#UCLA (2024-2025)

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keen vigil
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made me log in

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frick u

spring lake
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no my friend logged in

keen vigil
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they entered their info wrog

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wrong

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im in rn

spring lake
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oh mb

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LOL

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sorry i got scared

sudden ice
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How does the alumni scholarship even work

grave stratus
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i didn't apply either

sudden ice
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No I applied

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but what’s their process

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Don’t think I’m getting in but I’m curious

cold pelican
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day 1 of manifesting ucla 🙏

simple cobalt
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manifesting ucla day 1 🙏🏾

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No

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Day 1000

frigid star
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Manifesting ucla acceptance day 1 🙏

grave stratus
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day 1 of manifesting UCLA

boreal shell
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day 1 of manifesting ucla i guess

tulip island
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ucs give out a bunch of wl's right

whole root
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yes

ripe flame
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is there a significant difference between the acceptance rates of computer science and computer science & engineering?

pastel garden
ripe flame
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oh

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thanks!

grave stratus
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thanks UCLA for extending your alumni scholarship till the decisions date 💔

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and telling nobody until 2 days before it's due

frank terrace
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that is NOT what ive heard

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14a/b is just ap chem 2.0, the grade distributions are usually quite generous unless you take it with scerri, avoid scerri at all costs

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lavelle is fine

rain sierra
earnest bramble
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Riddle me this, why are we applying for college based scholarships before we even know if we're in the college.

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Third party scholarships yeah, but damn to me it's not worth putting in the effort unless shit is solid.

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This is me going with the safe assumption that it doesn't mean shit.

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Am I the only person who feels like that doesn't make sense?

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Now in another world where them asking students to apply for scholarships meant you were in, then that would be different.

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But damn I can grind these shits and get rejected

cunning swift
cold pelican
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day 2 of manifesting ucla 🙏

storm slate
# rain sierra what is supplemental questionaire?

Its a questionnaire ucla asked some people to fill out (optional tho) so it gave some the option to answer two questions (around 600 words each) and asked for an unofficial update on fall senior grades. If i remember correctly the questions were something along the lines of “elaborate on a struggle you face in your academic achievements and elaborate on a talent or extraordinary skill you mentioned previously”

bold cloak
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is the scholarship deadline after ucla decision or before btw lol

severe copper
pastel garden
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gg

toxic girder
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it’s targeted towards FGLI

pastel garden
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i am first gen

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but didnt receive

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damn that means they must have been sure i was an auto admit

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thats huge

frank terrace
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He does give quite generous partial credit at least last year

severe copper
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we didn’t get any partial credit

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Ours is mcq though

frank terrace
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My exams last year were a mix of MCQ and FRQ

severe copper
frank terrace
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wtf

severe copper
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This is not fair 😭

mellow kestrel
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nah bruh no way u are doing frqs in college 🙏 i thought i'd never have to see that word again

frank terrace
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oh thats kinda cooked if its full mcq

severe copper
frank terrace
severe copper
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Tell me why none of the above was an answer choice for almost every question

severe copper
frank terrace
severe copper
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But yeah idk I think I did well enough for an A 😭 idk it stressed me out sm that you could only get 6 MCQ wrong the whole quarter

frank terrace
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that is also quite an insane cutoff 😭

severe copper
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He felt so bad he gave us an extra freebie

frank terrace
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He might do something then

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I think generally he has minimum 30% ish A/A+

sturdy summit
severe copper
severe copper
storm slate
storm slate
earnest bramble
cold pelican
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they capped it I think

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same for Berkeley

earnest bramble
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make sense, I did get to sub an LOR for Berkeley

boreal shell
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oh yeah day 2 of manifesting a ucla acceptance

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my muscle memory made me type ucsd bruh

frank bluff
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umm what?

humble gale
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what sounds abt right 😭

simple cobalt
pastel garden
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its releasing today?

simple cobalt
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I wouldn't trust some tiktok

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They just want likes and views from people waiting

cold pelican
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this

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realistically I’d say it’s coming out fri

severe copper
keen vigil
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has ucla only released on fridays

severe copper
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Probably will be in 2 days!

frank bluff
earnest bramble
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elaborate on fors

dry sedge
earnest blade
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Alright guys what time are we thinking it’ll be this Friday

pastel garden
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It’s over

quartz patio
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we getting accepted in 48 hours 🔥

storm slate
rocky crown
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u guys can have my spot bro 💔

fringe flower
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ucla will drop march 21 5 pm

rocky crown
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splendid

frank terrace
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If any prospective/admitted (on friday) students have questions about UCLA feel free to ask me! Would prefer you to ping me and ask here so that everyone can see, but if its personal youre welcome to DM. I'm a current second-year in a life sciences major, also very active in the classical music community here if youre into that

spare heath
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is it like super competitive or work hard play hard or how do you feel

frank terrace
# spare heath how would you describe the students at ucla/like social life

I think it's definitely more along the lines of work hard play hard

ofc experiences will very but i've found that there are a ton of opportunities to socialize. its a big school, you're in LA, there are so many clubs and things to do and people to meet. Lowkey I think coming here borderline made me an extrovert

grave stratus
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day 2 of manifesting ucla

frank terrace
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students can be very academically oriented and super social at the same time fs, a lot of the people here are crazy smart/accomplished and party a lot and it works for them

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i think generally students at UCLA have a lot of fun

frank terrace
grave stratus
frank terrace
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i think most admits dont

grave stratus
frank terrace
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but people who get it have a higher chance of getting in, bc theyre interested in you

grave stratus
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is it just rare to even get a supplemental or is it if you didn't clarify enough on the application

frank terrace
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they just dont have the time to ask everyone for a supplemental and read through all that shit

frank terrace
grave stratus
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what kind of bio major are you

frank terrace
frank terrace
mellow kestrel
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on everybodies soul ucla wants me

grave stratus
# frank terrace human bio

oh so UCLA had like 150000 freshman applicants that year right so only 3% had some sort of supplemental

frank terrace
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yeah its rare

mellow kestrel
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wait so im not entirely cooked if i didn't get a supp 🙏

grave stratus
mellow kestrel
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im only like fairly cooked now

severe copper
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Guys I’m done with finals!!!

severe copper
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3 people from my school got it and 1 got in

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I didn’t get it and I got in

frank terrace
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i cannot relate 🥲

severe copper
severe copper
frank terrace
frank terrace
severe copper
severe copper
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Fake class

frank terrace
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bc theres not too much to learn for the final

severe copper
frank terrace
severe copper
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Yeah exactly

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I heard she’s a very mid teacher

frank terrace
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i have... opinions................

severe copper
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Did you take 14c w riu?

frank terrace
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yeah

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hes goated

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a bit disorganized last quarter bc he was new but genuinely such a nice sweet and helpful prof

severe copper
severe copper
frank terrace
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i wrote a scathing review

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shes not like a mean person or whatever, but the gatekeeping on answer keys is insane

severe copper
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Why won’t she give the answer keys

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Also have you taken bl?

frank terrace
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yep i did

frank terrace
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some BS like that

magic hedge
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do we know what time the decision could be?

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what time did it release last year?

severe copper
severe copper
frigid star
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Manifesting day 2 happythumbsup

boreal shell
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ucla please

earnest blade
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5pm eastern time?

boreal shell
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i think 4pm pst but im not sure

ripe flame
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i thought last year was 5

boreal shell
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idk man

eager merlin
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Why did I just see a tiktok of a guy getting rejected everywhere except ucla 😭 UCs are trolling

ripe flame
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reminds me of the people who get rejected everywhere but berkeley

grave stratus
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manifesting UCLA day 3 (really early)

abstract raven
rigid knot
cold pelican
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manifesting ucla day 3

fluid geyser
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ucla better accept me

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if they dont want me i dont want them 😤

toxic girder
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i’ll find out @ 8 PM why does cali have to be 3 hrs ahead

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☹️

rocky crown
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u mean 3 hours behind??

toxic girder
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wait yeah i’m slow

hearty urchin
cold pelican
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u didn’t get a supp request

hearty urchin
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oh isee

cold pelican
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manifesting ucla day 3 🙏

sudden ice
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second to last day!

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please god

pastel garden
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What time?

whole root
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probably 3pm pst

gaunt forge
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who else got a supp request

quartz patio
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In how many hours is the decision ?

boreal shell
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day 3 of manifesting a ucla acceptance

cold pelican
boreal shell
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bro i swear to god if they waitlist me

cold pelican
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i wouldn’t mind! but I would prefer an acceptance!

keen vigil
abstract raven
boreal burrow
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when is ucla releasing

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like what time

boreal burrow
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pt

severe copper
cold pelican
zinc quiver
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According to yuzu, according to ruby, 5 pt

pastel garden
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lemme innnn

toxic girder
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have they ever sent warnings abt it

pastel garden
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i have a feeling they gon release it next week

keen vigil
spare heath
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5PM cali time ?

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oops nvm see someone confirmed that

simple cobalt
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ready to watch my first choice become someone else's 3rd choice they choose to attend

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💔

cold pelican
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ready to watch my first choice become unchoosable

cerulean glen
bitter dune
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uclalalalalala

hallow hazel
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i want ucla so bad

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this is like acc so bad

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my like everyday life is being affected by this decision

whole root
cinder shoal
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I’m predicting it 5pm PT

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that way I can have time to take a nap after school

cold pelican
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ill be eating dinner 😭

simple cobalt
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Dear [name],

We regret to inform..

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just close the email gng 💔

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or "This year, we've received 1,000,000 applicants who've all showed great academic promise and potential.."

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💔

cinder shoal
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I was eating canes when I got my berk decision, made it taste soooo good 😋

frank terrace
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actual labs themselves aint bad

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The final is studyable in one day too... its a bit hard IMO but since the A cutoff is 90, you dont need to do super well on it

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also if youre taking 14c with riu next quarter do you want my notes lmao

gusty granite
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Anyone have any predecision rituals to follow

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Deadass i do not worry about ucla rejection too much even though its my too choice because I got in everywhere else anyway and all the others are also pretty good

frigid star
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Manifesting ucla acceptance

whole root
cold pelican
sleek ocean
storm slate
silent glen
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What time does ucla come out?

cold pelican
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march

safe epoch
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2025

cerulean glen
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bruhh ucla aerspace 4% bruh im so cooked

cold pelican
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do u have a link to those stats?

cold pelican
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CHEM E 17%

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PRAYGE

pure narwhal
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3.1% for cs omg im cookeddddddddddd

cinder shoal
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Mech E is 4.2% it’s so over 💀

rocky crown
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dawg aero had the lowest 🗿

cinder shoal
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nah all the compe/cs/compE+cs a lil lower than aero

toxic girder
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compe cooked!

cinder shoal
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but atp it’s so low negligible difference

cold pelican
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i should’ve applied for ethnomusicology

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what the fuck even is that

cinder shoal
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well, um, time to research reasons why ucla sucks I guess 😭🙏

cold pelican
sudden ice
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In 24 hours 😍

cinder shoal
cold pelican
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please let me hit those 1/6 odds

grand temple
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im praying bro

cinder shoal
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in about 24 hrs we’ll most likely know 😭💔

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after seeing the acceptance rate my hope has been shattered ngl

severe copper
severe copper
severe copper
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You’re a god send tysm 🙏

severe copper
cerulean glen
calm compass
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guys why is ucla being so cryptic and mysterioua

rain sierra
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UCLA not releasing today?

gusty granite
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no tomorrow

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speculations suggest 5 PM but it might be earlier based on other colelges

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Historically the portal crashes 2 hours before

storm slate
rocky crown
gusty granite
low lagoon
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how many more hours chat im in china 💀

calm compass
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i think 23 hrs ish

sleek ocean
ripe flame
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i am not ready for tomorrow 💀

final zealot
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What’s MCDB looking like for acceptance rate

grave stratus
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but i'm guessing the same as usual like 11% for college of l&s

grave stratus
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first time i've seen someone apply that major

severe copper
final zealot
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It fits my experiences and what I want to do so why not

final zealot
severe copper
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Next yr I will have more insights into the major

grave stratus
severe copper
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well

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you get grad credit

grave stratus
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will i most likely have to retake gen bio and gen chem

severe copper
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you don't get out of geneds

severe copper
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I got 5 on bio and 5 in chem and i had to retake

grave stratus
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they teach you more in there anyways 😭

severe copper
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somewhat

magic hedge
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ucla i BEG PLEASE

grave stratus
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if UCLA wins today this means we're all getting into UCLA

magic hedge
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im worried ive used up all my good luck

cold pelican
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MY MM BRACKET IS FUCKED PLEASE GIVE ME A W UCLA

grave stratus
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don't worry miku they're leading by kinda wide margin

cold pelican
grave stratus
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don't worry WE are all getting in

cold pelican
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FR

mellow kestrel
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on EVERYBDOY in this megathreads soul I AM getting in

grave stratus
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please UCLA 🙏 i had a shitty week this week

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all my friends are on a trip to japan except me 💔

mellow kestrel
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im 100 getting rejected from johns tmrw so ucla better come in clutch 🙏

grave stratus
severe copper
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I give my good luck after finals week

grave stratus
grave stratus
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plus i've heard their dorms are hermit caves

severe copper
mellow kestrel
severe copper
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ik a lot of people at ucla that turned down jhu

mellow kestrel
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idk i only rlly applied to jhu cuz my mum told me to

cold pelican
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i wouldnt mind either 🙏

grave stratus
mellow kestrel
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and i would've said no but i realized i'd be down to go if they accepted me

grave stratus
severe copper
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😭

rich gazelle
severe copper
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I loved jhu until after i visited

grave stratus
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and every common app essay was fucked for me

rich gazelle
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not that I'm getting into either

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😭

mellow kestrel
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idk my mum got accepted like way back in the day

severe copper
mellow kestrel
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i think that's only reason she wanted me to 😭

severe copper
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there's a lot of factors

mellow kestrel
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idk johns has good medical school

grave stratus
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only thing i've evver done for jhu was that online program for young students

mellow kestrel
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tho like math i've heard it's just okay

severe copper
cold pelican
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JHU is great premed and med

grave stratus
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worry about admissions four years from now 🥱

mellow kestrel
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trvth nvke

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js procrastinate decisions for four years

grave stratus
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i'm praying i can land research opportunities

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hopefully UCLA isn't toxic like berkeley

severe copper
grave stratus
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cause i've heard from my friend's dad that when he went to berkeley, his friends would tell him the wrong dates for exams

severe copper
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Research is not hard to get into

grave stratus
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to like prevent competition

severe copper
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you just need to be persistent

severe copper
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people here r very collaborative i study w friends for almost every midterm/final

grave stratus
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but then again it was 1985

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or like 1990

severe copper
grave stratus
mellow kestrel
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😭

cold pelican
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if ur going for med school where u go for undergrad literally does not matter

cold pelican
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but not as much as u think imo

mellow kestrel
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but yeah from what i've seen usually state flagship if u have a high enough mcat is usually enough

cobalt vine
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I actually have a doctor that went to UCLA for his undergrad then did med school

mellow kestrel
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tbh in general tho

cobalt vine
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He's a cool guy

mellow kestrel
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prestige matters much less for medical school in general apparently

grave stratus
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i've heard my cousin's doctor graduated from UCSD undergrad and went to UCSF for med school

cold pelican
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my dad went to uci -> columbia dental

grave stratus
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i want to go to UCSF so badly 😭

mellow kestrel
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ucsf 😍

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ucsf needs undergrad

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im ngl

grave stratus
mellow kestrel
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y they gatekeeping the best located uc 🙏

grave stratus
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my auntie works as sme sort of nurse coordinator right

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she says that the doctors in UCSF are way better than the doctors at stanford

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cause the stanford doctors tend to be stuck-up while UCSF doctors treat you as human

mellow kestrel
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😭

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idk tbh tho

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if ucsf had undergrad

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i could easily see it becoming more competitive than berkeley

grave stratus
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if UCSF had undergrad it would be one of the most competitive schools ever

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yeah holy shit why didn't i read your message beforehand 😭

mellow kestrel
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im ngl ucla and uc irvine have very few academic differences and la is like 50x more competitive cuz it has la in the name 🥀

grave stratus
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but i think it'll be on par with like caltech because there's really not a lot of spots there

cold pelican
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it'd get a huge chunk of applicants but i dont feel like it would be as selective for a while

grave stratus
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TERENCE TAO

cold pelican
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oh wait tiny campus mb

mellow kestrel
grave stratus
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fluff i misspelt terence tao

cold pelican
grave stratus
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idek if he still has sections

cold pelican
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i have po shen loh as a connection on linkedin and i got wl from cmu </3

grave stratus
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but i'd love to take one of his classes even though i'd most likely fail

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terence tao just aura farming he's a genius

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this guy looks like the dude who solved the poincare conjecture

mellow kestrel
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or something

grave stratus
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imagine one day you're walking to lecture in UCLA and you see terence tao walk past you

mellow kestrel
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good point

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well im sold on ucla now

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i js hope they sold on me 🙏

grave stratus
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i just wanna know what classes he teaches 🙏

fierce bear
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He teaches undergrad doesnt he

grave stratus
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i'm guessing

mellow kestrel
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idk he seems like

grave stratus
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holy real and complex analysis with terence tao 😍

mellow kestrel
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zarathustra typ shi where he like exits his mountain and comes down to us normal people to share his ideas like once every decade

grave stratus
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he's gonna make me minor in math

misty stream
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what time does it come out

grave stratus
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people keep on saying 5pm PST since historically it's been like that

mellow kestrel
grave stratus
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but i'd be weary since every school broke their promises this year

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like UCI was supposed to be same as davis

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but they released a week later 😭

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and santa barbara released like 30 mins early or smt

mellow kestrel
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the historic uci edge

severe copper
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I hate Stanford healthcare

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They misdiagnosed

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Me

mellow kestrel
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idk stanford seems good for cs tho i feel like for everything else it kinda not great

severe copper
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UCSF has one of the best children’s hospitals too

severe copper
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Stanford healthcare is really not the best

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My doc did her residency there and she said it’ll all name brand

grave stratus
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but i got like open heart surgery there and it was hella good

mellow kestrel
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out of 10 how good was the open heart surgery

grave stratus
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i got unlimited orange sherberts and hummus

severe copper
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I’ve heard mixed things

grave stratus
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probably the best part of the whole experience

grave stratus
severe copper
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Someone ik was in their hospital for 6 months and said they were pretty good

severe copper
severe copper
grave stratus
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i could've gotten heart surgery somewhere else but the nurses and PTs were hella nice and i liked the food

severe copper
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Bro made me wait 6 months for an appointment and then misdiagnosed me and was like peace

grave stratus
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only my PA

severe copper
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But I get it

grave stratus
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are they THAT busy 😭

severe copper
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I’m sorry you didn’t get to meet him

severe copper
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They take appointments all day

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My doc sometimes calls me on sat so she can make time for me

grave stratus
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my cardiologist said that he was like debatably the best pediatric cardiac surgeon in the nation

grave stratus
severe copper
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Tbf though when I went to ucsf they let me meet the surgeon who was supposed to do my surgery soooo

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UCSF and Kaiser >>> Stanford

grave stratus
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or patient experience

severe copper
grave stratus
severe copper
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And my pcp is our family friend

severe copper
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But better than Stanford

grave stratus
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but this is coming from their rival santa clara valley medical center

severe copper
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At least they didn’t gaslight me as much as Stanford

severe copper
grave stratus
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they let you watch movies at stanford's mri's so idk

mellow kestrel
grave stratus
mellow kestrel
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anything in santa clara is lwk a red flag

grave stratus
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i'm a red flag

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is it just me or does berkeley tend to weigh grades/gpa less than UCLA

signal aurora
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bro ucla is so stupid

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theyu dont even look at grades

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they look at if ur top 9% of ur class or not

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so if u go to a bum school

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with a 3.6

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u still have a shot

grave stratus
signal aurora
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nah

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all UCs

grave stratus
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ELC is like not really that important except for like UCSC UCR and UC Merced

signal aurora
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look at u

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compared to your classmates

grave stratus
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cause i've had friends who are part of ELC and only got into UCSC

signal aurora
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how is that even possible lmao

grave stratus
signal aurora
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oh

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lmao

grave stratus
mellow kestrel
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idk tbh being oos lwk huge for ucs cuz the metrics they use are random asf for us

signal aurora
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i figured

grave stratus
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but at the same time what if i'm not good enough

signal aurora
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ur essays just matter then

grave stratus
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are scattergrams for your school good indicators of predicting your chances or nah

mellow kestrel
grave stratus
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should i trust the scattergram or no

mellow kestrel
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idk

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our school doesn't do scattergrams

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</3

grave stratus
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PLEASE UCLA

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🙏

mellow kestrel
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idk honestly i'd take a ucla waitlist

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i need anything

grave stratus
mellow kestrel
grave stratus
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their waitlist is just as selective as their admissions

past igloo
grave stratus
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go for the main prize

mellow kestrel
grave stratus
mellow kestrel
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surely

grave stratus
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cause all they do is yield protect

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yield protect = rejection they're pretty much the same

mellow kestrel
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well so far i've gotten into every uc that has gotten back to me

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so surely if we extrapolate the data that means i have a 100% chance of getting into ucs

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definitely

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nothing statistically wrong here :D

grave stratus
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UCI yield protected me 💔

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they ruined my perfect streak

sudden ice
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I don’t even want ucla that bad why is this so stressful

mellow kestrel
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idk js my application was def a hit or miss for every college hopefully the laters ones coming out find my application a hit

sudden ice
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prep for Berkeley crazy next week

mellow kestrel
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idt any of the rejections were rlly yield protection tho

grave stratus
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I WANT UCLA SO BAD

grave stratus
past igloo
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❤️

lament halo
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their waitlist is also icant

grave stratus
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at least like one or two people from my school get into UCLA

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per year

mellow kestrel
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like 3 kids from my school commit to uci, ucla, and uc berkeley each year

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respectively

grave stratus
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cause almost all of the girls got into UCI at my school

lament halo
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we get like 40+ Berkeley tho!

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🙏

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we had 2 berkeley last year 1 UCLA no UCI

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i mean it was a class of about 70 seniors

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uci was super random last yr

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I heard!

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idk why tf

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Literally throwing a dart 🎯 and seeing who it lands on

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UCSB and UCD were RANDOM

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but one kid in the past 4 years went to uc merced and riverside

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why tf

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would u go oos

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to merced and riverside 😭

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i would rather go to cc

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we're in state

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than riverside or merced 💀

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or Santa Cruz too

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Idk I just don’t fw Santa Cruz

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There’s so much walking

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u have the higher osu rank than me

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uc system actually js runs off of osu rank

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ohio state university osu players meltingsob

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i wish i put osu!mania but that would've sent out a huge alarm

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since i have about 170 hours on it and i could've done better things

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actually my story

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cuz like basically getting better at osu mania gave me confidence to actually like try in math pretty much

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get me out

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i worded that way better for my essay tho

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idk if i mentioned it for ucs tho

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fr

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you got yield protected 💔

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holy shit

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time to gamble with some nerdy abgs at erc's casino night

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my piqs were so fire

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wtf

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my piqs were so hot dogwater

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me too

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idk what they saw in my piqs cause they gotta be the corniest shit ever

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imagine the corniest cornball ever that's me 💔

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should’ve applied gender studies

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i talked abt photography

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uh why segregation is bad

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trust all my luck will funnel into Berkeley!

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here put the piqs by number

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🤨

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uh basically i talked abt how my school didn't allow non white ppl (or jewish which would've included me) until like 50 years ago or smth

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alr dawg

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creative side: picking new teaching/tutoring techniques for students (niche niche)
greatest talent or skill: seeing people for who they are (this was like from volunteering extracurricular at the hospital)
significant educational opportunity: convinced my school to make AP chem a class
academic subject inspire: my microscopy hobby led to my love of microbiology

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bruh lol one of my piqs was literally me doing a physics lab

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and how that got me into EE

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idk my last one i talked abt my math test

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i js took

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😭

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no my creative side one i deadass had no clue i was running short on ideas

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oh another piq I talked about how math in schools was so much memorization and not actual understanding

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and i just tied it back on my tutoring hobby

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piqs best college essays

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idk tbh my piqs were 50x better than my common app essays

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😭

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another one was how i managed my educational opportunities with only one parent! (this is the most fire one)

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idk wtf i was cooking i legit did all of these last minute

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me v a chicken and playing music over the loudspeaker and scientific illustration and how sharing food lead me to research

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1 am est submission 🥀

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i did mine on december 1st and 2nd

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SO FUN TO WRITE ABIYT I COULD BE SO RANDOM

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like brainstormed 1st drafted 2nd

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i started in october, turned in november but forgot to edit

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so i have a couple of errors in my essays

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same i also have some typos

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for my upenn supplement

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i wrote pennslyvania

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hopefully that isn't a red flag cause they were mostly key stroke errors

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instead of pennsylvania

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💀

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eh typos are no biggy i think

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😭

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if there’s only a couple

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and they’re not majorly disrupting to read

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just dont mispell the school name

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i said i took a class in the wrong year

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don’t ao literally skim ur essays super quickly

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or am i tripping

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tbh i'd be kinda pmo'd if i get into all the ucs but all my common app schools keep rejecting me

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University of California ❌
Universit of Clafornia cacheck

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or well like js berkeley or la

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either or

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but like writing allat would've js been worthless

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along with my application and my aspirations to become a physician

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na that was MAX

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imagine the pain in ucla's admissions office

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having to go through all 170000 applications

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idk istg ucla has to

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use like a rng

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for it

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UCLA uses AI to determine whether you get in or not

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like a weighted one

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i can't be reading for that long 😭

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without crashing out or hyperventilating

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respect to the admissions officers EXCEPT if they reject me

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ngl harry potter might be controversial </3
esp with jk rowling....

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idk my academic subject one was so lame

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i js said i like problem solving cuz it challenges me to like do more

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no my academic subject one i cooked on it cause i told a real story of how i had a bloody nose and looked at it under a microscope

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so semi cook

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my counselor told me that they didn't want roundabout stories

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or anecdotes

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they wanted your piqs to be straightforward

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but i think they were trying to weed out the competition

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cause everyone i've known used elaborate writing and anecdotes in their piqs cause how else are you supposed to approach these?

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greatest talent or skill: perseverance, related to working on homestead against my mortal enemy (a chicken) who would sabotage
creativity: playing music during passing period, how I try to build community with songs (process of picking)
academic subject:
grandfathers medical malpractice and how it lead me to scientific illustration
greatest challenge:
bad research project turned good with building a community through food

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idk i didn't put hooks in my piqs

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cuz i was js tryna take it simply

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but i told ts random mfer i met on mc to read my essays and he said add them in and it made them like 50x better

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😭

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only hook i put was my academic subject one it was corny

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so I took the creative side

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idc about my essays i hope their "holistic grading" will take in account for my personal medical struggles and my grades

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Bs we’re like

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harder to get man

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so max of 8 honors points

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talked about making "potions" out of soaps and water and shit and pretending like i won the house cup

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only then during christmas break i grinded and reached top 4k by the time winter vacation came

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really that’s interesting! don’t they report uncapped on the common data set?

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im sure they'll know

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UCLA's was like

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idk there's so many uc rhythm game club

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i sure hope they primarily base it off of uncapped

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since mine is actually kinda good

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4.00 UW average
4.5# W average

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NVM IT WENT UP FOR WEIGHTED GPA

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4.6

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Interestingggggg that’s interesting that they look at capped for admissions but posting uncapped

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my school doesn't do weighted

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I wonder what average capped is

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i think uc gpa wise im like 4.2 ish or smth

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i took shit tons of classes so those classes diluted my uc gpa

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Cause I’m capped like 4.2-4.3 but uncapped a 4.5 something

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prayge please ucla

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surely that means i get in

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(copium)

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pre mathematics

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nice nice

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i applyed MCD biology 💔

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its absolute bs imo

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It’s annoying I get why they do it but I wish they would report both capped and uncapped averages

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no cause what happened to my honors and AP gpa boost did they just go down the drain

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tbh tho im kinda mixed on ucs not accepting sats

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and act

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i think its bs

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this is their "holistic" approach

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MY SCORES WERE USELESS I TOOK IT FIRST TRY AND GOT PRETTY DECENT SCORES AN I COULDN'T USE THEM ANYWHERE

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my scores were like good enough but also like sat and act in general are just a really shitty metric that says barely anything

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and USC spat on my SAT score

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removing the SATs in favor of "equality" when it actually doesn't really do shit is complete BS

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I say bring back sat

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And just compare to the school

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you’re coming from

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the sat itself is definitely extremely flawed, they should make it harder imo

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and the english part is just a giant migraine

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And make it mandatory for California schools to have a free sat day like a lot of lausd schools have

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yes 100%

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admissions data 2019 WHY WOULDN'T THEY BRING IT BACK!!!

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i would've had a way higher chance of getting into UCLA than their current "holistic approach"

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Same

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idk my schools act avg is like really high

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partially cuz it's self selecting

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but it makes my score look barely above avg 😭

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during the ACT i needed to go to the bathroom the whole time

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my school has one

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my school didn't even offer the SAT

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nah like

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i took act at an sat school

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all 700 juniors sit down and take it

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Ahhhhh

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That would do it

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if they count summer courses from before senior year then i'm chilling

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if not im cooked

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i had to go to

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fucking new jersey

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to take my act

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🥀

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actually no one tell me if they do or dont i need to live in denial

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oh thank god

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im still getting rejected

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They count summer before tenth and summer after 11th

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but i feel better

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cause like california's hella gigantic and i had to take like a 5 hour drive

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new york

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nevermind you don't have to answer

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closer to city

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that all i will say

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can't you just take the subway

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cause public transportation there exists whereas in california the car reigns supreme

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nj public transportation is ass

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and specifically the connections between nj and ny are double ass

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yes

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i heard new jersey is the top 10 stinkiest states of all time

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idk i lost my smell

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💀

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berkeley?

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it took like 4 hours or smth

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😭

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nevermind new jersey is #7 new york is #8 and CALIFORNIA IS #2

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cannot say but I’m CA resident

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wait no i think js 3

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i forgo

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WHAT

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WHY IS CALI 3

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but it would've taken way too long to get there cuz 8 am start time

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how hard is cogsci

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to get into

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UNIRONICALLY they need to make the sat and act start times like

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3 pm

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or noon

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8 am is WAY too early

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it makes sense central valley is a poop hole

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idk nyc doesn't smell too horrible

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it js depends on where u are

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the I5

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the 5

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YO WHAT THE HELL

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UCSD IS BEHIND BY ONE POINT

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yeah they had two hot runs

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65-66 2ND QUARTER

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love that weird linguistic quirk

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posato did u do a mm bracket

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awww

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cause march madness seems hella fun

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this is my first one

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it lwk kinda is

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if we both get rejected by UCLA we can do it in UCSD

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or are you waiting on other schools

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okay actually kinda crazy

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that uci accepted me

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even tho my first essay was abt taking photos of trains

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😭

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idt anybody at irvine has ever seen a train

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i mean there's an amtrak station there

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me

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and also la metro 😍 🥺 ❤️ ✨

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wait no i use metrolink

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i wish california cities were walkable

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whoops

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one day to go...

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imagine california cities with more public transportation

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iirc irvine is one of the least used ca amtrak stations

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wait nvm

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it's pomona

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wow i have mixed feelings about their campus

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this is the first time i've seen photos

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i will not be attending 🙏

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idk tbh ucla is in a pretty good spot

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public transit wise

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like u have to actually try to use public transport for it to work but it's not bad

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i haven't actually used the LA metro

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will probably start this summer

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it's pretty just okay

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cal poly pomona def in the hood o

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pretty much every city does it better than LA im ngl

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my physics c teacher went there and she lietrally said it was the hood

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like even sd mts is better

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like how ugly can your buildings be 😭

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💀

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😭

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ts prolly the engineering building

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ucsd with the coolestengineering one

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looks like a prison

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ts so ass

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# cold pelican fr

if i got in for engineering i would commit so fast 😭 but prob not if i got 2nd major

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actually wiat depends on what college too

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and erc.

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also speaking of engineering is there any reason to go to ucla instead of ucsd other than prestige whoring

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i got my first choice but revelle

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honestly im starting not to mind it

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cook or cook?

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uci

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ranking wise

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every single building looks totalitarian what the hell

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it looks straight out of 1984 like the ministry of love or smt

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if you like LA more than SD it could be worth it

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ucla def holds more prestige though if you get in

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like what kind of architects are colleges hiring

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plus aren't there more engineering companies based in LA?

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or something

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LA is gigantic

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uci campus is so sad

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its so depressing

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idk it's js cuz irvine was built up during the 60's ish

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UCSD's revelle college is so ugly 💔

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i love urban renewal i love urban renewal i love urban renewal i love urban renewal i love urban renewal i love urban renewal

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ERC is amazing-looking

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tbh tho if uci js had better public transport it'd easily be the best uc

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i already hate the humanities im forced to take in hs i could not stand more

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damn that looks pretty af