University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW Madison) (2023-2024)

[dark wedge]

I think this might be like PARCC

[glacial vector]

Yeah, the exams are required and annoying

The english one isn’t that bad, but the math one costs 40 bucks

[foggy drift]

Why don’t say scores count for those stupid placement exams

I do not gotta be wasting time on an algebra 2 test

[fresh citrus]

ok this is my last straw I’m not committing

[daring lynx]

Idt sat but i heard if u get placed in like calc 1 but have ap credits to cover it that automatically overrides how well you did in math b

[glacial vector]

^
This is true, but the test is still required

[fresh citrus]

bruh i suck at math

i got a 36/100 on my calc exam

[half lance]

oh nah

its ok

[glacial vector]

It’s like, up to trig

[foggy drift]

Light work

[dark wedge]

Does anyone know if I will still be able to get merit based financial aid?

[foggy drift]

OOS there ain’t much

[daring lynx]

Has any oos gotten their acceptance package

If so how long did it take since their acceptance

[little temple]

it took like a month for me

[amber furnace]

Is there a discord server?

[quiet ice]

UW Madison or Emory for CS

[timid smelt]

does uw madison give any scholarship for OOS students

[dark wedge]

^

[foggy drift]

No

Atleast pretty much no

[tender valve]

uw madison

if you can afford it, there isnt even a comparison between emory cs and uw madison cs

[dark wedge]

What is the course rigor here at UW Madison for their cs curriculum?

[static ocean]

typical CS cirriculum

[dark wedge]

Could u explain a little more

I’m trying to gauge the curriculum and see what it’s like. im not familiar with what the typical curriculum is like

[hard lance]

Hello! Was wondering if anyone could give me some advice between UW-Madison for CS and Purdue + Honors College for CS

[lusty folio]

How ot get off waitlist plz

[lusty folio]

Huh? UW Madison and Emory are pretty on par

[lusty folio]

Honors college doesnt do much. Rankings are so similar comes down to preference

HOW TO GET OFF WAITLIST PLEEEAASSE

[hard lance]

i mean preference is pretty vague, any more points u can give for me to consider?

[wraith stream]

was in the same position but didn’t have honors at purdue. chose purdue

i forgot what factors i considered though but take that for what it’s worth

[lusty folio]

like whichever school you like more after visiting

Im joking please pick purdue so i can get off UW waitlist

[hard lance]

unfortunatly im not visiting either since most tours are fully booked

[hard lance]

lol maybe

[hard lance]

got it, thanks

[lusty folio]

literally just fly in and visit tbh. theyre public schools you can just walk on lmao

is cost same at prudue and uw?

[hard lance]

yeah but think abt it, that would cost around 400-500 bucks, but i can do a virtual tour instead

[hard lance]

purdue cheaper but cost isnt really a factor im considering

[lusty folio]

400 bucks to decide where to spend the next 100k and 4 yrs of ur life is not alot in the grand scheme of things

😂😂

[hard lance]

ig, but then there is one more issue, I have AP Research stuff due end of april so wont have time to do both

presentations and paper

so its a mix of cost and time

tho i am having private meetings with reps and going to Q&A sessions and all that to help make more of an informed decision

[lusty folio]

fuck ap research

visit the schools

[wraith stream]

visiting in-person is a much much better way to figure out what you like

you’re considering a 200k dollar investment

don’t try to save 500 dollars

[lusty folio]

if you really wanna save $$$ go to cc

[hard lance]

well thats not really how im trying to save lol, but i see your point

[lusty folio]

how much cheaper is Purdue than UWisc

for you

[hard lance]

i think its like 10k cheaper but still waiting on parents to finish the overall cost calculator

[lusty folio]

take purdue bro

40k free

[tame grove]

lowkey just take cc bro! (i am on the wl for purdue and uwisc)

[lusty folio]

so real

[hard lance]

🤣

[tame grove]

fml

[hard lance]

there may be some bias here..

[lusty folio]

The change in prestige and CS opportunity is noise

regarding purdue and UWisc

Id say decide off preference

[hard lance]

but purdue also has this like new funding thing towards the cs and business departments

[hard lance]

thats prob what ill end up doing, finding the right "vibe"

[lusty folio]

Not that im trying to get off the waitlist of UW... buuuutttt 40k is alot of money you get by attending Purdue

😁😁

[hard lance]

🙂

[lusty folio]

vlid

valid

[tame grove]

purdue has as better CS program than uWISC @hard lance

[lusty folio]

yes this too

[hard lance]

ye but barely

[lusty folio]

please let me in

[hard lance]

lol

[tame grove]

no, by 7 placement points

wait

[hard lance]

isnt purdue 18 and uw 22

[tame grove]

wait

im stupid

#lol

[hard lance]

what are u looking at

im looking at the us news undergrad cs rankings

[tame grove]

https://drafty.cs.brown.edu/csopenrankings/

this is most accurate

[lusty folio]

This is the objective ranking for job opps

[hard lance]

oh that considers research as well tho right

[lusty folio]

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-tech

[hard lance]

and

[tame grove]

yes

[hard lance]

the us news rankings on there are for grad school

not undergrad

these are undergrad rankings: https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/16lnder/us_news_2024_ranking_of_best_undergraduate/

[lusty folio]

purdue is #18 for job opportunity and uwisc is 28

[static ocean]

You can have my spot

[tender valve]

Not for cs? Bro what

[half lance]

which one is better

guessing uw madison?

[tame grove]

correct

[tender valve]

Yes

Not even close

[half lance]

ok faie enough

what is emory better in then?

its ranked p high

[lusty folio]

yeah youre prolly right. Emory still is in the same ballpark tho

[tender valve]

is it?

its not even in the top 100 cs programs

afaik

[foggy drift]

Y’all I just read that there was an error in their rd decisions and they are releasing the corrected ones tonight

[tender valve]

💀 What

oh its april 1

[glacial vector]

Shockingly low, only like 60 required credits

[glacial vector]

The campus lives are SIGNIFICANTLY different between the two, and at the level of education at both, that probably matters more

[lusty folio]

what.

[lusty folio]

is you trolling bro

[glacial vector]

We love april fools

[lusty folio]

Fucking

[dark wedge]

Hmm ok so what exactly does low mean. does it mean the classes are easier?

[foggy drift]

Best day of the year

[glacial vector]

I speak as a Computer Engineering Major (which has significantly more requirements), but there is a LOT of freedom in the CS major, so much that almost all required classes have multiple options.

Some classes are really hard (would be anyways but specifically hard here) like OS and Algos, but the total credit load is really small, especially since a lot of credits for CS majors have to be Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences (due to L&S requirements, 36 credits in total).

Overall it’s a lot less rigorous a curriculum than at other universities for the same major

https://guide.wisc.edu/undergraduate/letters-science/computer-sciences/computer-sciences-bs/#requirementstext

Everyone considering CS should read the CS requirements btw

[hard lance]

could u elaborate a bit more on how they are different?

[dark wedge]

Thanks

This clarified a lot

Would you say the lower rigor is a good thing or a bad thing when comparing to other colleges?

[glacial vector]

I don’t know particularly, but I do know a lot of freshman year here is just getting a lot of gen eds done, with only 2 or 3 CS classes taken in the year, and then sophomore year going crazy in depth. Whether it’s better is a matter of opinion. If you’re looking for jobs, you can still take more than required in the specialty you want while still getting the general degree, which I think is a good thing overall

[dark wedge]

Alr thanks a lot for the help

[glacial vector]

I am by no means an expert, but from what I’ve heard, Purdue has a more academically focused culture while madison is more socially oriented

[tame grove]

praying im off the waitlist 🙏

[hard lance]

got it, thanks

[tame grove]

we are not cooked

61% acceptance rate off WL considering last year

4,436/7221=61.5%

[lusty folio]

NO WAY

YOURE JOKING

HOW?

[wraith stream]

that is very very false lol

[lusty folio]

looks like a cds screenshot. i'll go take a look for myself

shit. hes not wrong.

[tame grove]

Do ur research brother 😭

[wraith stream]

oh wait wrong thread

i thought this was purdue 😭

yeah anecdotally literally everyone ik who got waitlisted at madison last year got in

decisions were given out around ~12 may

[lusty folio]

god hopefully i get in

[wanton parcel]

yeah I’m probably not going to this school if I make it into my first choice lmao

[glacial vector]

Don’lt look at last year as a reference for this year, you are setting yourself up for bad choices

[lusty folio]

Please let this man get into his first choice 🙏😔👆

[wanton parcel]

🙏

[rich warren]

thankfully i didnt get waitlisted at uwm(or anywhere else)

[quasi compass]

when do i hear from the waitlist?

[peak ember]

In the letter they sent they said after may 1st and by the end of July

[lusty folio]

holy shit that standard dev

[tame grove]

fr

[lusty folio]

Them telling us that an average of 28.7% of students get off the waitlist is so misleading lmao

Take ap stats yall

[lusty folio]

@tame grove "The expected yield we use in our acceptance metrics is 33.91%, and the 2023 yield was 29.21%, which resulted in a mass waitlist offering" So basically if the yield rate is under 30% this year we have a good shot

[tame grove]

wait where did u get the first statement

[lusty folio]

Ngl probably a reddit bullshitter

[tame grove]

fuck 😭

lets stay positive

maybe they accidently under admitted last year

[lusty folio]

But the 20, 21, 22, 23 yield rate was 26%, 33%, 29%, 28%

[tame grove]

right

[lusty folio]

i think they probably did because I'm pretty sure they overadmitted in 22 and 21

[tame grove]

how do they overadmit twice in a row 😭

[lusty folio]

Hold on lets grab the full Data

[tame grove]

yeah ill do some calculations

[lusty folio]

We really feining for this acceptance

you CS too?

[tame grove]

yes

yes i am

its either this or purdue wl or cmu wl

[lusty folio]

I have no other options bro

i need this

[tame grove]

me either

same boat

we got this

[lusty folio]

WL NYU isnt giving me aid

SCU same issue

[tame grove]

shit

where have u gotten in

[lusty folio]

Grinnell but it was 60k so i had to turn it down

football recruit thing

thats it 😭

[tame grove]

we will get CS dont worry

[lusty folio]

fsfs

[tame grove]

how were ur 7th semester

grades

good?

[lusty folio]

...decent

3.6 UW 4.6 Weighted

took all APs and hard ass classes lowk got cucked in two out of 6

[tame grove]

ah shit

how many Bs for 7th sem

[lusty folio]

2

[tame grove]

and 4 As?

[lusty folio]

yeah

[tame grove]

u have a good shot

did u submit the

form

for the like other essay

[lusty folio]

Yeah i did everything possible lol

[tame grove]

good now the only thing we can do is wait

did u apply purdue

[lusty folio]

rejected outright

[lusty folio]

yeah man

[tame grove]

thats brutal

[lusty folio]

So far what data ive gotten

Enrollees by year (20,21,22,23): 6430, 6610, 6862, 7550

What the fuck is that spike in 23

[tame grove]

im getting diff enroll numbers

2020 - 7,256 enrolled

[lusty folio]

im looking up "uw meet the class of 2023"

[tame grove]

2021 - 8,442 enrolled

[lusty folio]

and change the year

[tame grove]

im on the cds

also what the fuck 12k enrolled last year

[lusty folio]

these are my sources

[lusty folio]

that might include grad, transfer, and abroad programs

https://news.wisc.edu/meet-the-class-of-2021/, https://news.wisc.edu/meet-the-class-of-2020/, https://news.wisc.edu/meet-the-record-breaking-class-of-2022/, https://www.wisc.edu/about/facts/

my sources

2020: 6420
2021: 6610
2022: 6862
2023: 7,966

double checked still got these

[tame grove]

you are correct

[lusty folio]

oh shit i think i found it

Transfer enrolls (20,21,22,23):
1091, 1128, 1141, 889

the transfer enrolls increased by around 200 in the years waitlist acceptance rate was in the decimals

and WL acceptance rate spikes in the years its under 1100

[tame grove]

so are they decreasing transfer admits?

[lusty folio]

these are enrolls

I'll check out admit stats

[tame grove]

alright

https://uwmadison.app.box.com/s/a6924b0oncjo12hq7kjzdvl6c4yirjob

[lusty folio]

im getting conflicting data

2020 Applicants, Admitted Applicants, Enrolls:
3525, 1830, 1010

2021 Applicants, Admitted Applicants, Enrolls:
3528, 2075, 1136

2022 Applicants, Admitted Applicants, Enrolls:
3974, 2102, 1154

2023 Applicants, Admitted Applicants, Enrolls:
4442, 2112, 1129

'The campus welcomed 889 new transfer students' according to https://news.wisc.edu/meet-the-class-of-2023/

But the CDS says they enrolled 1129 wtf

[tame grove]

admitted =/ enrolled

[lusty folio]

my bad i meant enrolled

[tame grove]

hmmm that is strange

[lusty folio]

2023-2024 cycle btw

[tame grove]

uh

@lusty folio \

[lusty folio]

WTF

[lusty folio]

Im tweakin

[tame grove]

LOL

[lusty folio]

Fuck me

[tame grove]

😭

[lusty folio]

okay yeah the transfers lead is a dead end

maybe fuck the stats and just pray

[tame grove]

yea lowkey could be 0.3% again this year

lmao

[lusty folio]

Fuck

[tame grove]

doubt it

they didnt over enroll

not last year

[lusty folio]

FUUUCK

im finding some bad looking data bruh

[tame grove]

how so

[lusty folio]

looking a little deeper 1 sec

[tame grove]

kk

[lusty folio]

2023: 7969 enroll
2022: 8628 enroll
2021: 8465 enroll

so clearly enrollment spiked in those two years for freshman direct applicants

[tame grove]

right, when about 8500 enroll thats when WL is not considered really

[lusty folio]

Since we dont have enrollment data yet

[tame grove]

so they like to enroll about 8000

[lusty folio]

2023: 27527 admits
2022: 29546 admits
2021: 32466 admits
this is the admission data

[lusty folio]

ya

[tame grove]

2023: 28.9
2022: 29.2%
2021: 26.1%
Yield rate

[lusty folio]

ok good

Also see if you can find how many freshman they actually admitted in 2023 like this past cycle

i cant fucking find it

[tame grove]

they wouldnt release that

not yet

[lusty folio]

I think its out

[tame grove]

let me see if i can find it

[lusty folio]

63,537 applications, 49.1% AR

31196 admits

we're fucked

[tame grove]

where did u find that

what

[lusty folio]

hold on

AR mightve been wrong

[tame grove]

brotha

that is not correct

[lusty folio]

i got 43.32 for

2023 AR

49 was 2022

[tame grove]

this is for 2023 fall not 2024 fall (us)

[lusty folio]

hmmm i see

[tame grove]

yes that is correct

[lusty folio]

43.32% AR for class of 2024

now we just need to find total freshman applicants

[tame grove]

wait what

43.32 for fall 2023

not this years admission cycle

we are fall 2024

[lusty folio]

fuck

fuuuck

[tame grove]

we do not know admit rate for fall 2024

it cannot be out

[lusty folio]

UCs admit rates for 2024 are out though

[tender valve]

:evil:

[tame grove]

hmmm interesting

[lusty folio]

Ive searched far and wide

you were right

ive found no data regarding 2024 AR or App volume for freshmen

😔

[tame grove]

did u check their social medias

[lusty folio]

wait @tame grove i noticed something

[tame grove]

wat

[lusty folio]

Waitlist volume is lowk a good indicator

2021: 8k
2022: 6k
2023: 13k

waitlist count

On low waitlist years they accepted 11-14

on 13k they admit 4k

[tame grove]

well they increased waitlist volume because they under admitted

that was intentional

[lusty folio]

in 2020 it was 9k

and they admitted 4k ish

[tame grove]

right but they waitlist x amount of people if they know y number of admits

[lusty folio]

Yeah so in 2023 they played it safe and underadmitted as well as overwaitlisted

[tame grove]

correct, but theres nothing that will help support the idea that they did the same shit for 2024

maybe they didnt like overwaitlisting and underadmitting

[lusty folio]

thats ture

true

And its also public info that they have 7996 spots for freshman

so those times UW admitted 8000+

They were most likely spending alot to get housing and shit for those guys

the extra enrolls that is

Honestly this is too much black magic for me

time to just pray and hope

fuck the stats

[tame grove]

the stats can only tell us so much

lets just hope that they underadmitted this year too

[lusty folio]

Facts

dyk when the waitlist offers come out?

I heard it was around late may for some people but usually june-july 13th when it closes

[tame grove]

Well last year people heard as early as late April and then a good amount were sent out first week May and into second week

[lusty folio]

bet bet

[glacial vector]

Not accidentally, it was intentional

They overenrolled so massively the last two years that the University was struggling significantly to find housing and classes for all of them, so I would bet there would be another large waitlist accept this year too, just so they have control over how many students come

[dark wedge]

Should I apply to the l&p honors program as a cs major?

And why?

[lusty folio]

is there any public info regarding uwisc acceptance numbers

[glacial vector]

Wdym?

[tame grove]

for fall 2024

class of 2028

he means

[glacial vector]

Not yet bruh

They release that when cycle is done

[tame grove]

yeah its just some schools have already released admit rate

which can be done before cycle is done

all colleges right now should know admit rate other than rolling admission colleges

[daring lynx]

is anyone here doing CS honors?

if so did yall do honors liberal arts before declaring honors cs, and was it worth it

[peak dew]

I would love to go here but the issue is the 40k a year tuition as a OOS person

[dark wedge]

Same question here

[lusty folio]

UC berkeley is 50k for an IS person so I'd say i'll take what i can get bruh

[peak dew]

that's because its California lol

I didn't bother applying to any California schools because everything is more expensive there anyways

[lusty folio]

my EFC got fucked by fafsa its 77k I'm gonna try to pull some shit to lower it

for next year that is

I'll take UWisc for 40k bruh

[peak dew]

for 4 years your be roughly around 200k in debt if you include housing and everything else

[lusty folio]

Debt? Theres a reason my EFC is 77k bro 😂

[untold herald]

why’s everyone’s efc so high 😭

[hard lance]

ikr, mine is 102k but bro i got siblings who tryna go to college as well, aint no one tryna pay that high

[untold herald]

mate mine is like 15 or 20k with a sibling in college 😭

[tame grove]

Friendly reminder if you were admitted but know ur not going to go pls withdraw or decline offer 🙏

Helps WL

[half lance]

gotchu bro

[daring lynx]

Calvin Austin just did that

I be helping myself find a new QB

in the next few yrs

[oak mist]

anybody got their financial aid package yet??

[untold herald]

nope

[oak mist]

://

good thing they pushed the deadline to may 15th

[dark wedge]

which is better for cs, uw madison or vtech?

[daring lynx]

Madison

[dark wedge]

could you explain why

[tender valve]

madison

[tender valve]

check academic rankings

its not even close

usnews or ANY ranking

[tame grove]

Madison 100%

[amber furnace]

UCSD or UW physics? Cost is the same

[tame grove]

SD

[amber furnace]

Why? Just because of prestige/rank?

[woeful hull]

UW as in Wisconsin or Washington?

If wisconsin, I'd go UCSD. If Washington, I'd go UW

oh wait i thought this was ucsd thread, I'm dumb

Personally I preferred ucsd as a school, so I'd say that's a better option

[little temple]

is there any server for UW Madison'28?

[tame grove]

dude someone i know just said they went to wisco admitted thing and the people said only 8000 admit

out of 66k applicants

that cannot be real right

thats 12%

[amber furnace]

Considering they have about 35K students they probably meant “66K applicants for a freshman class of 8000”

[daring lynx]

they probably mean 8000 seats available

not 8000 people accepted

[tame grove]

yeah thats what i thought too

[dark wedge]

Wait so what is the acceptance rate then?

Both overall and specifically for cs

[fresh citrus]

is their yield bad lol

[daring lynx]

Probably like 40-50%

Idt cs makes a difference

[dark wedge]

Ok

[amber furnace]

Maybe this is a bad place to ask this, but are there any classes or internships for Materials Engineering related to environmental things? I'm interested in making stuff like more recyclable plastics, biodegradable packaging etc

[lusty folio]

UW

Wait UW as in Wash or Wisc

[lusty folio]

this

[amber furnace]

Wisconsin

The UW whose channel I sent the message in lmao

[lusty folio]

My bad gang

UCSD by a decent margin

[quasi compass]

when should i hear about the waitlist

[tender valve]

1 day after enrollment deadline

May 2 or may 16

[lusty folio]

why these two dates lmao

[tender valve]

All my friends got it 1 day after commit date last year

This year commit date has been moved to may 15 for many unis so maybe uw Madison did it too

[amber furnace]

Why does everyone say that

Aren't they pretty similar in terms of rank

[unkempt nexus]

when should my SOAR date be?

im worried that I won't get the courses I need

if I register too late

[jade smelt]

purdue for sure

[lusty folio]

They have similar CS prestige, SD just has better overall prestige and job opportunity

[oak mist]

which one is better for wildlife conservation..uw madison or virginia tech??

if anybody knows

[amber furnace]

I’m a physics major 💀

[half lance]

LMAO

[lusty folio]

My bad bro

[daring lynx]

bro uw madison is elite

cause my goat tj watt went there

[tender valve]

declined my offer peeps

gl with the waitlist

🫡

[tame grove]

thank you bro

[unkempt nexus]

i mean... uw madison is in the middle of --nowhere-- I mean, "nature"

[hard lance]

just declined my offer and committed to purdue! good luck to people on the waitlist ‼️

[chilly mesa]

i didnt apply for any scholarship , i have no aid bcz of am intl. student.

What can I do to reduce the tution fee?

[fresh citrus]

apply to small scholarships

they usually list them on WiSH

[chilly mesa]

any suggestions which one will be better ?

[tame grove]

what were the deciding factors for purdue for u

[fresh citrus]

idk i'm not committing here ahahahha

but my suggestion will be applying to those more specific scholarships

less competition

[hard lance]

its a combination of things that i made in a spreadsheet, but here are some of the factors:
purdue has more rigor in courses
purdue has higher ranking
purdue is cheaper
I got purdue honors college as well
purdue is getting more funding through their purdue computes program and is getting more faculty specifically for cs
purdue is better for job placement and has better industry connections and job fairs

however, uw-madison did have some good factors, such as:
better graduate school (i want a masters in cs)
better location
better research labs

[tame grove]

ah

[wise dome]

Is Wisc. Madison out of state FAFSA bad??? Perhaps if ur maybe like -1500 SAI

[dark wedge]

I just committed!

[daring lynx]

same!

[fresh citrus]

i'm back me and my indecisiveness

if i don't get in kelley da imma commit here

[silk latch]

Anybody else commit?

Or any past or current students need advice on what dorm to go for.

😄

[tame grove]

IU?

[fresh citrus]

yup

[ionic drift]

get me off the waitlist

[hybrid basin]

I committed, and my older siblings go there
From what they said don't put kronshage bc its probably the worst
And even if Smith is nice someone jumped out of window and died there
The rest comes down to money and if you want a single, double, triple, or quad. Or if want a learning community

[fresh citrus]

is ogg hall good?

it's for business da or smt

[hybrid basin]

It's one of the newer ones and it's in a lively area since it's southeast as opposed to lakeshore dorms.
It's also one of the noiser/party dorms like wittie
The closest dinning hall (Gordon) is across the street, and it's buffet style, so all you can eat
I think the rooms are bigger than other dorms
Also, I don't think it's relatively close to freshman year classes so you might have to take the bus, which gets crowed easily
Hope this helps 🙂

[daring lynx]

Are you in a learning community?

[fresh citrus]

oop 0.0 thanks!

[hybrid basin]

No, I only committed and I do want to be in a learning community but that adds additional cost to housing
I'll probably ask my siblings or ppl ik who go madison and know more about it

[glacial vector]

Kronshage by far the worst

For cheaper lakeshore dorms, do like Tripp or Adams

[glacial vector]

I'm in a learning community and it's pretty chill. Lots of merch and events with increased cost of housing, as well as usually some equipment for more specialized communities

[glacial vector]

I'm in Ogg. It's nice, big rooms, expensive, all triples next year

Is pretty far from freshmen classes though

(Though all dorms but chad and waters are

[fresh citrus]

yikes

what dorms would you recommend for freshman business da?

[dark wedge]

If anyone from NJ is looking for a roommate hmu in dms

[glacial vector]

Ogg and Sellery have the learning communities. Chad, Sellery, Witte, Ogg, and merit are all close to Business building, though I don’t know about how many classes freshmen have there

[hybrid basin]

I heard that merit is closing after this year

[untold herald]

anyone get the email from here

abt the financial aid stuff

[daring lynx]

apparently according to uw admissions insta fin aid will come around apr 29

[glacial vector]

Summer financial aid released today

Fall is probably later

[hybrid basin]

Only got loans for aid 😦

[wise dome]

I got financial aid offer for fall, definitely check ur mail guys 👍🏻

[wise dome]

Out of state*

[hybrid basin]

I got mine today, although disappointing, I'll try to get more aid. I'm in state btq

[woven cipher]

is it worth appealing for merit aid?

[fresh citrus]

they're done with giving merit aid right?

got nothing ==

the only school to give me nothing ==

[hybrid basin]

There is always the wish hub with those scholarships

[untold herald]

I was one of the ppl with the fafsa problems

[lusty folio]

Please gimme yalls spot on wisconsin from the waitlist my 3.2 gpa ass aint get in nowhere 🙏😔💯

24 rejections aint easy on my soul 👆

[fresh citrus]

damn-

me 4.18 got rejected to 13...

[mild rock]

I'm assuming you have good testing scores to even get deferred/waitlisted?

Also, what are you majoring in?

[lusty folio]

1520 bless up

good ecs too

just got a 2.6 my frehsman year and cucked my cumulative

3.0 soph year

[lusty folio]

CS

[lusty folio]

i got a 4.5 senior year i just cucked the fuck outa my fresh soph year

extenuating circumstances

but not extenuating enough ig

[fresh citrus]

bro the highest we can get is a 4.38 in our school

[tame grove]

bro we got it

trust

[lusty folio]

on jah

we not going to ivc

[tame grove]

bro we are in the exact situation and same school

[lusty folio]

😭🙏

LOL

[tame grove]

we applied same schools

[lusty folio]

wait deadass?

[tame grove]

fuck that

anything but that

yes

[lusty folio]

you got squadwiped too?

fuuuck bro

[tame grove]

exact same school and squadwiped

[lusty folio]

what was your stats

You alr see mine up there 😭

[tame grove]

4.4/3.9
34 ACT
NASA Machine Learning Internship (Spring and Fall)
Other ML Projects that are important
Other internship at banking startup (machine learning)
Etc (MMA as a sport, extra courses, etc)

[lusty folio]

WTF your gpa is miles above mine

[tame grove]

And completely squadwiped all schools

[lusty folio]

wb headass

[tame grove]

Still got fucked over

LMAop

[lusty folio]

LOL

[tame grove]

shit dont matter

IVC obund

bound

[lusty folio]

we both have some pretty good ecs

my gpa just washed asf

[tame grove]

Ecs not saving us for this cycle bro

[lusty folio]

same testing lol

[tame grove]

damn bro

[lusty folio]

i got a 1520

[tame grove]

FUCK dude

[lusty folio]

i think that converts to a 34

[tame grove]

thats a 35

insane

[lusty folio]

oh shit

[tame grove]

1490 is 34

1500 34

1510+ 35

[lusty folio]

yeah i just got bootyfucked my freshman year unc

[tame grove]

1550+ 36

[tame grove]

shit bruh

its all good we lock in ivc if wisconsin dont clutch up

[lusty folio]

YUHH

[tame grove]

61% has to mean something for waitlists right bro

[lusty folio]

pull up to crossroads

[tame grove]

bro iw as just there

[lusty folio]

bro look at the year before

0.4%

[tame grove]

like 30 mins ago

[tame grove]

ye but they overenrolled

[lusty folio]

shitt tmr my rest day

[lusty folio]

thats fax

they prolly underenrolled twice ina row

[tame grove]

this year they confirmed like 8k max enrollments

so theyre on par for like 2020 admissions

[lusty folio]

they fucking better

[tame grove]

where they had 50% wl

YES LMAO

LOL

yeah thats his ex

yes del after

NAH

CS??

WOW

NAH WOW

THAT IS FUCKED

brooooo

shit is crazy wow

[lusty folio]

😂😂

[tame grove]

😭

insane

[lusty folio]

he aint even know tho ike its just coinciaden

[tame grove]

do u know jameson

lobi

[lusty folio]

yeah baseball dude

[tame grove]

damn bro

[lusty folio]

you see him at crossroads

[tame grove]

yeah i love that dude

[lusty folio]

he was my homie in elementary idk him now tho

[tame grove]

damn bro

[lusty folio]

hes lowk huge for a junior

[tame grove]

dued he is

he seems like senior

wait did u get rejected purdue too>?

[lusty folio]

oh yeah nah not cs he did econ i think?

agahi

[tame grove]

econ seems to fit him

[lusty folio]

if i see them together at prom im gonna crash out bro

[tame grove]

u have a right bro

thats insane

dudes hopped around

[lusty folio]

i needa wait for wisc and nyu to reject me first

so then i can fully tweak

[tame grove]

@lusty folio start making ivc account

its time to prepare

ive alr made mine

[lusty folio]

nahh hes chill im prolly gonna just drive into a wall at 99mph

[tame grove]

and did the orintaiton shit

[tame grove]

wrap a tree type hsit

[lusty folio]

bro i alr signed up for summer classes

[tame grove]

Good bro

[lusty folio]

im taking Hist 1H and WR1H

and MUS 20 maybe

[tame grove]

good shit

ill take WR1H if they let me during summer

[lusty folio]

wait lemme slide my class list

[tame grove]

bet send in dms

[lusty folio]

you in honors yeah?

[tame grove]

yeah im applying fort their college rn

[lusty folio]

this the method bro

[lusty folio]

oh ok

[lusty folio]

aint nobody gaf in this server

We doing IVC negotiations in wisconsin channel fuck it

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qXP8BJN3CLeZg6RZQePGR_LKOJyYuIhf5MwbPTT--iI/edit#gid=0

this my spreadsheet for applying to UCs in 1 yr if you wanna tap in

they got HELLA requirements

[tame grove]

oh BET BRO

yo this is a good spreadsheet bro

@lusty folio @lusty folio DOI NOT TAKE ANY CS CLASSES AT IVC

TAKE THEM AT SADDLEBACCK

you will havee a tough time matriculating to uci creds or ucla creds if u take any cs at IVC

everything else is fine in terms of classes at ivc just dont take cs there

take cs at saddleback

better profs and easier enrollment transfer

assist.org

[lusty folio]

wait deadass why

IVC cs doesnt transfer WTF?

wait ive never heard this evfore wtf

[tame grove]

its really stupid

take at saddleback

revise spreadsheet for ssaddleback

so much better profs

theres a machine learning club there

its nice

[lusty folio]

shit okay fuck

[lusty folio]

easier A?

[tame grove]

harder A

well no

same level

difficulty

[lusty folio]

My only CS classes are Data Structures (CS41) and CS10 intro to python i think

[tame grove]

@lusty folio why arent u taking any of the red

dont u need them for UCLA

[lusty folio]

no time

[tame grove]

and SD

[tame grove]

shit bro

take L and go 2 years

[lusty folio]

yep

[tame grove]

brooo

[lusty folio]

Im just gonna try and ball out

[tame grove]

tank another eyar

year

tank it

[lusty folio]

Ok lemme explain

[tame grove]

kk

[lusty folio]

HARD reqs are like here

lemme show

'
To be considered for this major, you must complete the following courses by the end of spring before transfer:

Four semesters/five quarters Calculus through Multivariable, and
Either Linear Algebra or Differential Equations.
All courses must be taken for a letter grade.

'

[tame grove]

Right

[lusty folio]

then everything under it is HIGHLY reccomended unless it says required

so liek this area

[tame grove]

but if u wanna get into ucla transfer i think its better to take all physics

[lusty folio]

math 3a is required cuz its in there

[tame grove]

Right

[lusty folio]

i have ap physics credit but they dont fucking take it

i cant sack soph year internships brooo ☹️

that like hurts CS career hella bad

[tame grove]

DUDE thats what ive been trying to convince myself

cause i got into penn state CS

and ucf CS

[lusty folio]

Dont do that

[tame grove]

but my parents are NOT sending me there

[lusty folio]

its like

[tame grove]

yeah

[lusty folio]

this way

UCLA for 2 years (2 years ivc) < UCI for 3-4 years (Maybe IVC transfer year 1)

[tame grove]

True

[lusty folio]

UC berkeley 2 years vs UCI for 3? Idk it honestly is pretty even

[tame grove]

but what abt the firs two year internships

Yeah true

[lusty folio]

how it usually works

Freshman year you dont know shit so no internships or maybe nepo intern at moms company or smt

Sophomore year you do some mid level ones yk not apple but maybe at some random hardware company or some bigger startups

Jr year you have some more experience you shoot for the moon

TRY for FAANG but anything big name works

sr year no intenrhsips cuz u need an actual job now

so thats the main method

bro really censored me

losing sophomore internships by IVC maxxing means you fuck over your junior year opportunities by haveing no internships/experience

aint no company hiring from ivc mane

[tame grove]

exactly bro

FUCK

[tame grove]

no bro plsu we are inelibnle

"must be enrolled in a accredited program for bs in cs"

in all of any cs internships

swe/mle

and we arent doing that cause of IVC

[lusty folio]

yep

1 year is literally the only way

dyk cianna

white shroty

[elfin rapids]

I gotchu, withdrawing my app tdy 🫡

[mild rock]

Looks like you shot too high w/ extra competitive major, at worst, you could always do CC & transfer

[tame grove]

😭

WHY

LMAO

[severe lintel]

Is there a uw madison server

[glacial vector]

Usually the discord hub has year servers

[glacial vector]

The interesting thing here (and this might have changed) is CS is and L&S, which admits regardless of major, and has the highest admission rate. CS may have spun off to a different department this year though

[daring lynx]

Really? Has admissions been oddly more competitive for cs this year?

[glacial vector]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[wise dome]

I’m sowwy :((((

Hoping ur FAFSA issues are resolved soon!

[untold herald]

I got u

[untold herald]

Yeah I have to get around actually calling them to figure out the problem

[lusty folio]

GPA fucked by fresh soph yer

[lusty folio]

thanks big unc

[lusty folio]

she a thug

[lusty folio]

thanks gang

[wise dome]

As u prolly know, ur net calculator is ur best guess of ur offer without getting ur actual offer. My offer was pretty close to my net calc estimate. Just something to think abt it if u haven’t alrdy

[amber furnace]

Does anyone have any experience with the language LLCs?

[dark wedge]

Hey I had a quick question abt placement tests

If u are majoring in cs, are you required to take any world language classes? If u are, do you have to take placement tests for that?

[glacial vector]

College of L&S requires some language classes. The placement tests would be to test into a higher class and may fulfill the requirement. Double check on the L&S requirements page

[grim stump]

https://languages.wisc.edu/faq/

[glacial vector]

https://guide.wisc.edu/undergraduate/letters-science/#requirementstext

[dark wedge]

Thanks I’ll check this out

[unkempt nexus]

damn

uw madison is very good at giving aid

[ruby sequoia]

how much did u get?

[unkempt nexus]

full ride + 1500

[ruby sequoia]

damm

are you in state or oos

[unkempt nexus]

oos

[ruby sequoia]

1st gen?

[unkempt nexus]

yeah

[ruby sequoia]

ah noice

i havent got mine yet but i dont want to get my hopes up

[unkempt nexus]

you could do a rough estimation by looking at your sei

[ruby sequoia]

I did it and got like 5k CoA

[unkempt nexus]

5k is good

better than 50k

[ruby sequoia]

thats tru

looking at the 2 offers i got, im rly hoping from wisc

[severe lintel]

What's your Sai

[unkempt nexus]

-1500

[severe lintel]

Oh okay

Nice congrats on the full ride

[kindred mantle]

Did anyone get in off the waitlist yet

[lusty folio]

Theyre only gonna start waves after may 16th

thats the commitment deadline

[amber furnace]

Switched to the College of Engineering from L&S lesgooooo

[ruby sequoia]

Has everyone recieved their financial aid offer?

[untold herald]

I did

wasn’t great tho

ended up withdrawing

[ruby sequoia]

i havent recieved mine yet 💀

[ruby sequoia]

what did u get?

[untold herald]

Nothing ☠️

idk why I even applied tho tbf

Wasn’t expecting anything in the first place

[ruby sequoia]

wut was ur SAI?

[untold herald]

Kinda crazy that they said the aid that they offered me was all loans

[untold herald]

15k ish

[ruby sequoia]

ah makes sense.... i have -1200

so rly hoping

[untold herald]

oh wow

ur instate or what

[ruby sequoia]

oos

[untold herald]

Hoping the best for you then

[ruby sequoia]

UC Davis putting me 65k/yr in-debt 💀

[untold herald]

it’s a lot harder to get stuff oos

[untold herald]

Ouch

[ruby sequoia]

i have seen so many ppl getting almost full tuition, with a similar SAI, so i its got my hopes up... but they aint sending it 🤣

[untold herald]

I think it’s a lot more likely you get something since my sai isn’t extremely low

[ruby sequoia]

yea tru

[hybrid basin]

Does anyone know how to apply to CAE?

Also how can I switch from cals to l&s

[amber furnace]

Idk what half of those acronyms mean but I switched from L&S to engineering so I imagine it's pretty doable. I'd just email admissions

[unkempt nexus]

Does uw have pre vet

[glacial vector]

I’m pretty sure you just do it through myUW somehow

[woeful hull]

any WL movement yet?

[hybrid basin]

How do I check my placement test results? I took the math exam on paper around the middle-ish of April and haven't gotten anything back

[dark wedge]

Do we need to pre register for any of the online exams

And also does the math b online exam require pre registration?

Or can you take the test as soon as you pay?

[hybrid basin]

I remember registering first and they emailed a link to take English, foreign languages, and math a
For math b uw hosted a day where we could take in person

https://exams.wisc.edu/placement/uw-madison-students.php

[grim stump]

Talked to admissions and they said WL movement will start after May 15. No other info provided.

[grim stump]

Wisconsin just emailed students on their waitlist to ask if they are still interested!

[hybrid basin]

Yall just wanted to share this opportunity, there is this program you can apply to to be an undergraduate researcher and paid
Program is called URS and applications open on June 17th
https://urs.ls.wisc.edu/

[fresh citrus]

my FAFSA came!!

I only need to pay 2k/ year

[severe lintel]

Are u oos or instate?

[fresh citrus]

oos