#All UCs (2025-2026)

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stoic pawn
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so i put it as an award

little elm
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what if its something u cant prove

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like a hobby

steel dome
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2 of my ecs are like hella good

little elm
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ugh

raven tusk
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No

steel dome
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The rest is just stuff I did

raven tusk
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But fucla

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My homies go to usc

little elm
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is it worth putting if i have art stuff linked together and i did like i embroidered my own designs on my clothes

humble walrus
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my piqs r abt my interest in engineering starting from house projects (i bring up 2 engi ECs), my definition in creativity is seeing patterns in things (comparing it to chem and math), me starting a tutoring program at my school and expanding to elementaries, and overcoming shyness to becoming a leader at my shcool.

steel dome
stoic pawn
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my friend's friend who has the same name as me goes to ucla

little elm
raven tusk
little elm
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it was just for myself

humble walrus
stoic pawn
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so hes my competition

steel dome
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Ooo

raven tusk
steel dome
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I picked prompt 8

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For an essay btw

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Absolute freeball

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Lol

humble walrus
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do you hate all ucs

steel dome
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Hella people avoid it

stoic pawn
humble walrus
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wait moo uni

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davis

stoic pawn
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8

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and 3

little elm
steel dome
stoic pawn
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or im working on 8 rn

stoic pawn
little elm
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yo idk im lowk cooked i just finished but

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☹️

little elm
steel dome
stoic pawn
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but 67

little elm
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i did community impact

stoic pawn
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its a thing

humble walrus
little elm
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cause i did a shoe drive

stoic pawn
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shows ur understanding of the current culture

little elm
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whats #8 abt

steel dome
stoic pawn
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like

steel dome
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It's open

little elm
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oh

humble walrus
stoic pawn
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literally anything

little elm
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like what makes u the best

little elm
steel dome
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I just talked about

little elm
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hows ur activity lsit

steel dome
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Some experiences

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And what I'm gonna bring

little elm
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lowk i hope the site crashes and they extend the deadline

humble walrus
stoic pawn
little elm
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cause idk bro

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my hair falling out atp

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😂

steel dome
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Best

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Lol

humble walrus
steel dome
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The people I proofread it with

little elm
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whats u write for it

steel dome
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Loved it

little elm
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mines not fire

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at all

humble walrus
little elm
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dawg idk how to convey personality professionally

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i js sound like a bot

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rambling about what i did

stoic pawn
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lol same

humble walrus
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for activity list or piq?

stoic pawn
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but its fine

little elm
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when i reflect its always

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piq

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"I felt"

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"i realized"

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js spamming ts everywhere

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😭 🙏

stoic pawn
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like my ecs past like 15 r just me yapping about like 1-2 things i did

little elm
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bro ngl

stoic pawn
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same

little elm
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i dont think im gettinginto ucla or uci or ucsd

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i think maybe merced

humble walrus
little elm
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❤️

stoic pawn
humble walrus
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dont say that bruh

little elm
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i want ucla

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food is so buss

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its about time i get to enjoy food

humble walrus
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youl get in

steel dome
# little elm mines not fire

When I first started interning at ....., a psychiatry clinic specializing in ...... I observed silently for weeks as the head technologist, ....., skilfully operated complex machines and communicated with patients effortlessly. I wanted to contribute more, but stepping forward felt overwhelming. When I would eventually earn my .... certification, I took the initiative to approach .....and ask, “How can I contribute more directly?” He simply looked at me and said, “I need you to handle the next patient.”

steel dome
little elm
steel dome
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Talked ab my experience treating my first patient

little elm
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br owho has a list of vocab words for my activity list

humble walrus
little elm
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i need to sound smart

steel dome
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And how that changed my

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Mindset

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And how I want to bring everything I learned

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To uc

stoic pawn
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yup

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or alternatively

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just spam i realized

little elm
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has anyone ever got checked for uc activties

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i heard they check people randomly

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and ask for proof

steel dome
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They might proofcheck mine tho

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I have over 600 hours under my internship

little elm
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mines legit too im p sure i might be hallucinating

steel dome
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😭

little elm
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one of them i put i played for elementary schoolers

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and i cant remember if i acc did but i think i did

steel dome
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And then I have another 500 under research

little elm
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😹

steel dome
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I'm telling you

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My research

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Is carrying

little elm
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i wishi had research

steel dome
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The hell out of my application

little elm
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i wish i got an intern

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my strongest thing is prob my shoe drive and art

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but they not even allat

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i just try to convey personality i guess

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😭

steel dome
little elm
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what was it for

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what party are we talking about

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🆘

steel dome
humble walrus
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bro a professor gave me his email but i never emailed back 💔

steel dome
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And was talking to doctors and shi

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Asking em questions

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Since I wanted to go med

little elm
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ohh

steel dome
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And I got offered a internship

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On the spot

little elm
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nice

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i wanna go med but not really

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i wanna start a business and then blow up

stoic pawn
little elm
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and then drop out

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im doing public health and business

stoic pawn
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o

little elm
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for secondary options

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i js sesarch up the schools and alternate my secondary

steel dome
stoic pawn
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no cs/ce majors? 😭

little elm
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depending what google says the schools better for

steel dome
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I got more experience than some of the ppl that workt there

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😭

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Lmao

little elm
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i never done nothing like that b4

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isnt that sum ai stuff taking over

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😭

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idk anything about it

steel dome
stoic pawn
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shhhhhhh

stoic pawn
little elm
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a future

steel dome
stoic pawn
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assuming i even get accepted into college

little elm
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no bro its a problem now

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ur ahh getting cooked

stoic pawn
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nope

little elm
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fight for the next bed at the homeless shelter icl

stoic pawn
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rn my problem is getting into college

little elm
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i believe in u twin

steel dome
little elm
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him vs the art major

stoic pawn
little elm
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him vs me

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😭

steel dome
stoic pawn
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imma put the fries in the bag at mcdonalds in 6-7 years from now

steel dome
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😂

little elm
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ngl not rlly everyone be doing ai

steel dome
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Nano banana pro

little elm
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i mean if u find ur niche

steel dome
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Or wtvr

little elm
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i found my niche and made 2k drawing

stoic pawn
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nah thats rlly a future me problem

little elm
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but too busy rn

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i just buy a buncha clothes wit it

steel dome
little elm
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😍

stoic pawn
little elm
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deadass

stoic pawn
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the most basic thing ever

little elm
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just dont apply

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and do that

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for the rest of yo life

steel dome
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Ye

stoic pawn
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lmao

little elm
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if i was making like

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50k off art

steel dome
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Megafalcons tech support

little elm
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i wouldnt even apply

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id just keep going

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and then make a social media

stoic pawn
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its like

little elm
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and document it

stoic pawn
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unsustainable tho

steel dome
little elm
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not really

stoic pawn
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  • its bc i live in santa rosa
little elm
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you know my 3rd route

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its social media

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i would make some wicked freaky braintort content

steel dome
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My 3rd route

stoic pawn
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where theres a lot of ppl who actually wanna buy stuff near

steel dome
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Is gambling

stoic pawn
little elm
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you know those brainrot insta reelers

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i could do that easily

stoic pawn
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there is only 1 correct answer

steel dome
little elm
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its my mother tongue

stoic pawn
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nope u gotta go all in on red

steel dome
stoic pawn
little elm
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i would sacrifice everything if i could mamke it as a brainrot influencer

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ts so easy

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what are we talkin about

stoic pawn
little elm
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😭

stoic pawn
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would u pick red or black

little elm
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rain bet

stoic pawn
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cuz red is obviously superior

little elm
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no

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i hate red

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i hate people named megafalcons too

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imagine

stoic pawn
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😭

little elm
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bros pfp is redness

stoic pawn
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lol i dont even like the color red

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blue >>>

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but still

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red > black

little elm
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what kind of blue

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bro lock in

stoic pawn
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light blue

little elm
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how many essays you got twin

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😭

stoic pawn
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like 8988d1 ish

little elm
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gulp

stoic pawn
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1.5 id say

little elm
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how about activities

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lowk ucooked twin

stoic pawn
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i finished those a week ago

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so i have

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what

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48 hours

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to write 1.5 essays

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so free

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thats what

little elm
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😭

stoic pawn
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575 ish words

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in 48 hours

little elm
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wait im lowk vibing

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i have tmrw

stoic pawn
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which is

little elm
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if i think abt it

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mega falcons ibelieve in u

stoic pawn
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only 11 words an hour

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so free

little elm
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bro i want to get into ucla

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but idk

stoic pawn
little elm
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im not unique enough

stoic pawn
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for music

little elm
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☹️

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music

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😭

stoic pawn
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yup

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he then switched to cs

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i think

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or ds

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i forgot

little elm
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idk

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what do business majors even do

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are they all starting businesses

stoic pawn
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idk lol

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i guess u gotta go to classes no?

little elm
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bro ngl idk what public health even is

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the health for public people

stoic pawn
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probably something like that yea

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anyways

little elm
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😭

stoic pawn
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i need to write my hourly 11.8 words soon

little elm
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im clashing

stoic pawn
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to stay on pace

stoic pawn
steel dome
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I got tennis tryouts in wed

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I havent even touched my tennis raquet

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In 4 months

little elm
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like

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7k

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i just started again

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after like

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years

stoic pawn
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i js quit lol

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after lvl 16 came out

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like actually

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lvl 16 is so dumb

little elm
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i originally quit after they did like

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serenity peak

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theres like 100 new arenas

stoic pawn
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yea

steel dome
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After the heros update

timid agate
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um oh

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well why not

stoic pawn
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cuz like the piqs r much more in depth while my ec list is more summary

nocturne stirrup
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isn’t that like a farm or something didn’t realize it was a college 😭

timid agate
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ok...? yea the ec list is what the ec is and im using examples from my ecs in the essays to answer the ptompt

raven tusk
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Berkeley almost choked

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stoic pawn
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but they didnt

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which is y berk is good

opal summit
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does anyone know how to write about research for uc activities

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should it be technical?

tired topaz
opal summit
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description

tired topaz
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one of my research ECs was more stem, the other was more social science

opal summit
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but

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like what else am i suppsoed to say

tired topaz
opal summit
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ah ok ty

humble walrus
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do you have to pay for your apps before submitting

steel dome
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And left it kinda generak

stoic pawn
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idk thats a monday me problem

steel dome
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I never got specific

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😭

steel dome
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And left it general

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Hopefully that's fine lmao

tired topaz
steel dome
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Last night

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It was horrible

tired topaz
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wait i just realized why do all the UCs have the same colors

steel dome
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😭

humble walrus
steel dome
humble walrus
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like can i pay a day after submitting

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oh fire

stoic pawn
steel dome
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On the spit

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Spot

humble walrus
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oh

stoic pawn
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so eveyrone has to be golden right

humble walrus
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ok nvm lmao

steel dome
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My soul hurts

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Knowing I'm gonna drop a band

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For rejection letters

stoic pawn
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its only half a band

humble walrus
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im only applying to 5 and its already 400

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might as well drop ucsb

stoic pawn
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its chill

steel dome
tired topaz
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im only appling to the top 3

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i alr got into a t30

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so idrc

stoic pawn
tired topaz
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crapshoot from here

stoic pawn
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how

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what school is out in t30

steel dome
tired topaz
stoic pawn
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oh yea

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nice

steel dome
humble walrus
tired topaz
stoic pawn
tired topaz
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SB is really nice, i got into their research program but stupidly chose the one at SC 😭

stoic pawn
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i like sb

steel dome
stoic pawn
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as a person who hasnt been there b4

calm geyser
humble walrus
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im applying to berk, la, sd, irvine, and maybe sb

steel dome
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Is asd

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Ass

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For med

tired topaz
steel dome
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Ucsb and ucsc are bum for pre med

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😭

stoic pawn
tired topaz
calm geyser
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I mean both schools lack a teaching hospital 🤷

steel dome
stoic pawn
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d is like b backwards

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so its basically berkely if u rlly think about it

humble walrus
steel dome
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Ion know anyone who goes there

humble walrus
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everyone ik gets accepted there but never goes lmao

calm geyser
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Ik of one person who goes to ucsb

stoic pawn
tired topaz
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i dont think most people on this server value social life/vibes much tho

steel dome
tired topaz
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only that ranking 💔

steel dome
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I would kms

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🥀

calm geyser
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UCSB’s social sphere would send me into a coma 😭

tired topaz
stoic pawn
humble walrus
tired topaz
stoic pawn
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or in this case number go down

steel dome
tired topaz
steel dome
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Bro lowk

stoic pawn
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yup

steel dome
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Get me into

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Like

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Ucsd

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Ong

stoic pawn
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sd is like sb

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just like how d is like b

steel dome
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Sd is waaaayyy better

tired topaz
steel dome
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😭

tired topaz
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tbh

steel dome
stoic pawn
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prob not right

tired topaz
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i just need berkeley theyre number one in the country for my fuckass major

stoic pawn
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so sd surely cannot be better than sb that much

steel dome
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Pls

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🙏

stoic pawn
steel dome
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I only want to go there for the food

stoic pawn
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ik they r like almost 1 for cs

tired topaz
stoic pawn
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oh \

tired topaz
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i mean my major isnt english everywhere

steel dome
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Ucla food is so fire

stoic pawn
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oh

tired topaz
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or at berkeley, but its english adjacent

steel dome
stoic pawn
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its fine

tired topaz
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i'll do it if it means berk

steel dome
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Start

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A poem gang

tired topaz
steel dome
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You could square up with the other gangs over there

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🥀

tired topaz
steel dome
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And the furries

tired topaz
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perfect campus fit

steel dome
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I'm deadass scared of the Berkley furries

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😂

humble walrus
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bro i wish berk's program was located in ucsd location like that would be the perfect school

stoic pawn
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so far tho

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i like berk bc

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berk is close to santa rosa

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where I live

steel dome
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I probably have a higher chance of getting jumped by them compared to the homeless

humble walrus
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yeah im in socal so i rly want ds and la for the weather lol

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but berk for program

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ucsd for weather and program

steel dome
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Ucla lemme in 🙏

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Ucsd lemme in

stoic pawn
steel dome
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🙏

stoic pawn
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or science data

humble walrus
steel dome
humble walrus
stoic pawn
steel dome
stoic pawn
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or it could be diego san

humble walrus
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diego san oops

steel dome
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Ucsd and ucla have top tier campuses

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Imo

humble walrus
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ive only toured 4 UCs and those two i rly like

raven tusk
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Davis underrated simply because it's not a t30

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It's a t32

humble walrus
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i hope i dont get into uci

raven tusk
humble walrus
raven tusk
humble walrus
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uh oh

steel dome
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Ion wanna smell like cow shi

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Lowk

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😭

raven tusk
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After or before deadline?

raven tusk
humble walrus
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its close enough to sac state for me to not wanna go

raven tusk
steel dome
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I haven't visited

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The norcal

raven tusk
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But over time you definitely get used to it

steel dome
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Ucs

raven tusk
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Norcal is so pretty

steel dome
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Only ucsc

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Ucsc campus is so fire

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Lowk

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The forst

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Forest

raven tusk
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If there was a uc fort bragg that had good academics I'd go in a heartbeat

raven tusk
raven tusk
steel dome
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Bc I heard

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From people that went there

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That it isn't that great

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In general

raven tusk
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Housing crisis ik

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But if you dig campus culture davis >> ucsd and uci and ucsb

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I guess thats what having a good football team does

steel dome
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Get me into ucla🙏

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No idea why atp

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But I think its jus ego

humble walrus
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how's this for #6 so far im kinda speed writing atp:
Working on numerous house projects felt treacherous at first, spending laborious hours nailing shingles down and grinding wood. I was more of a science-kid instead of a handyman, but this grudge was a short-lasting one entering my engineering class in freshman year.

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and after that itll be hella straightforward

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w engi stuff

tired topaz
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balls

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straight balls

humble walrus
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the forest feel looks cool

steel dome
tired topaz
humble walrus
steel dome
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The quesrion

humble walrus
steel dome
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That one.

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?

humble walrus
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  1. Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furthered this interest inside and/or outside of the classroom.
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yeah

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and then imma talk abt 2 specific engi ECs i did through the class. thats js a hook

tired topaz
humble walrus
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oh

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oops

tired topaz
steel dome
# humble walrus 6. Think about an academic subject that inspires you. Describe how you have furt...

When I first started attending high school, I admired the students who had a clear sense of direction. Whenever someone asked about my future, I felt uncertain and would name a random career to fill the silence. That uncertainty was the catalyst to push me to explore opportunities more intentionally. That moment changed at my school’s career fair when I discovered the Medical Assisting track. After learning about the evolving technology and the impact that healthcare has on society, it sparked a curiosity that has shaped my career goals.

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That's what I built on

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No idea if it's good

humble walrus
tired topaz
# humble walrus oops

if it's your hook, start with a small concrete memory and zoom out to talk about your initial discomfort of working with your hands since you were accustomed to the science aspect of it all

steel dome
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My original was yap

humble walrus
tired topaz
steel dome
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I already submitted btw

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But still lol

tired topaz
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oh nv

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nvm

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it's good dw

steel dome
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Alot of that essay

tired topaz
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also what fucking pisses me off is all the people making me review their essays i leave PAGES of feedback for free

steel dome
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Ad ab that class

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And patient relation I built

tired topaz
steel dome
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Lowk got kinda emotional while I was writing it but still 😭

stoic pawn
humble walrus
steel dome
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One of the patients I treated disappeared 😭😭

stoic pawn
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like when i get asked to review for my friends i can get like 2-3 comments

tired topaz
stoic pawn
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and then i cant find anything else

steel dome
stoic pawn
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this is y i dont eng major

tired topaz
steel dome
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I hit the lottery

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And a dude I connected with

tired topaz
steel dome
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Stuck w me

humble walrus
steel dome
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And helped me refine

tired topaz
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also usually their essays suck ASS

steel dome
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For 2 weeks straight

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😭🙏

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Forever thankfull

stoic pawn
tired topaz
stoic pawn
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so i cant really criticize others

tired topaz
steel dome
tired topaz
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my under-edited 3am essays that i write in like 15 minutes are always the better ones

humble walrus
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bro being an engineer sucks like bro im ok at writing and mixing the perfectionism makes everything i write feel like ass

stoic pawn
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not sucks just like not as good as their usually

humble walrus
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restarted my piqs 10 times so far

stoic pawn
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so like im not qualified to give good advice ykwim

steel dome
humble walrus
steel dome
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Wait

tired topaz
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dont worry twin

humble walrus
steel dome
humble walrus
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lol

tired topaz
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it makes sense, i cant say much but its not crazy lol

steel dome
stoic pawn
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wait i js realized my piqs all have the same structure

tired topaz
stoic pawn
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its js anectdote + what i learned + 2 other examples

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its so plain

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but plain is good imo

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so it should be fine right

humble walrus
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i think literally anything is good unless the essay is straight ass

steel dome
# humble walrus if ur willing

When I signed up for AP Chemistry, I imagined a “Breaking Bad” level of excitement, bubbling flasks, dramatic reactions, and hands-on labs. Instead, the class was the complete opposite. My teacher was new to the school, and the curriculum relied almost entirely on repetitive work packets that barely touched the AP material.

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This is part of it

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Lowk kinds funny

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I jus shit on my buns class

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Connect it to breaking bad

tired topaz
humble walrus
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lmfaoo

steel dome
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And talked ab how I grew

stoic pawn
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so imma js be basic

steel dome
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Absolute cinema essay

stoic pawn
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and hope the rest of my app carries me

steel dome
humble walrus
stoic pawn
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lol

humble walrus
stoic pawn
humble walrus
tired topaz
steel dome
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Idk how tf I got away w writing about breaking bad

humble walrus
steel dome
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But it's lit

tired topaz
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i hate how limited your word count is

stoic pawn
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i have to write less words

tired topaz
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i just want to keep talking

steel dome
tired topaz
stoic pawn
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and so i dont have to explain as much

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yep

humble walrus
stoic pawn
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as a bad writer i agree

steel dome
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Lowk I always thought I was ass at writing

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Until this year

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Bc my ap lit essays are cooking somehow

stoic pawn
steel dome
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😂

steel dome
humble walrus
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i write rly good dbqs w like 1000+ words but when it comes to writing abt myself or a poem i blank

tired topaz
stoic pawn
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but like actually structuring my drafts to be 350 is so much easier

tired topaz
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but my calc 3 grade is higher lmfao

steel dome
humble walrus
stoic pawn
steel dome
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So bad

stoic pawn
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i wrote about a valorant team

steel dome
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B both semesters

stoic pawn
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and got a 5

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it was amazing

tired topaz
# steel dome Fuck that class

idk why stem AP-maxxers willingly take ap lit which is a class where you have to read and then complain about how you have to read

steel dome
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For my parents

tired topaz
steel dome
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Ap lang

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Already

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So ap lit

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Is useless

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The class is like a chore

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I hate it

tired topaz
steel dome
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But I gotta ap max

tired topaz
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did you have dual credit?

steel dome
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I was gonna skip lit for English 103

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At cc

tired topaz
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but idc

steel dome
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Kill me

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Ap bio is surprisingly light tho

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So I'm not complaining

tired topaz
steel dome
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Na

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No idea how

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But I have a 96

stoic pawn
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ap bio frq bad

steel dome
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In the class

tired topaz
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ap bio is insanely difficult, ive never taken a class that comes close

stoic pawn
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i dont like frq

tired topaz
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im getting straight 50s

stoic pawn
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mcq is free tho

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but frq

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is actually impossible

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its actually so hard

steel dome
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No idea

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How I pull it off

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I jus like bio ig

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Funny bc I didn't pick it for anyone of my majors

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😂

tired topaz
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ap chem was 10x easier

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ap physics c was 10x easier

steel dome
tired topaz
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calc bc was 10x easier

steel dome
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No idea how

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I pulled a 3

tired topaz
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calc 3 is 10x easier

steel dome
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On ap chem

tired topaz
steel dome
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Was atrocious

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That's why she gets to be on my piq

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😂😂

steel dome
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Taught 0%

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Of the ap curriculum

humble walrus
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ok i changed it a bit:
Working on the roof felt like a pain, being only eight but having to nail shingles down. Striking each nail pained my fingers; I wasn’t a handyman afterall, just a sciencey-kid that dreaded house projects. However, this grudge ended entering my freshman engineering class, where working on projects that utilized my hands was a hidden interest of mine.

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58 word hook 💔
my thoughts so far are to condense it and specify engineering at the end

meager ridge
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sounds decent but slightly repetitive

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like for example the end of the first sentence seems kind of redundant, since it's already kind of mentioned in the second sentence

humble walrus
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would it be better if i js remove "dreaded house projects", i kind of want to emphasize that i was hardset into science when i was younger

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or omit that too that since its kinda irrelevant?

stoic pawn
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OMG i finally finished my 3rd piq

steel dome
stoic pawn
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we r on pace

humble walrus
stoic pawn
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now i just need it to be peer reviewed overnight and then i have a full day to make revisions

humble walrus
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i plan on finishing my essays tmr and revise them all, and have them all peer reviewed on monday unfortunately 💔

meager ridge
humble walrus
steel dome
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Roughly

humble walrus
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i cut it down by 8 words 🙏

meager ridge
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lol nice

meager ridge
steel dome
meager ridge
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uh

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I mostly just put my awards I think

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I had like aime qual, usnco national qual

humble walrus
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wtff

steel dome
meager ridge
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and then like co pres for my school math club

steel dome
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Yeah yeah

humble walrus
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i didnt study for chem oly so i literally only scored above avg 😭

steel dome
humble walrus
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im filling out 14

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i feel like anything else is js obviously filler

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for me

steel dome
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I only have 10

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Sp I'm kinda scared

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Lol

humble walrus
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i dont think that matters lol like bro u mentioned ur millions of hrs in interning

steel dome
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Fomo fr

meager ridge
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like basically it's prob not necessary to like fill it up just for the sake of adding stuff

steel dome
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Alr alr

meager ridge
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I studied a lot for it like a month before it

humble walrus
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i wish i did it was my goal since freshman yr to get nats but i missed the comp freshie and sopho yr 💀

meager ridge
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I got usapho qual too but that was after applications were due so coudn't include that lol

steel dome
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I remember doing math Olympiad I'm middle school

meager ridge
steel dome
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And wanting to kms

humble walrus
humble walrus
steel dome
humble walrus
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i wanna hit usnco nats this year but why am i locking in al of the sudden

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Orange County section is ass

steel dome
meager ridge
steel dome
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Ngl

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I feel like

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Ppl probably writing piqs

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Ab Charlie kirk

humble walrus
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apparently my score was good enough for nats in less competitive areas ig but the ppl who make it to nats get near perfect scores in OC and Bay 😭

steel dome
meager ridge
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the whole usnco sections thing is kind of dumb tbh

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bc like colleges already accound for where you live and the kind of opportunities based on that in their admissions decisions

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so then doing that again within a competition kind of exaggerates the difference imo

humble walrus
meager ridge
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lol thanks

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I barely made the cutoff though lol

humble walrus
meager ridge
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cutoff was like 43 and I only got 46

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lol

steel dome
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Holy shi

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I

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Jus realized

humble walrus
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bruh 46 is crazy i was like guessing at some point

steel dome
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I didn't talk ab commuting time

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For my internship

humble walrus
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i got like high 30 smth

steel dome
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That could cooked

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In the description

humble walrus
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cant u unsubmit lol

steel dome
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Fuhh

meager ridge
steel dome
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Why would they let you unsubmit lol

humble walrus
meager ridge
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lol

humble walrus
meager ridge
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it feels like every olympiad is getting leaked

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like amcs got leaked

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and f=ma got leaked too

steel dome
humble walrus
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bro wtf lmao

steel dome
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Gets leaked

humble walrus
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rigged since the start

steel dome
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And that's the end of it

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I've heard stories of priv schools jus letting kids cheat

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During ap tests

meager ridge
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that's insane

humble walrus
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and sat fs

steel dome
calm geyser
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Not surprised

steel dome
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Collegeboard

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Is so rigged

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Lol

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Their tests always get leaked to

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What does this mean

humble walrus
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remember that one priv mississippi school or smth like 7 yrs ago that sent colleges rec letters with huge ass lies for nat awards and all that for all the students

steel dome
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Date forwarded

humble walrus
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i think it means when they recieved the apps

steel dome
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Yippee

humble walrus
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piq grind time

steel dome
steel dome
meager ridge
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gl

humble walrus
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my advice to next yrs seniors is to not start ur first essay in june and then ignore it until two days before the deadline

steel dome
humble walrus
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3 days maybe 🤔

balmy blaze
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i fear I may be cooked

steel dome
balmy blaze
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i have rough drafts

humble walrus
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not cooked

stoic pawn
steel dome
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O btw

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You can get a

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Ustrive

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Counsler

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For revision

humble walrus
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is it free

steel dome
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It's free I think

humble walrus
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fire

steel dome
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They respond

humble walrus
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when do they have to be sent in by

balmy blaze
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nobody ever reached out to me for ts

humble walrus
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lmfaoo

humble walrus
steel dome
balmy blaze
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do u have to apply or smth

humble walrus
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we got monday so u can use english teachers and counselors thats what i plan on doing

balmy blaze
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i just checked the box on commonapp

steel dome
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Jus make an acv

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Acc

balmy blaze
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oh

steel dome
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Responds

steel dome
# balmy blaze oh

My person didn't respond so I got my essays reviewed by my cousin who went to ucsc and a unc ik who works at microsoft

balmy blaze
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ah

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lemme see

steel dome
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I recommend

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Getting it proofread

stuck lion
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when they're at their breaking point

raven tusk
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Wait yeah

zealous summit
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everyone should take piq 6 and 7

shadow mulch
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yo ucs give like no aid right

oos here and finished all piqs but realized that i cant afford it so prob wont apply lmfao

stuck lion
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they do offer merit scholarships to oos but those are rarer iirc

shadow mulch
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ye thats what i thought too
apparently i was looking at financial aid for in state before i started on ucs lol

shadow mulch
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merced has like 10k but still crazy expensive

stuck lion
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yeahhhh most of the UCs aren't really worth it OOS/as intl

shadow mulch
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its fine i got good writing material to use for other colleges

little elm
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uhh for activities

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is it bad to draw out too much

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like idk should it be super meaningful stuff to fill in space

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cause like for my art thing i got a buncha commissions and made money

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but would i also say like amassed blank followers or wtv

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draw everyday

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🆘

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or only the stats

balmy blaze
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this activity list is so tedious oh my lord

rose harbor
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does uc use sat scores

fickle folio
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no

balmy blaze
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10 activities added

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10 more to go

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and 4 piqs

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it might be over for me 🥀

past vector
balmy blaze
past vector
zealous summit
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gl 😭

balmy blaze
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speedran activities

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now locking in

zealous summit
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i just submitted

balmy blaze
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to clean up these piq drafts

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omg

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congratys

zealous summit
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Ty

balmy blaze
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give me ur strength

zealous summit
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i thought i was late

balmy blaze
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40 hours to go

balmy blaze
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yaa eod 1st

wild onyx
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according to a reddit post i found, CS admit rate was 1.9% and EECS was 7.6%

tired topaz
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for the last UC activity spot should i put national merit semi or some bumfuck precollege program i did in freshman year that i kind of forgot about

mighty tartan
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i would put national merit semi

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i included it on my app

vapid stag
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Ifl semi bc they dont take sat

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So it's a way of like kinda sending an sat score idk

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Idk i put it

zealous summit
wild onyx
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just choose whatever major u want

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dont let numbers decide

zealous summit
zealous summit
wild onyx
zealous summit
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im so relieved

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to have submitted

humble walrus
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is it worth putting an internship i had to decline due to scheduling conflicts in the additional info or would it be unnecessary

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as in i committed to a diff program too early so i couldnt even attend the internship even tho i rly wanted to

raven tusk
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Six seven eight marshall

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Those should be t4

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Unless you dig brutalism then don't do muir

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Ok do Muir too

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Marshall seven and eighth are newest dorms

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Warren os for smelly stem majors /hj

atomic sentinel
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meee

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bro just proved his point

stoic pawn
stoic pawn
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ur choice i think

tired topaz
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i put one line, because that's what shows up the best on the PDF preview

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but idk i've heard UCLA recieves your PIQ's in one big paragraph

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so it doesnt really matter

spring abyss
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Doing a once over before I submit my UC application

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Does anyone know what exactly to put down for the household section if your parents are divorced?

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Like this section

Screenshot_2025-11-30_at_3.44.48_PM.png
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I spend the most amount of time at my moms house but its basically 50:50, maybe closer to 60:40

signal canopy
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for mine i put other and said "im homeless"

spring abyss
signal canopy
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i dont think it matters too much but id put whatever makes your uc app loook more oppressed

spring abyss
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💀

lavish stream
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Would someone be able to look at my activities list for the UCs?

flat crane
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procrastination piq gang wya? 😆 meltingsob

stoic pawn
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3.67/4 piqs done now

fierce tree
stoic pawn
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its all 67

fierce tree
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ok cookie clicker

stoic pawn
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ok well im at 3.967/4 now

little elm
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for activities vs awards what if they overlap?