but dont ppl take account for college grade deflation

[broken grail]

Or ib

[stray parrot]

oh im not mcb

[broken grail]

Eh

[stray parrot]

im chemical biology

[broken grail]

To some extent

[stray parrot]

in CoC

tahts why im worried

[fathom merlin]

im mcb

[stray parrot]

CoC is ridiculous when it comes to the chem classes

[broken grail]

There will always be someone who gets a 4.O

[broken grail]

Time to switch

[stray parrot]

is it rly that important to switch

[broken grail]

Chem bio I heard is miserable

[arctic vault]

switch to rausser ez

[stray parrot]

it 100% is

anything in CoC is miserable

😭

idk because if i switch to rausser or any other bio major and end up giving up med school

what can i even do

💀

[broken grail]

You’re never using a chem major in med school

[broken grail]

Double major in something

Backup career

[arctic vault]

thug it out in berkeley

[broken grail]

You can also do enviro stuff easy

[stray parrot]

do u have any recommendations

[fathom merlin]

econ

[stray parrot]

bio and econ?

is that a good combo

😭

[fathom merlin]

weird combo but its a backup

[stray parrot]

ig

[broken grail]

I mean

What do you want your backup to be

[stray parrot]

i have no idea

😭

[broken grail]

Do you have any other passions

A lot of people in rausser go prevet

[stray parrot]

i was planning on going to cornell because the college im going to at cornell is very good for premed

[stray parrot]

oh im not interested in prevet at all

[arctic vault]

you could switch to rausser

[broken grail]

do you get good finaid ?

[broken grail]

Unfortunate

[stray parrot]

its p ok

[arctic vault]

rausser still has ppl that do premed

[stray parrot]

i can afford it tho

[broken grail]

^

[arctic vault]

like a lot

[stray parrot]

i heard rausser is good for premed

[broken grail]

If you get good finaid you should go

If you don’t I’d stay at Berk

[stray parrot]

i pay like 60k

[broken grail]

Save for grad school

[broken grail]

Yeah I’d stay at Berk

[stray parrot]

oop

[broken grail]

8Ok is a lot

[stray parrot]

i wasn't rly worried about money because my dad is paying

[arctic vault]

plus u got them connections with ucsf ive heard

[broken grail]

Yeah it’s pretty decent

[arctic vault]

some programs

[fathom merlin]

btw how sure are u about this cuz i just want to be 100% sure so i can go carefree tmr into the exam

[broken grail]

Not really 😭

[stray parrot]

idk ill have to think

im doubting my chocies now lmao

😭

[broken grail]

Is your dad paying for grad school

[arctic vault]

passing ap exams is not part of the conditions of admission

[stray parrot]

for med?

[broken grail]

Did you get into ucla

UCLA premed >>

[stray parrot]

i got waitlisted

[broken grail]

Yes

[fathom merlin]

oh shit u right

[broken grail]

Come join me

[stray parrot]

idk if im getting off

[fathom merlin]

it just says to send the score

[arctic vault]

and i doubt theres any college that rescinds u over ap exams

[stray parrot]

my dad is probably paying for med to some extent

[arctic vault]

not even MIT or stanford will do that

[broken grail]

You will believe and you shall achieve

[stray parrot]

lol

[broken grail]

You should ask

[stray parrot]

good mindset

he'll pay for sure

[fathom merlin]

u right

[stray parrot]

not the whole thing tho

[broken grail]

Ask if you going to Cornell will change the contribution

[stray parrot]

ill probably have to pay like half

[stray parrot]

it wont cuz my dad supports me in like every way

[hollow hedge]

no

dont come join me

[stray parrot]

he just toldme to do whatever i wanna do

and he'll back me up

[broken grail]

They’re premed bro

[arctic vault]

https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/academics/joint-medical-program

[broken grail]

Aww W dad

[stray parrot]

im lucky for having supporting parents so i dont have to worry about money n stuff

[broken grail]

I mean

[arctic vault]

kinda goated

[broken grail]

You have to apply for this

Totally separate

[arctic vault]

idk im not a premed person

[stray parrot]

i know a bunch of people going to cornell anyways

[broken grail]

It doesn’t help to be a berk ug

[broken grail]

Do you really want to live in Ithaca…

[stray parrot]

ngl im fine w it

lol

[arctic vault]

thats so true 💀

[stray parrot]

im gonna visit in june tho

to see if i rly wanna do this

[broken grail]

If you’re a Californian it’s a huge shift

[broken grail]

Visit in Dec too 😭

[stray parrot]

yeah especially the weather

im fine w weather

i actually prefer the cold over the sun

its too hot here

[broken grail]

Have you lived anywhere but ca

[stray parrot]

yeah

i lived in georgia

and korea

korea winters are pretty tough but it probably doesn't come anywhere near ithaca

[hollow hedge]

dont come to berk thanks

[arctic vault]

allat just for my 10 alt accounts to get into ucla premed

[broken grail]

@stray parrot

[broken grail]

Huh

[stray parrot]

😭

i dont rly have a choice

when do ucla waitlists come out

[broken grail]

Come to ucla!

[broken grail]

After May fifteenth

[stray parrot]

ok ig i can "wait"

[broken grail]

But yeah if you’re going oremed

I’d switch to rausser or ib if you really want more of a bio school

Mcb is too brutal

[stray parrot]

ig my options rn are stay at berkeley and transfer to diff major or to go cornell

[broken grail]

Ib is rough too but smaller

[stray parrot]

whats lb

[arctic vault]

switch to rausser!!1

[stray parrot]

r u rausser

[arctic vault]

no

[stray parrot]

o

[arctic vault]

im an insufferable CoE student

[stray parrot]

i know that my college at cornell is also good for premed

idk

😭

my mom is making me take lit tomorrow cuz apparently i need to take most of my aps if i wanna transfer

[broken grail]

I’m taking lit tmr too

[broken grail]

Transferring is lowkey rough though

[arctic vault]

my ass is not getting a 5 🙏

[broken grail]

Twin

I’m hoping for a 4

[stray parrot]

i think its p much guaranteed for me

cuz i got TO

im not applying separately for transfer

ill probably get my questions answered when i have my webinar thing on thursday

[stray parrot]

im deadass gonna get a 2

idk anything

[arctic vault]

im so cooked for this exam

i think i might just take a nap

my school is so horrible for AP test prep

see yall at english 1b 😢

[stray parrot]

rip

[broken grail]

no like

the transition

is rough

not the actual process

[broken grail]

gl bro

hoping we all get 5's

[stray parrot]

ohhh

yeah ig

making new friends n stuff

[broken grail]

yeah and also like

just readjusting

finding new ecs

[stray parrot]

o shit thats kinda true

[broken grail]

restarting basically but like a year behind

[arctic vault]

im biased so u should stay in berkeley

[stray parrot]

wait fuck youre right

[broken grail]

go to ucla!!

[stray parrot]

restarting ec

finding new research

[broken grail]

yeah

is there any way you could go this fall

[stray parrot]

😭

[stray parrot]

nope

theres no appeal process for this

[broken grail]

that's awful

yeah lowkey idt it's worth

unless you really really hate berk

[stray parrot]

idk ill have to see

really doubting my choices now

[arctic vault]

u should base ur choice off of food

ez

[broken grail]

UCLA!!

[broken grail]

yeah I mean personally I wasn't super satisfied w my college outcomes and I started thinking about transferring and was like oh... after I realized all the reprecussions

like it's a lot

[stray parrot]

then never going to berkeley

[arctic vault]

💀

[stray parrot]

true

[arctic vault]

hey the college town food is hella good

[stray parrot]

yeah but its all money

[arctic vault]

the dining halls not so much

[stray parrot]

expensive as shit fs

[arctic vault]

not really

its actually surprisingly cheap for food in the area

[stray parrot]

🤔

[arctic vault]

relative to other places like in LA

kokolo donburi <3

[broken grail]

ucla has W dining halls though

meal plan and you're set

[arctic vault]

can’t beat ucla dining halls 😪

[leaden ledge]

no pain no gain

GUYS CALCENTRAL CHANGED MY PHOTO TO THE PHOTO I SUBMITTED BUT THEY ZOOMED IT UP A LOT EJJZKWKZKKA KILL ME

[arctic vault]

💀

we're all cooked

[leaden ledge]

did they do that for you too 😭

[worn egret]

i hear a lot of people

people'

[arctic vault]

sorta

[worn egret]

people's ids were fricked

[arctic vault]

my torso takes up 80% of the picture

my head is like cutting off at the top

[fathom merlin]

brother they zoomed into my eyeball

thats all i see

[leaden ledge]

my face is the entire picture💀

[leaden ledge]

LMAO

[hollow hedge]

i hope you get a 1

[broken grail]

did you get your finaid?

[broken grail]

stfu stop self projecting

[hollow hedge]

womp womp

[worn egret]

no... LET ME CHECK RN

[arctic vault]

if all our IDs are bad then none of our IDs are bad

think about it

[worn egret]

crap

no aid yet

[broken grail]

:(((

[worn egret]

PLZ I REALLY WANNA GO HERE BERK idc if it's a little more than ucla

[leaden ledge]

no

[fathom merlin]

we all collectively bad

[leaden ledge]

exactly

because there are literal models going to berkeley

[arctic vault]

hiding that ID at all costs

[broken grail]

berkeley goggles

[arctic vault]

berkeley goggles is propaganda!!!

[leaden ledge]

girl there are actual models and actors😭

[broken grail]

berkeley goggles!

💀

[leaden ledge]

no.

[worn egret]

Berkeley goggles aren’t real

You cuties are coming to Berkeley

[arctic vault]

😍

[stray parrot]

wait i just got a crazy idea

can i satisfy elective requirements with aps

like the ones that i dont get credit for

wont they technically count as electives if i use them

[arctic vault]

i dont think so?

[stray parrot]

fuck

i just wanna make the best use of my ap scores 😭

[arctic vault]

as i said, the important part u should look at is the right column

that tells u straight up what ur scores would give u

[stray parrot]

yeah but i meant like after i saw the ones on the right column

can i use extra classes to get some extra credit on non-requirements

like yknow u have to take electives n stuff outside major requirements

[arctic vault]

nope i dont think so

[stray parrot]

noooooooo

btw where r u getting all this good info from

[worn egret]

Is APWH useless for the CoE

[leaden ledge]

W rizz

[stray parrot]

i can't find anywhere that tells me anything

[arctic vault]

not necessarily

[worn egret]

Also how helpful is my 4 in ap Spanish lang

[stray parrot]

very

[arctic vault]

just clears one of the history/social studies requirements

[stray parrot]

4 counts for credit

5.3 units for breadth requirements

which is GOATED imo

[worn egret]

Yoo

[stray parrot]

i only need 15 units for breadth

so 5.3 is HUGE

[worn egret]

Do I have to take any other foreign language

[arctic vault]

stupid that CoE can only have 2 ap tests max to fulfill history/social studies....

[stray parrot]

i dont think so ngl

[worn egret]

Or am I chilling

[stray parrot]

wait thats tragic

so u actually have to take the classes

[arctic vault]

yeah

[stray parrot]

rip

[stray parrot]

i think u r

[worn egret]

Uhh I have APUSH and apwh, will def have ap gov fuck

[stray parrot]

i mean if u have a 4 on ap spanish that means u probably took the class in school

[arctic vault]

i assume so we dont turn into engineering monsters

[stray parrot]

so u can meet foreign langauge requirmeent with the class

and get breadth requirement with ap score

[stray parrot]

i have the whole trifecta for history 😤

[worn egret]

Somehow still fewer humanities requirements compared to other unis

[stray parrot]

basically useless tho

im only using them for breadth

[worn egret]

Taking euro would’ve been fire

[stray parrot]

ap euro was the most useless dogshit class ever

[worn egret]

Honestly my favorite APs were the history ones but that’s probably because I had phenomenal teachers that were passionate and I liked their system of grading

[arctic vault]

i threw on apush and now i have to take american history 😢

[worn egret]

My APUSH and current gov teacher are mastery-based. HW worth 0% and Tests 100%

I like that

[stray parrot]

@broken grail ngl i think i mihgt take the option to cornell because the resources i get for premed are p damn good for human ecology college

[stray parrot]

holy shit i hated history

all the history teachers at my school are shit

[worn egret]

So doing hw is not mandatory but it does have an indirect impact on tests

[arctic vault]

https://engineering.berkeley.edu/students/undergraduate-guide/exams/

[stray parrot]

my ap world teacher in freshmen year talked about her cats for the whole time

my ap euro teacher sophomore year lectured on the board with 0 organization

[arctic vault]

spanish just gives u one less humanities class

[stray parrot]

my apush teacher just read off some shitty google slides

😭

[worn egret]

I wonder if Cornell would’ve wanted me if I applied 🤔 oh well lol I think Berk is still the better option for my major

[stray parrot]

bro u have eecs

u dont need cornell

[worn egret]

I was just curious xD

[stray parrot]

lol

[broken grail]

you might as well do rausser if you're in ecology

[worn egret]

I didn’t apply to ivies, I was like I’m happy if I got EECS xD

[stray parrot]

ok so heres the strat

if i stay at berk

ig ill go to rausser

[arctic vault]

w

[stray parrot]

is it too late to transfer to rausser after my first year

[worn egret]

Gracias…

[stray parrot]

or do i have to make that move during my first year

[broken grail]

you can transfer prob during your first year

[arctic vault]

if they didnt have a cap i would have barely any humanities classes to take

[stray parrot]

ngl i dont wanna give up the coc prestige

[worn egret]

I have apes Friday but I didn’t bother studying for it

[stray parrot]

im worried that transferring to rausser during my first year will make my cornell TO thing harder

cuz i technically have to submit a transfer application

[worn egret]

Thursday

[stray parrot]

feels like itd be too complicated n stuff

idk

[worn egret]

I have Spanish lit Friday tho fire

[arctic vault]

are u already capped for ap exams for humanities? @worn egret

[worn egret]

How would I check?

That link you set?

[arctic vault]

^

[worn egret]

Alr

One thing I like a lot about UCs is that I don’t need 5s for credit 😭😭 most top privates only do 5s huh

[stray parrot]

fr thats true

[arctic vault]

yeah

so nice to have

[worn egret]

So whoever made that site forgot to make it dynamic with a phone cuz the screen size didn’t properly adjust

Ima have to go on my pc lol

[worn egret]

Do I study it in 2 days 😂

[arctic vault]

so theres 6 H/SS courses u need to take
2 of those are based off of English (1A and 1B)
2 of those can be waived by AP exams
and 2 of those must be upper division and cannot be waived

from what i understand

[worn egret]

im happy

apes is useless

well not reeally

still get units

but very minimal

yeah so i do have my humanities maxed it seems

2 max right?

[arctic vault]

yep

[worn egret]

fudge

but it can still count towards UCB units?

[arctic vault]

i dont think so

as it doesnt fulfill a requirement

[worn egret]

Damn

That sucks

But there’s still an incentive for me to pass lit with a 4+ I guess

So I don’t take the semester of English

[arctic vault]

they gotta change the way ap credits work

this is kinda confusing

[worn egret]

I say if you’re gonna cap it, cap it at 4

No cap actually

Idk 😭

[arctic vault]

college of engineering is the only one that has a cap lol

everything else doesnt

[worn egret]

WHY bruh

[arctic vault]

they beefing with us

[worn egret]

They think we wont get any humanities education 😔😔

But we passed the tests!!

They beefing

[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]

14 minutes late

smh

[jaunty linden]

😔

[surreal dune]

switch roles u suck 😭😭🫵🫵

[noble edge]

? typing at random person online

🙂

[surreal dune]

https://tenor.com/view/hamster-meme-staring-hd-watching-gif-23055924

[noble edge]

Furiously typing.

.

ok i did something very cringe just now and i apologize in advance for further cringe

@surreal dune

but like

what are you typing at me for bro

?

bruh.

[noble edge]

I know your ass didn't just ping me on a college application server to insult my video game skills and then refuse to respond when I pull up your match history.

[arctic vault]

<3 berkeley

[noble edge]

wtf

💀

is that like in the middle of a busy part of campus or

or at least a part of campus that's busy during the day and not at 15 past midnight

[worn egret]

Ya I personally wouldn’t be out at midnight

If I am I would be out in a library locking in 🥱

[worn egret]

Stanford PhD student or?

[leaden ledge]

REAL

im so excited for libraries

[noble edge]

nono it’s a continued shitpost about ppl with the username luck getting t5 LOL

[worn egret]

Fuck yeah

[noble edge]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

https://tenor.com/bR264.gif

[worn egret]

Oh xD Goodluck dude !

[arctic vault]

do i have to tell berkeley im no longer taking an ap exam for a class

[worn egret]

go here https://apply.berkeley.edu/apply/status

then do UG admissions update form @arctic vault

[arctic vault]

u think this is fine?

[worn egret]

That’s good

Valid

As long as you let them know

[broken grail]

WWW

[worn egret]

How similar does aid stay if my financial situation stays the same

[broken grail]

pretty much the same

they re evaluate every year

[worn egret]

And if I go off campus would I still get like aid from a form of a stipend?

[rapid terrace]

do most ap exams just give units at berk or do a lotta them actually let you skip classes

[arctic vault]

the ones listed here are the ones that actually let you skip classes: https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/ap-exam-credits/ap-credits/berkeley.html

[worn egret]

Yuhh I skip history and institutions

[arctic vault]

i have to take history 😢

[worn egret]

I’ll prob have to take English

My mcq was prob not so hot…

Guy next to me was super distracting

[arctic vault]

it’s so weird that gov doesn’t waive history

[worn egret]

Pen clicking and a runny nose that he kept sniffing

[arctic vault]

but apush waives institutions

[worn egret]

Yeah that’s interesting IMO

APUSH imo is not enough to understand how the govt. works lol

You do learn some important scotus cases but yeah

[arctic vault]

i knew it was not getting a 5 on the lit exam the moment i finished that mcq

same applies with gov tho

u learn more about institutions

but not much of history

yet apush waives both history and institutions

[worn egret]

Doesn’t gov just waive institutions though so that’s fair

I’m saying APUSH should do just history

[arctic vault]

yeah

so fun writing about JJK for frq 3

i was already doomed of getting a 5 at that point

[worn egret]

Lol you actually did it

I mean a work of fiction is a work of fiction

[arctic vault]

it actually worked so well with the prompt

the funny thing is is that i could’ve used invisible man too but i opted for jjk instead

[rapid terrace]

wait i saw smth abt how you can waive history & institutions by just passing gov and us history in high school

like without the ap exam

[worn egret]

Funny

[arctic vault]

where

if this is true thank god

[worn egret]

Um what the flip

Really

[unique snow]

just cuirious, theres no way for WL ppl to get regents/merit scholarships even if people who received those reject right?

[lilac saddle]

if u were a candidate for regents you wouldbt have gotten WL lol

[unique snow]

are there other merit scholarships tho

[lilac saddle]

although I think there is a way to apply in following years

[lilac saddle]

dont think so, public unis are stingy

[scenic shore]

Nope

[unique snow]

RIP

[scenic shore]

If ur oos u can’t match aid either

[unique snow]

i dont think they are giving me much merit aid

bro im in state

or else i wouldnt be considering the UCs WL

[scenic shore]

Like generally they got the idgaf attitude to oos

Oh nvm

[oak dome]

I mean as they should

[oak dome]

there's only 2 merit based scholarships in the UC system, regents and chancellors

if you get either from a campus ur guaranteed admission (unless ur that one guy who had a technical skill issue)

[lilac saddle]

isnt chancellors an extension of regents

in that case its rly regents or bust

[oak dome]

yea

essentially

[unique snow]

damn

[worn egret]

Just got this for ucsd

[lilac saddle]

@leaden ledge r u intl or OOS

[lilac saddle]

so u debt free @ both SD and B?

wait r u regents berk

[unique snow]

Wooooooooo

[unique snow]

i think they're international

[worn egret]

No regents at Berk but still good aid

[lilac saddle]

u can qualify for SEED and regents intl?

when I called them they said I dont qualify for nun

[unique snow]

what is SEED btw

[lilac saddle]

https://seedscholars.berkeley.edu/

[scenic shore]

damn

[leaden ledge]

buddy i got in early and didn't get regents/merit that's how selective it is💀💀💀

[leaden ledge]

oos

[worn egret]

Me too I got in early without an invite 😭

[leaden ledge]

YEAH BRO

I WAS SO PISSED

[unique snow]

RIP

[leaden ledge]

LIKE WHAT WAS THE POINT THEN????

i mean the ego boost was cool

but like i didn't get into any school on ivy day

if i hadn't gotten into berk early i would've had at least one acceptance on ivy day😭

[worn egret]

I didn’t do ivies 😎

[leaden ledge]

it's ok it's fine Berkeley loves me i love them too

booo

jk ivies overrated anyway

#1 public university 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[worn egret]

We are getting a new chancellor

[scenic shore]

Have a feeling there may have been potential at MIT

Did u do Stanford

[arctic vault]

berkeley numero uno!!! (im a stanford reject)

[worn egret]

berkeley numero 1 tho

[arctic vault]

my roommate essay was so cringe

[worn egret]

did u mention anime xD

[arctic vault]

not just anime

i specifically mentioned JJK 💀

only like very briefly tho

[worn egret]

dear my besto friendo

[worn egret]

it doesn't matter where i go

ill be cracked no matter what

[scenic shore]

no im saying i think u might have gotten in there

wording was off

[worn egret]

i see

[stable ferry]

DAMN THATS IMPRESSIVE

[worn egret]

see you in 61A my besto friendo

[arctic vault]

🫡

[stable ferry]

Praying I can join yall in CS 61 A 😭🫡

[worn egret]

is the first lecture in like a concert hall or something lol

[scenic shore]

welp unova see u at berk once they let me off

cuz they bums fr

for dropping me like that

[worn egret]

they're bums until they let you in

[lilac saddle]

https://tenor.com/bUn30.gif

[scenic shore]

getting in boss

[arctic vault]

i should get help ngl... its gotten to the point where i opted to talk about JJK in ap lit instead of an actual novel w/ "literary merit"

[worn egret]

do 4.0 kids exist in eecs

[lilac saddle]

yes

[arctic vault]

definitely

[stable ferry]

prolly

[worn egret]

LOL

i made a linkedin account but i have no professional picture yet...

https://www.reddit.com/r/collegeresults/comments/u8fvme/asian_male_gets_saved_by_berkeley_eecs_still_cant/

in what world do so many schools reject this stacked profile

[leaden ledge]

same 🤭

[leaden ledge]

i wrote about pjo and i remember last year someone wrote about aot😍

[knotty sluice]

bruhhh

now it makes sense why i can't get in good schools lmao

[arctic vault]

taking calc bc in 9th grade sounds so crazy bro

wtf

1600 in a single test

[worn egret]

he representing us bears 😎

[knotty sluice]

i've seen ppl with weaker stats get in those unis that rejected them

wtf

[leaden ledge]

no fucking way

[worn egret]

hes the guy that made poketwo

have u guys ever used that bot

[leaden ledge]

i mean stats aren't everything

[worn egret]

he's one of them

[arctic vault]

bro made a platform used by stanford but got rejected by stanford...

[worn egret]

im being deadass

[worn egret]

now i got even more beef with the trees

i remember u saying freddy fazbear vs tree lolol

[arctic vault]

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

[worn egret]

@arctic vault do u want to research at BAIR

[unique snow]

BRO WAIT

DID YOU POST ON THE APSTUDENTS REDDIT

I THINK I SAW YOUR POST

[worn egret]

SHARE IT

LOL

[unique snow]

hold up

one sec

[arctic vault]

surprisingly no

bro i thought i was the only mf out there writing about JJK 💀

one of my friends did solo leveling for it

[unique snow]

https://www.reddit.com/r/APStudents/comments/1cn9ada/i_wrote_about_jujutsu_kaisen_on_ap_lit/

[worn egret]

I wanted to write about re:zero

i should've just balled it cuz i already threw my MCQ lmao

[arctic vault]

yeah thats exactly why i wrote about JJK

threw on the mcq

may as well have fun with it

[unique snow]

report back to me when you guys get ur scores back LMAO

[unique snow]

damn i thought that was u cuz i saw the post LMAO

i lurk that subreddit for the memes during this time

[arctic vault]

istg it was the perfect prompt for it

like unironically

[worn egret]

see you in english 1a or whatever lol (got a 3 in lang so ima have to take it)

[arctic vault]

see you there too bro (also got a 3 in lang)

[unique snow]

what the fuck this person CRACKED

[worn egret]

LOL we are buddies fr

[worn egret]

exactlyyy lol

1600 first try wow

[haughty grotto]

see you both there (3 in lang too)

https://tenor.com/view/tough-guy-look-around-enter-guy-room-gif-16685329

[worn egret]

what's ur major ?

[haughty grotto]

molecular environmental bio

i need a 5 on ap lit to excuse all english

[worn egret]

im def not getting a 5 lol

after throwing the mcq

[leaden ledge]

how y'all getting a 3 in lang bro

is english yalls first language

im taking lang on tuesday should i be worried

[leaden ledge]

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

[worn egret]

ill make sure to attend the stanford games

[haughty grotto]

overconfidence

thought id smash it

barely studied in preparation

promptly got slapped with a 3

didnt make the same mistake for lit

[broken grail]

You can’t really study

[broken grail]

Not related to that lol

[arctic vault]

too many words aint gonna read allat

[leaden ledge]

yeah but like

you just write essays😭

now im worried for lang

[arctic vault]

imo its basically just the sat + essays

ngl tho i asked to submit my ap lang exam 40 minutes early cause i just wanted to get out, somehow still passed

[daring isle]

i never went to my lang class and got a 5 on the exam

i got a 1 in lit and i actually tried idk what happened

wait i meant the other way around

5 in lit 1 in lang

i legit made up random characters for one of the essays

💀

[turbid pulsar]

Lang ez

[stable ferry]

i got a 3 on lang

lowkey thought the lit exam today was easier soooo

Predicting hopefully i get a 4

[stable ferry]

is ur exam digital?

[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/media
and for cog sci
and for econ
and for sidewalk history
and for chem