UC Berkeley (UCB) (2023-2024)

[jaunty linden]

👍

[turbid pulsar]

I thought lang easier 😭

[rapid terrace]

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/freshman-requirements/uc-graduation-requirements.html#:~:text=American History and Institutions Requirement&text=Each campus decides how its,year course in American government.

and the first comment on this: https://www.reddit.com/r/berkeley/comments/jj85lv/american_historyinstitutionsculture/

[leaden ledge]

No😭

🤞

[arctic vault]

W thank god

[worn egret]

Gonna mention jjk for apes

That’s the test I’m for sure throwing 😭

Didn’t bother studying for it

[arctic vault]

yeah

[worn egret]

I made a reddit post and it went viral

100+ upvotes

people started dming me for stats

even parents were asking

[foggy veldt]

For what post?

[haughty grotto]

@worn egret what post

[worn egret]

@haughty grotto https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1cnkezg/convincing_my_parents/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[haughty grotto]

bro ur good lol

I’ll even escort you around if that’s what it takes

[worn egret]

That’s what I’m saying

I can’t play life in easy mode

[haughty grotto]

I’ve walked on Berkeley streets at 12am-1am with friends

But we’re 3 tall black guys

Nothing happened

Didn’t see anything weird either tbf

Would probably not recommend

[worn egret]

Lol ya I wouldn’t do that alone but I’m sure I can find someone who’s finished studying or something to rotate

[scenic shore]

Just don’t be stupid

[daring isle]

if you’re not a woman you’re prolly chilling

my cousins who go there are mainly women and they always get followed

[broken grail]

Oh!

[little viper]

yikes

[daring isle]

every time we have family gatherings that's all i hear 💀

just stories abt getting followed by homeless ppl

and the my cousins who are guys and went to berkeley don't have experiences like that at all

[worn egret]

I have a female friend and she says it’s fine

Experiences varies tho yeha

[daring isle]

yea it just depends

[worn egret]

I’m sorry to hear that tho

[daring isle]

i've noticed it mainly happens around the public transit areas

whenever they talk abt these stories it's always them going to berkeley from home or coming back home

[daring isle]

i wish newsom would actually do something abt the homelessness crisis

[little viper]

yeah it's been bad in cali for a while but especially in recent years it's ramped up

[stable ferry]

apparently on reddit some people who are waitlist got emailed with a quartile

https://www.reddit.com/r/lawschooladmissions/comments/1co8kad/berkeley_waitlist_movement/

[knotty sluice]

isn't that for law school?

[stable ferry]

oh bruh im dumb 😭

[unique snow]

lol

[stable ferry]

got scared for nothing

[knotty sluice]

same 😭

[stable ferry]

its cause on cc someone is like ohh someone from their school got off for coe

[unique snow]

@jaunty linden im surprised how long you've been doing the berk WL message and theres no CS prayer in there

[knotty sluice]

i mean there's data science...kinda similar...?

[jaunty linden]

i mean no one asked me to do cs :D

if anyone here is wled cs, lmk and ill add u to the prayer

[jaunty linden]

omg i almmost started panicking

[stable ferry]

nahh me too

and i was like ohh i didnt get an email 🥲

but on cc they are saying someone got off for coe sooo im like scared idk

[jaunty linden]

wait rlyyyyyy

oh nooo

[stable ferry]

yeahh

i think imma sir to riverside this saturday

[gloomy furnace]

no guys stay delusional 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅 (I’ve lost it)

[jaunty linden]

W

congratsss

[stable ferry]

yeah if smth does happen ill just lose the 500

[jaunty linden]

congrats to this btw, not the other one lmao

[jaunty linden]

riverside is 500$

rly?

[stable ferry]

wait

idk lol.

no wait

umass is 500

ucs are 250

[knotty sluice]

WHY SO MUCH???

[jaunty linden]

thaats better

[stable ferry]

yeah

[jaunty linden]

bro purdue is 500 and i had to pay

😔

[knotty sluice]

damn

[jaunty linden]

luckily it goes in my tuition, or i get off a wl which is worth 500$

if i cud, i wud be willing to pay a LOT more than 500 to get off a wl

[knotty sluice]

i mean i'm willing to throw away 500 for berk

[gloomy furnace]

500 is crazy 😃😃😍

Same

[stable ferry]

yeahh my main thing is okay for example i do get off the berkeley waitlist likee what do it do

do i sir berkeley first and then withdraw riv

[jaunty linden]

yeag

[stable ferry]

or like idk even how to withdraw lol

[jaunty linden]

cuz sometimes they mistakenly do it

[stable ferry]

yeahh

[gloomy furnace]

Yea wait great question how do u withdraw

[jaunty linden]

like uci messed up and gave some ppl a wl decision

[jaunty linden]

email them, and do what they say

cuz im too lay to find the withdraw button

[gloomy furnace]

Honestly based

[stable ferry]

im like scared what if they dont respond 😭

[jaunty linden]

email like literally everyone in counseling and admissions lol

[knotty sluice]

just don't show up to the uni

[jaunty linden]

and if no one responds to up to them

[jaunty linden]

that is grounds for rescinsion

[stable ferry]

lol i mean ucr is like 20 minutes away from me soo ill pull up

[jaunty linden]

but noone rly does it

[stable ferry]

oh

nvm

[knotty sluice]

REALLY?

then what do we do

[jaunty linden]

technically u shudnt commit and "attend" 2 colleges

[jaunty linden]

email call or walk up to them

[stable ferry]

yeahh that the thing

like im scared of

[gloomy furnace]

I like how we r all worried and waitlist hasn’t even moved yet 😭

[knotty sluice]

can i commit to two tho?

and then say no later

to one

[jaunty linden]

i mean if u get off a wl theyll understand, but if u dont withdraw from ur other school at all

[stable ferry]

im pulling up to ucr the day i get off the berkeley waitlist (if i get off lol)]

[unique snow]

if one of the schools catch you, you could be rescinded
as in if you commit to two for reasons other than WL

[jaunty linden]

let us cope in peace :_)

[jaunty linden]

W

[unique snow]

LMAO

[knotty sluice]

we're preapring for the future

we're all getting in

[stable ferry]

yeah exactly

we gotta have a plan yk

[gloomy furnace]

No me too dw 😭

I love the Berkeley waitlist squad

[jaunty linden]

💪

[little viper]

are wl->admit results gonna be high this year like it was last year?

i heard they were only abnormally low 2 years ago bc of covid

[jaunty linden]

i hope so since all effects of covid are gona, and housing crises seem to have gotten better nearly everywhere

but i cud just be coping

cuz the number of apps this year are higher than ever before

[little viper]

are wl admits screwed for housing

[stable ferry]

gang

[jaunty linden]

prolly

😔

but worth it :D

[little viper]

what if you room with march admits

[jaunty linden]

yea

but housing gonna just disappear

[little viper]

yeah this still up in the air but if i get off it's looking like a choice between la and cal

which is gonna be difficult

[jaunty linden]

wait u got into la

and are waiting on cal?

[little viper]

yeah it's just another thing to consider

for what i want to do they're roughly equal

[jaunty linden]

daaaaaaaaaaaam

[little viper]

so id like to just see what each has to offer but it's no biggie if it doesnt work out

[jaunty linden]

congrats

la is insaaaane

[little viper]

ty man

[jaunty linden]

the rest of us have it banking on berkeley lol

[little viper]

nah dw you'll get off trust

[jaunty linden]

tyty :D

[stable ferry]

la is impressive

congrats!

[stable ferry]

nah frr

time to lock in for macro

[unique snow]

REAL

@stable ferry did u also take micro

[little viper]

im so unimaginably cooked for that exam

[knotty sluice]

macro is so much harder than micro

[stable ferry]

yesss I did

[stable ferry]

watch Jacob Clifford he saved me for micro

[stable ferry]

REAL

[unique snow]

did you get set1 or set2 FRQs

because im worried i didnt cook

[stable ferry]

I got set 2

wbu?

I think you should be fine cause most of the test is heavily weighted on mcqs

[unique snow]

SAME

[stable ferry]

I think I did good on MCQ but like I almost ran out of time

[stable ferry]

OMG

[unique snow]

MCQ good
FRQ, um mixed
you wanna compare in DMs cuz there are a few IDK HOW TO DO LOLOLOL

[stable ferry]

YESSS

[gloomy furnace]

no it’s lower than last year actually I believe

We still got hope Berkeley squad

[worn egret]

Hi

[unique snow]

do you have to commit if you get off the WL? im not sure how WL commitment dates work

like how many days after the offer do you need to commit/decline to UC

[lilac saddle]

7

[unique snow]

ty

[leaden oar]

Berkeley EECS would be a dream come true after two of the other Big 4 also waitlisted me.

[surreal dune]

ME PLEASE

[surreal dune]

yooo im going to gt for cs too if i dont get off berk wl

[jaunty linden]

aight i gotchu ur going in my prayer

[leaden oar]

Add me too

[jaunty linden]

yea what major

[worn egret]

which?

[lilac saddle]

I heard somewhere waitlist started moving idk how true it is

[jaunty linden]

WHERE

the law school (grad school) is mmoving, but i havent heard of the undergrad school moving

[lilac saddle]

https://talk.collegeconfidential.com/t/uc-berkeley-freshman-class-of-2028-waitlist-appeal-discussion/3659846/125

[jaunty linden]

yea i saw that

not sure yet tho

cuz this is literally the only mention ive seen, and its basically a rumor of a rumor lmao

[leaden oar]

EECS

[leaden oar]

MIT and CMU

[arctic vault]

would u go uc berkeley > mit?

[lilac saddle]

bro js like me fr

has cmu started moving yet

[arctic vault]

mit waitlist odds dont seem TOO bad

sheesh... but CMU's waitlist odds

[leaden oar]

Nah. I'm not turning down MIT for anything. Maybe if I get of Harvard's waitlist? But tbh the odds for both are really bad.

[leaden oar]

Where are you commited to for now?

[arctic vault]

youd do harvard cs over berkeley?

[lilac saddle]

uiuc 💀

p much twin fr

🤞

[leaden oar]

Yeah I would do Harvard. Harvard CS will get me in front of just as many and even more VCs than Berk.

[leaden oar]

🤞

[lilac saddle]

curious did u get wl caltech 2

[leaden oar]

I didn't apply to Caltech.

[lilac saddle]

👍

[leaden oar]

Did you get any schools that aren't good for CS?

[arctic vault]

dont worry youll become stinky if u go there

[lilac saddle]

bro ... this is UCB

[arctic vault]

u right nvm

😔

[lilac saddle]

nah I only really applied to the stem schools

I wish I applied more LAS tho bc I realized I really like physics more than CS

CS loser shit 🤣 (im coping)

[leaden oar]

I wish I applied for Math instead of CS.

[arctic vault]

u could be the next oppenheimer at berkeley

[ancient cairn]

Cousin graduates tommorow. A year early.

[lilac saddle]

dats the goal

EECS physics dual degree

since i actually have the means and money to do it

[leaden oar]

Did you not get GT?

[lilac saddle]

didnt apply

I didnt like GT enough

[ancient cairn]

please go the oppenhemier route 💀

[leaden oar]

I like UIUC's curriculum more than GT's but hate its location

[lilac saddle]

yeah thats why tbh

I only gotta spend 2 years tho

so I wasnt as worried

[leaden oar]

Are you instate?

[lilac saddle]

OOS

[arctic vault]

sheesh

[lilac saddle]

in cali

[arctic vault]

hows that tuition

[lilac saddle]

I pay intl tuition'

[leaden oar]

Wait how 2 years though. It'll take me 2 1/2 to 3 years

[lilac saddle]

🐐

[lilac saddle]

I have an associates in physics and math alr

• hella cs classes

so

[little viper]

would y'all say that ucb and ucla premed's basically the same quality/results-wise or is there a difference

[leaden oar]

I pay international too even though I live in the US

[lilac saddle]

I can just skip to upper divs

[leaden oar]

Makes sense

[lilac saddle]

ME 2

[arctic vault]

ucla premed is better imo

[lilac saddle]

HOLY SHIT TWIN

u on h4?

[leaden oar]

yeah

[lilac saddle]

LOL

[arctic vault]

but ucb premed is still goated cause of those UCSF connections

[leaden oar]

All my citizen friends did so much better with worse apps

[little viper]

fair

[leaden oar]

😭

[arctic vault]

but generally, more opportunities in ucla

[lilac saddle]

thats what im blaming it on 2

[ancient cairn]

lowk the reason i applied here is because troy from hsm went to berkeley

[lilac saddle]

ur indian I presume?

[leaden oar]

yup

[lilac saddle]

I wouldnt imagine any other intls would be stuck on h4

instead of GC

😔

[leaden oar]

Mabye chinese but their wait isn't too bad

[arctic vault]

damn

i didnt get the cal grant

idk what i was expecting tho im like 200k over their income ceiling

[jaunty linden]

I think I alr got u

[worn egret]

Friendly fire

[stable ferry]

berk eecs would literally mean the world to me cause its like either ucr or berk

[daring isle]

results wise i say they're pretty close

i think both schools send 51% of their premed students tomed school

but i think premed is easier at ucla

[worn egret]

Apparently gpa deflation in EECS has gotten better?

Also apparently multi variable calc isn’t even required

I thought it was

[daring isle]

W

[arctic vault]

its not?

damn so the only math classes i gotta take is just 1a and 1b (and ig cs70 since its just a glorified math class)

[lilac saddle]

500

450-500

[topaz fossil]

yuh its fine

i dropped ap stats test* and it was chill

[knotty sluice]

what are the chances of getting in haas from wl

[jaunty linden]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-shrek-meme-shrek-good-question-good-question-gif-7176451729184982026

no one knows wl stats, it always varies and is incredibly scuffed lol

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
and for cs

[leaden ledge]

bruh

[stray parrot]

GUYS

what do i do

my friend sent me a req like 5 days ago and i forgot to accept

am i cooked

[jaunty linden]

just invite them

make them leave the group

👍

[leaden ledge]

Late

[stray parrot]

wait so i need to make him leave the group

[jaunty linden]

😔

[leaden ledge]

And no cs

[stray parrot]

and create a new group?

[leaden ledge]

Cs where

[jaunty linden]

i was doing my yearly cs major shower

[stray parrot]

i put in his SID number and i can't find him

wtff

[jaunty linden]

OH CRAP I FORGOT

[leaden ledge]

omg you're no longer going to Cornell

[leaden ledge]

Tmi

[leaden ledge]

Yeah that happened to us too

My roommates gender was listed as unknown

So she had to email to get it changed

[stray parrot]

i MIGHT

i just got rid of it from my name for now since im going to berk

[jaunty linden]

did u commit to ucb

cuz housing

[stray parrot]

yeah

[jaunty linden]

W

congrats

[stray parrot]

woohoo thanks

[arctic vault]

who would wanna go to berkeley

[stray parrot]

oop

[arctic vault]

smh

[stray parrot]

ong

[jaunty linden]

yea u shud withdraw rn trust me bro cornell is def better (im wled)

[stray parrot]

i got cornell TO

i can't even go this year

😭

i had my webinar meeting today about the whole TO process and either its hella complicated or theyre just trying to scare us

[arctic vault]

this email feels scary af

even tho theres like no way they rescind me over not taking an ap exam

[jaunty linden]

im p sure they just wan u to let them know

[stray parrot]

wait we have to let them know?

[arctic vault]

about not taking an ap exam?

yeah

[stray parrot]

yeah

WTF

how do we let them know

[arctic vault]

if you reported that u said u will take it on ur application

[stray parrot]

i already skipped gov on monday and im skipping macro tmrw 💀

[stray parrot]

i said i was gonna take all of them

but obviously that isn't happening

[arctic vault]

should be something in ur map@berkeley

about an undergraduate update form

[stray parrot]

like in cal central?

[arctic vault]

no

[stray parrot]

oh the portal thing

[arctic vault]

yeah where u look at ur decision letter n stuff

[stray parrot]

okok

[arctic vault]

then you’ll find an update form

[stray parrot]

ill tell them i decided to take 4 out of my 7 ap tests this year

😭

oh boy

i checked my berk email for the first time and what a surprise

wtf why are all my emails about some type of assault or robbery 💀

[arctic vault]

i wonder if there’s like a berkeley warnme counter

[stray parrot]

theres gotta be one

[worn egret]

I mean

Maybe cuz they’re super transparent I guess

Do other schools have warn Mrs

Mes

[oak dome]

💀

Righttt

[worn egret]

😭

[wicked bolt]

I canceled an AP test, surely cal won't rescind me

[jaunty linden]

let them know asap

[wicked bolt]

I submitted the update form

[stray parrot]

guys is this the form i use to submit canceled ap tests?

[arctic vault]

update form

yes

[stray parrot]

ok

[haughty grotto]

now theres an even worse warnme

the most recent one was horrible

[jaunty linden]

Wait rly?

When

[worn egret]

Guys

I think ima commit right now

@arctic vault @haughty grotto @wicked bolt @leaden ledge

[jaunty linden]

W

[worn egret]

Lol

Sorry for the ping

🥺

[jaunty linden]

U didn’t ping me 😔
/j

[hollow hedge]

💀

[arctic vault]

W

[worn egret]

Ima be fr since my screen is OLED your pfp is invisible 💀💀 so when scrolling although your name was visible I just ignored it because no pfp, weird psychology thing

You’re the most memorable person for the daily reminders!

[jaunty linden]

https://tenor.com/view/happy-cat-gif-26283306

[worn egret]

How can I not forget

[hollow hedge]

yeah i cant see this guy's pfp either

💀

[jaunty linden]

I also can’t see my pfp :D

I also had a basically invisible name

Until mods got mad

[worn egret]

Do you guys think I’m making a good choice (confirmation bias 😭) suddenly getting a lot of anxiety. I’ve thought about it for the past month and I am certain but yeah

[jaunty linden]

Berkeley eecs is literally like number one. There is literally nowhere better u can go

A better choice physically doesn’t exist

What’s ur alternative?
Berkeley is a rly rly good choice and don’t let anyone tell u otherwise :)

[hollow hedge]

what r ur other choices

[worn egret]

UCLA it’s 1k cheaper, still so negligible so it’s not that important of a factor lol. It’s also much closer to where I live, however this past month I’ve been thinking that I shouldn’t conform to comfortableness… so yeah I’m leaning berk cuz it’s a better department xD

[haughty grotto]

early morning

[hollow hedge]

ucla cs is nowhere near berkeley imo

[haughty grotto]

apparently a dorms resident broke into another dorm room and commited sexual battery against multiple residents

[jaunty linden]

Berkeley is a rly good choice
Congratsss!!!

[jaunty linden]

Exactlyy

[haughty grotto]

congrats!

[worn egret]

Fuck it

I’m doing it lol

🤑🤑

We winning out here

[jaunty linden]

W

[worn egret]

Ima prove the ppl wrong telling me to go to ucla xDD

ok that was so anticlimatic

so i commited

now what?

[hollow hedge]

you're now a golden bear

congrats

welcome to the club

[jaunty linden]

Verify in bot channel

[worn egret]

im confused

i commited but there's no additional things for me to do

don'

don't i gotta do a housing app and stuff

[hollow hedge]

yes

fast ngl

earlier the better

[worn egret]

i dont think so? i think i just have to do it by the deadline

pretty sure they said it's not rolling

[scenic shore]

Guys I’ve heard news abt someone getting off a near confirmed acceptance through appeal

[hollow hedge]

hmm

[jaunty linden]

Where

Berkeley?

[scenic shore]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/H6fBFgAHwe

This person got accepted through ucla appeal

And apparently got a call from berk saying they got off berk appeal

[jaunty linden]

SO BERKELEY IS LETTING APPEAL KIDS WHO GOT REJECTED IN BUT THEY AINT GETTING BACK TO ME DESPITE MY DAILY PRAYER?

Jebaofbsodvdowbsobfdobf

[scenic shore]

Yes same with ucla

[jaunty linden]

They haven’t even given a timeline for us 😔

[scenic shore]

lol fr

[jaunty linden]

https://tenor.com/view/phobiamp3-kitty-furios-cat-angry-gif-26396978

[scenic shore]

I can’t tell if this is real or not but based on their explanation looked genuine

But again obv no SS so def not definite

[worn egret]

do i just wait

cuz i dont see anything else for me to do

not even set up calnet or whatever

[jaunty linden]

They’ll prob email u later

[wicked bolt]

congrats on committing! It takes maximum a few hours for the system to update

[worn egret]

thank you!!

[arctic vault]

check ur cal central in like an hour or two

[worn egret]

thanks bro !

[worn egret]

OH it changed

[hollow hedge]

yay

[worn egret]

ok ngl the berkeley portal is the best one from the UCs i applied to

[brave basin]

not when it says rejecteed

[worn egret]

yah ive seen it 😭 i guess it softens the blow seeing the design of it lol

[leaden ledge]

bro omg yeah i came here to say that

that shits scary man

[leaden ledge]

WWWWWW good decision but don't cold ping people😭

[worn egret]

MB

[arctic vault]

what a great day to be a golden bear

[leaden ledge]

woooo submitted my housing app

[wicked bolt]

Is it even worth doing blackwell

The chance of getting blackwell is basically nonexistent

[arctic vault]

yes

cause what if u do get in

[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 sci
and for econ
and for sidewalk history
and for chem
and for cs

[arctic vault]

1 minute late

smh

[leaden ledge]

I did it as 3rd

[jaunty linden]

😔

[jaunty linden]

Mb

[hollow hedge]

i love blackwell

[kind oak]

any idea when waitlist results come?

[leaden oar]

Probably after the 15th

[kind oak]

cool

[leaden oar]

Being in Cali rn for ISEF, my heart aches even more for Cal.

[haughty grotto]

is warm pinging better

hypothermia pinging

humid pinging

[worn egret]

🥶🥶

Lmao

[leaden ledge]

yes.

[worn egret]

How do you warm ping

[haughty grotto]

@worn egret 🥵 ♨️

[worn egret]

🥶🥶🥶

[leaden ledge]

warm pinging is like replying ig

cold pinging is pinging randomly out of nowhere

[worn egret]

ah got it. so like this? is cold pinging taboo cuz i could ping a whole group just like i did? XD

[leaden ledge]

it's not taboo it's just kinda annoying😭

[worn egret]

Perhaps annoying if i do it a lot, but with careful use of a cold pinging, there is definitely a sense of emphasis and urgency that something cool or instense is happening

cold pinging frequently would dilute the meaning of it and hence become annoying

[leaden ledge]

ok bro sorry 😔🙏🫡

[brave basin]

@leaden ledge

[hollow hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/ping-no-pings-dont-complain-gif-gif-18384635

[rugged plinth]

someones comment on my tiktok LMAO

[unique snow]

this is cap right

the cal part

[gloomy furnace]

This seems sketchy bye

Some ppl be trolling on the internet for no rzn

[unique snow]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/1cpn7rl/ivy_league_schools_that_will_probably_see_at/

found it here

also this from the CC thread but idk if i can trust eitehr

[worn egret]

Congrats on Princeton

[stable ferry]

OMG

[jaunty linden]

a rumor of a rumor, and a random guy

ion know

until we have ss proof, we pray

even after ss proof we still pray :D

[unique snow]

indeed

[scenic shore]

Now here’s the thing that girl that got into ucla through appeal also got a call from Berkeley apparently saying she is likely to get off. Can’t tell if she’s trolling now either

[unique snow]

wait fr?

bro they made their account yesterday

[scenic shore]

Exactly so idk

[unique snow]

wheres the part about UCLAS

i couldnt find it in their profile

[scenic shore]

Seems skeptical but if this is real the other ones might be true

[unique snow]

they mostly been talking in r/usc

[scenic shore]

I hate how no one sends ss like I can’t tell if it is real or not

[unique snow]

REAL

[stable ferry]

loll frrr

like it just adds anxiety for us wl ppl 😦

[unique snow]

rreal

[haughty grotto]

i mean

bro might not be joking

but reddit is not a good source

[unique snow]

true

[haughty grotto]

just wait and see tbh

best of luck, hopefully i run into you on campus

but dont focus on waitlist movement

focus on the school you're committed to

if berkeley calls you up one day, fine

[stable ferry]

real

[haughty grotto]

but as of now you are not attending berkeley

so focus on where you are committing

rough but i dont wanna see any of you hurt by berkeley or any waitlist schools

[unique snow]

yea yea i am

i dont even know if i would commit if i get off WL

just that i want an answer from them yk lol

[leaden ledge]

imagine not getting into Berkeley couldnt be me🙄

[haughty grotto]

with time you'll have an answer

[haughty grotto]

couldnt be me either

/j

[leaden ledge]

fqngz you came up on my insta and we have so many mutuals

[leaden ledge]

wdym /j you got into Berkeley😭

[haughty grotto]

i mean yes but im not trying to be mean

the /j shows im just jokin about bein harsh

[leaden ledge]

hmm

[hollow hedge]

😮

[leaden ledge]

my bsf goes to your school lol

[hollow hedge]

????

are you sure

[leaden ledge]

yeah

[hollow hedge]

i think there are two

you might be thinking of the other school

[leaden ledge]

hmm

maybe

[hollow hedge]

do i follow them or sm

[leaden ledge]

ohhh yeah it's the other one

[leaden ledge]

no but school in bio is the same

[hollow hedge]

yeah theres 2 with the same 4 letter abbreviation

[leaden ledge]

why are there two

[hollow hedge]

no clue

[haughty grotto]

@leaden ledge is it safe yet to turn down my schools

its already the 11th but my greatest fear is berkeley tells me "nah man ur full pay now cause we feel like it"

they wouldnt but just a fear ive got that prevents me from withdrawing some schools

[leaden ledge]

lmfao i have the same feaer but i turned down everything except ucl a (jic i change my mind), purdue (cheapest). uiuc (cheap ish + awesome school)

@dry tapir no portal astrology

[haughty grotto]

what about USC

i forgot you got in there

which is awesome

but how come its off the table arent they good for journalism and stuff

[leaden ledge]

bruh i cant figure out how to decline 💀

i tried yesterday then gave up

[leaden ledge]

yeah but i got no aid

i mightve taken usc trustee/presidential over berkeley

[haughty grotto]

damn did you at least call them

[leaden ledge]

meh

i kinda romanticized berkeley

[haughty grotto]

literally call them

[leaden ledge]

nah its ok

[haughty grotto]

berkeley is cool and all but you should go where is best for your future

yk?

[leaden ledge]

dw i love berkeley

my future is not in journalism but in law

and berkeley law and journalism are goated

[haughty grotto]

then ur fine then

[leaden ledge]

berk has an awesome graduate journo school

and like

[haughty grotto]

i did briefly forget you were pre-law

[leaden ledge]

usc journo is more practical

whereas berk is theeoretical

which i like more

[hollow hedge]

wtf really

[arctic vault]

BERKELEY NUMERO UNO!!!

[leaden ledge]

cuz im not gonna be a journalist'

[hollow hedge]

usc presidential more expensive ngl

[leaden ledge]

lol

[leaden ledge]

emphasis on might

wouldve brought usc into consideration

[leaden ledge]

1k more expensive than cal for me lol

[hollow hedge]

jesus

ok thats reasonable

because of the honors housing

better weather and shit

i prolly wouldve went if it was 1k more expensive w presidential

it was like 20k for me

[haughty grotto]

i say this as a socal guy

the weather here is pretty cool

[hollow hedge]

i concur

[haughty grotto]

i dont enjoy it too much tho

[hollow hedge]

i went to cal day and i got soaked so im not a big fan

[jaunty linden]

whatd i miss abt the wlist convo

[hollow hedge]

of berkeley weather

[haughty grotto]

im a foggy and cold and rainy type of enjoyer

[leaden ledge]

and LA 😍

[haughty grotto]

so i love berkeley weather

[leaden ledge]

i wanna be an LA girlie

[haughty grotto]

usc in the hood

[jaunty linden]

bruuuuuh it doesnt rain that much in norcal, sry bout the bad experience lol

[haughty grotto]

ur in south central los angeles

[leaden ledge]

pls like berkeleys better

[hollow hedge]

nah i live in norcal i was just peeved about it raining this one day

ik it never rains

[haughty grotto]

ok you make a fair point but USC hood lowk might be worse than berkeley

[leaden ledge]

damn

should go to ucla bro

its not too late to switch

i need that westwood lifestyle

[haughty grotto]

i mean

LA is great

in quite a few ways

if i had gotten LA id still take berkeley but mainly because ive lived the la lifestyle for 17 years already

something new is good

[jaunty linden]

ikr

ugh

[jaunty linden]

berkeley w

[haughty grotto]

i kinda enjoyed the rain

wont lie

[leaden ledge]

yeah both are new for me lol

[jaunty linden]

lmao

[haughty grotto]

somethin about having a conversation walkin down telegraph in a hoodie

i liked that quite a bit

while it was raining

[leaden ledge]

i was gonna make a joke and then i realized im a mod

[haughty grotto]

what were you going to say?????

[leaden ledge]

🤐

[haughty grotto]

tell me on insta or discord dms you cant do this to me

i gotta hear it now

[jaunty linden]

prolly smth abt touching grass?

[haughty grotto]

jeez ive made 14 thousand messages?

fuck

[jaunty linden]

lmao

[haughty grotto]

i mean you got 12.9k

ur not far behind

[leaden ledge]

holy shit

[jaunty linden]

:D

im gonna get to 45k with daily reminders eventually

[haughty grotto]

im gonna throw a berkeley party if you actually get in and go

not joking

would be a great turn of events

[jaunty linden]

i would too!!

man im so anxious

just tell me a date ull start releasing holy hell

[lilac saddle]

lemme get that invite

HOLY SHIT FORNITE

https://tenor.com/g0uSmadlW7x.gif

yall see the northern lights yday

[unique snow]

I hope you get in bro

[haughty grotto]

fs fs

[worn egret]

Lmao "street smarts"

i like that

[broken grail]

Street smarts developed after living in Berkeley for 4 years…

[worn egret]

real LOL

[lilac saddle]

berkeley grads r actually insane

every berkeley grad ik is insanely smart

[stable ferry]

dude thats what i said, like im throwing a huge party if i get off the waitlist

[lilac saddle]

im boutta start biting ppl

if I get off

[jaunty linden]

i hope u get in too :D

[jaunty linden]

LMAO i was about to say that before i saw that

[broken grail]

LOLL

[arctic vault]

getting two types of education at once 🔥

[haughty grotto]

do i get to learn how to dodge bullets like neo

[jaunty linden]

thats uchicago unfortunately

u get to learn how to do the church scene from kingsman tho :D

[haughty grotto]

yay!

[haughty grotto]

i thought uchicago was subway surfers

or is that nyu

[jaunty linden]

def nyu

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
and for cs

[unique snow]

right on the dot today

i see

[stray parrot]

the dedication is crazy ngl

btw guys

whats a good excuse to write for only taking 4 out of 7 planned AP tests

[arctic vault]

ngl thats kinda tough to make an excuse for

[hollow hedge]

just uh take the tests

💀

[haughty grotto]

food poisoning

sick out of your mind

ate some bad food

[stray parrot]

is that actually valid

[stray parrot]

i already skipped them

💀

[haughty grotto]

it is when you think about it

[hollow hedge]

that’s bad

[stray parrot]

i skipped gov and macro

[hollow hedge]

Cuz like sickness wouldn’t they give retake dates

[haughty grotto]

theyre gonna be like "bros shitting and vomiting at the same time i dont think he can take gov and macro"

[hollow hedge]

Are you taking the retake dates

[stray parrot]

yeah but i dont wanna take them

💀

[hollow hedge]

Well

[stray parrot]

i didn't take them cuz i dont get any credit

[hollow hedge]

That’s kinda on u bro

[stray parrot]

is that a valid excuse

[hollow hedge]

U can’t really say sick

Because ur supposed to have retake dates

[stray parrot]

"i dont get credit so im not taking them"

[hollow hedge]

💀💀

[stray parrot]

like physics 2

[haughty grotto]

"my school doesnt offer a retake date"

ez

[stray parrot]

berk doesn't give credit for that

so im not taking it

ok i know they wont rescind over not taking an ap test but i still gotta write something 💀

"i woke up late"

[haughty grotto]

for 3 ap tests in a row?

[stray parrot]

no not in a row

the first one i skipped was ap gov last monday

the 2nd one i skipped was ap macro on friday

my third one is going to be physics 2 next week but i think i can just say im skipping cuz i dont get any credit

[haughty grotto]

you shoulda taken gov

that shit was light work

genuinely

[stray parrot]

yeah but i had ap chem right after 💀

ngl i shouldve taken it cuz chem was too easy and all my friends said gov was suspiciously ez

but it is what it is

[haughty grotto]

gov and lit were suspiciously ez

[stray parrot]

bro lit was NOT EZ

😭

[hollow hedge]

💀💀

[haughty grotto]

tf you mean my guy

[hollow hedge]

lit mcq was easier than usual can’t lie

[haughty grotto]

that shit was light work

[hollow hedge]

except for that one prose passage

[stray parrot]

ok tbh i had 0 mcq practice the whole year

my last "mcq practice" was when i took sat in october

[haughty grotto]

FRQs + MCQs were free

[stray parrot]

🤣

[haughty grotto]

lowk maybe i mightve nailed a 4-5

[stray parrot]

my teacher didn't prep us for poems

[haughty grotto]

enough for berkeley english requirement

[haughty grotto]

at all?

[stray parrot]

so im reading those poems going "tf is this shit"

our "prep" was basically reading poems

and annotating

and discussing

🤣

[haughty grotto]

my teacher drilled poem FRQs

[stray parrot]

the thing is

[haughty grotto]

2 FRQs a week

1 prose 1 poem

[stray parrot]

we have 2 ap lit teachers

1 of them are crazy hard on the students

and the other doesn't care

i got the ez one

lmao

she didn't grade any of our essays at the end of first sem so everybody got a 100%

😭

[haughty grotto]

lmfao

[stray parrot]

im fine w it

free gpa class as long as i participate

[haughty grotto]

true

[leaden ledge]

you couldn't afford to pay for the other three tests

[arctic vault]

dont u have to pay for exams before submitting college apps

[worn egret]

Maybe the school paid for them in advance and like if you take it then you pay? At my school if you don’t take it then you have to pay 😭 it’s the other way around

Personally if I knew I was throwing a test I would just sit there and thug it out, even if I get a 1

That way I don’t have to report a canceled test

[stray parrot]

yeah

[stray parrot]

ok that just makes it sound fake now

[worn egret]

Yea idk then XD

[stray parrot]

ill just make up some excuse

[leaden ledge]

really

[arctic vault]

yeah

[leaden ledge]

bcuz i registered only in march

but im self studying

damn

[rugged plinth]

aww thank you sm 😄

[rugged plinth]

yeah who gets into berkeley anyways bruv 😮

[leaden ledge]

only cool kids get into berkeley 😍

[rugged plinth]

berkeley rejects dot come for stanf kids

[leaden ledge]

im yet to find a berkeley/stanford cross admit

actually nvm my cousin got into both

but im yet to find one in a2c

actually

i wonder if my cousin's in a2c

[worn egret]

Is oats one?

[arctic vault]

more like stanford/mit cross admit

[leaden ledge]

no he didn't get into berkeley afaik

[worn egret]

Yield protected from berk 💀

[leaden ledge]

nah he applied for met which is like insanely competitive

[worn egret]

Ohhh yah

[topaz fossil]

has anyone done the SLR

on calcentral

if so what is the college/uni supposed to be bc

is it supposed to be uc berkeley itself?

or the high school..? tf

[foggy veldt]

SLR?

[worn egret]

Hi Liz

[foggy veldt]

Hiii

[worn egret]

I should do my calcentral tasks xD

[foggy veldt]

Yes.

[arctic vault]

yes

[stray parrot]

i put nothing

cuz theres people who have attended different schools before coming to berk i think its for them

[worn egret]

https://tenor.com/view/gojo-satoru-hottie-silly-fortnite-true-heart-gif-4430320679770831136

[arctic vault]

check out the promposal i got lol

[worn egret]

Hahahah that’s a W

[lilac saddle]

ring her

or him

idk

them

[candid shore]

hallo!

[haughty grotto]

@leaden ledge are you doing calculus ab or calculus bc

i found a yt video of a guy going through an old ap cal test and just doing the problems and talking his way through

problem to problem

its like a whole playlist

im using it to review

[arctic vault]

send 🙏

[haughty grotto]

fs fs

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBBfWrbHEyv1AYTIZD2cLXqOAX73BcJAO

@arctic vault

[arctic vault]

w

[haughty grotto]

this is calculus ab

good luck

[arctic vault]

oh wait

not bc

[haughty grotto]

https://www.youtube.com/@HowToDoTheMath/videos

this guy has some videos on all AP maths

iirc

@arctic vault

i think you can find some BC videos in there

[leaden ledge]

ab

[leaden ledge]

ehhhhh my exam is in an hour i don't feel like watching rn

thanks tho

[jaunty linden]

ooh glgl

[stable ferry]

there’s a guy on yt doing FRQ predictions for both bc and ab

whose taking bc tmrw?

[scenic shore]

Me send!!!!

Pls

[lilac saddle]

gl bc ppl

just read through stewarts back to front

[scenic shore]

Someone guessed the stats frq correctly almost this year

Like 4/6 was right

[lilac saddle]

memorize your path length integrals

[scenic shore]

So if u have one for calc I’ll take it

I’m also calc bc

[lilac saddle]

and mess around with polar

till you get it

[scenic shore]

Alr

[lilac saddle]

yall will do great

[stable ferry]

https://youtu.be/DkF1jqlHBPI?si=qka3Fn4C4EOxZaWN

I prefer parametrics over polar and this guy said we’re gonna have polar soooo yeah

[scenic shore]

Tysm

[lilac saddle]

3b1b has a rly good video on taylor

[scenic shore]

Wait that’s like stretching from unit 8ish right

[stable ferry]

Taylor is ez but like I don’t know end point convergence like at all 😭

[scenic shore]

It’s a lot of memorizing

Memorizing tests

[stable ferry]

idk the unit number specifically but it’s 1 of the 2 BC only concepts

[stable ferry]

yee

[scenic shore]

Damn might be a bit rough

Tbh nothing in calc is difficult

Just so much content

[stable ferry]

yeahh

[scenic shore]

And a lot of memorizing

And I ain’t doing all that

[stable ferry]

Also the curve is sooo forgiving

[scenic shore]

Def, but I need a 5

😭

[stable ferry]

yee I mean I got a 5 in AB last year soo let’s see what happens this year 😭

Lowkey more worried about macro and micro than BC

[scenic shore]

Ooh that means u got alr half locked in

[stable ferry]

yeahh I mean I have the AB concepts like locked down but it’s like the EPC and the convergence tests that like trip me up

Also making silly errors

[scenic shore]

Just study convergence then

U should be solid and good then

[stable ferry]

yess that’s my plan

wbu??

[scenic shore]

Uh I alr know all the concepts for ab I think

It’s more of whether ik stuff from second sem but I’ve done pretty badly on the tests so imma restudy

Like for an hr

[worn egret]

What’s the plan for tmr

I’m doing ab tomorrow

[stable ferry]

that’s good

[scenic shore]

We fail

Wooo

[stable ferry]

gl!!

[worn egret]

Either slope fields or Riemann sums would be free points on the frq 🙏🙏

[unique snow]

REAL

[scenic shore]

What was Riemann suns was this rram lram and mram

[candid shore]

Wow this is super helpful. tysm

well, its a good predictor

[stable ferry]

yess ofc!!

[leaden ledge]

bruh

how you an eecs kid doing ab

[haughty grotto]

oh i didnt know (timezones?)

i got mine tomorrow

wait do people ask others ahead in timezone what the answers are

I feel like thats probably happened before

[worn egret]

My school doesn’t have BC

[jaunty linden]

ik 2 eecs kids in my ab class rn

[arctic vault]

getting cooked for bc tmrw

[rapid terrace]

i got a 5 on bc but a 4 on the ab subscore lmao

[proper wagon]

real

[stable ferry]

if anyone needs sequences and series mcq practice hit me up i have a playlist that im watching

[arctic vault]

senioritis is hitting me like a truck rn

[jaunty linden]

😔

[arctic vault]

might have to take math 1a at berkeley

[worn egret]

💯 me too but let’s try our best

[arctic vault]

i dont even study for finals no more cause my grades are too high

[worn egret]

My school’s ranking stops at the first semester of senior year

[arctic vault]

same as well

[worn egret]

So I just decided to chill 😭

[arctic vault]

dayum valedictorian

u got ur graduation speech ready

[worn egret]

No 😭

Do I reference Nickeh30

“Never back down…”

[candid shore]

Nice GPA flex

[candid shore]

My pride is gonna tank if this happens (it's not impossible)

[arctic vault]

dude me too

like as much as i wanna lock in for the exm

exam

[candid shore]

I've studied 0 minutes for the exam I'm just starting and its in 12 hours

[arctic vault]

me too bro

absolutely 0 seconds

[candid shore]

It's senioritis I'm not even good at math lol

I've been on discord all day genuinely kms (made my account today)

[arctic vault]

i straight up stopped trying in my calc class after 1st semester and its biting me in the ass

[candid shore]

haha same

its gojover

[arctic vault]

its gojover 💯

math 1a here i come

[worn egret]

It’s over

[candid shore]

I totally get you my calc grade dipped to a D at one point (has since rebounded)

[worn egret]

Mine dropped to a C 🗿

Also rebounded

[candid shore]

the last minute locking in goes hard

[arctic vault]

my straight a streak dies here

[worn egret]

The three of us, it seems, are pretty similar 🗿

Let’s see if we are cooked tmr

[worn egret]

Ohhh as for math 1a they release every past exam. I looked at the questions and they don’t seem that bad

[candid shore]

Technically we need a 13/45 and 5/9 or equivalent on every FRQ to get that minimum 3 and get 1A credit

[arctic vault]

the frqs are gonna kill me

[candid shore]

But that'd also be a terrible blow to my ego lol

[arctic vault]

so goated at math and reduced to this

[candid shore]

FR I never expected senioritis to hit this hard haha

[worn egret]

Same !!

It’s def my fault lmao

[arctic vault]

why they gotta say we only need a 3.0 to attend berkeley

shits making me too comfortable

[worn egret]

😭😭same lmao

What time we sleeping

[candid shore]

I had a day where I think I just spent 2 hours starting at the "conditions of admission" screen after I got the D in calc

[arctic vault]

ima sleep at a normal time and let fate decide my score

[worn egret]

We are both gonna take English too 🫡😆

3 in lang won’t cut it for me

[arctic vault]

suffering from 3s

[worn egret]

REAL

[candid shore]

fr

[worn egret]

but I can at least use Spanish lang, and APUSH

[candid shore]

what a crisis of senioritis

[worn egret]

Congrats on haas btw!

[candid shore]

Thanks! Appreciate it 🙂

gl tomorrow lock in, it surely can't be that bad

[haughty grotto]

cant believe we're going to the same institution

cracked as hell

[scenic shore]

bthat is crazy

wait