All UCs (2024-2025)

[tulip relic]

anyway me and a friend in my ap lit class are probably the only people applying to uc at my school

[tidal birch]

not that i know much of pre-med paths in general

[tulip relic]

she applied to berkeley riverside san diego and irvine

[tidal birch]

bros oos in the big 24

😭🙏

[tulip relic]

what is the big 24

[gloomy pelican]

I know people who quit filling the app out after seeing the four piqs

[tulip relic]

laziness

i mean all they want out of the piqs is showcasing aspects of your life and what it means to you

[tidal birch]

i had fun writing the piqs

[tulip relic]

same

[brisk basin]

Not even close bro MET and CS would like to have a word with you

[dry pollen]

Premeds do it yeah

[gloomy pelican]

they’re also probably deterred by the tuition

[brisk basin]

3rd maybe

[dry pollen]

Yeah ib is much smaller

Neuro is new

[tidal birch]

holy incorrect

actually im biased

i cant say anything

[tulip relic]

my school has people in the single digits apply to ucs and if they usually apply based on what ive seen they are usually accepted

[dry pollen]

Chem is hard asf at Berkeley

[tidal birch]

just watch all seasons of breaking bad

easy 4.0

[brisk basin]

MET and CS would love a word with chem majors

[tulip relic]

i mean any science is challenging

[brisk basin]

[tulip relic]

like theres a lot of math and logic involved

[brisk basin]

Not as much math as CS EECS and ME

And not a 50 admit cap for MET

[tidal birch]

are we talkin about admit rates or difficulty here

[brisk basin]

They said admit rates

[tidal birch]

oh

yeah cs mogs

let alone met

[brisk basin]

^

Single digit acceptances GG

[tidal birch]

ill gladly let someone take my spot cause i give up

[tulip relic]

ucla nursing core

where the acceptance rate is 10^-1 digits

its like less than 1% iirc

[brisk basin]

MET POV

[tidal birch]

MET kids are shiny pokemon havent encountered one yet

[brisk basin]

True

[tidal birch]

theyre all in that shack

[brisk basin]

Actually not true

[tidal birch]

up north of campus

[brisk basin]

I've encountered a lot of shines

Shinies

But no MET kids

[grand pilot]

what does this mean?

is this something to do with my preferred name and legal name

[dry pollen]

Oh you’re a Berkeley student

[brisk basin]

Wetf

I can not confirm or deny this information.,.,.,.

[tidal birch]

i just assumed

especially after u saying u met MET ppl

[dry pollen]

Uh huh

[brisk basin]

well I said I didn't meet

any

[brisk basin]

[tidal birch]

sure buddy

whatever you say

[brisk basin]

bullying

[dry pollen]

#2 public school or whatever 🙄

[slate mountain]

0.8%

well ok i have a wink and a prayer to get into berk's chem

🫰🏻

[ornate abyss]

what is ucla cs acceptance rate

[worn aurora]

Like 5%

[ornate abyss]

so my mates from hs are nerds

[worn aurora]

Yeah

[brisk basin]

Not true wetf....

[brisk basin]

Pretty sure it's not bad lol

[barren otter]

Did anyone get their portal for UCLA

[tulip relic]

not me

[bold bear]

my friend who submitted on thursday got theirs yesterday

🪖

[dry pollen]

Argue w us news

[dry pollen]

It came out in late Dec or Jan last year

[barren otter]

dude they’re taking forever

[brisk basin]

US news choosing ranks based on who paid them the most

[barren otter]

that’s how i decided which unis to apply to💀

usnews premium

[brisk basin]

[brisk basin]

So are you going to #4 public school

UVA

[barren otter]

nah but i applied there for finance lmaooo

[brisk basin]

Wild they rank Berkeley at 5th in the world

And UCLA at 30 something

Yet below UCLA in public schools

Like where did the math stop mathing bro

[dry pollen]

Cope

[brisk basin]

[dry pollen]

What’s your major

[tidal birch]

bro swears he doesnt go to berkeley

[brisk basin]

I swear

I don't

[narrow plaza]

praying for ucsd cs

[tulip relic]

praying for ucsd math statistics and probability or developmental psychology

[worn aurora]

I would argue with us news but they’ve been glazing my school too so

[dense epoch]

USC viterbi is harder to get into

4%

[slate mountain]

im competing with people who took ib hl chem and won national/international chem olympiad

[brisk basin]

Brother

MET kids started google

you've got nothing on them respectfully

[slate mountain]

👽

damn nvm

[brisk basin]

The only MET kids I kinda know

he founded a company that Elon invested 20M in

[slate mountain]

👽

are u sure u dont go to berkeley

[brisk basin]

I cannot confirm or deny this information

[slate mountain]

now im 99% sure u went there but not anymore

🦕

[coarse tree]

Hellluurrr UC people

[slate mountain]

hellaur

[brisk basin]

hello my favorite transfer

[coarse tree]

Hiii

Also what’s your pfp

It’s cool

[brisk basin]

Mega Sceptile

[coarse tree]

No idea what that is 😭

[brisk basin]

Top Pokemon

[coarse tree]

Oh cool

[coarse tree]

Slaying

I have to interview two of my friends tmrw who both want to be editor in chief of my college paper and help choose between them. It’s gonna be so uncomfy. College journalism moment.

[dry pollen]

co editors ?

[brisk basin]

make them play

flip a coin

[coarse tree]

One of them is not ready to be EIC 😭

[dry pollen]

make them under the eic

like shadow the eic

[coarse tree]

Yeah that’s what we’re gonna do. EIC and managing editor

[dry pollen]

W

[worn aurora]

My bad chief

[dense epoch]

Ya sit down

USC is harder to get into but shittier

[brisk basin]

not if my dad donates a building

[tropic minnow]

Or buys my way onto a sports team

[worn aurora]

Couldn’t be my goat LeNut

[harsh spindle]

we are 11

but world ranking is based on research output

domestic ranking is not that heavy on research

either way, rankings are kinda meaningless, this shit happens every year lol

[bold bear]

why did the UCs want me to confirm that i am a california resident

i literally answered all the questions on the app

also why does UCSD want my parent's immigration documents 💀

so invasive

not cool

[brisk basin]

I was gonna make a joke

But my lawyer has advised me to not do so

[bold bear]

💀

[brisk basin]

Dw I got the same email bro

[bold bear]

[brisk basin]

They want my papers too

[bold bear]

i think it's because i moved within my city the past month 💀

[brisk basin]

No I'm pretty sure

80% of people get it

[bold bear]

rip

(i'm in-state)

[brisk basin]

I was in state

I had to do that too

I got the email my year as well

[tulip relic]

how do we send transcripts to ucs

[noble kraken]

you dont

[tulip relic]

like at some point i have to that

[noble kraken]

unless you get in

[tulip relic]

ik

[tidal birch]

get in first lil bro

[tulip relic]

ik ik

[brisk basin]

parchment

or physical copy and mail it to their office

[burnt ridge]

has anypne recieved uci, ucla, and ucr portals yet?

i applied last week havent heard back

[tulip relic]

i haven’t though today my apps for all colleges went through

currently prepping legal docs to prove my dads residency

[burnt ridge]

ya

same

[noble kraken]

Ucla comes out hella late I've heard

[tulip relic]

yeah january iirc

[true glade]

Got uci today

Applied dec 1st

[burnt ridge]

bruh

i applied last thursday

and didnt get portal

[true glade]

Wait nv it’s not a portal 😭

It’s just a confirmation that they got my application

My bad

[fringe wyvern]

yall chill they prolly got 100k+ applications

[grand pilot]

oh is it diff for everyone

i got my Berkeley portal few days ago

[hallow sapphire]

when did you apply

[tropic minnow]

Last year it was 200k+ so probably higher then that this time around

So be patient people

It will come

[brisk basin]

*300k

[frosty ibex]

wait this is wild i haven't gotten any portals yet either, but i only submitted on sunday

[warped dome]

wait

i didnt even get any confirmations

[frosty ibex]

huh

[warped dome]

i got a confirmation from the uc site itself

[frosty ibex]

you didn't?

[warped dome]

but

[frosty ibex]

i got this email

[warped dome]

not from specific colleges

[frosty ibex]

oh yeah i didn't get those yet either

only the main one

[warped dome]

yeahhh i got that but the other guy said he got one specifically form uci

[warped dome]

oh ok thank god

[frosty ibex]

ok probably just need to wait then 🙏

[tidal birch]

dear uc children, they come at various times

[warped dome]

is it bad that date forwarded isnt on the 2nd

i know im overhthinking

but my applications were just forwarded

today

even tho i submitted on dec 1st

[frosty ibex]

it's probably fine

i just checked and mine were forwarded yesterday

[fringe wyvern]

my shit forwarded on lie the 5th lmao

yeah

[runic grail]

If you guys haven't gotten your portals or confirmation yet just consider the algorithm has sorted your application into the auto reject shredder file

[tidal birch]

this

either that or the transaction couldn’t go through and ur application is soft locked

[runic grail]

It is actaully a fact that a computer will automatically give you a score based on your quantitative factors like grades/APs/trends

So if you haven't gotten anything from the school just consider you already got rejected sorry

ON the other hand community college accepts everyone!

and UCs accept any hard working CC student!

[burnt ridge]

wait actually 💀

no way riverside is rejecting me

i may be the first person in history

[grand pilot]

i think like 28 nov

[strange cloud]

why is ucla so fucking slow

[strange cloud]

dam

[narrow cobalt]

Bro is onto nothing 😂

[brisk basin]

you won't

Riverside CS is competitive these days

[brisk basin]

Factual statement.

GG

^^^

[worn aurora]

Chat I am cooked for my final so I’m going to scroll on Instagram reels and further rot my brain

[worn aurora]

Isn’t it like 20-30%

[worn aurora]

That’s how the job market is

[strange cloud]

ucsd gave it the day after

they want me so bad 🙏

[brisk basin]

gg

[brisk basin]

which is pretty hard

xD

[tulip relic]

applications were forwarded yesterday for me

now the waiting game begins

[brisk basin]

This is where the coping game begins

[slate mountain]

whats the difference between local (ETC) and statewide guaranteed

[quick monolith]

UCLA record not found - anyone has similar message ?

[sweet citrus]

I think one is if your school doesn’t rank

But they both lead to Merced 99% of the time

[midnight vine]

come to berkeley bc we have llamas!

[gloomy pelican]

WHAT 💀

[midnight vine]

he's joking

[gloomy pelican]

👹

[tidal birch]

insane dox

u forgot to blur the dude in the back smh

[tropic minnow]

You only brought this up cause thats you isnt it

[tulip relic]

i smell lawsuits

[tropic minnow]

I got doxxed on a2c (gone wrong) (lawsuit filed)

[midnight vine]

alr thats it im pulling up to your dorm prepare your defense

[sweet citrus]

Those are the same ones we have

Smh

[tidal birch]

dear god

[worn aurora]

davis has cows

[glad aurora]

we also have llamas

and sheep and horses

and a raptor centre

[worn aurora]

and pollen

[glad aurora]

that is true

[tulip relic]

yes and physics building cats

[tidal birch]

they got cats?!?

transferring rn

[tulip relic]

yes

on the davis subreddit there’s a lot about the cats there

cheeto

[midnight vine]

we have cats

we have cats

at delah

[tidal birch]

bro where

[midnight vine]

north side

Delah coffee

[tidal birch]

well that’s on the north side smh

[midnight vine]

dude im at line in gbc and some guy just stuffed 10 bottles of Gatorade into his back pack

#finalsszn

[midnight vine]

it's not that far

[tulip relic]

berkeley has cats??

[tidal birch]

new study location dropped atleast

u don’t mean furries when u say cats right

[tulip relic]

no

like real cats

https://tenor.com/view/mashi-futaba-sakura-morgana-persona-5-mona-gif-13968483190706202009

[tidal birch]

cats 😍

[tidal birch]

ok but can you pet them

[tulip relic]

^

[tropic minnow]

There's cats here apparently but I haven't found them

[tulip relic]

santa cruz too??

[slate mountain]

my school ranks and i got 9% in state while my friend got 9% in our school :0

just curious

[midnight vine]

no LOL

[midnight vine]

yes! https://www.instagram.com/reel/DB9h98_hCV2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

dukieblu

@delahcoffeehouse the pistachio latte is so good… but what if they served it with @tachepistachiomilk ….
THE KITTENS OMGGG my heart 💖

#catcafe #berkeley #arabiancoffee

Instagram

[tidal birch]

oh my god

and their drinks looks amazing

[midnight vine]

the only problem is the distance but take the bus

[tulip relic]

omg they’re so small

[midnight vine]

RIGHT

need to get a cat

god i miss my dog

[tidal birch]

i need a pet friendly apartment so bad

[midnight vine]

my friend in unit 2 has a cat in her dorm

anything can be a pet friendly apartment if you make it!

[dry pollen]

Or come to ucla we have the cutest therapy dogs

[midnight vine]

but do you have trouper

[dry pollen]

I held a teddy bear dog today

I would post but unfortunately I’m in it

He had reindeer antlers

[midnight vine]

awwwwwwww

[tidal birch]

love trouper

love big dogs

[midnight vine]

real

[ornate abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-gif-25190594

cats better

[tidal birch]

when u own dogs but like cats

[deft thorn]

I got one from UC Irvine

[strange cloud]

my school offers literally every AP class except for like three and i only took nine

im not getting in bru

[amber aurora]

how much ur bros be taking

[tidal birch]

https://tenor.com/view/lie-detector-meme-truth-lie-gif-9021535758661504197

[strange cloud]

Can't make me more depresso

[warped dome]

get good

[worn aurora]

Everyone screaming for finals now

[midnight vine]

gonna be us next week fr

today everyone's chilling

[tidal birch]

can’t wait to yell

[glad aurora]

i'd rather have it over with so

22 days of a break sounds fun

[midnight vine]

yeah but dead week

[glad aurora]

who needs that bahahahah

[midnight vine]

im either gonna lock in and be the most productive I've ever been or it's gonna be Thanksgiving break pt 2 where i sleep till 1 and not do anything

stay tuned to find out!

finals week or final week type shi

[tidal birch]

real

no more freakiness 100% locked in

[brisk basin]

Lmfao GG

[tidal birch]

time to become an academic weapon and not an academic victim

[bold bear]

help

(UCSC portal

do i put length i lived in CA or my current address

confusing ahhh

[tidal birch]

bro

wdym your address

it says years and months

[bold bear]

yea it says "how long has this location been your home" and the previous question asked "what state do i reside in"

[tidal birch]

uh huh

[bold bear]

so do i put the years and months i lived in CA or the years and months i lived in my current address

[tidal birch]

oh i see

CA

how long you lived in CA

[bold bear]

17+ yrs (but not since birth)

[bold bear]

bruh why does UCSC want my parents first drivers liscences 😭

they don't have that anymore 💀

[gloomy pelican]

if my mom is a teacher working for California, could I possibly count as in-state even if we didn’t live there for a year?

[rough tartan]

no in-state is residency specifically

[tropic minnow]

I do NOT remember giving that info what

[tropic minnow]

In state is based off residency for the past year not when your mom worked

So if you’ve been here since summer of junior year, say June 2024, you will be eligible

[gloomy pelican]

it’s cuz this kid in my class says his dad files taxes in California and his older brother was eligible for in-state tuition

they definitely do not live in California 🤨

[tropic minnow]

Well he might have an exemption then but idk

[midnight vine]

might be ab540

[tropic minnow]

He has to have been present for the past year prior to when he starts

That’s also true

[midnight vine]

they have a huge list of exemptions on their website

he also could be lying

[gloomy pelican]

🌝

[tropic minnow]

Lying feels to be the most probable

[tropic minnow]

Most normal r/UCSD post

[tulip relic]

UCSD on crack episode 3287592357802435345

[burnt ridge]

how does one obtain this

[tropic minnow]

Why would you want to do that

[burnt ridge]

no

i dont

i meant

it in a way like what made bro do that 😭

not how to do it

[tidal birch]

bros tryna defend themselves

stuttering online

[worn aurora]

I was in fact not cooked on the final

[tidal birch]

nefarious weekend final

[coarse tree]

Hiii

[worn aurora]

Math final was from 7-10

[blissful zephyr]

wsg chat

look at my username

i’m a rep from ucsd

[tidal birch]

bros the ucsandiego

[blissful zephyr]

i’m the one reading your application

[tidal birch]

this is true chat

[blissful zephyr]

better mention ben zhang in additional info section for brownie points

[tidal birch]

he read mine back in the day

[blissful zephyr]

no i didn’t

not yours

[worn aurora]

Best Fortnite dance gets accepted

[blissful zephyr]

rumor has it

if you put the code to a $19 fortnight card in the additional info

you are automatically accepted

[coral hatch]

are you an undergrad invited by the deans admissions to do application reviews?

[burnt ridge]

wait deadass

[burnt ridge]

WHAT

why was i not aware of this hack bruh

[dense epoch]

unfortunately he is

ben actually oversees most apps from california applicants

so be gud

yall might be cooked already

cuz u guys are on a2c

its unfortunate

[midnight vine]

don't listen to any of them

[brisk basin]

Listen to Ben.

[glad aurora]

!rule 2

[fiery locust]

#📜-rules

​Rule 2: Answer Questions with Good Intent

​Please only answer questions if you know your answers are correct. If you aren't sure, don't be afraid to double check! Share official sources where possible (e.g. school websites). If a question is subjective, you should still have some backing when approaching it. While it's okay if you need to be corrected on occasion, purposeful misinformation will receive infractions.

[blissful zephyr]

bro 💀

[brisk basin]

yea bro answer the questions with good intent smh

[coral hatch]

guys there's a typo in my essay

it's supposed to be "i believe having someone to express your emotions to and look after you is a universal need everyone should have"

what do i do???

i'm lowkey kind of scared now

[tidal birch]

you’ll be fine

[coral hatch]

shoot i just realized two other typos in the essay

are you sure?

[cedar zinc]

I don't think they will care

[coral hatch]

gotcha. thanks

[sweet citrus]

I have seen worse

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/s/1dweYJXxaM

[coral hatch]

damn 💀

[burnt ridge]

top 10 things that never happened

[worn aurora]

this was my essay fr

[amber aurora]

fr?

[tidal birch]

can confirm i was the AO

[sly storm]

Can confirm, I was the essay

[bold bear]

can confirm, i am his computer

[brisk basin]

can confirm, I was him

[mighty quail]

I copied and pasted from commonapp and realized I put the wrong school in the essay for my UCs lol

I'm sure you'll be fine with a few mistakes here and there

[high bronze]

best of luck soldier on finals

[mighty quail]

Same to you

My laziness is kicking in :<

Also, I feel like water tastes different from where you get it, really weird...

[worn aurora]

Kirkland water is the best water

[cyan fog]

Was CS your primary major when applying

Or alternate

[ornate abyss]

ewww cs major

[strange cloud]

lmaooo

[worn aurora]

My bad

[mighty quail]

Primary

I’m OOS, so I only applied to Berkeley and CS

Anything else wasn’t worth the OOS cost tbh

[tidal birch]

how that 61a study sesh goin

[mighty quail]

lol

I have enough points to pass the class, so not planning to study much

Focusing my path on passing rather than getting A’s

[tidal birch]

real

ngl i haven’t studied yet

[mighty quail]

Hehe

Secured an internship, so less worried

Just hoping to go up from here

[tidal birch]

dayum my bad wasn’t familiar with ur game

[mighty quail]

Internships for startups are just cold emailing

Once you send out enough, you eventually get one

I created a bot to scrape emails and keywords if you need emails lmk

[worn aurora]

Friend got internship offer from Roblox

[mighty quail]

Sheeeeesh

[bold bear]

has anyone got berkeley, ucla, ucsb, uci portals?

[worn aurora]

I’m in like a final round rn but ngl lowkey getting ghosted

[mighty quail]

GL!

I hate the technical part 😭

[bold bear]

nah cold emailing doesn't work for everyone ngl, try to see if ur school has an "opportunities slideshow" and occasionally an internship will pop up there

that's how i got one at the military industrial complex 💀

[mighty quail]

I cold emailed around 100 startups to find 2 that gave me offers.

Although I did write a script lol

[bold bear]

startups is crazy ngl

[mighty quail]

Asking for money brings down probability a lot I found.

[bold bear]

cuz a lot of ppl i know who got internships at startups got them through college counselors who had friends doing startups

[mighty quail]

Yes, backdoor is crazy.

[bold bear]

yea startups sometimes give out internships like crazy

esp in the bay 💀

[mighty quail]

75% of them are generic or bad niche

[worn aurora]

Thanks

[bold bear]

yea true ngl

[mighty quail]

I saw a few that wanted to compete with OpenAI 😭

Not impossible, but definately not something I am interested in doing

[worn aurora]

Knew someone who ran a startup went into a cs discord server and said that the method to getting experience is to cold email startups after fixing a bug on their website and ask to work for free for 3-6 months

[mighty quail]

Uh... I did the opposite 💀

I found a bug and exploited it

got a few cease-and-desist letters

[worn aurora]

Unethical hacking

[mighty quail]

erm... just a loophole

didnt hack

[tidal birch]

ain’t no way 💀

[mighty quail]

Deleted that lol

yea

I repayed them and gave suggestions on how to fix it, but I dont think asking for an internship will help

[worn aurora]

Pull the Synapse X method

[rough tartan]

nope

[forest grotto]

i got berkeley but not la

[steady jolt]

Only UCSD

[frosty ibex]

yep, only ucsd portal so far

[bold bear]

i got UCSC as well

[ornate abyss]

ucsc has a goated campus

kinda sad its not ranked high academically

[mellow plank]

i only have my ucd and uci portal

[tropic minnow]

Depends on the field

Some of the fields we can fight with the best

Other fields we're decent and better then what you're gonna get at your median college but yeah its not peak

But the history professors here are goated imo from experience, they're very smart and do a lot with the money they're given

[ornate abyss]

https://tenor.com/view/dark-naturalism-dark-nature-forest-dark-nature-gif-9476551945653293754

[worn aurora]

It’s chill but I’ve seen videos of people coming back from class and they hiked through a whole trail in the woods at night

Personally I could never do that

[ornate abyss]

hell nah thats my dream

https://tenor.com/view/night-walk-sacry-sacred-dark-forest-gif-11236073916516482685

[tropic minnow]

Its such a nice vibe at night

I haven't done the woods but I've walked campus at night and its very relaxing for me

One day I'll do the woods though

[cyan fog]

Ah alr im a Lil stupid and applied for eecs

Lmfao

[mighty quail]

EECS has a higher accceptance rate if I remember

but EECS and CS are low either way - so it just depends on yourself.

[cyan fog]

that's fair

[mighty quail]

I failed physics, bio, and chem in HS lol

0 chance I'm taking EECS

[cyan fog]

☠️

Atleast it worked out

[mighty quail]

I guess so...

Follow your passion and it usually works out

[strange cloud]

wait how

eecs has hella hype

everyone and their mother is talking about eecs

[tidal birch]

difference is marginal

but yes eecs has a higher AR

but it fluctuates

[strange cloud]

oh

so many sweats 😔

just be a chill guy who does data science

[true glade]

Got my Berkeley portal for whoever was asking about it

[knotty cedar]

Same

[half token]

Same

[frosty ibex]

oh me too! wow

[strange cloud]

is this aura

does ucsd want me

[dense epoch]

No they don’t

[strange cloud]

fuck bro

[tulip relic]

i heard those doesn’t release until january

[burnt ridge]

THATS WHAT I WAS SAYING

[strange cloud]

THEY WANT ME SO BAD

[high bronze]

also eecs has higher capacity compared to raw cs. i think part of its strength comes from the amount of peers that you have :)

[strange cloud]

ah

im just a chill guy who wants to do earth science and data science

[high bronze]

dw about itt you'll be fine

[strange cloud]

lmao i dont wanna go to berk

if i get in i have to go

[high bronze]

?

[strange cloud]

if i get into ucb i have to go because parents woohoo!!!

[high bronze]

just don't tell them 🙃

i don't know how ur parents are tbh but my parents wanted me to go to UCLA and it took some convincing

[strange cloud]

rankings are everything for them 😔

i'd choose ucsd over ucb any day

[high bronze]

well my parents are kinda similar they wanted me to go to the "#1 public" uni lol

[high bronze]

fair, hopefully admission goes well! i got into ucsd as undeclared but with regents strangely enough 🥲

[half token]

i would do facinorous things to get into berkeley

[dense epoch]

Wut u apply to ucsd as

[strange cloud]

ds

second choice met

eorology

[dense epoch]

Light work

[strange cloud]

my stats are balls bro

not very light work

[dense epoch]

How balls

[thin shell]

are u at ucsd?

[thin shell]

same 😭

[strange cloud]

mid ec's, ok grades, i fucked up one of my piqs

[strange cloud]

very competive high school (50% has a 4.0 uw)

[ornate abyss]

im gonna go and purge you bro said 3.9 is mid

[strange cloud]

it is at my school

grade inflation + super fucking prodigies making up 25% of the class

im not getting in

[ornate abyss]

bro mines worse

47.8% of my class had a 3.75-4.0 gpa

[strange cloud]

if i didnt fuck up in that bio class i would have been fine

bruh

[dense epoch]

No usc

[dense epoch]

Damn that was gpa exactly lmao

[burnt ridge]

you are fine dude

thats your uc calculated gpa

i really dont know why ur whining over a 3.93 gpa

[brisk basin]

worse school gg

[strange cloud]

people with higher gpas got rejected last year

[burnt ridge]

ecs, piqs

[brisk basin]

ok tbf 4.2 is like average for UC GPA

[burnt ridge]

ecs and piqs were trash then probably

[strange cloud]

eh i cant change it

[brisk basin]

you'll probably be fine

[burnt ridge]

if they had a 3.93 uw uc gpa and below standard ecs

yeah makes sense

[brisk basin]

at some point the GPA and stuffs doesn't matter, it's just whichever AO likes you

gg

[burnt ridge]

yeah

[dense epoch]

The worst?! The worst?! Ur so right

[burnt ridge]

i wonder how it works for family members

😭

[dense epoch]

Fck usc

[burnt ridge]

like imagine your aunt is admission officer at ucla

[brisk basin]

https://tenor.com/view/hide-the-simpsons-bush-bushes-hermit-gif-5786484

[burnt ridge]

and then the aunts hasuband works there too

[brisk basin]

we don't talk about that here

[burnt ridge]

oh

im just wondering 😭

[brisk basin]

the mods gonna accuse you of defaming the grand higher education system gg

||(Kidding btw)||

[burnt ridge]

oh

💀

[dense epoch]

Unfortunately my dad is the dean at stanford

[brisk basin]

I'm sure there's a lot of shady business going on behind admissions

[dense epoch]

And I got rejected

[burnt ridge]

nah is this deadass 💀

[dense epoch]

My dad told Stanford to not accept me

[brisk basin]

no or else they would be there

[burnt ridge]

man

ur dad def didnt love you

[dense epoch]

Truly unfortunate

[burnt ridge]

ay

[brisk basin]

disowned gg

[burnt ridge]

but usc

[brisk basin]

[burnt ridge]

id be pissed at my dad if that happened

[dense epoch]

Aimed for ucsd, but got usc

[burnt ridge]

ucsd good colege

[brisk basin]

tbh just transfer if you don't get it

not that big of a deal

[burnt ridge]

im praying i get into at least one of my ucs

ucsd, ucb, ucla, ucd, ucsb, or uci

[dense epoch]

Unfortunately ucsd is mid

[burnt ridge]

im fine w it

[strange cloud]

arent u an irvine kid

[dense epoch]

Uci is better

Yes I am

[brisk basin]

most of my friends who transferred got accepted, and they enjoyed the college process way more than the freshmen and sophomore friends at the UCs

[dense epoch]

U will get in

[strange cloud]

seaside bakery

[dense epoch]

Yes

That’s me

[strange cloud]

are you a kevin nguyen

[brisk basin]

bro's stalking wetf

[strange cloud]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[dense epoch]

Nah I’m a smelly, messy hair, wrinkled t shirt engineering Asian

[brisk basin]

Kevin

[slate mountain]

does berkeley only send the 2 letters of recc email to first gen students

[strange cloud]

have you been to an eric ou party

[slate mountain]

idk if this is a coincidence, but all my first gen friends got the email

its a crazy coincidence

[dense epoch]

Bro hosts only part at UCs not usc

[brisk basin]

yes

[dense epoch]

This guy is a bum

[slate mountain]

noooo

:(

i wanted them to read my recc letters

[dense epoch]

They don’t care

My friend got one but got rejected

[brisk basin]

if you check the last admission cycle UC wide report

[dense epoch]

But there’s people who got it and got in

So like

[brisk basin]

UC Berkeley did talk about that program specficially

on average that program accepts 25% of the people

[slate mountain]

wait which program

[brisk basin]

so it's def a booster but not a huge one

[brisk basin]

not really program just

people who were requested for additional information and letters of reccomendation

[slate mountain]

:((((

man

[dense epoch]

If ur gud enough they will accept u

[slate mountain]

i applied chemistry and wrote abt chemistry on my piq

[brisk basin]

true

just become better

just win

[slate mountain]

but my ap chem teacher also wrote my letter

[brisk basin]

[slate mountain]

😞

[brisk basin]

just win bro

[slate mountain]

are u that one person who says u cant confirm or deny my question to u

[brisk basin]

maybe

[slate mountain]

when i asked if u go to berkeley

[brisk basin]

I cannot confirm or deny that.

[dense epoch]

Legit seriously tho if ur gud enough berk will accept u early

[brisk basin]

[slate mountain]

wait really

[brisk basin]

this is factual btw

[dense epoch]

Just hope for the best

[slate mountain]

ah

[dense epoch]

Yes

[brisk basin]

they send out regents in feb

[dense epoch]

Berkeley accepts early

[slate mountain]

okay

[brisk basin]

along with MET and other special programs

[slate mountain]

thank you guys

[brisk basin]

you got this

[slate mountain]

if i get in ill treat u both dinne

oh

👽

[brisk basin]

My lawyer advised me to delete that

[slate mountain]

maybe not

[dense epoch]

Gud

Cuz I’m broke

[sly storm]

Where did kace go

[brisk basin]

sounds like a deal

there's a good sandwich place in Berkeley

[slate mountain]

:0

[brisk basin]

also a good Chinese food place

[slate mountain]

awesome

[brisk basin]

see you there

[dense epoch]

Nah berk got some good pho places

[brisk basin]

also true

haven't tried em yet

[dense epoch]

They’re good

[slate mountain]

OH so u do go to berkeley

[brisk basin]

wtf

fake allegations

[burnt ridge]

i hope so gang

[barren otter]

anyone get ucla portals?\

also damn im not tryna do this business supplemental for berkely

[rough tartan]

not yet

I havent gotten irvine either

[tulip relic]

portals as of now

irvine
san diego
davis

for me at least

also santa cruz

5/8 of my portals have opened

[barren otter]

nice i have irvine davis and berkeley

[strange cloud]

did he fucking leave

watf

[bold bear]

irvine is out for some ppl

[wooden sierra]

needs to lock in for finals

hell prolly be back

im tempted to leave as well 😔

[tulip relic]

portal updates for me

davis
san diego
berkeley
irvine
santa cruz

[dry pollen]

Y’all are wilding the portals are not that deep

[runic grail]

at this point if you haven't got your portal yet assume it's wraps for you

I'm dead serious btw

[knotty cedar]

What

[vivid glen]

I dont think portals are an indication for anything

[pale spire]

Oh my god atry 😭

[pale spire]

They are not and speculating about them is against server rules (see portal astrology)

[vivid glen]

oh ok

[burnt ridge]

ucr rejecting me

wooo

[echo halo]

Anyone got ucla portal yet?

[deft thorn]

nope

[hollow elk]

comes out january iirc

[brisk basin]

average A2C rule

[steady jolt]

UCLA is not

[formal quiver]

Are you kinda supposed to submit LORs to Berkeley

Are you actually not penalized if you don't

[warped dome]

you only submit when they request

[midnight vine]

if they request and you dont submit its not the best look

bc it gives the impression that either you dont have the best relationships w your teachers or you're lying about something on your app and you dont want the lors to out you

if they dont request its not a big deal like it doesn't mean you're not gonna get in

i didnt get an lor request and i got in early

[coarse tree]

Agreed but also my friend got lors requested, completely forgot about the request so she didn’t submit, then got in, then chose ucla instead

[midnight vine]

so its primarily random

[midnight vine]

😭 😭 😭

i mean obv there are edge cases but i just dont see why you would not submit (forgetting / not seeing the request aside)

[coarse tree]

Yeah if you get a request def submit

[burnt ridge]

oh wait the yrequest lors

BETTTT

how frequent do they do it

[midnight vine]

like how many people they ask?

[tidal birch]

pretty rare ngl

[brisk basin]

Y'all can just go look in the annual report by the University of California

less talking more researching

[rancid grove]

it's probably not that deep bc a computer most likely decided whos being picked for augmented review but still highly suggested to make the best of it

[mighty quail]

It is possible the use of LOR is for scholarships “application”

Pure speculation

[brisk basin]

so Regents

[midnight vine]

i know people who got lor requests but no regents

[brisk basin]

"it's possible"

"the use of LOR is for scholarships"

so yes possible

[midnight vine]

possible but it doesn't mean that if you dont get it you're not getting regents is my point

[brisk basin]

yea obviously

cooked momento

Regents into Berkeley is pretty wild

[midnight vine]

i was so close yet so far away :(

[brisk basin]

||we don't talk about me||

I mean what

[tulip relic]

ok this sounds crazy but once i graduate this year im probably going to drive across california collecting uc sweaters (minus san diego bc i already have one for them)

[sharp topaz]

devious

[latent scarab]

Where’s Merced?

[strange cloud]

irrelevant

jkjk

the cows took over

[sharp topaz]

i forgot

[sweet citrus]

https://www.instagram.com/p/DDf5yr5zO0K

uciadmissions

Hi, future Anteaters! Fall 2025 applications are currently being processed and assigned the relevant IDs to be able to activate your UC Irvine Applicant Portal! We expect all applicants to receive their credentials by January 5, 2025. Note: Art and Drama applicants will receive their credentials by December 23 to ensure the ability to meet por...

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[graceful raven]

[tulip relic]

this is pretty spot on ngl

i live near houston so im def starting from san diego

[burnt ridge]

dang

[cobalt lion]

have yall gotten portals for SB/LA/Irvine?

[bold bear]

nah

[cobalt lion]

ok cool

[bold bear]

irvine is still rolling portals out

no info from SB/LA yet

[cobalt lion]

oh riverside not irvine whoops

[bold bear]

i didn't apply riverside :(

[cobalt lion]

ok cool thought they burned my app or smth

[bold bear]

they're not mit

[cobalt lion]

ty!

[bold bear]

they would never do that

[cobalt lion]

[strange cloud]

ucsd is the best socal school 💪

[pallid stratus]

chat how do i withdraw la/sb if i dont have my portal yet

[burnt ridge]

i got riverside like 2 days ago

[burnt ridge]

are u withdrawing because you don't have a portal or withdrawing for other reason?

[pallid stratus]

other reasons i committed ed, ig ill just email?

[burnt ridge]

ohhhh yeah email ig

[deft thorn]

I got irvine today only LA left for me

[runic grail]

W take

[dry pollen]

Nah ucla >>>

[cobalt lion]

i only got a social media advertisement email lol hopefully comes later

[half token]

I think I just got my ucla portal

[knotty cedar]

do they send you an email

[noble root]

yeah just got mine from ucla

[strange cloud]

Same

[burnt ridge]

dang

i just got my ucla portal

[silent nymph]

Me too

[knotty cedar]

ok can confirm I got in like an hour ago

[uncut hollow]

do you think they’re doing it in waves or smth?? i haven’t gotten ucla

[runic grail]

No, it means they misplaced your application.

Email them like 30 times and call the office.

[uncut hollow]

😭😭😭

okay nah i’m just surprised bc i thought portal stuff came out jan for ucla

[tidal birch]

mf is actually gonna get someone rejected with this 😭

[uncut hollow]

LMAO

my expression the first sentence 😰 my face the second sentence 💀

omg chat i got portal info

[strange cloud]

!cooked

[fiery locust]

It’s so over…

@uncut hollow is absolutely doomed.
@uncut hollow feels this server is the place to bring it up time and time again.
@uncut hollow is truly A2Cooked.

Used 512 times.

[uncut hollow]

LMAO GUYS IM SRSLY NOT WORRIED I WAS ASKING BECAUSE I GEN WAS CURIOUS 💀

used 512 times is wild

[burnt ridge]

!cooked

[fiery locust]

It’s so over…

@burnt ridge is absolutely doomed.
@burnt ridge feels this server is the place to bring it up time and time again.
@burnt ridge is truly A2Cooked.

Used 513 times.

[burnt ridge]

!cooked

[fiery locust]

It’s so over…

@strange cloud is absolutely doomed.
@strange cloud feels this server is the place to bring it up time and time again.
@strange cloud is truly A2Cooked.

Used 514 times.

[strange cloud]

NOOOO

[rough tartan]

bro stop spreading misinformation

no one i know has gotten UCLA

I havent even gotten irvine

[tulip relic]

i just got ucla

[runic grail]

Read the chat bro you’re cooked as balls

[ornate abyss]

!cooked

[fiery locust]

It’s so over…

@ornate abyss is absolutely doomed.
@ornate abyss feels this server is the place to bring it up time and time again.
@ornate abyss is truly A2Cooked.

Used 515 times.

[sharp oak]

just got my ucla portal email

yall were right their portal is ass

[rough tartan]

mb, some ppl i know have gotten it

[sharp oak]

probably i got it at 10:02

ucsb is the last portal i'm waiting on

[tulip relic]

i still have riverside and santa barbara

[sharp oak]

didnt apply to ucr

[midnight vine]

guys it doesn't matter when you get your portal

[sharp oak]

the wait is 4 months it gives me something to talk about

[midnight vine]

LOL so valid

the strat is to apply to as many colleges as you can so you always have a decision to look forward to

[tulip relic]

mine has been 12 days

anyway once this school year is over i plan on driving across california to collect uc sweaters

[sharp oak]

i'm too lazy and broke for that

[midnight vine]

valid

[sharp oak]

who else got berkeley LOR request

[midnight vine]

hmu when you come to berkeley!

[sharp oak]

everyone and their mother at my school got LOR request

maybe we're just poor

[tulip relic]

🫡

[sharp oak]

every single one of my friends that applied to berk got it

[midnight vine]

not to generalize but this does seem to be a recurring theme among people who receive lor requests

[sharp oak]

they've said they target fgli students

i'm not low income in any sense of the word but i am first gen

[tulip relic]

oh like first person in your family to go to college?

[sharp oak]

yea

by a FAT technicality

my mom dropped out of college and my dad just got an associates

[tulip relic]

i see

so all your dad attended was community college?

[sharp oak]

yea

[frosty ibex]

anybody applying for ucla portfolio stuff

mine's due in one day so i'm locking in now 🫡🫡

[strange cloud]

my friend is

[strange cloud]

lock in

dont be an a2cooked

[frosty ibex]

yep

i only started on it yesterday so i might be a little cooked but

💪💪💪

trust in the process

[left cape]

has anyone else had trouble with UC Davis’ portal?

[strange cloud]

i had the issue but it took a day to fix

[left cape]

i’ve been unintentionally putting it off bc i keep forgetting 😭 did you just call their offices?

[strange cloud]

it should fix by itself

[left cape]

hm okok

[grand pilot]

😭 is this where we supposed to see our status update??

[high bronze]

Yes

I didn’t get confetti when I got accepted

lol

[woeful rose]

@grand pilot DUDE

DID YOU GET INTO 🌽 ell

[grand pilot]

nope

one person in hong kong got in 😭

[woeful rose]

NAWH

NAWWWW

[grand pilot]

did u?

[woeful rose]

I only know of one who got in from india too

[woeful rose]

https://tenor.com/view/discord-developers-devs-update-delay-gif-60259254641818949

defer

[grand pilot]

ohhh

yeah idk anymore

[woeful rose]

i shoulda applied to brown

[grand pilot]

everyone got rejected here

[woeful rose]

18% ed acceptance rate

Like mayn tf

Its fine

in RD we believe

[grand pilot]

mhm

[woeful rose]

ucb wants us trust

[grand pilot]

if that dude with 1570 got straight rejected

idk anymore

[woeful rose]

samw

[grand pilot]

frfrfr

[tropic minnow]

https://tenor.com/view/cooking-grazy-tookyt-gif-6006319902142874206

Hello again person reading from the future. I wrote this cause I was having a bad bout of insomnia and felt that internationals deserved some more data on their chances to get into a UC. As such, here is the acceptance rate for internationals each year by campus from 2019 to 2024. It should be noted this is just for freshman admits, if you are an international who plans to try and get in through a cc such as SMC, De Anza, or any other ccc, I do not have that data for you, sorry. I would however guess your chances are higher. This is also not by major, but rather a general acceptance rate. Also this isn't out of state data, I didn't find it as easily as I did internationals and I'm too lazy to find it after writing this up. Finally, please note that 2024 data is PRELIMINARY. The UCs are not promising the data is accurate, so don't take it as the complete truth until we get the actual data in the spring.

UC Berkeley:
2019:0.0905 (9.1%)
2020:0.0857 (8.6%)
2021:0.0805 (8.1%)
2022:0.0542 (5.4%)
2023:0.0533 (5.3%)
2024:0.0336 (3.4%)

UC Davis:
2019:0.4044 (40.4%)
2020:0.4417 (44.2%)
2021:0.3739 (37.4%)
2022:0.2115 (21.2%)
2023:0.3178 (31.8%)
2024:0.5148 (51.5%)

UC Santa Barbara:
2019:0.3434 (34.3%)
2020:0.3152 (31.5%)
2021:0.2740 (27.4%)
2022:0.1968 (19.7%)
2023:0.2151 (21.5%)
2024:0.3036 (30.4%)

UC Santa Cruz
2019:0.7275 (72.8%)
2020:0.7504 (75.0%)
2021:0.7009 (70.0%)
2022:0.5426 (54.3%)
2023:0.6101 (61.0%)
2024:0.8128 (81.3%)

UC Irvine
2019:0.4044 (40.4%)
2020:0.4417 (44.2%)
2021:0.3739 (37.4%)
2022:0.2115 (21.2%)
2023:0.3178 (31.8%)
2024:0.4306 (43.1%)

UC Merced
2019:0.4885 (48.9%)
2020:0.5647 (56.8%)
2021:0.5946 (59.5%)
2022:0.6411 (64.1%)
2023:0.6323 (63.2%)
2024:0.8102 (81.0%)

UC Los Angeles
2019:0.0839 (8.4%)
2020:0.0924 (9.2%)
2021:0.0.901 (9.0%)
2022:0.0567 (5.7%)
2023:0.0595 (6.0%)
2024:0.0625 (6.3%)

UC San Diego
2019:0.2849 (28.5%)
2020:0.3309 (33.1%)
2021:0.3073 (30.7%)
2022:0.1526 (15.3%)
2023:0.1731 (17.3%)
2024:0.2236 (22.4%)

UC Riverside
2019:0.5662 (56.6%)
2020:0.6932 (69.3%)
2021:0.7383 (73.8%)
2022:0.7668 (76.7%)
2023:0.7668 (76.7%) (No this is not wrong according to UCR it really did do this)
2024:0.8485 (84.9%)

[tropic minnow]

Hello, start here if you want context for what all this is

[noble kraken]

I just got UCLA portal

Why is it so mid 💀

[thin frigate]

it’s a little underwhelming 😭

[noble kraken]

Bro I saw the letter

And I had a mini heart attack

I was like no way they have a decision alr

[thin frigate]

same reaction here

fingers crossed for March

[noble kraken]

🙏

Why is it so late

[pale spire]

This is insane (I love it)

[burnt ridge]

51.5 for uc davis

oooo

[burnt ridge]

nah frl

[midnight vine]

the decision letter is also mid

proof that everyone should go to berkeley

our portal is hype and the decision letter is awesome AND we have confetti

[tidal birch]

when the acceptance letter doesn’t even show up and just pulls up conditions for admission

[midnight vine]

at berkeley??

[tidal birch]

yes

that didn’t happen to you???

that happened to like so many ppl

[midnight vine]

no???

tbf I

got in early

[tidal birch]

oh yeah

[midnight vine]

and idk anyone early who that happened to

[tidal birch]

probably happened to everyone who got in later

[midnight vine]

between February and March they messed w the portal

@sweet citrus individual UC threads when

[dry pollen]

Yeah we need these Berkeley kids gone

[tidal birch]

woah