All UCs (2024-2025)

[high bronze]

I’m tripping rn lol

[worn aurora]

I just search up websites yeah

[tidal birch]

but i did

[worn aurora]

I think there’s a specific site called wuxiaworld

But usually it’s just any site I find

[tidal birch]

omniscient readers viewpoint u probably heard of before

[high bronze]

Nope I haven’t

[worn aurora]

Oh yeah that’s the only novel I really liked reading

And I rarely read

11/10 story

So beautiful

[tidal birch]

https://preview.redd.it/g5wvo8akvzh31.png?auto=webp&s=e8af71d6e4abc60d461eb513a25206b92eae767b

[worn aurora]

Absolute cinema

[high bronze]

HAHAHAH

[grand pilot]

guys why cant i bold words on the additional info section

[noble kraken]

Why?

[cyan fog]

do you think its worth talking about leading a very big club event for the leadership prompt

i dont want it to be cliche

[noble kraken]

I don't think "cliche" matters

Do it

They love community impact

https://www.ucop.edu/uc-operations/mission-goals/mission-vision-values.html

[cyan fog]

tysm

and tysm again for sharing that link

[noble kraken]

Np
Also look at this for the factors they review you on and try to target those: https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-freshman/how-applications-are-reviewed.html

[tulip relic]

do i just list “biology” bc my transcript calls biology bio but ucs minimum characters limit is 4

[pale spire]

Yup that’s fine

[runic grail]

come to ucsd bro our dining hall was playing This is Ken Carson on spotify

[tulip relic]

i visited earlier this year in august

[wooden sierra]

were all the ppl on their phones playing brawl stars

[runic grail]

YES

LMAO

[wooden sierra]

LMFAOOO

[noble kraken]

Submitted my application 🙏

[midnight vine]

W

[tulip relic]

im almost there

[worn aurora]

Everyone ik plays brawl stars

I don’t

[tidal birch]

holy shit it smells like hot ass in the ground floor

[tulip relic]

its giving computer science

[warm relic]

I was just there

[midnight vine]

💀

[tidal birch]

i’m not tripping am i

[midnight vine]

dawg im at home

and everybody i knew on my floor left

so maybe its just you

[tidal birch]

oh shit

duck

fuck

i forgot i’m stuck in this hellhole

[high bronze]

so many of the people i know have left 💀

its gonna feel so good being back at home

i want to see my cat

and bunny

and parents

and sister

and brother

[worn aurora]

I’m home and I’m bored as shit

[slate mountain]

do most ppl use the additional info/comments section

[dry pollen]

Hahhahaha

I went home too

[tidal birch]

bro what 😭

u said wednesday

[dry pollen]

Yeah my mom changed my flight yesterday cause I’m very sick 😭

Back in San Fran 😎

[tidal birch]

shi i’m very sick rn can southwest make my flight today

[dry pollen]

You should have my friend is flying southwest rn

I’m so sad it’s not raining here anymore

[tidal birch]

yeah it just stopped this morning lol

[dry pollen]

It stopped in my home like a day ago

So sad I wish it was raining this week

[slate mountain]

someone said to explain things missing on your application in the additional sections and that it (apparently) helped her app a lot

[dry pollen]

I did to talk about health issues

[warm relic]

If you don’t have anything worthwhile to talk about then don’t but if u do then do it

[slate mountain]

can i

talk about financial issues

or do they only look at that thru fafsa

[tidal birch]

if they relate to any part of ur education to explain factors such as a drop in grades yes

[slate mountain]

oh not the grades' additional info section

the piqs one

additional comments

[tidal birch]

well yeah another other factors

[slate mountain]

ohh okay

[dry pollen]

If it’s impacted you significantly you should include it

[thin shell]

hi does anyone here have access to Calanswers?

[slate mountain]

okay sorry for the questions but does being limited to extracurriculars and transportation counts

[dry pollen]

My health didn’t impact my academic performance but it impacted a lot of other things in my life

[slate mountain]

ahh

[dry pollen]

You can include that if you’d like but they alr look at things in a regional context

For example if you’re in an area with limited ecs they’re aware

You can add it though if you want

[slate mountain]

okay 🫡 thank u so much

[marsh sparrow]

Lmao i came back to Berkeley today

[tidal birch]

for ur retainers?

[marsh sparrow]

Yes

And poker

[tidal birch]

well well well

[marsh sparrow]

😬😃

[high bronze]

I used it

[slate mountain]

yeah i still cant make up my mind

😭

im trying to think if ill regret using/not using it

either way i feel regret

im stressing myself out so much over this application

[worn aurora]

You’ll always think that you should’ve done something else different but sometimes doing things different does not guarantee different outcomes and that’s life. So the best thing you can do right now is put your best foot forward in your current position, once you’ve done that everything else is outside of your control

[tulip relic]

i explain my circumstances mainly in my piqs

though i have to explain the lack of rigor in 9th grade in additional comments

[slate mountain]

🥲 okay

thank you guys

but if i dont get in anywhere it'll be fine, right 🥹

[nocturne vector]

Hi I had a quick question regarding the UC application. It is asking me if I had taken any high school level courses in 7th or 8th grade. I took Geometry in the summer between 8th and 9th grade. Would I add Geometry or would I add it to my 9th grade course list.

[tulip relic]

8th

[warm relic]

Eh it’s not bad

[warm relic]

Yeah

[dry pollen]

Bro trust Im sure you have dream schools and everything about where you want to go but the reality is you won’t know if you’ll like it till you experience it. It’ll all turn out ok, even if it’s not what you expected/wanted so just try your best! Ultimately, the end goal is to be happy where you’re at and happiness can be found everywhere

[short furnace]

it is what it is

when you're ready, submit and hope for the best

good luck

[high bronze]

@tidal birch is ur floor a ghost town

mine is XD

[tidal birch]

yes

it’s actually very eerie

ppl are usually loud at this hour

[high bronze]

since im not leaving till thursday morning morning tmr ima grtidn some paulin final problems

and thursday ima go home rot, eat dinner with fam and relax

[midnight vine]

mine was starting sunday

everybody stayed for the big game then left after

[tidal birch]

even the lights be off bro 💀

the janitors done left

[high bronze]

same bro 💀

[slate orbit]

so does UC app not allow em dashes?

[tidal birch]

im pretty sure i used em in mine so

it should

[frosty ibex]

i think the font in uc app makes it show up weird but imo it's probably okay to use it (i will be)

[tidal birch]

i just wrote it all on a google doc and pasted 🤷

[burnt ridge]

basically

i dont have space

and i want to put

24 Hours

but I did "24 hrs"

is this fine?

[tidal birch]

ehhh.... for ECs im assuming?

if so yeah

[frosty ibex]

it's probably fine

even "24h" would work i'd say

[dense epoch]

Tf u do for 24 h

[tidal birch]

(insert vv joke)

[dense epoch]

😏

[slate mountain]

i noticed that too so i put ---

3 dashes

just in case

[slate mountain]

thank you 🫡

[slate mountain]

🫶🏻🥹

[burnt ridge]

its a hackathon

award

overnight hackathon

3 hours of sleep

💀 💀

i was trying to mention "overnight hackathon"

but no characters

[tidal birch]

just say hackathon ngl

[high bronze]

yeah ^^

[midnight vine]

think 2 is enough tbh

[tidal birch]

it’s a freaking ghost town

god i need to leave asap

[midnight vine]

when are you leaving

[tidal birch]

11 am

tho i leave at like 6 am

if my dumbass oversleeps past my flight

[dull grotto]

for my spanish courses, I did them through dual enrollment but since a language other than english is necessary for me to graduate, do i put it under the grade I did it in academic history

or do i put it under college courses taken in high school section

or both sections?

[worn aurora]

I’ve been missing the amount of mandatory steps I used to get per day

[high bronze]

this might happen to me

i barely wake up in time for data science lecture 💀

[dull grotto]

also wait if a class in my transcript isn't an A-G course but still gave me credit, do I need to report it or no?

[worn aurora]

Is something I’d never thought i see someone say

[high bronze]

it's a nice place to be

i just miss my fam lol

[midnight vine]

me asf

im so unproductive at home

[midnight vine]

yes and my dog

[high bronze]

Have u tried mind coffee matcha

[midnight vine]

holy shit its the best thing ever

i tried it during csk

first ever matcha i tried and it set the bar way too high

[high bronze]

I’m so privileged to live in foothill

😅😅

[midnight vine]

no fr

if i lived in foothill that store would make me bankrupt

i have a class in etcheverry once a week and everytime i go to that class i tell myself im gonna get the matcha

[midnight vine]

but i have a class right after that and im always late to it so :(((

what app is this

[high bronze]

Snackpass

You just order on snack pass

[midnight vine]

oh i cant download that lmfao

[high bronze]

Then pick up the item

Is it iOS only?

[midnight vine]

possibly

[high bronze]

I love etchevery bro

[midnight vine]

it doesn't even show up for me

[high bronze]

Soda has only brought me pain…

[midnight vine]

doorlist, snackpass, can't download any of them

[midnight vine]

😭

soda > etcheverry

[high bronze]

I have a goat uGSI for the class I got in etcheverry

[worn aurora]

True, I’m just rotting all day

[worn aurora]

Isn’t that the one with the broken lock and the ankle breakable concrete

[high bronze]

I don’t know what lock you’re talking about

But yeah sure ankle breakable concrete

Also the one on the hill

Probably easier description

[midnight vine]

currently trying to crank out a 5 page paper thats due at midnight tn bc i spent the last 2 weeks procrastinating

[midnight vine]

spitterman try not to portray berkeley in a negative light challenge

[worn aurora]

I’m a proud open Berkeley hater

When Berkeley loses a football game, I’m a happy man

[midnight vine]

i just think most of it is unfounded when you dont even go here

[worn aurora]

Ive visited on multiple occasions

Half of the things I’m saying aren’t even serious

Berkeley just happens to be the only campus I’m somewhat knowledgeable on because I’ve lived close to there my whole life

[midnight vine]

yeah but i've only heard you say negative things is my point

[worn aurora]

It’s really not meant to be taken that deep

Everyone knows Berkeley is an amazing school academically, my opinion/comments won’t change that

[midnight vine]

yeah but academics is not the only thing people look at when deciding where to go to college

[midnight vine]

have you been to the top yet

[high bronze]

Yep once

Have you ?

[midnight vine]

yessss

[high bronze]

Actually twice

[midnight vine]

v cool

i've only been once

[high bronze]

It’s cool I would so take pics

But my 3x camera kinda broken 💔💔

[midnight vine]

😭 😭 😭

i have phone camera pics that ill send later bc im on laptop rn

[high bronze]

Upgrading my phone though this break

[high bronze]

Yea no worries

[midnight vine]

wait im considering the same but i also feel bad bc my current phone isn't that old

but also its unusable + it isnt an iphone

[high bronze]

I made the switch from android to iOS only cuz iOS has better battery optimization

it's kinda dumb how they gatekeep the 120hz on the "pro" phones

literally the main reason why im getting the "pro" variant lmao

[sly plover]

well theres really only negative things to say about berkeley

[tropic minnow]

Real

[noble kraken]

It turns them into hyphens so I just put two of them like this: --

[tidal birch]

i didn’t oversleep yay

[tidal birch]

i agree

[tidal birch]

goodbye berkeley, hello california 🤩🤩🤩

[iron obsidian]

hi

[pallid stratus]

submitting today… war is over

[slate mountain]

i submitted!!

[midnight vine]

again, y'all don't even go here😭

[tidal birch]

i do

oakland airport is pretty nice

[midnight vine]

damn

[slate orbit]

I did the same

[dry pollen]

Bro what

Where is this

I hate oak airport

SFO is the best one

LAX is also mid asf

[dense epoch]

I lowk also liked the Sacramento one

[dense epoch]

LAX is terrible I hate it

[dry pollen]

Real

The fact that you can’t call Ubers to the airport is wild

[tidal birch]

lax is horrible

just landed

thank god i don’t live near lax

[glad aurora]

what in the huh

[tidal birch]

fuck why is it so hot in LA

there’s no way this is 70

[burnt ridge]

wait till you visit SFO

[burnt ridge]

I agree

I love SFO

everytime I go there i get so excited

[dense epoch]

Thinker are staying Davis for thanksgiving

[strange cloud]

seventh 🙏

bro has beef with erc

isnt marshall like hella old

I BELONG IN THE ASYLUM 🗣️

EVEN MORE REASON FOR ME TO PUT IT #1 (jk i love seventh)

[strange cloud]

you mean san francisco bay oakland international airport

[strange cloud]

based 🙏

i hope sd airport is nice

[dense epoch]

Friends at Marshall but they are making a new Marshall building

[worn aurora]

ERC looks like a prison and basically is a prison if you get in

[worn aurora]

It houses the math and physics department so it makes sense

[strange cloud]

im a hopeful ds major

[worn aurora]

It is but it’s small, I’d compare it to the size of San Jose airport

Data Science should be chill, idk how selective it is but it was a backup major for a lot of people ik who didn’t get into cs but got in for data

[noble kraken]

Surely they can't put me in my 8th choice

[worn aurora]

Just pray you get overflowed into another college or something

[noble kraken]

I feel like not many people applied for eighth

Cuz it's new

Or seventh

And those are my top 2 so hopefully 🙏

[strange cloud]

my second choice is OAS

[noble kraken]

What's that

Orthogonal Aquamarine Science?

[worn aurora]

Your college choice isn’t going to affect your admission chance

You’ll just get put into whatever hierarchy you picked as long as it’s not full

[noble kraken]

I mean the probability that I'll get one of my top choices

[warped dome]

p sure ds is capped

[strange cloud]

oceanic and atmospheric science

[strange cloud]

it is very capped

sub 15%

[noble kraken]

I was pretty close

[glad aurora]

na i left

[high bronze]

DUDE fr LA is so much hotter than the bay area 😭

[high bronze]

im going there for the first time!!

[dry pollen]

You have to go to this other place to call Ubers

[dry pollen]

Ong it’s so so nice

[dry pollen]

The bathrooms 🤩

[dry pollen]

Bro it was colder in La than where I live in the bay 😭

Westwood is freezing

[high bronze]

I guess it's just the day huh

[high bronze]

ill check it out

it's such a ghost town 😭

not leaving till tmr morning

[tulip relic]

last min tips for myself so i can put this app to rest by friday

piqs

• answer the question (tell not show)
• explain why what you described in the area is relevant to you and what it says about you
• first person language

[midnight vine]

wdym first person language, have you been using second/third person language?

[tulip relic]

no

im using first language all the way through

oh and i forgot to mention to provide specific examples of what i do in the piqs

like as a tip/reminder

dw im almost done

once im done im checking in with my parents to verify money/residency info

[worn aurora]

It is but it’s less competitive than cs

[dense epoch]

When u heading off to

[thin shell]

i mean tbh thats what everyone is thinking

most ppl are applying ds first choice now

esp since they all take the same classes

[tidal birch]

baked a cake

2 hours

speedrun

[worn aurora]

The ds major has different course requirements, I’d still recommend applying cs first if you actually want to study it and ds as a backup instead since ucsd admits into the school first

If you don’t get into the majors you’ll be undeclared but then you can switch into any uncapped major freely

[thin shell]

ohh wait i thought we were talking about uc berkekey 😭

but dosent ucsd admit by major?

[half token]

Does anyone know if the ucs are able to see which other schools u applied to. I heard that Berkeley and UCLA communicate sometimes

[midnight vine]

nice!

[midnight vine]

i dont think they can tbh esp bc i know a bunch of people who got into both

[worn aurora]

Yeah I’ve never seen anyone get into an alternate major at Berkeley

[midnight vine]

for uc berkeley you dont necessarily take the same classes in ds vs cs

[worn aurora]

No it admits into the school first then major

So you’ll be considered separately for admission into ucsd and the major

[midnight vine]

ds forces you to take 3 classes in a "domain emphasis" outside of your primary major whereas cs is just cs focused

[worn aurora]

DS isn’t supposed to be similar to CS but people treat it as such

[thin shell]

ohhh i see

so is this the same for engineering?

since im a CE major and i thought you had to apply as CE in order to get into the major

[thin shell]

ohh thats interesting

[worn aurora]

You do

They first see if you’re qualified to get into the school and admit you undeclared and then they evaluate you for your major

If you don’t get accepted into your major then you’ll be undeclared

Or get into your backup major

[thin shell]

ohhhh gotcha

is it hard to go from undeclared to the major tho?

esp in some of the competitive engineering majors

[worn aurora]

Switching into cse department is probably impossible because they plan to increase enrollment so you can’t go through the capped major process

Even then it’s still a lottery and requires you to earn a certain gpa in screening courses

[thin shell]

oh

[worn aurora]

But switching from undeclared to an uncapped major is as easy as just clicking one button

[thin shell]

i feel like that would screw over a lot of ppl who got in undeclared tho 😭

[glad aurora]

concord

[worn aurora]

Yeah which is why they tell you that if you plan to switch then you might want to consider a different major or school

But there’s also a math-cs major that’s uncapped

It’s in the math department though

[glad aurora]

spitterman what major are you

[worn aurora]

cs

[glad aurora]

gotcha

[thin shell]

ohhh gotcha

[high bronze]

U were being for real 💀

[tidal birch]

yessir 💀

[high bronze]

How’d u get to Oakland airport btw

Did I just take public transport

you*

I’m planning on just taking the BART to SFO

[silent nymph]

That looks so good

[tidal birch]

i just used uber

cause something CSR something points

[tidal birch]

thanks

beautiful ahh cake

[dense epoch]

Is this tres leche

[tidal birch]

no it’s strawberry shortcake

technically it could be

[fringe wyvern]

guys which category does AP Enviro fall into?

[half karma]

i just put earth & space

even tho it doesnt really fit there

[fringe wyvern]

also for dual credit

do you list it only under the college

or also under high school

[half karma]

how do i report college credit if it was dual credit and didnt actually take a class there

i also only got 1 grade

[fringe wyvern]

nvm dual credit only under college

r yall putting second sem courses as PL or IP?

[half karma]

has to be pl

[fringe wyvern]

o

[noble kraken]

I did pl

[fringe wyvern]

[tropic minnow]

It should be planned, IP should be this quarter

[tranquil peak]

how do i choose my uc majors like what should i pick

[thin shell]

chose what u want to major in? 😭

[tulip relic]

i put it as pl

[tidal birch]

choose what you’re the least interested in

[high bronze]

choose what you’re the most interested in

[silent nymph]

Uc application doesnt have italics…

Do i just leave foreign words normal

[silent nymph]

oh well i submitted !!!!!!

[high bronze]

Yeah I converted mine to normal

[high bronze]

Congratulations

@tidal birch finally going home bro

[tidal birch]

W

[twilit radish]

yaaaaayyyy

hope all goes well!

[cyan fog]

How to mark a year/course as in progress

am lost

[twilit radish]

IP

[crystal yoke]

are you in state or out of state?

well

UCs are very expensive out of state

like 70-80k if im recalling correctly

and they dont give much aid to out of state students

do you have other schools?

ngl i didnt look at app fees 💀

but i thought it was average

where are u from?

make sure to have some safeties in state that u can afford

oh those are private schools, i didnt get accepted to those os idk

but dont bank on getting in

o i see

idk maryland schols that well

i mainly applied west coast (am from cali)

[worn aurora]

Caltech gives good aid from what I’ve heard, Stanford is definitely on the more expensive side though

[dry pollen]

Their finaid is much much better

Ucs don’t give finaid oos

[neon river]

Hey. Anyone knows how hard ligustic&computer science in Ucla to get in?

[brisk basin]

hard

Like 9% hard

[dry pollen]

It’s in l&s so they don’t accept by major

[noble kraken]

9% is light

1 in 11 ppl

[hollow valve]

Which UC is best for CS?

[dense epoch]

berkeley, ucsd, and ucla, but realistically speaking all are ok

[high bronze]

BRO

the bathrooms are cracked at sfo WTH

[dry pollen]

RIGHT

[high bronze]

I agree with fish

[high bronze]

It’s like marble or something

[dry pollen]

Exactly sfo has such a cracked airport

[high bronze]

I’m going to arrive to the overrated LAX

[dry pollen]

Lax ❌

Lowkey it has pluses though

[noble kraken]

What's sfo

[high bronze]

Ruby are u from the bay ?

[dry pollen]

It’s easier to get out of

[dry pollen]

Yeah

[high bronze]

San Francisco int airport

[dry pollen]

San Fran airport

[noble kraken]

Oh ok

I've prob been there

[high bronze]

We basically swapped lolol. From la but went to bay

[noble kraken]

I lived in California 10 years ago

[dry pollen]

Yesss

Lowkey I like la more…

[dry pollen]

Very cool

[fringe wyvern]

can non CA residents put HL

[warped dome]

san jose has a decent airport. oakland just isnt it

[tulip relic]

i need help

so one of my projects (ec) has a website

do i link it

its a carrd site though

[warped dome]

i dont think they look at links

you can say you have a website

[tulip relic]

but will they check?

just asking

[warped dome]

dont think so

[tulip relic]

so i just mention i have a website

[warped dome]

yep

i mean yk you can put it in the addl info section. they may or may not look at it. i dont think it subtracts from the application

[dry pollen]

I haven’t been to San Jose, oak is ok very mid

[tropic minnow]

San Jose is ok

Very long

I don’t really have complaints, though bathrooms are not great

Also the chick fil a messed up my order so screw them

[tulip relic]

so no links

like i have a site so therefore based on what i can find uc does not care about links like in the additional comments section relating to extracurriculars

[ornate abyss]

oakland airport shouldnt exist

sfo isnt even that far away

[strange cloud]

yo which ucsd college is the worst for AP credit

asking for a friend

[slate mountain]

is this for ucla too

[worn aurora]

No

If you apply for the l&s college they won’t consider your major for admission

[sharp oak]

what do you guys know about housing coops. is that just a berkeley thing

[long thicket]

anyone have thoughts on my ucsd ranking? Im applying engineering major

I'm already kind of set on the first 2 tho

[dense epoch]

uhhh just wow

never seen anything like this is all imma say

[sharp oak]

you can change it until january

don’t stress about it

[long thicket]

what!!! omg what does this mean

[warm relic]

It’s not even that bad

[sharp oak]

after you submit you can change majors and college rankings in the ucsd portal until january

[long thicket]

oh word

[dense epoch]

john muir i havent heard much good things

i wud put seventh and eighth a bit higher

[warm relic]

Yeah just change that and it’s looking better

[dense epoch]

and the engineering one warren i heard was terrible

[sharp oak]

lemme find my ranking

[long thicket]

wait fish i thought u went to usc

or am i buggin

[long thicket]

my sister goes there so i'm okay with it

[warm relic]

When people do engineering rankings it’s typically based off ges

[dense epoch]

i go to usc indeed

[sharp oak]

is marshall good

[dense epoch]

isnt warren the engineering college

[sharp oak]

i put it 3rd

[dense epoch]

i swear thats wut i thought when i was doing rankings

[warm relic]

✅

[long thicket]

How do i choose btwen 7th and 8th

[sharp oak]

until feb actually

[warm relic]

I think their ges are really similar iirc just look at their differences online

Eighth has the newest dorms

Marshall is building new ones rn supposed to finish my fall next year (?) I believe

[dense epoch]

ya put marshall up a bit higher

my friends are at marshall ucsd they told me the new buildings might be done next year

[sharp oak]

does UCSD have housing co-ops

[warm relic]

I have no idea what a co op is

[sharp oak]

oh

my friend that lives in berk was telling me about them

for uc berkeley

its like really cheap housing

4k/sem

[warm relic]

Wtf that cheap

[sharp oak]

yea

i need it too

cuz i can’t afford college at all

[warm relic]

Real

[sharp oak]

hopefully berk will accept me i might go berk or bust

[long thicket]

ur pfp scares me

[sharp oak]

<3

[long thicket]

if I don't have my middle school transcript and can't remember the exact name or spanish course i took, should i just not indicate that i took that language course in 7th to 8th grade

also, what elective category would business fall under?

[sharp oak]

interdisciplinary i think

[thin shell]

just submitted

idk if my ucsd college rankings are good or not 😭

[long thicket]

guys i'm lowkey spamming now but

for the academic coursework section, they have a computer science subject option under math and also one under electives

what should i put? Should i just do what type the course was when i took it? So like if i took it as an elective i mark it as an elective or for example if somebody took it as their math course they'd mark it as math?

[sharp oak]

you can always change them in the ucsd portal!!

[burnt ridge]

Submitted UC's finally

[burnt ridge]

portal come out in december for everyone right?

or is it jus rolling basis

they just give it as u submit?

[sharp oak]

they come out when you submit

yea

i've gotten 4 so far

[burnt ridge]

whend u sunmit?

[sharp oak]

UCI, UCSD, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis

saturday

[burnt ridge]

oh

[sharp oak]

i got most of my portals on tuesday i think

[burnt ridge]

ok ok so they working fast

[sharp oak]

some of them...

i got irvine today, the other 3 were monday i think

still waiting on ucla, santa cruz, and santa barbara

[burnt ridge]

im waiting for all of them

[sharp oak]

when'd you submit?

[sharp oak]

i also got LOR request from berkeley on monday

[sharp oak]

oh just now

[burnt ridge]

30 minutes ago

[sharp oak]

you'll probably start getting them tmrw

[burnt ridge]

33 minutes to be exact

[sharp oak]

i'd recommend bookmarking each portal on chrome just to make them easy to find on decision day

[burnt ridge]

oh dw abtthat

i have a notes section on my mac

with every single college portal

i have

💀

[sharp oak]

ok awesome

[burnt ridge]

lol

[sharp oak]

i j bookmarked on my ipad

[burnt ridge]

oh

[sharp oak]

which UCs did you apply to?

[burnt ridge]

every single

except uc riverside

[sharp oak]

even merced?

zamn

[burnt ridge]

yeah

[sharp oak]

i live in riverside lol i didn't apply

[burnt ridge]

yeah

i didnt apply riverside

[sharp oak]

i'll probs get in anyways through ELC

[burnt ridge]

i dont know the vibe of riverside kinda sets me off

[sharp oak]

how so?

it's not a bad school, n it's a good safety

[coarse tree]

ELC gives Merced not riverside

[sharp oak]

every time?

isn't it eligibility in the local context

UCR is my local school

and i'm pretty sure some students get UCR over merced

not like i'd wanna go anyways

[coarse tree]

The last time people have gotten riverside is 3-4 years ago if I remember correctly

[sharp oak]

oh shit okay

[coarse tree]

That doesn’t matter. ELC is eligible in local context but that’s not what it refers to

[sharp oak]

that makes sense

[coarse tree]

One of the main differences between CSUs and UCs is that CSUs consider geographic proximity and UCs don’t

[sharp oak]

yea i heard ab that

[coarse tree]

UCs it’s just in state or out of state

[sharp oak]

i fucked up my calstate apps so im cooked there anyways

i'm pretty sure they're just gonna throw out my app

[coarse tree]

In what way did you mess them up

[burnt ridge]

how?

😭

not in a rude way

[sharp oak]

i didn't finish my family member thing

and left a bunch of question marks in the boxes i think

[burnt ridge]

uhm

howd u submit?

[sharp oak]

idek cuz it won't let me check but idr finishing it

idk how big of a deal it is

[sharp oak]

i typed in question marks

so it marked it as finished

and i didn't double check

[coarse tree]

They might reject but if it’s non-academic information it might need to be filled out if you’re accepted

[sharp oak]

i forgotted until after i submitted

[coarse tree]

Like after the fact

[burnt ridge]

interesting

😭

[sharp oak]

hmmm... good to know

my academic info is fine

i only applied to long beach

[coarse tree]

CSUs are not holistic, academic info is all that rlly matters

[sharp oak]

i suppose

[coarse tree]

Slayy CSULB

[sharp oak]

ig we will see what happens :) i did lowk wanna go to csulb

they have a speech pathology program n i might just go into that

idt i'm cut out for academia

[coarse tree]

I finished most sections on UC app

Today I did test scores, finished ecs (was almost done before) and updated my planned spring coursework

[sharp oak]

woohoo!!!

[coarse tree]

Piqs are another story

[warm relic]

😭😭😭

[silent nymph]

Oh 😭

[coarse tree]

It’s fine I’ll do them tmrw

[long thicket]

SUBMITTED !! 😼😼🎉

[tropic minnow]

Good choice

Fun fact: Only CSU to have produced a Rhodes scholar

[sweet citrus]

Depends on the school

UCLA is mid December

I think ucsb is January

[sly plover]

I did some shit wrong on my uc apps and they didn’t seem to care. No info was missing though so it’s not the exactly the same

[tulip relic]

wish me luck yall im submitting my piqs

[lost oyster]

submitted raaah

i did not sleep yesterday

[tulip relic]

good luck to you to

you got this

[sharp oak]

oh okok that's good to know

[brisk basin]

Best of Luck

[tulip relic]

thank you

🫡

[brisk basin]

[sharp oak]

when do UC decisions tend to be announced?

[brisk basin]

Feb, March, April depending on you circumstances

[sharp oak]

not that time decisions come out

mb i phrased it wrong

when are decision dates announced

[warm relic]

iirc Irvine just randomly dropped one day I remember what I was doing and then I was like decisions came out???

[slate mountain]

do i have to submit now

i didnt know ucsd requests additional documents to prove ur residency

[midnight vine]

i dont think most of them announce a specific date

they just drop

but people on a2c tend to speculate

for instance most people knew davis would come out the second weekend of march and ucla/ucsd would be the third weekend

[sharp oak]

berk has the date on their portal

[midnight vine]

people expected uci to drop with la/sd but it came with davis

[midnight vine]

yeah but most of the others dont announce a set date

its just conventionally the second/third week or smthn like that

[sharp oak]

that's silly

[midnight vine]

does it list a deadline

[brisk basin]

Doesn't matter, they basically just match whichever day Ivy day is lmfao

[sharp oak]

true

[brisk basin]

Wannabe fr

[slate mountain]

no

[formal quiver]

Is there no way to reorder your activities

[thin shell]

dude ikr

its so annoying

[ornate abyss]

berkeley students digust me

[tropic minnow]

What did they do this time

[thin shell]

hi how am i supposed to log into my uci portal? UCInetID but i dont think i have it

[ornate abyss]

they are addicted to ds

BUSINESS + DS

NEUROSCINECE + DS

BIOLOGY + DS

DS + CS

STATS + DS

ECON + DS

ITS LIKE A BOT ARMY

[tropic minnow]

A friend of mine today called DS majoring in dick sucking for no reason and it’s still funny to me

[worn aurora]

so does that mean cs stands for..

[ornate abyss]

YAS

[dry pollen]

Lolll

[ornate abyss]

i swerar why didnt they just apply to ds first

does berkeley have an offer

like "oh here you go we can add a ds second major"

or they just wanna make their linkedin look better

[worn aurora]

Probably yeah

cs + ds seems unnecessary though

[glad aurora]

this doesn’t even make sense

[ornate abyss]

well according to linkedin people are doing that

[coarse tree]

Hiii

[ornate abyss]

oh yeah even a mod here is doing media studies + ds

[worn aurora]

I could see stats + ds

[worn aurora]

I’ve seen philosophy + cs which is weird to me

Or history + cs

[dense epoch]

Notice no one does engineering + DS

Cuz that’s fcking diabolical

[ornate abyss]

erm

someone here is

adam

[worn aurora]

My friend wants to do aerospace + cs

[dense epoch]

Ah nah

[ornate abyss]

tf is the point

[dense epoch]

also there’s no way to graduate in 4 years without overlap

I mean for usc it’s a dual degree not a double major

[worn aurora]

Yeah but he likes rockets and mechanical stuff

[worn aurora]

Here you aren’t allowed to do that

[ornate abyss]

so hes lockheed martin fan?

[worn aurora]

But he wants to ask for an exception

[worn aurora]

NASA but rockets basically

[glad aurora]

i’m doing just ds lol

[glad aurora]

ah i thought there’s too much overlap

[dense epoch]

Cs DS stats

Close enough

Same thing

[tropic minnow]

This might make sense actually

I don’t think either is weird but that one just makes a bit more sense to me cause I can see what one could do with it

[fringe wyvern]

ds = cs+stats so

cs+ds is like cs+cs+stats

i mean i know people doing cs+ce lol

which is basically just eecs

[high bronze]

Hi

[tidal birch]

hi

[midnight vine]

Media studies/pol sci + ds!

in enemy territory

[tropic minnow]

Bro is treating UCLA like being paradropped into Germany proper in ww2

[sweet citrus]

Important UC Application Note

The deadline is <t:1733212740:F> in your time zone. This means the deadline is December 2nd, 11:59 PM Pacific Time regardless of where you live.

But I thought the deadline was today! Isn’t it usually November 30th?
Yes, it usually is! But since it’s Thanksgiving weekend, the deadline has been pushed. This deadline pushback also applies to the Cal State schools. @everyone

I need urgent help with my UC application! Who can I contact?
Call the UC Application Center. They’re open until the application deadline on December 2nd (yes, until midnight) and 8am-6pm Pacific Time the day after.

[lost oyster]

oh so i would've been fucked if it was any other year 💀

[tropic minnow]

Also don’t forget that you must pay the fee for each UC you apply to

[high bronze]

broo I remember vividly that i switched one of my PIQs the same day the apps were due just cuz I thought it didn't live up to my other ones

[oak linden]

W regents

[brisk basin]

well technically today would still be the last day

and there's 24 hrs left

[lost oyster]

wait

my sense of time is iffy from not sleeping for 24 hours

[brisk basin]

[lost oyster]

damn its already 1

[brisk basin]

Reminds me of the days

that was me when I did apps

lowkey started in the last week

[lost oyster]

i started early but i got nothing done

[brisk basin]

average move

[strange cloud]

real

[midnight vine]

one of my best essays/apps was one I started 10 minutes before the deadline

[lost oyster]

bruh

i can send act and sat scores now

i think i spread some misinformation

https://tenor.com/view/how-it-feels-when-you-meme-nanami-jjk-gif-10683277372535996893

[strange cloud]

chat i have a question about my activity description

[midnight vine]

go on

[strange cloud]

can i say "refer to activity #5" if i mention something about an organization i was a part of

more specifically

my activity 4 is about photography, and in there I mention that i'm a photographer for this organization I volunteer at

can i say "refer to #5" where #5 talks about my work for the said organization which is not limited to photography

[midnight vine]

yeah you can but (and i might be wrong about this) i've heard sometimes the order can get jumbled on their system so i would instead say "refer to [organization name]" so that even if the order is messed up they still know what you mean

[strange cloud]

lmao

[formal quiver]

Can you send a version of a PIQ to one school and another version to all the others
(Could you submit your app to one school, change a PIQ, and then submit to the other schools?)

[midnight vine]

no

you submit to all the UCs at once

[twilit radish]

nah unfortunately u cant rly customize ur app with UCs

but ngl that was kinda nice for me

[hollow valve]

sigma

good thing im not applying

[burnt ridge]

does this also count for dual classes I did from community colleges?

this is on the UCSD portal btw

[twilit radish]

do u have minimum transfer requirements

i think thats like 30 units

30-60 idfk

[noble kraken]

oh wait ucla person

do you know if/when ucla sends out its portal?

b and sd alr sent but not la

[burnt ridge]

no

bruh why do I need to enter all my parents info again bruh

i did all this on the uc portal

[noble kraken]

wait where

[burnt ridge]

ucsd portal

[noble kraken]

huh

[burnt ridge]

to be considered for instate tuitioin

[noble kraken]

OH

ok

yeah im kinda out of state

💀

[burnt ridge]

oh

is this for college or current

[twilit radish]

hmm iirc it took them a bit longer to send me the portal

[twilit radish]

nice im also oos. best wishes!

[noble kraken]

thanks!

which state?

[twilit radish]

texas but im not really a texas resident, its a bit complicated

im basically an alien in terms of state residency

[noble kraken]

oh ok

[twilit radish]

cus i moved right before app season

[noble kraken]

same but i think i get in state

[twilit radish]

for?

[noble kraken]

florida

still debating whether ucs would be worth it over uf

[twilit radish]

damn im from florida too

[noble kraken]

well uf decisions arent out

[twilit radish]

whats ur major

prospective major

[coarse tree]

Hii

[noble kraken]

cs but interested in bioe as well

[twilit radish]

hello

[twilit radish]

berkeley solos then

[noble kraken]

true

[twilit radish]

if u get into berk it solos all other ucs and UF for CS / bioeng

UCLA bioeng isnt bad either

[noble kraken]

sd is pretty good as well

ill see how it all pans out

[twilit radish]

yeah sd was my top choice actually

[noble kraken]

i dont think im getting bright futures 💀

[twilit radish]

in the end im kinda glad i didnt choose sd tho

[burnt ridge]

mines is UCLA

[coarse tree]

Mine is nothing

[twilit radish]

whats ur prospective major

[coarse tree]

But I’m applying to ucla

[burnt ridge]

mechanical

[twilit radish]

why not berk then

[coarse tree]

Poli sci major

[twilit radish]

this is good at ucla

[coarse tree]

Idrc I just need a school that’s commutable

But yeah it is

[noble kraken]

but also whats been scaring me

[twilit radish]

thats fair

[noble kraken]

ucs are so big

[burnt ridge]

i love UCs

[twilit radish]

they are huge

i wish ucla was smaller lmao

[noble kraken]

i mean uf is big too

[burnt ridge]

University of Florida?

[noble kraken]

yes

[twilit radish]

wait why

[noble kraken]

no green card

i fulfill all other requirements tho

[twilit radish]

ohhhhhhhhh

shit

[noble kraken]

so if i get a green card within 5 years

then i get it

[twilit radish]

nice hope u can get that

[noble kraken]

yeah i applied

i needa ask my counselor about what happened

maybe they overlook 💀

[burnt ridge]

oh shit

wait when your 18 does that mean you can no longer be supported on your parents VISA then?

[noble kraken]

its 21

😭

[burnt ridge]

oh

you got time

[noble kraken]

hopefully

[burnt ridge]

(we had to wait 10 years for a greencard)

[noble kraken]

i been here 11 years

[burnt ridge]

we applied 2010 ? i think

got it in 2022

it was confirmed in 2021

so around 11 years

[noble kraken]

oh we applied 2016

[burnt ridge]

💀

[burnt ridge]

oh boy

good luck

[noble kraken]

🙏

[burnt ridge]

wont you be considered interational then?

or is. that diff

[noble kraken]

it depends

[burnt ridge]

my friend is being considered as a international student

[noble kraken]

for applications most consider me domestic cuz im graduating for a us high school

for finaid yeah international

[burnt ridge]

oh

strange

well he did move like 3 years ago to uas

usa

so maybe thats why then

[noble kraken]

well thats how regional AOs work

usually

[midnight vine]

Mid December if i remember correctly

The UCLA Portal is kinda ass

[deft thorn]

Can someone check over my essays before I submit my application?

[brisk basin]

UCLA portal was built before the school

[true glade]

Do we need to submit fafsa

[ripe hornet]

whats like the rough estimate of time it takes after submititng the uc app to getting like individual uc college's portal login info

[brisk basin]

anywhere from

1 month to 2 months probably

they have like a million portals to send, so dw abt it

[ripe hornet]

oh alr thx

[noble kraken]

I got b and sd after 2 days

[deft thorn]

Where do i sumbit SAT scores on UC applicaiton?

[noble kraken]

Here's the neat thing

You don't

[deft thorn]

I mean can I?

[noble kraken]

There's an option to for placement but pointless before you get in

[deft thorn]

is it fine if my common app activity description is similar/same to the UC description

[midnight vine]

yeah but make your UC description longer bc more characters

like add more info

[deft thorn]

alright

[deft thorn]

How do i also put my leadership in the UC description? Do I say like president of robotics with activity name?

[noble kraken]

I did it like common app

President, Random club I founded for college

[deft thorn]

ius this fine?

[tulip relic]

is this an ec

extracirricular like the category

just say robotics club - president

[sharp oak]

💀

[rancid arch]

Probably time to start PIQs

[bold bear]

do i report if i'm a US student?

[deft thorn]

yea

[deft thorn]

alright

[noble kraken]

Nah

[stone palm]

UC gang

whats good

any intl students here

[noble kraken]

Me kinda

[true glade]

IM SO NERVOUS

idk if my essays are good enough

😭

[formal quiver]

For awards, I feel like I’m putting the same thing for “what are the eligibility requirements” and “what did you do to achieve this.” For most awards, I achieved the award just by being “eligible” (fulfilling the requirements to get the award) and maybe submitting an application.

[burnt ridge]

erm

is this just me or anyone else?

im literally entering all my information correctly

@tulip relic u applied uc davis right?

[lost oyster]

Woah i misclicked biomedical engineering for alternate major on uci

I already submitted too 💀

I better not get that 💀💀💀

Actually praying

[graceful raven]

finished

ucla let me in

[silent nymph]

Omg 💀💀

[bold bear]

berkeley eecs 🫡

[tulip relic]

yes i applied there

[brisk basin]

Berkeley still doesn't look at alt Major right

[glad aurora]

whatcha facing an error with

[burnt ridge]

its not letting me setup my account

i put the correct info in

i literally copy pasted my student id too

[glad aurora]

mmm are you copy pasting the exact same things from the email

i vaguely recall having this issue but then i like tried and tested all possible combinations and it worked out

[tidal birch]

i’m so sorry for your loss

[midnight vine]

i think this happened last year as well, i would just give it a couple of hours/days then try again i think thats what worked for me

[midnight vine]

for "what did you do to achieve this" i would possibly highlight specifically how you worked towards being "eligible". so if you got an award for getting a 4.0 gpa, you could talk about how you managed to get a 4.0 or how you balanced academics w extracurriculars or something along those lines

[formal quiver]

Same. I’m getting in though, I just know

[burnt ridge]

ya

[burnt ridge]

oh

[burnt ridge]

alr alr thx

[midnight vine]

#1135723523025940620 message #1135684518322380850 message #1135684518322380850 message there we go

all hail chloe the goat

[wintry nimbus]

Guys for UC there is a difference between summer courses and courses you take in the summer right?

Cause the summer after 10th grade(22-23)

I took a course over the summer

Which is 2 semesters long

But I did it in one summer

Would that count as a summer course?

No right

Since the course is structured as a year long course with 2 semesters

So I would just list it as a year long course under my junior year(23-24)

[brisk basin]

Whatever your transcript says

[wintry nimbus]

It’s a year long course so technically it isn’t a “summer course”. I just completed it in the summer. So I’ll probably just not report it as a summer course

Thanks

[vivid glen]

I'm confused if I'm out of state then what qualifies as "G: College Prep Electives"

Vs a non academic course that I shouldn't report like Health or Fitness class

Like can I just put anatomy or smth for example

[burnt ridge]

does greencard fall under student immigration?

[bold bear]

dw i'm prawn ready

(brawl stars players would get it)

[deft thorn]

can someone check my prompt answers for 1 of them?

[burnt ridge]

im down ( i alr submitted my application btw)