All UCs (2024-2025)

[midnight vine]

like these are the grade bins for one of my classes and its curved like how can you not get an A

didnt your consulting club haze you

[dry pollen]

I think it depends on your major

Because my family friend at berk said the grade deflation hit her hard for mcb

[midnight vine]

thats an astronomy class lol

every single mcb major i've met bar one is fucking stupid

like no offence

[dry pollen]

I’m

[marsh sparrow]

yeah somewhat

[dry pollen]

Um

[marsh sparrow]

i also voluntarily consented cuz it wasnt real hazing

[midnight vine]

but how can you get in to berkeley and not know how to do basic 9th grade chemistry

[dry pollen]

Well she’s not stupid I can tell you that 😭

[dry pollen]

You realize that everyone has different backgrounds right 😭 you don’t need to do chem to get into berk

[midnight vine]

didnt you get taken to the middle of nowhere, forced to do shots, then left there with no transport back

[dry pollen]

I didn’t take physics and I got into ucla

[midnight vine]

its not even about knowing chem tbh its about the fact that they put no effort to learn and chatgpt fucking everything

like im ngl

every premed major i've met bar one is only in it for the money / doctor rep

nobody actually cares about the subject

which is surprisingly not the case for cs / ds / eecs

and i thought it would be the opposite

[midnight vine]

damn really

no physics at all throughout high school?

[marsh sparrow]

physics is the best of the big 3 sciences change my mind

[dry pollen]

Idk maybe meet people from the bay

[marsh sparrow]

thats a heavy overexaggeration

we werent forced

[dry pollen]

That’s why so many people drop premed

[marsh sparrow]

and i got a ride back early

[dry pollen]

Not really no I did Calc

[dry pollen]

There’s a reason you’re not premed…

I like Calc though

[dry pollen]

There’s a lot of premeds here who didn’t take physics or chem like they took one but not the other

[marsh sparrow]

physics is amazing and every other science sucks

[midnight vine]

like wdym are you saying people from the bay are better or worse

[midnight vine]

i kind of agree

but i had a horrible physics teacher junior year and a mid one senior year

[dry pollen]

Very smart and motivated like the bay premeds ik at berk

[dry pollen]

You suck

[midnight vine]

my chem teacher on the other hand for all 4 years was fucking awesome

[marsh sparrow]

i love physics

physic

s

[midnight vine]

hmmmmmmm debatable

[dry pollen]

I’m not a physics fan but I don’t really know it

[midnight vine]

so i love chem

bio is the worst of the 3

[dry pollen]

Maybe you just haven’t met the right ones

[midnight vine]

objectively

[dry pollen]

Nah

Chem > bio >>>> physics

[midnight vine]

chem >/= physics >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> bio

[dry pollen]

In another life I’d be a chem major

[midnight vine]

the only somewhat nice part of bio is genetics / biotech

in another life i'd be a physics major

[dry pollen]

I love molecular biology a lot

I like anatomy and physio too

Ecology and evolution are eh

[midnight vine]

anatomy sucks

disgusting

ew

[harsh spindle]

Aw thanks

[dry pollen]

Ofc ofc

[glad aurora]

so true gene stuff goes tuff

[midnight vine]

@high bronze @marsh sparrow @mighty quail just got 15/45 on a practice 61a midterm 💀

so cooked for this test

[marsh sparrow]

wait rlly

which one

can i take it and see what i get

im almost done with my c88c practice problem set

[midnight vine]

fa'23

[marsh sparrow]

ill update you in a bit

[midnight vine]

took me like 40 minutes to do it lol

[marsh sparrow]

this looks horrendous

i will not be attempting this

there's only one trees right

wtf are generators

this isnt fair

how much time do i get for this test

and for midterm 1

[midnight vine]

2 hours

[midnight vine]

did you not cover generators

[midnight vine]

wwpd, env diagram, lists, recursion, generators, trees, linked lists

[marsh sparrow]

nope

[marsh sparrow]

which problem is generators

[high bronze]

Cs mentors is a w 👍

[midnight vine]

4b

[marsh sparrow]

ok bet ty

[midnight vine]

really

i went to their review sesh and it was hella basic

like it would not be enough for the midterm

[high bronze]

yeah that’s right but it’s a good starting point

[rancid grove]

ooh phew

[midnight vine]

fair

[marsh sparrow]

cs mentors for c88c was decent ig

maybe its just cuz i didnt know anything to begin with so it all seemed helpful

[marsh sparrow]

ok my score will be out of 29

[midnight vine]

why

[midnight vine]

yeah i thought the review sesh would be more like "here's the exact problems that will appear on the midterms and their solutions and how to solve them memorize them now" instead of "a list is a data structure in python where we can store multiple elements" /hj

fuck the lab for tmrw is mutable trees

kms

[forest sparrow]

why is sending picture disabled

[midnight vine]

talk more to level up and get perms

[forest sparrow]

how much do i need to talk to get pic perms

this so stupid

[high bronze]

u can dm me a picture and if its fine (content-wise, which im probably sure it is) i can send it for you

[forest sparrow]

oh lol i was just going to send the cs70 midterm distro. everyone got cooked

[high bronze]

damn :(

@forest sparrow 's score dis of cs70 midterm

[midnight vine]

damn

[marsh sparrow]

removing generators and trees question

[midnight vine]

you dont have trees?

[marsh sparrow]

nope

well we have tree recursion but not trees

[forest sparrow]

fck 61a that class was torture

[midnight vine]

thats hella weird

[midnight vine]

im taking it rn

how bad was midterm 2 grade distribution lats year

@marsh sparrow the tree question in midterm 2 is tree recursion lol

[forest sparrow]

took over summer so i cant say

[midnight vine]

how bad was it when you took it

[forest sparrow]

only one midterm in summer

the summer midterm prob has content from midterm one and two for you guys

[marsh sparrow]

gruh

wait no its not

[midnight vine]

ohhhh

[midnight vine]

it uses recursion

[marsh sparrow]

we def didnt learn nodes and allat tho

nevermind

idk if i can take urs accurately

[mighty quail]

I’m cooked too then

[marsh sparrow]

our gsi said literally almost none of that test is in scope for us

[midnight vine]

oh

try sp'24

i got 29 i think on that

[marsh sparrow]

wait lemme just see how i do given what i have alr

[midnight vine]

nvm i got 21

lmao

[marsh sparrow]

a massive 18 pt test

[midnight vine]

better than nothing

[marsh sparrow]

lol

9/18

nice

@midnight vine

got the entire 4a wrong

actually almost i got partial on the multiple choice

[midnight vine]

that's not bad

[midnight vine]

4, 5, 6 I got almost everything wrong

[midnight vine]

idt they give partial

[marsh sparrow]

yeah wtf are these

[marsh sparrow]

tf???

do they not

r u srs

im an environment diagram demon tho trust

i just suck at recursion

[midnight vine]

i mean 3 answers were right and it's 2 points

if it was 3 points it might make sense

[midnight vine]

real

i suck at trees

[marsh sparrow]

i just docked a full pt

i got 2/3 of the answers

i feel like theyd give me partial

i just forgot to include #6 too

[midnight vine]

yeah same

but I score myself on the worse side on practice exams

[marsh sparrow]

same

-1 i think is pretty harsh :/

[midnight vine]

lol fair

[vivid smelt]

Does taking the AP art history exam fulfill the fine arts req

[tropic minnow]

I believe the class itself fulfills it, you dont even need the test

[wooden sierra]

can anyone who's doing the ucsd app let me know if there's an AI major in the dropdown?

or does it start next year

[midnight vine]

transfer?

[wooden sierra]

nah im j curious

i found someone to do it for me, and theyre offering it :o

[midnight vine]

ah

[wooden sierra]

they havent announced it or even released its curriculum, so idk how theyre rolling it out

but ofc they release it the year after i apply 😔

[tropic minnow]

Oh hey my messaged got pinned I wonder when that happened

[harsh spindle]

seems trivial. assuming you're going into the technical side of ML/AI, you would need at minimum a masters degree so ucsd ai or whatever xyz uni ai is somewhat meaningless

although i suppose there might be a few companies who could take in a BS with enough experience but that seems rather rare

[wooden sierra]

D:

im an ai major at purdue lol

i just like ucsd a lot

[harsh spindle]

yeah but my point was that whether it's ai @ purdue or ai @ ucsd, it would likely have no effect on your job outcomes without an advanced degree

that's just how the job market is atm 😔

[dense epoch]

exactly just do cs

[harsh spindle]

i actually don't know what a BS AI degree entails

it was just under my assumption that those who are ML/AI Engineers are CS or Applied Math BS and then a masters in CS specializing in AI related stuff

is BS AI just a CS degree but your electives such as Neural Networks/Deep Learning/Computer Vision and stuff are required courses?

[dense epoch]

im not sure either.

[harsh spindle]

https://www.cs.cmu.edu/bs-in-artificial-intelligence/curriculum

ok yeah

so it's a CS degree but what would otherwise be available as electives for specialization is just enforced courses in AI and then you can specialize which area of AI you want to go in

i guess that's a nice way to specialize prior to grad school

[dense epoch]

ig ya

[wooden sierra]

Yeah Purdues is rly similar to the cs degree except more ai oriented options in third and fourth year
I def plan on doing grad school of some type, so ig it’s good

[forest grotto]

!!!

[wooden sierra]

WOOHOO

[tulip relic]

oh is this los angeles 👀

[forest grotto]

san diego

[tulip relic]

oh

[high bronze]

is AI similar to a data science path kinda ? like cs + stats basically

[wooden sierra]

for some reason

they havent even released the curriculum

which is weird

[harsh spindle]

not exactly

kinda depends on what aspect of AI you're specializing in

if it's paired with robotics, then i am assuming you need more EE stuff rather than data science

[true glade]

alright time to get cooking on UC apps

[uncut hollow]

hello chat

[uncut hollow]

YESSSSS LET’S DO THIS! 🔥🔥🔥

[slate mountain]

is the parent information part required on the uc app

will it impact my application if i dont fill out most of it

[high bronze]

https://apply.universityofcalifornia.edu/my-application/termsofuse#:~:text=Other information%2C such as parents,information provided on the application.

[slate mountain]

ouuu thank u

[night shore]

they give you fee waivers if you're finneed

oh i guess it says in the ss

[warped dome]

to the people who attend berkley, do you know how admissions to LSBE works. Do you apply for LSBE on the uc app and then go undecided freshman and apply in Sophmore year? How can you declare your major if you dont get in? and what options do you have

[midnight vine]

i have a friend who's lsbe so ill ask and lyk

[hollow valve]

I wonder when UC Hicago's ED deadline is

[true glade]

ED2 is soon

Only UC to offer ED!

[hollow valve]

UC Hicago

[night shore]

https://lsbe.berkeley.edu/admissions

mkight help

[heady wind]

anyone else get this email? i did not know that any UCs accepted LORs. is this a good or bad sign?

[true harness]

i think berkeley will sometimes ask a small amount of people to submit lors

good sign

[harsh spindle]

To my knowledge, this is an augmented review

Asked to applicants with special circumstances or just who Berkeley is interested in getting to know more about

You can only benefit from it so take the opportunity and write well, good luck!

[sweet citrus]

Why am I being asked for LORs/a questionnaire/additional info?

https://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/governance/policies/2110.html

How do UCs review my app?

https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/committees/boars/documents/boars-cr-report-june-2024.pdf

[sweet citrus]

They also sometimes at least used to sometimes ask applicants for supplemental essay questions in addition to the ones you alr answer on your apps

It would be either supplementals or the LORs

Allegedly 7th semester grades are also an option but I never rly heard abt that one getting chosen

[sweet citrus]

Basically this yeah

Campuses may request an additional review for a select pool of applicants who fall in the margins for admission, but whose initial application yields an incomplete picture of their qualifications, or presents extraordinary circumstances that invite further comment. Applicants, for example, might demonstrate special talents, potential, or accomplishments in specific areas that promise to contribute to the educational environment of the campus, but may require further explication. Or, the information provided on an application may fail to adequately explain the impact of what appear to be major disadvantages that the applicant has encountered.

A lot of people trip up over the first sentence but I reasonably believe it refers to meeting minimums over “you’ll for sure be admitted” or anything considering how early they send these out

[harsh spindle]

Yes and also note that if you don’t receive an augmented review, that doesn’t mean you got rejected. A lot of people start panicking when they see other students online get augmented review requests

[dry pollen]

Did you apply l&s or engineering or other?

[heady wind]

i did cs in l&s as my primary and then cs+ee in engineering as my alternate

[unique cradle]

How do ucs verify personal projects?

Like mid december when they ask 10% of applicants to show proof

[midnight vine]

depends on what the project is

if its something you built they might ask you to show progress pictures or something idk tbh

[unique cradle]

What if i never took progress pictures

Its like 300 solar panels i helped build

And a system to wash the panels automaticaly

[midnight vine]

you say you "helped" build so someone should be able to verify that right

also i wouldn't worry too much about that

you'll be fine

[unique cradle]

Like i helped my father build

[marsh sparrow]

yes to every question

if you dont get in im pretty sure you're just MCB

or you can switch to a different major in L&S maybe

[true glade]

Ppl already submitted? 😭

[silent nymph]

what do they expect me to put 😭 should i only put the yr2 one then?

[midnight vine]

French 1 French 2?

[silent nymph]

on my transcript its just French though

[midnight vine]

maybe French (11th grade) and French (12th grade)

or something like that

[dry pollen]

Isn’t cs in its own college

[silent nymph]

oh ok ill try that

[heady wind]

oop that might be what i meant. idk tbh all i know is that the one with EE is my secondary😅

[dry pollen]

I see I see

[sweet citrus]

whos applying to ucsd

[marsh sparrow]

Me

[silent nymph]

I am

[frosty ibex]

mee

[night shore]

me

but also as a #🚪-community-college #🔁-transfer-students 😋

[warped dome]

Me too

[forest grotto]

me

[runic grail]

w

hope u guys get in and choose the beaches and weather

[harsh spindle]

if you come to ucla and feel excited to go to santa monica, don't swim in the water

unless of course if you're a daredevil

[dry pollen]

^

[tidal birch]

poop water 😍

swimming in santa monica boosts your immune system

love it during the seasons when the water looks like espresso

[tropic minnow]

I swam in the summer once with friends, it was fun but knowing what I know now I wouldn’t do it again

[sweet citrus]

Buses here are so cute

They always write nice things on them

Today’s said smth diff but I forgot what

Sometimes it says “beep beep im a bus”

[midnight vine]

our bus usually says "go bears"

but for the last few days or week it's said "go vote"

well pre Nov 5 ofc but yeah

[silent nymph]

That is cute

[frosty ibex]

oh gosh that is so cute

[burnt ridge]

UCs?

[midnight vine]

All UCs

[burnt ridge]

no like is that at a uc school yk

[midnight vine]

im saying that we're in the UC thread

why would it not be a UC school lol

it's Davis

[tulip relic]

wait does my alternate major have to line up with what my main option major is in terms of field or can they differ

in my case it’s statistics (first choice) and psychology (second; for ucsd it’s cognitive)

[tropic minnow]

No they dont

[tulip relic]

ah

[high bronze]

Noice! I had stats as my 2nd choice

And yea what avi said

[tulip relic]

thanks

[deft thorn]

UC portal is so annoying

[bold bear]

is uc deadline 11/30 or 12/2

[burnt ridge]

December 2nd, 2024 PST 11:59:59 PM

[bold bear]

sick ty

dang it's really crazy how kids who go to one of the most competitive schools in the bay area can't read a website 🤡

[burnt ridge]

LMAO

what

[bold bear]

basically my entire grade thinks the deadline is still 11/30 ☠️

[burnt ridge]

bro what 😭

its on the website bro

the offical website

its a simple google search 😭

[midnight vine]

UC application deadline: <t:1733212740:F> (this should show in your local timezone)

[burnt ridge]

I respect you brave soldier

[burnt ridge]

(idk what im saying)

im so close to crashing out

just need to make it through these next 8 days of school

[midnight vine]

good luck

[burnt ridge]

and thanksgiving break

😍 😍 😍

[midnight vine]

apps are hard but they're fun and rewarding

[burnt ridge]

thanks

[midnight vine]

icl i wish i could apply 2 college again

[burnt ridge]

real

[burnt ridge]

actually 😭

im so close to finishing apps bro

i just have nov 15th deadliens and 2 regular descisons and ucs

[midnight vine]

thats not bad

you got this

[burnt ridge]

yeah

[midnight vine]

but trust me

however bad you think the actual apps are

[burnt ridge]

( i submitted 19 applications before this)

[midnight vine]

the waiting is much worse

[midnight vine]

LMAO

[burnt ridge]

oh yeah

[midnight vine]

real

[burnt ridge]

it is

[midnight vine]

i did like 15 ea 4 uc's and 6 rd

[burnt ridge]

everytime i see a email from georgia tech

or ut austin

i keep thinking its a decision 💀

[midnight vine]

lol

you'll know on a2c if decisions are out or not

[burnt ridge]

yeah

[midnight vine]

a2c went berserk when ucd/uci dropped

[burnt ridge]

my next decision that coems out is prolly

24th dec

[burnt ridge]

acc 😭

[midnight vine]

oooof thats far

[burnt ridge]

penn state

[midnight vine]

yeah bc everyone was expecting ucd but people thought uci would be the week after

[burnt ridge]

i mean i heard people are getting their acceptances like right now for university park so mabye few weeks

[burnt ridge]

yeah i heard the chaos so many people got wl or rejected

[burnt ridge]

dang p much same 17 EA 5 CSU's 8 UCs and 2 RD

some of my ea's had no supplementals so i was like no extra work might as well do it

like osu pitt etc

[midnight vine]

#1135684518322380850 message

[burnt ridge]

rit sent me a fee waiver apperently lma

[midnight vine]

thats nice gg

[burnt ridge]

oh nah they crashing out

😭 😭

[burnt ridge]

yeah

[burnt ridge]

valid reaction

my friend got waitlisted into ucsc but got accepted into purdue somehow

once winter break hits **I am not touching a single textbook or assignment no mroe 😭 🙏🏿 **

[midnight vine]

#1135684518322380850 message lol the number of people who applied is crazy

[midnight vine]

this was @wooden sierra as well

i got into berkeley early but wl irvine 💀 got off eventually but yeah

[midnight vine]

real

[burnt ridge]

yeah i heard

they got more applicants than they typically do

also is uc merced becoming a decent tier school now or some 😭 they're adding hella engineering majors

so they must be getting some good faculty to teach this right

[midnight vine]

uc merced is a decent tier school wdym

they're a UC

[burnt ridge]

like within the uc system

[burnt ridge]

ive seen so many people shit on it 😭

but like obv i consider it decent

just wondering if they're going up in the ranks

cause of the majors they added

[midnight vine]

no way to know unless we see how the curriculum is ig

[burnt ridge]

dang thats so random

[burnt ridge]

yeah fair

[midnight vine]

but they're new so the only way they can go is up

[burnt ridge]

yeah fair

i lowk fw the campus honestly

its hella modern

the location is isolated imo

[midnight vine]

there's an in-n-out in merced

we always stop there otw to retreats

[wooden sierra]

[wooden sierra]

Literally me 😔

Got rejected riverside but wled ucsc and Berkeley

It’s screwed

[burnt ridge]

RIVERSIDE??

i bet it has to be yield protection 😭

[wooden sierra]

YESSSS

That hurt so so bad

[burnt ridge]

😭

riverside got a big ego (jk)

i think it was yield protecetion prolly

cause they prolly know u wouldnt attend their school

[tropic minnow]

Yeah it’s getting pretty good in the stem area

Of course it’s not perfect, still growing and all that, but it’s way better than people treat it

[pale spire]

I got rejected Irvine and accepted Berkeley which was mildly goofy

[deft thorn]

Damm is EA worth it this much?

Should have fucking done it

[midnight vine]

should've gone

[bold bear]

i have a friend who got into all ucs except for irvine last year

[midnight vine]

that was me but wl and i got off the wl so

[high bronze]

did u apply to every UC ?

smae story here but only to the ones i applied to

i was able to get regents @ uci

[midnight vine]

oh no

just berk la irvine davis

[midnight vine]

yeah i meant this

[sweet citrus]

<t:1733212740:F>

[tropic minnow]

Doomsday comes soon, prepare for the inevitable

[pale spire]

Help 😭

[burnt ridge]

<t:1733212740:F>

[warped dome]

I heard Irvine is really weird for admissions. A lot of top students get rejected there

[midnight vine]

what is this witchcraft

[dry pollen]

It’s good for questies

[forest grotto]

idk how to order my uc activities, should i group my activities together and my awards together as separate things? like activities for 1-5 and then awards and then more activities?

[midnight vine]

depends on how impactful your awards are

i did international/national awards 1-5, then activities, then added stuff like ap scholar at the very end

[forest grotto]

i have some national/international awards but theyre not that important to me, should i still list them first?

sorry maybe im overthinking this

yeah i def am

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/_files/documents/2023-counselor-conference/pdfs-with-notes/all-in-the-details_maximizing-the-activities-and-awards-section_with-notes.pdf

for anyone else who needs it this helped me a lot 👍

[high bronze]

I think order it from importance to you. I listed the activities that I had the most passion for first. I didn’t really have academic awards apart from the standard college board ones

[tropic minnow]

Oats got into MIT and WL at Irvine, yeah its pretty weird

[burnt ridge]

irvine was tweaking this admission cycles or some 😭

[deft thorn]

3. What would you say is your greatest talent or skill? How have you developed and demonstrated that talent over time?

For this prompt can my greatest skill be something like not really academics related but something stupid but kinda cool?

[high bronze]

Yes, mine wasn’t about academics at all.

Oh I didn’t answer that PIQ specifically but none of my PIQs were academics related

Just stuff that I had a passion for

[deft thorn]

I only finished two so far but so far its about robotics club for the 1st PIQ and then Physics related which is passion/academics ig

thank you

[deft thorn]

this is so helpful thank you

[high bronze]

Yep Goodluck!

[forest grotto]

which ucs are best for environmental/natural sciences? i figured since im writing the uc app i might as well check off a bunch of schools

i have ucla ucb and ucsd rn

[sweet citrus]

I would assume ucd is good considering it’s an agricultural school

[forest grotto]

is it very rural?

[marsh sparrow]

ucb rausser

[sweet citrus]

It’s about 20-30 mins from Sacramento which is a solidly populated city

But Davis itself is more of a college town

It’s also day trip distance from sf if you have a car

[forest grotto]

that doesnt sound too bad some people online make it sound like the worst tbh

[sweet citrus]

Online people like to complain lmfao

We literally have a surf club

And they manage to make it work

[marsh sparrow]

if there's a will theres' a way

[sweet citrus]

Yeah

[sweet citrus]

Also Davis is one of the few towns I can name that are very student run like one of our best paying jobs is city bus driver (only undergrads can be one) and we have an event called picnic day run by students that attracts more people than the town of Davis’s population some years

[forest grotto]

tbh that sounds kind of fun i might add davis

[sweet citrus]

Yeah we’re also very biking centered

Easy to get basically anywhere on bike and very safe to

[forest grotto]

i love that tbh

do you know anything about ucsc?

[marsh sparrow]

yeah my brother still bikes

[sweet citrus]

I do not but @tropic minnow or @desert escarp may

I go to Davis tho for questions abt that

[paper mountain]

If I'm an international application do the high school course requirements still apply to me? I haven't taken two out of three of the sciences. Thank you!

[desert escarp]

Hi

[forest grotto]

do you know anything about the ecology and evolution major at ucsc?

[desert escarp]

not really but id assume it’s pretty strong

there’s a lot of genetics research and also overall environment/ecology-related programs going on here so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to do stuff alongside your courses

the elective courses look pretty interesting

ya the program looks pretty good to me

[forest grotto]

what's the social atmosphere like?

[desert escarp]

it’s pretty chill you’ll find friends in classes pretty easily

there are parties/raves if you put yourself out there

[forest grotto]

tbh that sounds pretty good too

i might add ucsc and ucd since im doing this app anyway lol

[dry pollen]

Davis, Berk, ucsc, I heard La has a decent env sci program but it’s very small

Like maybe 80 people per grade in the major

[midnight vine]

they let undergrads drive buses??? damn

[sweet citrus]

Pays ~$20/hr yep

Only undergrads can

For city buses

County are actual adults tho

[midnight vine]

wow

i would if i knew how to drive

i mean i do

but not buses

[sweet citrus]

You need a normal driver’s license but if you get the job they train you to get a bus license

[midnight vine]

ah

[sweet citrus]

But yeah since it’s operated by our student gov and partially funded by the city basically Davis residents pay fare but undergrads ride free with id but all routes save for one (which ends at the high school and only runs a couple times a day) run to one of two terminals at UCD

I am a huge nerd abt this!

The thing is the schedule is kinda dogwater

[desert escarp]

we have some student bus drivers too

[sweet citrus]

And if you live in west village (the main upperclassmen housing/some off campus) the buses run more often but are always packed

[desert escarp]

metro buses are all adults but sometimes students drive campus loop ones

[sweet citrus]

How often do y’all have bus crashes

[desert escarp]

definitely add both

[desert escarp]

Idt there’s been one yet

this year at least

[sweet citrus]

Oh wtf

Oh

I was in one last year 💀

Not as driver

Was hella minor tho we just sideswiped a parked car

[desert escarp]

💀

there might have been minor ones but I haven’t heard

[midnight vine]

have you ever driven

[sweet citrus]

I dont even have a normal license so no

[midnight vine]

oh

[sweet citrus]

I have yet to go in a vintage double decker bus either

But they recently started running them for weekend farmer’s markets for free

I took the first two but these are the three bus types we have. First one runs for most routes, second (vintage double decker) runs occasionally and does multi routes or special events or farmer’s markets, and third (modern double decker which is the front bus) runs high traffic routes

The buses like to display nice messages too as shown in the first

[midnight vine]

vintage double decker looks so pretty

[tropic minnow]

There was one major one awhile back where the driver died, but apart from that crashes aren’t very common

[forest grotto]

submitted 🥳

[tropic minnow]

They bought new buses after that so a lot of the stuff is new

I think

They still feel old but they work perfectly fine

Also yeah our guys drive buses two, I saw a kid driving a bus while standing up instead of sitting in the seat and that was pretty funny

And yes we have very good environmental/genetics program, the genetics program is actually world renowned, and in general UCSC earth sciences and science in general is pretty strong, from what I’ve learned from older students you have good opportunities

[forest grotto]

tbh that sounds so good

[tropic minnow]

It’s a great school for what you seem to be interested in, and I agree with everything Chip said.

Of course, all the other schools you mentioned have great programs also, and I agree with Carly that Davis has strong programs, so you won’t go wrong going to any of them

[paper mountain]

can someone please help 😭 If I don't meet the course requirements, I'm not gonna write those essays

[high bronze]

here they are

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/international-applicants/applying-for-admission/

you need 2 years apparently

[paper mountain]

In this case, I can't apply right?

[tropic minnow]

I would ask

But I didn’t have my art credit done by the time I graduated high school

I had to do that during the summer

And all the UCs I got into still took me

[glad aurora]

u can ask me davis q too im doing ds :)

wrong ping but right person so oh well

[runic grail]

for ucsd college rankings put

1. sixth
2. seventh
3. eighth

You can mix seventh and sixth if lopcation isn't too important to you cause seventh will easily have the nicest on campus housing cause you get an APARTMENT not a dorm

You get a kitchen, living room, fridge, private shower (shared with 5-7 others)

[silent nymph]

Dang rly

[runic grail]

yes i'm in it

it's pretty great

[frosty ibex]

dang ok thanks for the tip

do you think that the campus housing far outweigh the other like .. cultural (?) aspects of the colleges

[tropic minnow]

Another day, one step closer to doomsday

[worn aurora]

You’re in seventh? What building

[runic grail]

nobody gaf abt the “cultural” aspects

Seventh is abt a changing world i promise nobody gives two shits abt it

[runic grail]

the west tower

[worn aurora]

Oh shii me too

[sweet citrus]

Ig this could refer to the gen eds it comes with right

I am not sure if atry was referring to that too but I’ve heard some ucsd college gen ed sequences are kinda dogwater

[night shore]

chalk it up to institutional priorities that we’ll never truly know

[worn aurora]

personally i didnt like the idea of being crammed in a small room with 3 other sweaty people like in UCLA but to each their own

[dry pollen]

I’m in a triple rn and it’s genuinely fine

I enjoy it more than a double

[marsh sparrow]

hrm

sounds fishy

[pale spire]

Lowkey forgot most places don’t only have doubles and singles

[midnight vine]

triples suck ass double superiority

[harsh spindle]

deluxe triples do be nice

especially if you're in olympic/centennial (like me 😄)

[runic grail]

triple isn’t bad

Especially if ur roommates r chill af

[high bronze]

As a double person yeah

[worn aurora]

Don’t yall have quads

[tropic minnow]

Olympic was nice when I was there

Kinda miss it

But maybe that’s just me reminiscing

[harsh spindle]

bro what

💀

no one has quads here lmao

[harsh spindle]

olympic's sister building centennial is better

it's 1/3rd the size of olympic but the same amount of elevators and more restrooms per room

feels less crowded

[burnt ridge]

olympic

i just want u for my own

[tulip relic]

both my parents are green card holders though my dad has been a permanent resident of california since october 2020

[dry pollen]

Real I love de Neve

[dry pollen]

Nah you even admitted it was chill

[dry pollen]

Not a single quad here

UCSC and Davis have quads

And Irvine

[harsh spindle]

what's ur q

[harsh spindle]

ain't that a commuter school

why do they have quads

[tulip relic]

what is q?

it's about my parents' citizenship

they have green cards and are legal permanent residents but not citizens

[harsh spindle]

question

[tulip relic]

oh

my parents citizenship

like yes they have their green cards and are legal residents of the us but are they citizens or not

[dry pollen]

yeah

[dry pollen]

idk

[harsh spindle]

citizens = U.S. passport

[dry pollen]

my friend is in one

[tulip relic]

ah

then no

my parents are legal residents but yeah they are not citizens

[marsh sparrow]

Fishy fishy

[dry pollen]

you are fishy

[marsh sparrow]

🐟

[dense epoch]

I’ve been summoned

[sly plover]

hurry up people

remember your entire future is dependent on these essays

[worn aurora]

Wouldn’t say entire future

[prime hawk]

im crashing out

[tropic minnow]

Phlooph are you applying to UCs?

[prime hawk]

absofuckinglutely

[tropic minnow]

W what major

[prime hawk]

computer science....

😭

might slihgtly be cooked but we r hopeful

ill also be applying to ucsc :)

[tropic minnow]

Godspeed soldier

[tropic minnow]

WW

[prime hawk]

love u avi

[prime hawk]

is the hosuing as bad as they say it is....

EVER SINGLE UCSC ADMISSIONS REEL IVE GOTTEN HAS HOUSING COMMENTS 😭

[tropic minnow]

You'll get housing first year

[prime hawk]

wahoo!

[tropic minnow]

From what the older students tell me it depends

Like for starters its not Purdue bad

But you start searching generally around January

[prime hawk]

😭

[tropic minnow]

Also you can find stuff, it just might not be in your ideal price range

[prime hawk]

ahh yes i did hear about that

fair enough ok thats managable i feel

its quite scenic at ucsc right

i did hear its very beautiful in terms of nature

[tropic minnow]

Yeah thats kinda how all the older students described it. Not ideal but managable if you do it right

[tropic minnow]

Yes it is

Very pretty

[prime hawk]

i can handle that 🔥

[prime hawk]

aww very nice

i love me a campus thats very aesthetically pleasing

will make my eventual post exam meltdowns more managable

[tropic minnow]

Real

[tropic minnow]

True you can cook

Also I don't have many photos cause I'm waiting for my camera to arrive but here are some I've taken with my phone (old iphone XS or XR I forget which one)

[prime hawk]

actually so nice

i fw nature heavily

[tropic minnow]

Yeah it looks way better in person

[prime hawk]

has the location

of it being rather far away from the big cities

been a big issue for u avi

[tropic minnow]

Uh not really. I do miss in and out but its not that big of a deal. Most of what I want I can get on campus or in Santa Cruz itself.

I do know some people take the highway 17 bus on the weekend to go to San Jose and the Bay as a whole to enjoy the amenities there so you can always do that. There's also a rent a car service you can do. Older students I know ride together in the cars some of them own when they want to go up to SF or other bay area places.

If you're desperate and need an uber, I will say you can get one but the prices suck

[prime hawk]

oh shit wait thats goated

i love public transport

in and out is also crazy 😭

[tropic minnow]

Yeah the bus lines here are actually pretty good when it comes to getting around Santa Cruz itself

We get free rides

Except for the 17 but thats ok

[prime hawk]

is it a big hassle to take the bus to the more populated areas of cali

kinda an odd question

[tropic minnow]

Wdym

Like to the bay?

[prime hawk]

yessir

like

long?

or short travel time

[tropic minnow]

Oh

Uh to San Jose its about an hour

By bus I think Santa Cruz to something like SF can take 2-3 depending on how you time it

The highway 17 itself has some decent times from what I remember the timetables showing

I dont know about the bus lines in San Jose to other areas of the bay though

But I do know Cal Trains did electrify a portion of the line that goes from SF to somewhere

[prime hawk]

damnn fair enough

oh wow

[tropic minnow]

So it might be faster if you're willing to pay a bit more

[prime hawk]

hopefully no one died!

haha

get it

electrified

haha

https://tenor.com/view/haechan-127hivemind-alpha-wolf-nct-nct-haechan-gif-26541424

regardless tysm for all the info avi

its actually so helpful

i appreciate u

[tropic minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/reddit-is-down-the-hall-gif-16217874748283718723

[tropic minnow]

Yeah lol no problem always happy to help, feel free to ask whenever you have questions

[sweet citrus]

Gen chat kids wouldn’t understand

[tropic minnow]

That implies gen chat kids could understand anything in the first place

[prime hawk]

very true

i am illiterate

[sweet citrus]

Hi vsauce, Michael here. What is a gen chat? Is it related to a gen shin?

I’d say both have quite an impact 🤣

[tropic minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/roblox-gif-27464673

[sweet citrus]

Both my brainrot and dad joke ratios have gone up sigmaficantly this app cycle and idk what that means

[tropic minnow]

It means its over for you, the infection has taken over

Give up now

[worn aurora]

Damn, best of luck to you bro I got cooked so hard last year

[warped dome]

By all of them? Or just a few

[worn aurora]

I got into most UCs, cooked by other out of states and private schools though (waitlist warrior)

[marsh sparrow]

where'd you end up

[worn aurora]

I’m at ucsd rn

[marsh sparrow]

Nice

[sly plover]

I would

[dry pollen]

UCSD cs is solid

[dry pollen]

You got this phlooph I better see you at La 😡

[midnight vine]

you spelled berkeley wrong

[worn aurora]

I also got into LA but I didn’t end up going

[dry pollen]

He’s too cool to be going to your depression school

[dry pollen]

Dang why

[midnight vine]

bro is literally a cs major

[midnight vine]

cscscscscscs

[dry pollen]

@hood wya

[dry pollen]

?

[midnight vine]

ucsd cs > ucla cs im presuming

[worn aurora]

I thought there was better cs opportunities here and less grade deflation

[dry pollen]

Uh no

[worn aurora]

And I heard ucla cs was too theoretical

[dry pollen]

I see

[worn aurora]

Also LA is too chaotic for me

[dry pollen]

UCLA actually grade inflates like crazy

[dry pollen]

This is true

[worn aurora]

I know plenty of people here that did the same but to each their own, I like the sports part about LA but too bad the football team is trash

[dry pollen]

Idk about La cs in comparison to sd cs but I know La cs is definitely a lot harder than like Davis cs

[dry pollen]

Basketball >>>

[worn aurora]

Yeah if it were between that then LA would be an obvious choice

[worn aurora]

True

[dry pollen]

Yeah no I mean course load wise

[dry pollen]

Both women’s and men’s ‼️

[dry pollen]

I also think the types of people both schools attract are very different

Like I would not enjoy sd

But my best friend is there and loves it

[worn aurora]

Yeah that’s fair

It’s definitely not a traditional campus

[worn aurora]

Idk much about Davis cs though friend there says it’s actually not bad

[dry pollen]

Yeah one of my other close friends is there and she has more of a social life than me

Their cs is very chill

[dry pollen]

Yeah I hated it

Also the college system is icky

[worn aurora]

I’m in seventh so I got pretty lucky when it came to the colleges in terms of both living and GEs except it’s far from everything

[dry pollen]

Oh you’re blessed

I wanted Muir but I got revelle

[worn aurora]

Yeah the lower cs classes seem chill, ik ucla also has the same thing but i find priority enrollment convenient because i have friends at Berkeley who are cs majors and they have to fight for classes with other majors

[dry pollen]

Are you regents?

[worn aurora]

No

But they pre-authorize you to enroll in classes if you’re in the cse department

[dry pollen]

Yeah I agree I have priority and I would have been screwed otherwise 😭 I know for ucla cs you have to take 4 classes essentially every quarter yo graduate on time but Davis is 3

[dry pollen]

Ohh

[worn aurora]

Makes getting popular classes easier

[worn aurora]

Yeah the major has a lot of reqs including physics I think

[dry pollen]

That’s very nice

[worn aurora]

I can basically graduate comfortably in 3 years or even winter quarter my junior year if I really locked in

[dry pollen]

Yeah 5 physics + I think 1 or 2 labs

[dry pollen]

Very chill

[worn aurora]

Yeah I don’t like physics so that’s another thing

[harsh spindle]

Yeah ucla cs is an actual cs degree

by actual cs degree, I mean you actually learn computer science and not just software engineering

[harsh spindle]

She’s not wrong

In industry, UCSD CS gets a better rep than UCLA CS presumably because perhaps their focus in CS is geared towards software engineering and other derivatives of that

In academia though, UCLA CS is a lot stronger

I have seen plenty of people take SD CS over LA CS which is a fair pick

[worn aurora]

I’m saying that it’s too theoretical for me, the courses (not just cs ones) here imo balance theory and practice pretty well

But that’s just from what I was told and what my limited experience dictates so far

[harsh spindle]

You’re correct

UCLA CS is more theoretical which is a common complaint amongst CS students here

[worn aurora]

I argue that sd is better for academia because the amount of research opportunity for freshmen and undergrads in general is amazing

[fringe wyvern]

theoretical cs is a W

[harsh spindle]

I disagree

[fringe wyvern]

ucla math is also amazing

[harsh spindle]

there are plenty of research opportunities here, I work in the CS dept and most of the cs students here who are in academia excel and generally get placed within the research teams of magnificent 7

[worn aurora]

UCLA math is undoubtedly better than SD

[harsh spindle]

that being said

If I were in CS

And wanted to be an SWE

I would pick SD

but if I wanted to go to grad school in CS, I would take ucla

[worn aurora]

My goal isn’t grad school, I do think ucla does have an edge in the industry just because of name recognition overall however I just don’t think it was the right learning environment for me

[harsh spindle]

also idk where Ruby is getting grade inflation from but everyone doesn’t get As gifted here lmao

[fringe wyvern]

ngl i kinda want to math undergrad and CS phd 🥴

[harsh spindle]

No of course, to each their own, I am just saying what I know about our CS

[harsh spindle]

that’s what I am doing

[fringe wyvern]

goated

[harsh spindle]

And is, in fact, much better than doing CS undergrad

[worn aurora]

Tbh most of cs undergrad you can teach yourself

[fringe wyvern]

yeah

[harsh spindle]

yep

[fringe wyvern]

i mean you can do the same with math arguably

[harsh spindle]

hm, I have seen the opposite

[worn aurora]

I know someone here who picked sd over la and Berkeley eecs which was a bit wild to me

[harsh spindle]

I think SD in CS has a better name

[worn aurora]

At least for quant roles, la does have a larger presence

[harsh spindle]

oh quant

well yeah

I am in fact right now on my way to attend the Jane Street event LOL

[worn aurora]

That’s fire

Ik someone who’s a freshman here and has had interviews from Jane street, citadel, hrt, etc.

[harsh spindle]

I didn’t apply to IB firms because all of them just recruit from Ivy League so I thought why bother

[dense epoch]

if this was ucla cs in engineering i wud take it in a hard beat

also ucla is one of the only schools that offers the amazon sure program

[tranquil peak]

which uc is best to do med at and get hte courses within 4 years

[dry pollen]

Idk my friends who are cs here at ucla were originally committed to ucsd and they told me that they decommitted because ucla cs was stronger and more geared towards their career goals

[dry pollen]

did you not see the cluster midterm average

I'm sure there's not grade inflation in your grad courses but there most certainly is in many ug courses

[prime hawk]

Ty ruby!!!

https://tenor.com/view/cute-cat-love-sticker-gif-20955923

Ngl ucla ucb ucsd if anyone accepts me i would be overjoyed

[dry pollen]

I believe in you

[marsh sparrow]

agreed

[marsh sparrow]

especially uc berkeley

ucla cs doesnt compete

[high bronze]

UCLA cs is great tho

[glossy haven]

Why is cs undergrad not good

[marsh sparrow]

ucla cs is terrible the only good cs program is berkeley 👍 💯

[harsh spindle]

Ok but the cluster’s primary goal is to take out multiple GEs for students

it’s not really feeding into their major GPA

[harsh spindle]

if applying for grad school

if for technical job, pursuing a PhD is a waste

[glossy haven]

But like what’s wrong with cs undergrad then more cs grad

[harsh spindle]

A math intensive background will prepare you much better for research in CS

[harsh spindle]

CMU

[worn aurora]

Pretty sure that goes both ways, if you ask someone at ucla obviously they’ll justify their choice for that school and the other way around is the same

[worn aurora]

Nah Merced

[harsh spindle]

Nah SJSU

[marsh sparrow]

never heard of that school before

[harsh spindle]

lowkey though, I have heard sjsu gets cracked placements

[harsh spindle]

typical Ivy League elitist mentality, I don’t blame you

it’s the system

[worn aurora]

Yeah but you can’t get classes/graduate on time unless you come in with a ton of credits

[harsh spindle]

oh damn

rip

[marsh sparrow]

average overly pressed ucla student

[glossy haven]

Ok but doesn’t cmu have like the top cs program in the country

[harsh spindle]

pressed about CS?

[worn aurora]

It’s also expensive yes

[harsh spindle]

they’re joking lmao

[worn aurora]

CMU? Central Michigan University?

[harsh spindle]

best state to study

[high bronze]

My friend is applied math and he’s really goated I aspire to be like him 🤩

[marsh sparrow]

pressed about ivy league prestige

[worn aurora]

Damn you all summoned the unemployed council

[harsh spindle]

😂

[marsh sparrow]

ts too funny ngl

[harsh spindle]

what are you studying in AI

computer vision?

[worn aurora]

Prompt engineering

[marsh sparrow]

artificial intelligence

[harsh spindle]

Wow 👏

Real impressive

[marsh sparrow]

thank you

a lot more impressive than anything at ucla

[midnight vine]

idk about this man im at berkeley and can easily get into the cs classes as someone not even cs or eng

[high bronze]

Going to add that I’m not regents and didn’t “fight” both sems, got my first-choice options woooo

[high bronze]

Maybe we are unicorns and we got mad lucky 😎

[high bronze]

Oh I guess I did get priority 😢 but point stands maybe? Since it’s also data science majors and cs majors

[midnight vine]

How are you priority

[high bronze]

I meant reserved seats

[midnight vine]

wdym

[marsh sparrow]

rsrvd seets

[high bronze]

some classes reserve seats for certain majors

here's an example

[tropic minnow]

You're still competing with those in your major but its probably better than no reserved seats

[midnight vine]

yeah that's not really priority

i don't have reserved seats tho but I get cs classes fine

[marsh sparrow]

big ones tho

smaller ones prolly harder

[high bronze]

yeah i misspoke

[marsh sparrow]

like anyone can get A/B/C and maybe 70

[harsh spindle]

damn, someone’s pressed

[marsh sparrow]

agreed

i think its you

[harsh spindle]

alright bud

[high bronze]

let's be nice guys!!

[marsh sparrow]

have to put the inferior ucla students in their place

[harsh spindle]

😂

the joke keeps writing itself

[marsh sparrow]

what joke

[prime hawk]

Ngl I think I would die at Berkeley

under the stress

[marsh sparrow]

dont die

its not worth it

[prime hawk]

Thank you fangs

Love ur work

[worn aurora]

Yeah there’s spots in certain lower div cs courses reserved for cs, engineering, civil, undeclared l&s, etc. my friend in civil engineering at Berkeley says there’s more seats reserved for civil in some big cs classes than for cs majors

[marsh sparrow]

wait acc just come u dont need to try too hard

just enjoy life

and get a good job

something u cant do at ucla

[prime hawk]

😭😭😭

bro I gotta

Get in first

[harsh spindle]

why more for civil

[prime hawk]

I appreciate the offer though

lowk though Berk cs is kinda crazy

I recall seeing graphic of the medial salaries of cs grads from ucs

[worn aurora]

ML/data stuff is big for civil ig

[marsh sparrow]

eecs or pure cs

[prime hawk]

The rest was like concentrated around the 140k mark

And then Berk was like 220k

😭

[marsh sparrow]

😁

[prime hawk]

which ones less competitive

[worn aurora]

It’s inflated by quant

[marsh sparrow]

eecs

last year at least

[prime hawk]

eecs then

[marsh sparrow]

might change

[worn aurora]

eecs has a higher acceptance because cs switched to direct admit

[marsh sparrow]

but prolly eecs still

[marsh sparrow]

yes

[harsh spindle]

I see but shouldn’t that happen for upper divs? lower divs are preparatory/prereq classes

[marsh sparrow]

the difference is pretty substantial though

7.6% to 1.9%

[prime hawk]

1.9????

wtf

[marsh sparrow]

yeah

[prime hawk]

not skibidi

[marsh sparrow]

lower than haas 😮

jk still higher than some haas majors

[high bronze]

However take into account that just more people apply for raw CS

[worn aurora]

I’m not sure about the upper divs, all I know is at least for the intro cs course and a few ml ones, civil and some other majors have a pretty large reserved seating percentage

[prime hawk]

ok so

eecs is less competitive?

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/946396517915295824/997972892274921492/attachment.gif

[harsh spindle]

damn, good to know

[worn aurora]

I’d argue they’re both competitive but then again I know 10+ people last year that applied as eecs and was waitlisted while everyone who applied cs got rejected

Including me ofc

[prime hawk]

owch rip

[marsh sparrow]

yes

[prime hawk]

Berk is crazy ngl

[marsh sparrow]

true

[prime hawk]

like I have a friend there

[marsh sparrow]

consulting clubs

[prime hawk]

Who plays poker every day

[marsh sparrow]

...

[worn aurora]

I visited my friend there over the weekend, apparently some dude spent 3 days in the library

[midnight vine]

what do you wanna do

[prime hawk]

No it’s another guy

[worn aurora]

And there’s famous homeless people if

[marsh sparrow]

ok good

[prime hawk]

dw

[worn aurora]

Ig

[midnight vine]

bc if you like coding but not hardware you'll hate eecs

[dry pollen]

speak for yourself it counts for mine 🤷‍♀️

[prime hawk]

lowk like

[marsh sparrow]

coming to spens black to play poker at midnight td

[prime hawk]

I could see myself liking it

[marsh sparrow]

most likely

[high bronze]

This is kinda true 😭 like I know the regulars

[harsh spindle]

good for you I suppose

[dry pollen]

Go to 14a as well and ls 7a

[prime hawk]

omg all the uc students here

[marsh sparrow]

bro even getting flamed by students from his own school

[worn aurora]

Do you know that one dude who prints unique posters every day and posts them around campus

[marsh sparrow]

generationally bad run

unlucky for the young lad

[prime hawk]

Chat

Should I apply to Merced

[high bronze]

Ima go the hardware side I find it more interesting, I think

🤩

[high bronze]

No

[midnight vine]

have fun

[harsh spindle]

blud thinks I care

[dry pollen]

yeah it's wonderful

[midnight vine]

lmk when you're at u3 ill dox you to a2c

[marsh sparrow]

ive won like 230 in the past 2 days

[prime hawk]

ok wait

genuine question

[dry pollen]

maybe your major just doesn't grade inflate

[marsh sparrow]

schlawg

[high bronze]

Me ?

[prime hawk]

Is there any point

[marsh sparrow]

like take a pic?

[prime hawk]

For putting an alternative major

[marsh sparrow]

blud seems to care a lot

[prime hawk]

That’s more competitive than my selected major

[dry pollen]

cause I know ls most definitely grade inflates, same w like polisci and pub aff, etc

[high bronze]

I’ve only been to unit 2

[prime hawk]

or is it pointless

[marsh sparrow]

yes

[harsh spindle]

well yes, we are the math department, we aren’t like the other departments :/

[prime hawk]

Ok got it

Ty fangy

[harsh spindle]

you got a problem?

[dry pollen]

Lowkey even lower div math classes inflate

[prime hawk]

lowk like ignore him

He just hates

[midnight vine]

wtf slide some over

[dry pollen]

like my friend is in 32a and their average was like an 85

[prime hawk]

Love u fangy