All UCs (2024-2025)

[high bronze]

U got this

[brisk basin]

Whatever your transcript says, you should be matching it

[wintry nimbus]

Ok

[fast oriole]

I’m glad this isn’t just happening to me I was worried !!

[bold bear]

i'm in-state and berkeley is my local UC, how bad can it be...

[high bronze]

They don’t consider geographic location like how close u are to a UC. They just care if ur instate or not

[brisk basin]

they reject those everyday

[bold bear]

(it was sarcastic dw)

[brisk basin]

you got this tho

I'll see you there

[bold bear]

🫡

lots of ppl from my school last year got berkeley eecs

[noble kraken]

Light work

[half karma]

when entering grades i dont need to include random electives or anything right

[worn aurora]

My local uc is Merced lmao

[bold bear]

🫡

[coarse tree]

If they are a-g courses yes you do

[vivid glen]

But what's a g course vs a random elective

[coarse tree]

Lots of random electives fall under G. Like my newspaper classes in hs were G. Are you in state? If so, you can check UCOP

[vivid glen]

Nope oos

[coarse tree]

Oh crap

Yeah idk

I know like gym shouldn’t be reported

[half karma]

it was a type of woodworking class that i took over the summer

[vivid glen]

Health class shouldn't either right

[half karma]

i dont think that fits anywhere

[brisk basin]

oos GG

[vivid glen]

What's yalls UC gpa

Mines 4.12 weighted hopefully that's good enough..

[bold bear]

i took too many A-G classes

i think that's a purely california problem so it's okay

[vivid glen]

Wait should I increase my weighted and decrease my unweighted

I can do that if I remove some electives

[bold bear]

don't

ur supposed to report all A-G

[vivid glen]

Well they're not really G

I'm out of state

[bold bear]

:wesh:

average oos inflation

[vivid glen]

Lmao

None of my electives are AP so might as well not put them

They're not like uc-approved anyways

[bold bear]

honestly it does not matter, uc gpa is kind of scufed and they look at rigor more

[coarse tree]

I’m a transfer 🤪

I have a 4.0 in college gpa but a 3.94 if you include the dual enrollment B I got in fucking sophomore year of hs DE psychology (which the UCs look at for transfers 💀)

[coarse tree]

Umm

If they’re G you have to

So like things like choir, theater, robotics etc

You rllly should

[vivid glen]

They're like health

Related

That's not a section

[coarse tree]

Okay they might be not G then

You’re prob fine

[bold bear]

yea if ur confused whether it's G or not then that makes sense

but if it's deffo G then put it

[brisk basin]

so only a 3.94 GG

[coarse tree]

Only is wild

[brisk basin]

what major

[coarse tree]

Poli sci for ucla, journalism for csun

[brisk basin]

Nice

[coarse tree]

UCLA has a 37% poli sci transfer AR and I already have grades in full igetc + major prep. And my ecs are my strength. Im likely fine. I mean you never know till you know but im not worried

[burnt ridge]

i dont think elc works like that

i think elc just garuntees uc merced 😭

[coarse tree]

It doesn’t you’re right

[coarse tree]

Mhm

[burnt ridge]

honestly i would do a year of cc and transfer to a top uc

than merced

because its more harder to transfer from uc to uc

[coarse tree]

I love cc

Nuck forstwestern

[burnt ridge]

ive done hella aps so worst case comes worse

[coarse tree]

Redacted cc for the win

[burnt ridge]

one year and h opefully transfer to maybe ucla ucb or ucsd

or some

[coarse tree]

Yeah i coulda one year transferred

But

[burnt ridge]

ur doing 2?

[coarse tree]

I didn’t wanna do 3 colleges in 3 semesters lol

[burnt ridge]

why'd u go to cc?

[coarse tree]

Also I didn’t wanna be class of 2026

[burnt ridge]

not asking in a mean way

[coarse tree]

No it’s fine

So I went to northwestern and dropped out after fall quarter. This meant I had a month to choose a school. I asked around and did my research and found the best cc newspaper/journalism program within 1 hour from my house (I live in LA so there are 9 ccs that meet this criteria). Went in with the plan of only staying one semester but ended up rlly enjoying it and not wanting to rush college. Also got offered editor in chief of the paper. So I decided to stay

[burnt ridge]

oh thats a fire opprtunity

chief of the paper

[coarse tree]

Yeah it’s a lot of fun

[burnt ridge]

whyd u drop out of north western? if u dont mind

[coarse tree]

Stressful but fun

[coarse tree]

I don’t mind. It was a ton of mostly small factors. It was cold af, I was homesick, I didn’t like the frat/sorority culture, family stuff came up, etc. But I still recommend NU to people all the time. Not my place, but a great school

[burnt ridge]

ohh

alr alr thats fair

yeah travvelign across the country

[coarse tree]

I figured I could tough it out for a year or two or just drop out right away and have the rest of college to find a better place for me. Plus I got a 4.0 first quarter so why not quit while you’re ahead loll

[burnt ridge]

yeah

what ur prospective major?

[coarse tree]

Journalism and poli sci

You?

[burnt ridge]

oo poli sci nice nice

[coarse tree]

At ucla just poli sci tho cause no journalism major

[burnt ridge]

i have few friends doing poli sci

[burnt ridge]

mech e

💀

LOL

[coarse tree]

At my other choice (csun) I’d do a double

[coarse tree]

Oof

I respect it

[burnt ridge]

yeah

[coarse tree]

I hate math but I respect it

[burnt ridge]

thx thx

engineering is lowk interesting for me

robotics esp

so kidna thats y

i do not want to go into CS no way

[coarse tree]

I’m going into investigative journalism tho and these days that means lots of data stuff so I’ve been doing some stats and data sci classes

[coarse tree]

Good

[coarse tree]

Gonna also take python

And R

[burnt ridge]

oo

[oak linden]

if I took CC classes summer after 9th grade and after 11th grade, do i put them as 9th or 11th or 10th and 12th?

[burnt ridge]

python is very good programming language

[burnt ridge]

it goes at 10th grade

classes taken after 9th grade during summer is considered 10th grade academic year

classes taken after 11th grade summer is considered 11th academic year

[oak linden]

really appreciate that, thank you!

i couldn't find that answer anywhere

[burnt ridge]

data sci is very good

[burnt ridge]

np

i actually believe i saw it somewhere on the uc portal lol

[midnight vine]

you'll be fine lol

good writer and top notch ecs

nothing to worry about

[rotund junco]

wait so is the app due today at midnight or tmrw

sorry if thats a silly question but im getting confused

[warped dome]

tmrw midnight

[rotund junco]

so not in 9 hrs right🔥

[warped dome]

yep you still have time lol

[rotund junco]

awesome sauce ty!

[runic grail]

Good luck chat

[pallid stratus]

godbless

[runic grail]

Congratulations on applying to the schools with the most arbitrary admissions process

One will hate you, one will adore you, one will be on the fence

That's UC™️

[graceful raven]

ucsd please accepts me uci please accepts me

[vivid glen]

They don't take sat.. they don't take rec letters.. like wtf DO they take

[half karma]

i took a guitar building course thats on my transcript... does that fall into the F category?

[tulip relic]

me with a 3.81 gpa:

[vivid glen]

Weighted or uw

[tulip relic]

weighted uc

🤭

[vivid glen]

Ohh

[tulip relic]

i mean at least i have progression/improvement

also my most of my ecs show committment since the beginning of high school as well as leadership

also im going crazy on my essays

[warm relic]

Such facts

[runic grail]

my weighted uc was 4.0

I had almost all Bs my sophomore year and I had a ton of improvement

You're chilling

[tulip relic]

i had 2 cs sophomore year though ive improved a lot in junior year

[runic grail]

No biggie

You can explain those Cs

[tulip relic]

yeah i will

[runic grail]

I explained my Bs and straight up said that ADHD + not knowing how to study cooked me

[tulip relic]

adhd for me too

[runic grail]

and i've learned how to study correctly now and my grades have improved

[tulip relic]

yes

i explained that in my piq

[runic grail]

samezies

ur good then

[tulip relic]

it was a combo of adhd and not knowing how to handle stress properly

[runic grail]

Show the challenge, what you did to overcome it, and how you are now

[tulip relic]

yes

i will

thank you

thank you for following me on this journey for me to apply to uc

thank you

[runic grail]

It's so random bro

[tulip relic]

its been a great run

fr

[runic grail]

UC is actually so stupid

My friend got rejected UCI accepted berkeley

i got rejected uci

[tulip relic]

uci is weird

yet you got san diego

[runic grail]

bro i live 15 mins away from uci wtf is wrong with them

i wouldn't even take up a dorm

[tulip relic]

i bet uc plays russian roulette

[warm relic]

My friend got rejected uci and got regents scholarship and chancellors scholarship at ucsd 😭

[runic grail]

i would have picked ucsd over uci anyways tho

[tulip relic]

same

[runic grail]

bro they're actually smoking crack in the admissions office at uci

[tulip relic]

uci is weird

[runic grail]

So don't take it hard at all

[tulip relic]

like they have so many international students

[runic grail]

davis uci and berkeley are prob the most stupid ones bro they flip a coin on accpeting you or not

[tulip relic]

yeah

its like a game of darts but blindfolded

uci and berkeley

[runic grail]

santa barbara idk ik some qualified ass mfers who didn't get in

[tulip relic]

lmao

[warm relic]

And regents is only given to like 1% of those accepted and there’s only 40 recipients of chancellors a year💀

[runic grail]

I got waitlisted but got in off the waitlist I was actually so shocked i got wled

[tulip relic]

uc admissions is a game of darts blindfolded

[runic grail]

My berkeley friend got waitlisted ucsd ucsb and ucla

[tulip relic]

you never know what you're getting

[runic grail]

so you can see no matter how qualified you are these ucs are just high af

[tulip relic]

true

[runic grail]

but he did end up getting into ucsd and ucsb off wl

[tulip relic]

thats great

[runic grail]

Each uc wants something a lil different

It's too late for this now but if you show your leadersip that's good

ucs glaze leadership

[tulip relic]

yes

ucs love leadership

theyre all over my ecs luckily

[warm relic]

Ik the UCs was like what is this mans application on mine

[tulip relic]

wdym

[warm relic]

Cuz I put random stuff on my app

[tulip relic]

ah

lmao

all i have are 4 hobbies (all 4 years of high school for each aside from 1) and an award i got in 9th grade

also thinking about the ap scholar award too lmao

if i do somehow get accepted i will cry happy tears

[warm relic]

Anything is possible

[midnight vine]

yall should scroll through #👻-the-medium-place during uci decisions last year, people who got likelies at ivies and got into mit, berkeley early got waitlisted at uci 💀

[tulip relic]

true though

[tulip relic]

uci trying to explain why the top people somehow get accepted to ivies/ucla/berkeley but wl/rejected from them:

https://tenor.com/view/president-deborah-deborah-ali-williams-icyperi-piri-icypiri-gif-11259978127993288907

[warm relic]

I asked for my ucsd admissions file back but they made no comments on it 😔

[true glade]

ALMOST DONE WITH MY APP

🙏🙏

[dry pollen]

Atry question do you think ucsd is academically very rigorous

[runic grail]

mine had comments

[runic grail]

Yeah sure I'm doing fine rn but chemistry here is rigorous af cuz the head of chemistry was a nobel laureate or some bs

So our chem is full of some detailed ass shit bro we do ochem garbage in gen chem 1

[dry pollen]

Ok yeah that’s what my friend said

[dry pollen]

What ochem are you doing in general chem 1

[runic grail]

idk making like carbon penta diagrams and stuff like that

INteractions

[dry pollen]

My gen chem has been sooo random like unbelievably random

[dry pollen]

Oh yeah we did this too

Gen chem is just weird I guess

[runic grail]

it's hard

I do like how at ucsd i can skip straight to upper div because of my ap creds

I don't have to take general bio classes i went straight to genetics and stuff

[dry pollen]

It’s been chill but the topics covered are random

[dry pollen]

That’s good

I’m glad my AP stuff didn’t count here

Cause AP chem has like no overlap w gen chem 😭

[runic grail]

ya bru i never took ap chem

gen chem is harder than ap chem by far

how many classes r u taking next quarter

[dry pollen]

Lowkey I don’t think it’s harder I just think it’s more detailed and faster paced cause quarter

[dry pollen]

4

[runic grail]

I'm in between 4 or 5

i'm in 4 rn it's ez af

[dry pollen]

I was shocked when my friend said they had to take 4 first quarter

[runic grail]

so i might push it to 5

[dry pollen]

My friend said never do 5

And like it’s a lot here

[runic grail]

I mean 2 of mine are free As

[dry pollen]

So I’m never planning on doing that

[dry pollen]

How

I thought ucsd was hard asf

[runic grail]

One is a lab and the other is a required writing class and they both have average grade A and people on reddit say you have to actively try not to get an A

My Gen Chem 2 however

Opposite story.

Not exciting

[dry pollen]

Oh that’s chill

[dry pollen]

Lolll I got blessed w gen chem 2

My teacher next quarter is so light

I heard Gen chem 2 also has a lot of AP chem overlap

So it’ll be chill

[runic grail]

I got the best gen chem 2 teacher and the best time but I'm still worried tbh

I got the best prof at 11 AM 😍

[dry pollen]

WWW

Mines at 10 am too

[runic grail]

other mfers who had a bad enrollment time either got an 8 AM or a 5 PM

[dry pollen]

Gen chem is lowkey chill asf it’s just so random

[runic grail]

\

[dry pollen]

Like how are we doing physics and ochem stuff in the same quarter

[runic grail]

Schedule looking pretty chill

[dry pollen]

that’s a schedule

[runic grail]

I might drop my 10 AM it's a GE and i'm only taking it cuz my roommate is taking it next quarter too

But I might just show up for a bit and see how it is

if it's free i'll stick it out

[dry pollen]

Yeah those gaps are hideous

[runic grail]

I kinda fw gaps

I've been using gaps to go to library and just study/get ahead on the lesson

[dry pollen]

Really I hate gaps

I feel like the gap has to be at least 2 hrs

[warm relic]

Bruh

[formal quiver]

Can UCs see what other UCs have rejected/accepted you when reviewing your application?

[burnt ridge]

oh no

gulp

i really want to go to a good uc

[runic grail]

Don’t worry you won’t 💖💖

jk

You will get in

[warm relic]

No

[dry pollen]

You’ll be chill and even if not you can easily go to cc and go to basically whatever UC you want

[ornate abyss]

why tf would u explain Bs

[ornate abyss]

lmao i got into none of the

[warped dome]

did you apply to every single one?

[ornate abyss]

nah

i didnt apply to merced and riverisde

wasnt worth 40k a year

for me to go

[runic grail]

i didn’t apply to merced or riverside either

[ornate abyss]

yeah but still got into merced

auto admit

[warped dome]

dang were u a cs major or smthing. i know its always brutal for them

[ornate abyss]

no

[coarse tree]

Hello

I submitted ucla application

[ornate abyss]

are u californian

[coarse tree]

Yes

[worn aurora]

I applied to every UC but Merced

[coarse tree]

I applied to ucla

Just ucla

Well also csun

But only UC is ucla

[icy sorrel]

do californians have to pay full price application fees?

[coarse tree]

Transfer commuter moment

[icy sorrel]

cuz arent they like $80 each

[worn aurora]

Only csus I applied to were cal poly slo and sjsu

[coarse tree]

Not if you’re low income rahhh

I mean I’m not low income

[worn aurora]

Which at the time I thought were safeties but now that I look back I had no real safeties

Ish

[coarse tree]

But still rahhh

[icy sorrel]

rahhhhhh

going broke with my application fees lmao

[coarse tree]

Slo is not a safety if you’re stem

[worn aurora]

That was me last year

[worn aurora]

Yeah ik, I got rejected lmao

I had a perfect gpa too

[coarse tree]

Haha

[icy sorrel]

collegeboard taking all my money too

[coarse tree]

I applied to 1 college out hs and 2 this cycle

[worn aurora]

I applied to like 13 I think

None of my common app schools wanted me

Lowkey my common app essay was terrible

[ornate abyss]

bruh are u cs

[worn aurora]

Yes

[ornate abyss]

yeah no way slo and sjsu are safeties then

[coarse tree]

Cause I ED’d

[worn aurora]

I didn’t realize that till after but I did get into sjsu

[coarse tree]

And got in to my ED

[icy sorrel]

what is cc?

[coarse tree]

If I didn’t get in I was gonna spam essays over winter break lol

[coarse tree]

Community college

[warped dome]

SLO is honestly luck tbh

[coarse tree]

Yeah but also it’s super major specific

Slo would be a safety for me out of hs

Purely cause I’m journalism

And that’s not impacted at SLO

[warm relic]

Yeah looking back I made a lot of mistakes on my common app

[deft thorn]

should I put the APs im self studying this year with my 12th grade academic history

[coarse tree]

No

If you’re just taking the exams

Just put the exams

Under planned exams

[deft thorn]

alright

[coarse tree]

But if you’re getting a grade then include them

[icy sorrel]

bruh all these ai detectors always think my essays are like 10% ai written

I wonder if i just write like ai lol

[wintry nimbus]

I think I’m cooked. For the UC app I put community college courses taken at college under the college only and not under the HS even tho it was on my HS transcript. The reason I had was that the CC courses didn’t match any of my school’s A-G courses only UC’s

[dapper sail]

https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/_files/documents/2024-counselor-conference-materials/pdfs-with-notes/2024-dual-enrollment-pdf-with-notes.pdf

go to page 18, I think ur fine

[worn aurora]

You’re fine, people reading will know

Worst case just send an update to notify

Last year I forgot to put my DEs because a counselor said to not report them if they don’t count for credit

But I submitted them after they officially verified transcripts

[unreal tusk]

When was that?

Around June when you got accepted?

[worn aurora]

Yeah

[dapper sail]

if I put a non a-g course by accident in my grades and coursework section, should I contact the admissions office to get the course removed, or can I assume they'll just overlook it

[unreal tusk]

👍

What about pending grade changes? My instructor inputted an invalid grade for my summer DE course but can I put in the new grade even if it hasn't been updated yet? @worn aurora

As they'll only verify at June I think the grade change should pass through. (Yeah Def should update within 6+ months lol 🤣)

[icy sorrel]

ngl with how inconsistent counselors are for advice, i bet aos ignore a lot of mistakes bc some ppl are told to do so by counselors

[dapper sail]

hopefully

[icy sorrel]

like i had a counselor tell us we were on a 5.0 gpa scale even though it was 4.0 weighted to 5

which wouldve been a huge blunder for commonapp but ucs recalculate anyways

[dapper sail]

💀

[wintry nimbus]

Thank you

[unreal tusk]

can you answer this question? @dapper sail sry to bother

[deft thorn]

also are activites supposed to be in order of like importance?

[dapper sail]

yeah u should be fine, as long as you can show confirmation for the new grade through something in the future

[icy sorrel]

if so, oops i did not do that lol

[wintry nimbus]

Send an update to the admissions offices of the schools im applying to?

[worn aurora]

They won’t request transcripts until you get admitted and officially send them over the summer so if you know what grade you’ll get and you know your instructor will definitely update then you can say the grade ig

[unreal tusk]

okay bet, that's good to know

Should I put in the additional comments of the grade change?
Or incase the community college committee declines, should I input the original grade then put in additional comments that there is a grade change pending

[deft thorn]

i got no clue lmfao

anyonw have ideas?

[wintry nimbus]

I had an order yeah

But I genuinely think it has little to no effect

[worn aurora]

Wdym community college declines

[worn aurora]

Yes or leave a note

[worn aurora]

One of my teachers that was supposed to send a letter of recommendation had it created at the beginning of the year but didn’t send it until a week before Ivy day lol

Even though I constantly followed up

[dapper sail]

does anyone ahve an answer to this

[worn aurora]

And was told that she would get to it

[worn aurora]

Wdym

If you took it at your school and it’s on your transcript then you should report it

[dapper sail]

like I have these two dual enrollment courses that aren't listed as A-G courses, bu I sitll put them

[dapper sail]

but they say to only include A-G courses

[worn aurora]

Did you take them at a cc

[unreal tusk]

The grade change I'm talking about is more of a petition as I felt as if my grade got miscalculated

the committee reviews it

And accepts/decline

[dapper sail]

I took them from school as a dual enrollment course, and they are on my official transcript, but they are not A-G courses explicitly (kind of like how PE isnt an A-G Course)

[unreal tusk]

They said to put exactly what is listed on your transcript, but my school is saying to not put any non A-G courses.

[worn aurora]

Then report your current grade and then if it gets accepted then have them reflect it on your official transcript, just leave a note though

[unreal tusk]

👍

[worn aurora]

Report them still

[dapper sail]

yea thats what my school says too 💀 kind of contradicting

[wintry nimbus]

I’m just worried cause the CC courses I took aren’t DE they are courses I took at the college for credit. My HS just let me report it on my transcript. On the UC app I only put the courses under my college(not my HS)because none of the A-G courses offered at my high school match the college courses I took. Idk if I did the right thing or not. And whether what you said about DE courses is applicable to this.

[dapper sail]

alr thats waht I did

should be fine ig

[unreal tusk]

yeah lol, I'ma just listen to the UCs tho bc counselors and schools are not the UC admissions so

[dapper sail]

yeah

[worn aurora]

The general rule is to report every grade received from any academic institution you were enrolled in

I was told that by one of the UC’s admissions office when I emailed them about reporting cc courses

[wintry nimbus]

Dang

I think I’m just going to email the colleges individually and hope for the best

[deft thorn]

is there like a fee wavier code for UC applicatiojns

[bold bear]

idt so

[deft thorn]

should I apply to Aerospace Engineering & Business Administration?

Its really competitve though

do they consider you for mainly engineering if they dont let u in M & T

[midnight vine]

!gptzero

[wintry nimbus]

Sorry for the ping again but I think I’m good. I’m just double checking with my counselor as well but this is what I found on CSU. I can’t report college courses under my high school anyway

Dual enrollment/college courses must be reported on the CSU application (Cal State Apply) as college courses in the College Coursework section. They should be reported under the appropriate college and cannot be reported on the application as high school coursework.

[midnight vine]

idk why its not working but: My essay got flagged by GPTZero/some AI checker, but I wrote it myself!
AI checkers aren't always accurate, and colleges know that. If you wrote it yourself, you don’t need to worry about anything.

[icy sorrel]

ok thanks lol

[wintry nimbus]

Yeah they give a lot of false positives

[icy sorrel]

does grammarly use ai for their like fixes and stuff?

cuz sometimes it rewrites some sentences for "clarity"

[runic grail]

Buena suerte

[wintry nimbus]

They usually tell you if it’s AI I’m pretty sure. I tried to avoid anything that said AI I think your good tho

[worn aurora]

I don’t think so

[runic grail]

If anyone needs last minute help on ranking UCSD colleges i'm your guy

[icy sorrel]

also anyone use kollegio for essay help

[icy sorrel]

I had warren, muir, sixth, marhsall, seventh, eighth, roosevelt, revelle

[runic grail]

Bro

Are you tweaking

That is maybe the shittiest one i've seen yet

[deft thorn]

same thing pretty much

[icy sorrel]

bruhhh whaaa

[deft thorn]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/k1cq5m/psa_ucsd_colleges_rankings_i_got_you/

used this

[icy sorrel]

i saw some reddit thing that said that

[icy sorrel]

yuhhhh

am i cooked?

[runic grail]

Bro

This is foolproof bro

1. Seventh
2. Sixth
3. Eighth
4. Muir
5. Marshall
6. ERC
7. Warren
8. Revelle

Seventh EASILY has the best dorms on campus wtaf we get a whole apartment not even a dorm

You get a KITCHEN LIVING ROOM AND SHOWER

It's a no brainer

[deft thorn]

whats the best for engineering majors?

[runic grail]

Bro

[icy sorrel]

what abt ge requirements for engineering

[runic grail]

Don't even worry about yoru major man

It's the same GE requirements for everyone bruh

[wintry nimbus]

Nah Warren has some stupid GE’s I heard

[runic grail]

Warren is AHH

that shit is so isolated from everyone else

[runic grail]

The colleges are in a straight line and then warren is just somewhere else

[wintry nimbus]

Mine is basically identical I think I had Muir higher tho

[runic grail]

muir is good

Good location good dining hall

Dorms r kinda ass but it's fine

best dorms is easily seventh

best location is sixth

[deft thorn]

imma go with this ig

[runic grail]

I wouldn't rank based on your major bruv

It's rlly not that deep

Consider location more than anything

[deft thorn]

this?

sixth looks like the bes tlocation

[runic grail]

Yes that is way more important

Sixth is easily best location

It's in the middle of campus

close to literally everything

seventh is north most part of campus so things are far but it has the best housing

also arguably best dining hall

[icy sorrel]

why does the ucsd campus look so nice lol

[runic grail]

it's rlly nice

incoming photos

[deft thorn]

this good?

[runic grail]

Yeah I'd put seventh adn eigthh above muir

just cuz muir's dorms r kinda ass

even tho it's a great location

and good dining hall

[deft thorn]

uhm

[runic grail]

Eighth is the newest builidng, south most part of campus but dorms r insanely new

[deft thorn]

ALRIGHT u didnt see the msg

[runic grail]

what u say

[deft thorn]

was a joke btw

[runic grail]

any school with an acceptance rate above 45%

[deft thorn]

LOL

[runic grail]

ucsd is gorgeous

[deft thorn]

wow that looks amazing

what campus is that?

[runic grail]

That's just around campus

#2 and #3 are at sixth

[deft thorn]

oh

[runic grail]

#4 and #5 are at seventh

#1 is off campus sunset was nice tho

also we have a target on campus

That is a deal maker for some people so i thought i would put that out there

[deft thorn]

oh that doesnt seem like a proble,m

[runic grail]

Deal maker i mean

like people find out and they're like "holy shit i have to go there"

[half token]

for berkely, is there any disadvantage in applying to MET cause u automatically get considered for the engineering degree

[midnight vine]

uh i mean its very competitive

and there's an additional video interview

[deft thorn]

is it worth sending a SAT score or its literally no point

cause some colleges do say test optional but still would kinda care

[midnight vine]

UCs aren't test optional, they're test-blind

[icy sorrel]

cant you submit scores but theyre like separate from admissions

like theyre used for something else

[noble kraken]

Yeah but like no point before you get in

It's just used for placement

[icy sorrel]

oh yea i think its for like calculus to do engineering or something

wait maybe that utaustin

[midnight vine]

its also for the entry level writing requirement and things like that

[icy sorrel]

shoot some of my essays are rly close to the 350 word limit

[midnight vine]

as long as its not over lol

[icy sorrel]

ok thanks

also are those macarons

[midnight vine]

matcha flavored!

not my picture tho its from pinterest

[icy sorrel]

ahh still cool tho

you should get matcha keycaps lol

[wintry nimbus]

@worn aurora Thanks for the help earlier man. I talked to my counselor and he said I should be fine as well just reporting it under the college.

[midnight vine]

my roommate has them and they're so pretty

but eh im not that much of a keys person

[runic grail]

don't matter one of my piqs was 310 words

310+ should be chill

[brisk basin]

insane

[coarse tree]

I mean 🤷‍♀️ I might get proven wrong

Idrc

I’m getting into csun so

I’m fine

[brisk basin]

Hm

[brisk basin]

I know a friend who's also applying to Poli Sci 4.0 + TAP and insane ECs

I'll let you know what happens

[coarse tree]

Slay

My ecs are funny

[brisk basin]

if they don't get it in actually GGs

[coarse tree]

They’re so pre professional that I actually included some more general/less career focused stuff purely to seem like less of a robot

[brisk basin]

[coarse tree]

Like for my 18-20 slots I added a school volunteering award, a school departmental award, and how I volunteer to babysit a family friends kids when she has to work. Originally i had more journalism awards but I feel like I should seem less robotic lol

Plus volunteering means a lot to me

[ornate abyss]

why tf does ucsd even do this

[tropic minnow]

Whats wrong with it

[ornate abyss]

idk

none of the other ucs do it

[coarse tree]

It’s so extra

Like do it after people get in

Imo

It’s cool but not for the application

[tropic minnow]

I kinda get that

They make us do it after we get accepted which is nice

[coarse tree]

Northwestern has themed, app based res colleges but those are after you commit

Which is more normal

[worn aurora]

Probably takes time and ucsd isn’t exactly efficient at processing things, last year they waited until a day before my class enrollment time to process transcripts and remove a hold

[hallow sapphire]

bruh this uc gpa stuff doesn’t make sense

[runic grail]

ucsd office is a mess

[dense epoch]

good luck to yall

[tidal birch]

bros back

[dense epoch]

i made a comeback cuz i legit forgot abt an essay

[brisk basin]

GG

[sweet citrus]

After finishing his bachelor’s in architecture at Cornell University, Alexander continued studying in Paris, Italy, and Spain. He was greatly influenced by his time there, and when commissioned to work on UCSD’s campus, he sought to create something like the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
The plan was very ambitious. He envisioned 12 colleges, each with its own architectural style. The colleges would be joined together by a grand plaza that would contain a six thousand-seat amphitheater, a bell tower, and a library as impressive as a Mayan pyramid. Alexander was able to oversee the design and construction of the first one of his colleges, Revelle.
When Revelle was finished, Roger Mosher, a pioneer in the post-war modernist architecture movement in San Diego, was brought in to design the second college, Muir. However, Mosher didn’t artistically agree with Alexander’s vision. He felt that the plan was too grandiose, almost totalitarian. He was known to have even compared the plan to Nazi architecture.
Mosher was able to convince the school’s administration to accept their proposals and abandon Alexander’s original vision. The scale was toned down, and only five colleges were to be built. Alexander felt betrayed by this change and left the project.

[frosty ibex]

dang

are they gonna name sixth seventh and eighth in the future or is it just gonna be numbers from now on

[sweet citrus]

I think they’re 6-8 bc they’re waiting for someone to buy up the name

But idk fs

[frosty ibex]

oh makes sense lol

[sweet citrus]

Oh apparently some colleges go a while without names

I once asked Khosla this and he was like "Yeah, everyone asks me this all the time but I don't see any reason why any of the colleges need names apart from the numbers. It took years before most of the colleges with names got theirs." I think his thought is that numbers aren't a real problem, but any name might end up being a problem at some point downstream.

The general idea I got when this was brought up in alumni meetings was that picking out a name for Sixth is a liability that members of UCSD’s admin don’t want to have. If that person were to find themselves at the center of a controversy, the members of the admin that approved the college being named after that person would most likely end up in hot water over it.

[frosty ibex]

oh that's fair

[worn aurora]

dodged a bullet with the amphitheater name

[sweet citrus]

What was it

[worn aurora]

same name as the island guy but not the same bloodline

[tropic minnow]

Thats what UCSC does also

Its why JRL wasnt named till like 2022

And a lot of the older students still call it college 10 or c10

For college 8 (Rachel Carson) I understand the rumored cost to be about $25 million

So I expect for JRL it was something like that and c9 will be like that also, maybe a bit higher

[cyan fog]

does activity list order matter

[frosty ibex]

it matters in that it will be the order that the AOs see your list in

so put the activities that you find most important up top

[vivid glen]

oh shoot, I put it very randomly😭

[worn aurora]

It’s fine they’ll still read your activities, the order is just for emphasis more than anything

[wary python]

it’s not really important

As long as u have ur activities on there ur fine

[midnight vine]

im ngl I feel like I read somewhere that the order they read it in gets jumbled up anyway but don't quote me on this

[warped dome]

holy fuck finally done

[wary python]

Congrats bro

[cyan fog]

almost done 😢

re-reading my PIQs and i wanna vomit and rewrite them

should i

or just hit submit

[wary python]

Its 2am dude ur choice

[cyan fog]

intl

afternoon for me

but i just wanna be done with this

[wary python]

Id say just review again

One more time

[warm relic]

A bit late to rewrite, but if u finish reviewing and hate some of them so much u can just do a quick rewrite and see if u like it and if u don’t just use ur og

[vivid glen]

felt the same way but I just gave up and hit submit

[cyan fog]

how do i reorder my activity list lmao

[silent nymph]

I dont tjink u can

Lowkey my order was random 😭

[hallow sapphire]

can my list be all my activities then awards at the end

or should it be a mix

[silent nymph]

I didnt mix so uhm idk i wasnt thinking about the order 😭😭😭

[icy sorrel]

Imma just worry abt my essays later and submit after school lol

[noble kraken]

Wait is this a bad thing?

All mine were like 345+

[icy sorrel]

Might just be superstition but ive seen people on a2c say its bad on reddit lol

[stiff gale]

does anyone wanna read my piqs

im so tired

ugh

[tulip relic]

all my piqs are 340+

[frosty ibex]

same 🙏 mine are 345+ because i was cutting words to make it fit lol

it’s okay i doubt they’ll look at it super hard

[stiff gale]

finally done

[tulip relic]

war is over

[hollow violet]

I'm an international applicant applying for CS at UC. Should I report a 4 on AP Calc BC?

[sweet citrus]

Bump, added the UC Application Center contact info

[worn aurora]

Yes why not

[echo halo]

How do I get my fee waiver for uc app? It says it should pop up as I entered my family income but it isn’t and I know I qualify for it

Anyone else have this problem

[glad aurora]

yeah

[brisk basin]

keep listening to those monkeys

[dry pollen]

All my essays were nearly 350 or exactly and I got into majority of the ucs

[hollow valve]

https://www.newsweek.com/california-slave-descendants-college-priority-1994026

holy moly

[coarse tree]

Interesting

[brisk basin]

GG

[tulip relic]

hold my hand

everything will be ok

i’ve heard from the heavens, the clouds have been gray

hold me close,

wrap me in your aching arms

i see that you’re hurting, now you tell me why

[strange cloud]

UCSD PLS ACCEPT ME UCSD PLS ACCEPT ME UCSD PLS ACCEPT ME

[dense epoch]

u remind me of me

good luck

hope u get in

[tulip relic]

tonight imma light a few candles, place them in a circle and with my ucsd sweater in the center

[rotund junco]

HEY DO I KNOW U FROM STEM-E?

[strange cloud]

🤝

[tulip relic]

good luck to you too 🤝

[dense epoch]

haha i think so

[rotund junco]

W i added that on my application LOL

[dense epoch]

haha good luck wishing u the best of luck

[rotund junco]

u too!!!

[dense epoch]

oh im already in college lol

[unreal tusk]

it never includes eight college?

[strange cloud]

hukyugctxytzdxghh

[half token]

Berkeley 🙏

[warm relic]

Because eighth is new

[glad aurora]

what college?

[tidal birch]

stats?

ecs?

[dense epoch]

I attend Abg heaven university

[dense epoch]

Fcking dogwater ecs and stats unfortunately. 3.0 uw 3.0 w. Ecs- watching reels, dooming, crying, and rizzing

[deft thorn]

which is

gonna ED there rn

or EA or wtv

[glad aurora]

UCI?

[burnt ridge]

i put muir 1 and everything else one down

or marshall

i remember one of them was number 1 and everything else was shifted one down

[worn aurora]

eric ou university

[dense epoch]

ya that wud be uci

[dense epoch]

unfortunately i do go to the same school as him

[worn aurora]

56.5% completion rate, 298 passing yards, 1 td

[dense epoch]

oh nah

[worn aurora]

i wish i went to school with the socal king himself

[glad aurora]

fish is the socal king

[dense epoch]

this guy does not go to usc i swear

i saw the first couple weeks

but never again

[worn aurora]

he said he never attends class

i dont even know what he's studying lmao

[dense epoch]

beep

hes stuyding beep

[burnt ridge]

i dont remember let me check

wait i put

i did

[dense epoch]

damn

wait seventh is gud

gud choice

[burnt ridge]

yes

bro

the dorms

in seventh

is fucking beautiful

brand new

[dense epoch]

but why warren bro

are u engineering

[burnt ridge]

ye

[dense epoch]

oh nah

[burnt ridge]

i heard its a good colelge for eng students

or some

so thats y

less gen ed reqs

[dense epoch]

idk how much it matters tbh

[glad aurora]

should ping atry

[burnt ridge]

i mean i still ahve until jan 31st to change

so yeah

[dense epoch]

bro engineering is diabolical

get me out

[burnt ridge]

what r u doing?

u give off cs vibes

[deft thorn]

fuck I did not apply to uci

[burnt ridge]

uci is a nice school

[glad aurora]

shouldve

[dense epoch]

hell no, also i dont shower, i have messy hair, i have the tightest pants, and wringled shirt, but im electrical computer engineering

[deft thorn]

i applied to 5 and it was already 400 bucks

[burnt ridge]

oh dang

tightest pants

[glad aurora]

oh yeah oos goes insane

[burnt ridge]

does bro wear leggings

(jk)

[deft thorn]

LOL

[dense epoch]

i also wear the tennis shoes

[burnt ridge]

oh

so ur like them

i see

i like where this is goign

(idk where this is going)

[dense epoch]

ya im part of the stereotype

i smell

[burnt ridge]

dang

[worn aurora]

average cs major fit

[burnt ridge]

this one eng/cs dude in my engineering class showers once a fucking week

😭

[burnt ridge]

ur missing the pizza stains

[dense epoch]

oh nah

[burnt ridge]

(speaking from experience)

[dense epoch]

i can already imagine the kind of hair he has

[burnt ridge]

guess

lets see if ur right

[dense epoch]

curly

like hella curly

[burnt ridge]

ding ding

its so greasy too

[dense epoch]

and prob long ass hair

[burnt ridge]

yes

[dense epoch]

i knew it

[burnt ridge]

hes indian too

(not being racist)

[midnight vine]

https://tenor.com/view/glaze-gif-8311813170669205912

he's not gonna bang you bc you aren't an abg

[dense epoch]

I LUV BEING GLAZED

[burnt ridge]

fish

which uc r u at?

[dense epoch]

nah bro is really stereotyping

[dense epoch]

none of the above

i dont attend a uc

[burnt ridge]

dudes the reason the sterotype exists 😭

[burnt ridge]

oh

!fish

interesting

[dense epoch]

nvm doesnt work here

thank god

[dense epoch]

i go to usc

[burnt ridge]

where does it work?

general?

[dense epoch]

nope u will never kno

w

[burnt ridge]

cool

i think u can really pull a girl with those tight pants

yk

gotta really define ur legs and all

[midnight vine]

!sani

[burnt ridge]

ok im done warming up time for ap physics c

[dense epoch]

oh wtf

oh nah

[midnight vine]

bruh

[dense epoch]

oh nah

[burnt ridge]

very nice class

[dense epoch]

my tight pants will carry

[burnt ridge]

(i dread in that class)

[burnt ridge]

oh

My dearest appoligies

hows usc?

@dense epoch

did u do EA or rd?

[dense epoch]

i ea

[dense epoch]

its ok

[glad aurora]

eh I just do it because its fun

[dense epoch]

dont worry i will

[glad aurora]

u should come to davis

[midnight vine]

not beating the allegations

[dense epoch]

i shud have committed to davis

[glad aurora]

shud have indeed

[dense epoch]

i stand by my decision

[midnight vine]

why

[glad aurora]

because i'm there

[midnight vine]

usc is cooler

and LA

[glad aurora]

...

[midnight vine]

all the more reason not to

[dense epoch]

my glorious glazing king thinker is there

[glad aurora]

im going to rule 1 you

[midnight vine]

wake up a2c new ecouple dropped

[midnight vine]

ok and?

[dense epoch]

we are so back

[icy sorrel]

lol just looked up ou's linkedin, he studies economics

[dense epoch]

also why are threads so dead this year

used to be so lively

[glad aurora]

true

[dense epoch]

ya he studies beep

[icy sorrel]

flipped is commitment from vandy to usc too lol

[dense epoch]

surprised bro didnt choose berkeley

[midnight vine]

people stick to genchat + we had cooler people last year

so many of the og co'28ers left :(

[icy sorrel]

did he get accepted there for the transfer?

[dense epoch]

yes but bro chose usc 💀

[dense epoch]

ya ur right

its cuz of me and salami

[icy sorrel]

lmaooo bro only went for the abgs

and the wealthy ppl

[glad aurora]

to be fair he is a creator and I'd go to socal for the entertainment industry than berk

[dense epoch]

bro is not one of us

[midnight vine]

usc econ not that different from berk so if you're rich i'd choose the better social scene lol

[midnight vine]

the stanford dude?

[dense epoch]

is usc econ really that gud....

[dense epoch]

ya me and him started the manifesting 'year trend

[midnight vine]

idt school matters that much for econ

[midnight vine]

salami wasn't even that active

[glad aurora]

uchi would like to have a word

[dense epoch]

he was before he got into stanford

only one of us got into stanford at the end of the day

[midnight vine]

didn't he leave then come back after he got in lol

[midnight vine]

rea?

[dense epoch]

ya lol

[dense epoch]

he got in rea, i just didnt apply

[midnight vine]

ah

did you ed/rea?

[dense epoch]

nope

i did none of those

[icy sorrel]

guys

whats the difference between the fourth essay question and the fifth

i thought i knew but after reading some examples, theyre rly blending together

acc nvm ig one is more education focused

[unreal tusk]

How is eigth college is it good?

[unreal tusk]

UCR right?

[unreal tusk]

USC??

[burnt ridge]

this is so cute

[unreal tusk]

Pretty sure it's some business related major, so obvi he doesn't gotta attend class

[unreal tusk]

what allegations yo what

[burnt ridge]

what

[warm relic]

Very new yes it’s nice

[burnt ridge]

oooo

[burnt ridge]

are they building another college or some I heard they opening something in 2025

[unreal tusk]

Ooooooo

[warm relic]

I was like why is there not individual uc threads this year lol I wasn’t that active last year but I remember some of the same ppl

[calm cove]

who got the best UCSD college rankings that reduces the amount of writing and foreign language courses I have to take while not being too far from anything

[sweet citrus]

We were gonna do a presentation on the UCSD colleges but none of y’all showed interested until like today

[icy sorrel]

nooooooo

[calm cove]

😦

[icy sorrel]

praying that one link saves me lol

[sweet citrus]

I think you can change them after you submit

[icy sorrel]

oh

wait thats chill lol

[dense epoch]

nah i got to usc

[noble kraken]

me fr

[sweet citrus]

Idk if any current UCSD students are free tonight and willing to do an AMA on the college system i will happily ping for it

I have hw to do just don’t feel like it

[noble kraken]

i have college apps to do just don't feel like it

😭

[calm cove]

[noble kraken]

no like i think i have that ranking

(hopefully)

[warm relic]

Sorry relaxing over thanksgiving break got me way behind✌️

[strange cloud]

have you been to seaside

yet

[strange cloud]

SEVENTH GANG

[sweet citrus]

UCSD Applicants and Current Students

I have just now opened #1313309438387421255 for all of your college ranking worries.

If you’re a current UCSD student willing to do an informal Q&A session on a voice stage channel about the college system and how applicants should rank them (ideally tonight but is negotiable) I will throw you a month of Nitro or a $10 Amazon gift card for your efforts

[noble kraken]

seventh is mid tbh

[dense epoch]

yes i have

[noble kraken]

you should change the ranking

[strange cloud]

@warped dome found ur pfp

[sweet citrus]

@everyone go panic in ucsd thread if you’re applying there

[narrow plaza]

why

[strange cloud]

PRAY PRAY PRAY

[oak linden]

#submitted

[sweet citrus]

Everyone is flipping out over the college rankings

So I separated it out

[prime hawk]

very sigma

[strange cloud]

cancelled

[hollow valve]

why an at everyone

why

[sweet citrus]

You can mute them if you don’t want them

There’s an assumption if you’re in this thread you’re interested in UC updates

[nova kiln]

UCSD

[sweet citrus]

It doesn’t ping the entire 40k member server

[runic grail]

L school

nobody apply

[bold bear]

???

[burnt ridge]

aw man i saw 10 dollar gift card then read currenr student

[mighty quail]

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

[vivid glen]

Is it worth $160 to apply to Davis and Santa Barbara

Cause I have a fee waiver but only 4 are free

[mighty quail]

Would you go there?

[vivid glen]

Um if I don't get anywhere better

Then yes

[mighty quail]

Then I would apply personally

[vivid glen]

Ok yea might as well

[dense epoch]

imma tell u this wud u go there or go cc

[vivid glen]

There

[wild abyss]

did anyone get a ucla portal yet? i submitted 6 days ago and haven’t gotten one

idk how long they usually take

[half token]

i heard ucla takes longer

[dense epoch]

oh ucla actually takes a while lol, i remember getting it in januaray

[grand vortex]

ucla takes awhile

[amber aurora]

does anyone have opinions on ucb rausser i applied there

[dense epoch]

ucb?

[amber aurora]

oops yeah

[dense epoch]

rausser as in the college of like biology or something

[wild abyss]

oh lol alr

[dense epoch]

@short furnace this is something u can answer

[burnt ridge]

ever since i was jit i knew i was the shit

[unique cradle]

It’s funny watching all the procrastinators rush on applications

😂

[dense epoch]

yall need to lock tf in

why am i seeing so many procrastinators this year

[unreal tusk]

apparently there's a grace period

one day grace period that u can actually submit by tomorrow by 11pm

[unique cradle]

I’m not procrastinating

[dense epoch]

good

[dense epoch]

shud i submit a transfer app rn lmao

[unreal tusk]

but they won't admit it and it was there last yr, so idk if i wanna risk it this year

[unreal tusk]

ur at USC bro, what better of life can you get?

[burnt ridge]

me when i try to lower comeptition

💀

[unreal tusk]

maybe less money yeah

[burnt ridge]

uc is a hard deadline

[unreal tusk]

😂 , nah but i saw a reddit on it

[dense epoch]

lowk theres couple reasons for me wanting to transfer, but at the same time, ig i cant complain, but yes tuition is very hefty here

[unreal tusk]

apparently last yr or 2022 apps, it was due by december 1st 11pm, b ut it was hidden

[worn aurora]

Real

[warm relic]

man i realized today how cooked i am

[burnt ridge]

me when my teacher announces we have ap physics test the day after break ends

(please send prayers)

[worn aurora]

I have 2 lectures to catch up on, a final project due tonight, a final on Saturday, 2 finals next week, a cs assignment due Wednesday

Math homework due on Sunday

[unreal tusk]

which physics?

[burnt ridge]

Physics C: Mechanics

and second sem E&M

[brisk basin]

feburary

[unreal tusk]

what u learning rn?

[brisk basin]

gg

[unreal tusk]

are u taking both tests? bruh thats tuff asf wtf

[brisk basin]

UCLA when their portal was built before the school

[burnt ridge]

momentum

[burnt ridge]

ya

[burnt ridge]

our school does it in semesters

so like kinda have to take both classes

might as well do both tests

[dry pollen]

It’s ugly asf

School is gorg though

[brisk basin]

I remember the year I applied

CMU SJSU UCB and UCLA all had technical difficulities

for their portals

and the running joke was that we should all go to Ohio state

cause at least their portal runs

top 5 CS schools and yet the portal doesn't even work

gg

[worn aurora]

i dont remember sjsu

having technical difficulties

[brisk basin]

I did

[worn aurora]

cmu just waitlisted everyone

[brisk basin]

or at least a couple of other people

[worn aurora]

ucla just took down their portal before decisions basically

[brisk basin]

[worn aurora]

and berkeley for some reason cant patch the way they update their databases

[dense epoch]

holy dont get it started again

[strange cloud]

sjsu has the ugliest portal ever bruh

[dense epoch]

but anyways this must be a troll

[strange cloud]

ucsd portal 😍

[dense epoch]

real

[fringe wyvern]

wait is the deadline local or pst

saved by timezones

(i hate being a procrastinator)