#All UCs (2025-2026)
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like for piano i completed certificate of merit but would i also describe what i did for piano under the awards if they overlap
or list as separate things
Just gonna ask again but does anyone know the "correct" way to fill out the UC application if my parents are divorced
big leagues are calling
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is UC add unfo diff
if i got an award for an extracurricular that I felt didn't add much to the activity itself I either combined them or didnt include the award at all
if u feel like the award had meaning to it that u cant explain in js the activity then defo include both but separate
i have like half finished piqs i keep jumping around
yeah im not sure what to seperate or keep together in the activites section since u get so much space
okok
im afraid itll look bad if i split it into two when they overlap
i mean it wont hurt to separate them but ik i got some award from the senate but its js bs for completing a program π
like im just fluffing shit up
if they overlap hella js combine them
ME TOO
bro idk what the award even does
its like a badge
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if u actually had to grind for that award defoo separate them its not fluff
oh
lmfaooo
well its up to u if u think it has meaning ππ
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do we even gotta say anything bro mention it lmfaoo
me with the collegeboard recognition program award things
im not including collegeboard or nhs or anything like that bc its kinda already implied by the rest of the app
well enough to where its not embellishing
like ap scholar with distinction and stuff like that, it's all implied by the submitted test scores
ohh
national merit is worth tho
nah bruh have u finished piqs
which ones did u do
u can have teachers proof read them tmr itll be chill
the one on community impact
im doing 2 6 7 8
greatest talent
challenge u overcome
um
i forgot the last one
o and then expanding like
academic interest
two dolla two dolla
bro idek
i hope i get in ucla
my academics is hella cooked tho
i only took 2 aps so far
in junior yr
ik ppl who did their app last minute and still got into all ucs its ok
and im taking 3 now but o well
oh damn
π
how many aps were u allowed to take
im p sure the only ones u could take freshman yr was sum in history
its ok my school doesnt have any
i prob coulda taken sum in sophmore year
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max for my school is
uhh
4 aps
they put a limit
but our shool said like they know abt my school when they review them
u can mention that in ur additional info but idk i think thats best if u maxed out
so they understand why our school might has less reigor
but i coulda taken omre
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i took the easiest aps too last yr
ap psych and apes
ur not cooked its ok but it will be a bit harder for u to get in
sigh
hopefully u cooked well on ur piqs and ecs
my main thing for ecs is my drive and art
the rest is just club
and science programs
and piano violin
whats ur uc gpa
whats that
at the end of the day ik someone w 20 APs and nat awards who get rejected from ucla, berk, uci, and ucsd, but someone w several Bs and never did anything major related get into berk and la
like not counting grade 9
i mean if ur gpa is fine i am not so worried abt the aps if u have good ecs
its like
one sec
i think unweighted is like 3.85
yeah look up a uc gpa calculator its kinda complicated
and then weighted is like
do this
π either their piqs were godly or the uc system is rigged
ur school gpa is different from what uc calculate
wait pingu
hmmm i think berk and la r very very reach but we never know bro anything could happen
do u explain like challenges u go thru in the extra thing
if its covered in a piq
cause i wrote about challenges i overcame in my piq
and it pertained to my circumstances
π
everyone knows that the uc system js throws darts at a board blindfolded and calls it a day
i hop ethey pick me
agreed
it sucks, acceptances sometimes feel really really random π </3
bro the thing is hella confusing
cause i made a shoe drive but its not like legally registered
ongggg UGHHHH just let me in please
so idk what to do for the drive name
ts lowk works for me
since im sub par
so ts random selection gives me a higher chance than if they used my stats
what challenges r we talking abt, ik u can emphasize it in ur piq, or very briefly in additional info
if i dont get into berk la or sd first try imma js go transfer route π
like family/mental health and medical related
hmmm i personally dont know what to say abt that but that could definitely work in ur challenge piq
im so glad uc doesnt consider sat scores
in the spot for extra deatils
same
i simply cannot study for that anymore
i have it on dec 6 and i just took a practice test and got 20 points below my last actual test π
ts frying me
π π
im so cooked bro
what are u applying it for
im in a special math class too
dec 6 bro i gave up after oct
im not sure, like if i were reading an app and i saw it twice i would think that the applicant is rly tryna push the challenge in my face, but im not an AO so idk π
like i dont know math π
pingus secretly an ao
i was hoping to use it for regular decision schools
i bet some aos are lurking in this discord
in general
bruh i wish i studied for the sat cuz now im applying to stanford and other schools with a meh score
yeahh gl
thats what im saying broooo
yo whats ur stats
and i wanna submit it but im stuck at a 1210 π
i didnt even bother applying to those schools
i had a similar circumstance but i didnt include it in addt details. i say include it but only if there's a specific thing you need to point out (ie family illness dropped my grade to a B)
if i was an ao i wouldnt have done piqs last minute π
my time management skills disappeared after freshman yr
nah ur cooked
hmm okok
freshman year is crazy
yeah it was family illness but it was covered in my piq
bro gave up before he even needed the skill
and i talked about my academics recovering wtv mental health
my freshman year grades were acc good
and then sophmore year i got like 3 bs
i had all As freshman and junior
and this yr im prob getting a B+ in ap bio
bro same
4.42 hs w gpa, 4.0 hs uw, 13 APs (7 finished), and like 3.5ish college gpa bc i got a C in a rly high lvl spanish class π , A in calc 3, currently have B in lin alg/diff equ
1450 sat
i got a B- in h alg 2
π
yo algebra 2 actually made me consider dropping tf out
academic nuclear weapon
synthesis division bro π
my teacher was so mean
i got a 1410 sat
bro what
wasnt that alg 2
im still relearning basic geometry for the sat
i hate alg 2
thats p good
a little too advanced for me
my english was 670
not really
its ok
but even for my reach schools its below the average
so i didnt even apply it to like northeastern
real as hell
r u taking the december one
yesssss and its been actually torturous to study
bro if u dont have a 1500 ngl dont even submit it if ur applying to like a 20% under acceptance rate school
all of them are like 1450-1550
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i feel like im learning new stuff and then i practice and im actually someow worse
OMG good luck!! im taking it too
ive got like the bare minimum sat to submit to reaches
thank you twin
idk ngl i asked chat if i should submit mine to northeastern
i was like 40 points below the lowest range
chat said no
:So
do u guys know if the bluebook practice tests r accurate/similar ur score
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honestly for me yeah
id assume so
what do u use to study
i use oneprep
i did all 7 of them and got 1350
OK BLESS
i saw a vid that said anything 1450 and above should be submitted otherwise theyll think u did worse, but i think a 1410 is ok to submit?
and i got 1350 on my first test
yeah idek
ive been using the bluebook practice tests and question bank, and this one vocab website
but think abt all the people not submitting it
and getting in
it might help js to say nothing
auhhhhh okay
im not sure how this cycle will work since many are requiring scores now its scary
is oneprep good? i tried khan academy but ngl it was lwk ass π
bro im ngl
just go on reels
like and search sat
the tips acc help me
well oneprep is also a question bank but i just like it because its refined and has stats, question information, a lot of filters, etc
ive been using khan academy but not for the SAT math section just like the actual math sections
khan academy helped me with english
my schools avg sat score for ucla is like 1230, and for berk like 1210, uci 1250. good thing theyre test optional lmao
i got 1310 SAT w/o studying but the bluebook pratice tests gave me in the 1400-1500 range after studying π scared im gonna bomb the actual test tho
i thought ucs test blind
wait ur hella right ive been on the reels too
and this one desmos youtube playlist
i was stuck at 1350
oh my god guys
and i got a 1410
really helpful esp for regressions
oh my god bruh
i just looked at my common app
and i messed up my activies section
im actually so cooked
yeah they r but the ppl that got admitted still took the sat, and my hs collected the data
i forgot his name
its like james lu
on youtube
he posted a regressions thing
but my dumbahh watched it the night before
and thought i could remember
and i just wasted more time trying to figure out how to plug in regressions on desmos
yo im actually so fucking cooked
when i could just do it in my head
r u able to unsubmit or fix ππ
i have no idea when this happend bro i need to look through all my apps
dupe
the description for my TA activity is on my wendy's π
real as hell
i remember his videos i think- i watched his last minute reading one
bro im so fucking cookedddddd oh my god i hate my life
i think if u explain
contact them
maybe ts shows the uc a trait of not double checking
i was triple checking my entire uc app so i can js copy and paste my piqs and submit right when i finish those
they might reject you since you overlooked your application
insinuates lazy applicant
cooked
noooo i agree w/ IA hopefully if you contact them it's okay
ummmm π π ill figure that out in just a moment
i believe in u twin
i hate this fuckass baby π
what else everyone here gotta do to finish uc app
i js need to finish the second half of all my piqs π
but i have to fill out the extra stuff
cuz for awards it also asks what in eeded to do for it
or wtv
i didnt do that
i hated doing the activity section it took me hoursss
honestly im just obsessing over my PIQs rn. i honestly dont know if they're good or not </3
same
how many activities did u guys put in the UC app
they prop r u can have them peer reviewed tmr if that helps lol
ykw its ok i dont think that mistake will be detrimental to ur app π
oh was that common app
common app activity list was so nice
ucs is doing too much
ts so dumb
π π
thank you π hoping i can get them peer reviewed soon, someone agreed to but im waiting for them to respond
im so glad i got my uc activity list done before common app, easier to cut
bro past college students r trolling istg cuz they said they wanna share their essays w me back in september but now theyre gatekeeping
is it considered an education preparation program
well its lowkey like forgetting a whole activity ngl but ig we'll see π
different then me accidentally bolding my personal statement
i feel like u could get in trouble tho if someone copied their essays
like they could
they prob worried
depends. One was a week long and selective so i put award. Another was a research program and i put it under education prep
yeah i put mine in educational prep
bro idk what mine really was
i think it was a scam program
but i got in full scsholarship
its called GYEL
well them not knowing what u did at wendys is not the end of the world π the TA thing is way cooler
maybe he helped people in need at wendys
seems legit
i lowkey jus sit there but thank you
employee of the month
maybe???
yes i had a lot of fun at wendys
did u have to pay hundreds or smth?
Assembled sandwiches, worked drive-thru and dine-in counters. I got this job to strengthen my social skills. Helping grumpy people in a hurry helped!
that was what it was supposed to say help
brooooo
apparently the dude on shark tank
damn
did a lesson there
did u get fin aid
tyy
bro and ion even remember what we did
they deleted my files
and i dont have it saved
it was like ona shared drive
i just have a badge that says bs
is that the international award
do i put it separately
if u can make a whole different description yeah
you guys have awards π₯
im p sure academics is weighed heavily for ucs as well so
and u have 4.0 unweighted
ts crazy
state finalist for some samsung solve for tomorrow engineering concept, and Boys and Girls State Delegate program
my uc gpa is like 3.9/4.16 unfortunately
way lower than my hs
theyll have to look at my rigor
bc taking extra classes dilutes grades lmao
oh what
ur weighted is only 4.16 but ur unweighted is 3.9
yeah we won a laptop for my teacher from the comp π
thats really cool!!
bro thats sick
are you applying engineering?
yeah bc the community college classes count towards uc gpa so taking more lowers it. i also got a C in one of them soooo
chemical engineering
wait 4.16 is my capped uc gpa, uncapped is like 4.4ish
Hii UC people
uhhh its like thermodynamics and uhhhh other chem stuff idrk π
hihi
Good luck with apps from a current bruin procrastinating her final papers
did you finished your 12 page report
thank you!! good luck on finals π
No!
Tyy
ucla admissions is lowkey so random
ucla admissions is some bs
And I think itβs overhyped how hard it is to get in lowkey
its the most applied school in the country i think
I started mine the day after thanksgiving I feel this
deadahh
so like ppl with 3.1 gpa r applying too
π
Mhm
think ab all the academic weapons
i started like 5 days ago but today is my first day w progress bc i restarted 10+ times π
Real
its weird cuz the academic weapons r not the ones going to ucla, i think if u mention greek life in ur essay its guaranteed admission
wth
lol
Greek life
Isnβt that big
Here
rly?
Itβs only slightly bigger than the uni I transferred from (northwestern)
damn the one time i toured they were hazing some dude in front of a frat house
shirtless in a spiderweb since it was halloween
Neither is a huge Greek life school but both have considerable Greek life
hows ucla food
ucla food is #1 in the country according to the guides
Fantastic on the rare occasion I eat it
I donβt have a meal plan
ohh
i wanna go to ucla for the food
I wanted a meal plan very bad
Nope
good thing im barely out of reach of ucla to not commute
Not allowed
I hate my commute
boi what the helly
45 mins each way on a good day
commuting in LA is pure hell
Yeah
like flea markets
oh i thought u meant actual fleas lmfao
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ok time for me to lock in on my piqs. every time i get distracted i watch a video abt berk as motivation
u got this!! good luckkk
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Yuhhh
uhh
did u guys
for activities put past 12th grade
im confused
why thats an option
i didnt check that for any of my activities but im assuming that's for transfer applicants??
if you click it it asks you exactly how many months after school did you volunteer
minimum gpa for out of state is 3.4 tho
if you took a gap year
for the Scholarships & support programs tab
Does anyone know how broadly you should choose your academic interests or career plans
i dont believe it really matters all that much
so yes, broadly is probably fine
alr thanks
damn i should do this
just been doing the activites section π₯
i feel like ive gotten OLD i cant even stay up all night anymoreπ₯
unc
fear is overtaking me
iβve never been able to do that
donβt worry you are still youthful and merry
and all that shit
i need to have the impending doom of an exam next morning to awaken thr dawg in me
marshall i think is one of the newest
my sister lived their last yr
then 7th
but also even if places like erc had good dorms
you DONOT want erc
or warren or revellr
muir is ok
just go marshall 678
or donβt so i can get my choice
i have marshall 786
i have marshall 6 8 muir
the person in question proceeded to say its a high schooler so they dont place as much weight on the opinion
π
tell them that some college students say to rank erc warren revelle muir
LMFAOO
why not 6 7
π₯ you're right i should have put that in
1 in 8 ucsd students canβt do middle school math so π 3rd best uc just saying #biased
be so fr who of us paid attention in middle school math anyway π
these are some notes i have taken π₯
no this is me
im still on the basics of geometry β€οΈ
ucsd and i will get along so well
i will send this to the friend who is scared to message in a2c
nontraditional applicants exist
hey what did you guys put for dual enrollment courses? should i just list my classes that were dual enrollment in here or should i remove my DE courses from my graded courses and add them here instead
what do i title like pet sitting
pet sitting
for activity
π
no like
oh
Where did you work? *
Please tell us the name of the place where you worked.
paid job
π
jus say pet sitting
what company did i work for
it is okay
bro
whys it asking
so many specifics
when i stopped workin
buh idk its whenever iw as called upon
just say ur currently doing it then
like u can still be 'working' but ur on a break from working cuz its the school year
i would just put still doing it if ur gonna continue it
whats the 4 best UC San diego colleges for Mech Eng
uhh
what do i call trash dumping
like my neighbors hired me
to roll out their trash
bins
π
ts sounds so bad
hmmmmm
yeah u might not wanna put dat
i combining it with my pet services
garbage disposal side job
unless u had like crazy hours
gulp
oh yeah
i mean
that works
garbage disposal side job goes crazy
it was like every week tho
what do i rank the ucsd dorms sb help
in the pins
im applyinnng
bro jus look it up before u ask
who
is ucb deadline today or tmrw
its tomorrow
tmr
#1400588776597753986 message
oh thx
how cooked are we
but guys submit today cause portal is hella cooked tomorr
nuh uh im submitting tomorrow
im submitting today
gllll
or trying to
can someone read my activities
yes tomorrow
is portal finna be down tmrw?
im only on 5/16 on activites π
u gonna get hit with plagerism and find out some discordian copied them
ngl i only did 13 activities and honors i gave up
what we gonna do though how we gonna steal bros ecs π
yeah frl never share
u never know like
like yeah i actually did 700 hours of com service since yesterday
bruh what
my perfectionism doin my ahh in
idk i get that for essays but activites kinda hard to copy π
LOL
^^
i did 15 aint no way they need all 20
i hope so
we dont know π
wtf guys
and i hope they extend it
frl
please calm down
what
i only had 6
i did like 16
i have 16
i had 6 good ones
activities
not like random stuff
mine r ok
π
guys i havent started my piqs yet am i cooked
all my activities are mid icl
i dont have a banger one
I had 1 good one
im a busy body what can i say
or 7
i havent either we're in this together
although guys i will say
yay
i did the uc piq bootcamp wit colelge essay guy
ion wanna go to school tmrw smh
and some piqs he said do not do and some he said u deadass gotta do these
senioritis is crazy
which
which ones
art
violin
piano
lacsef
GYEL
cross country JV
clubs
HSIP
shoe drive
certificate of merit
honor roll
bro i have no awards
ucs biased?
uc berk lemme in
i hated berk lowk
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his top ones were: leadership, choose between talent/skill or creative side, an academic subject that inspires you, and community. he said DONT do significant educational oppurtunity or the challenges because they dont make ur app as well rounded as the other prompts do + a lot of that information is going to be repeated in your additional information section
the campus was so depressing
oh i did this exact ones
those
im stealing this
ty
o i did the academic challenges
gulp
guys i have a question: if i went to a different school in 9th grade for like 2 months and got no grades from them, should i still include it in my application
he also said make sure that your essays connect to the '13 comprehensive points of review'
theres a different section for that outside of piqs prolly
π
even gpa and courses???
ong i have straight As because tehres no a+ or a- do they care about class rank
college essay guy piq boot camp π
he did live essay reviews
bro boutta get hit wit a lawsuit
leaking college camp
bro
i love ts rabbit
Tick tock
infact im going out of my way to report u to whatever organization this is from
ban amouru
π’
i give you the fruits of my 30 dollars and you report me
does selling on depop countβ¦..
this course was 172$ somehow
actually
i made 200 dollars
thank god they had pay what u want
My life lowk boring am i cooked
I wrote my piqs in a cumulative 15 minutes you can trust me
maybe youre just wasteful and indecisive and sell all your clothes you just bought
or maybe you have a small reselling business
Just write whatever you can get in frrr
no you are interesting and unique and special and u have a story even if u think you are boring
Write about niche shit trust chat
im not niche
anyway let me know if you guys want more idk what else there is but
yes you are
i feel like everyone who wrote about the challenge overcome piq wrote about some family struggle or medical stuff
ts so uniche
i shouldve chose a diff prompt
You can fool around on piqs and get into every single uc besides la and berk icl
nb wanna hear a sob story
deadah
yes but like
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thatβs what the additional information is for
Ucla and berk is overrated anyways you dont wanna go there fr
I am brainwashing you children
Fucla
ucla i hear the food good
Fuck berk
π€€
Wasnt there a guy who wrote the n word and got into all ucs
Dining hall food is mid after a while
dawg
Dont fall into trap of infinite doordashing
does ucs use ai to look at apps
I dunno
yeah WE are all going to merced
i know what kind of person you are
can i write hi chat gpt accept me
Merced is unironically not even bad
nah
I finished my piqs at 4 am this time last year
do u go to a uc
are you guys all from california
No
where
thanks for the reassurance
Usc
yes
yes
no from new york
how do u know if ur school is semster based or a full year
if ur dorming i would go with a combination of marshall seventh eighth and sixth
ok good another east coaster
67
atp just cc transfer tho
we will not be getting fin aid
fr
Only berk is semester
Rest is quarter
and Merced
Im in fl
no for my high shcool
if ur commuting I would do a combination of muir warren seventh eighth
More motivation to get into berk ππ
K nobody gaf about merced
its not that bad
wait the other schools are full year???
Which grades show up on transcript
quarter system
full year, but we also have semester classes
Santa Cruz is chill
@tiny zephyr
redwood forest is nice
How many ap 5s yall have
Like do those show up
thatβs even weirder than my hs which is trimesters
quarter seems so stressful and hectic ngl
yeah
all 5
its basically just trimesters
quarter
yes but u get used to it
how much do ur grades matter lowk
Wait which ones count towards gpa
plus my summer break coming out of hs was 4 months long
Only do the ones that count for gpa
which is always a bonus
then what do i do for the full year classes for which i only have one grade for
i want to go to berkeley for oski bearβ€οΈ
everything except for gym
and health
Wait i thought you meant like by semester
Because my gpa is decided by semester
Even if the class is year round
So we get two grades per class per year
If your gpa is only determined by final grade at the end of the year
Do year
If your gpa id determined by semester end grades too do semester
yeah but i took like speech and debate right
π₯
and that was a half year course
Uh im ngl just do semester then
are ucs due todya or tommoirw
Or maybe theres an option for that
EST
Icl they dgaf what you put as long as it matches transcript
Cuz ur transcript is actually sent
do i lie and say i didnt my earnings from petsitting for valorant and say something educational like i bought books
Inputting grades is just to verify
whats the point of all this if they have the transcriptβ¦.
okay so its like penn stateβs star thing
No
i said college savings but ik my ass spent it all on boba
thats hella annoying then wtf is the point
Never lie
no but lying is bad
i said i bought an ipadβ¦
if you lie your nose gets longer
You bought valorant skins it doesnt matter
i doubled it and gave it to the next person
Your money isnt meant to all be meant for something educational π
realistically my money is actually going into savings im js using money i had prior to spend lol
is view that important?
Yeah
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Uci admit
oh yeah they want us to spend it on clash royale
just my personal notes
trojan just wants me out of ucla
Youll find that 50% of people at ucs play valorant instead of studying
i mean u can ignore the view part
which one is the minecraft school
WE have all been playing clash instead of apps right
minecraft world where biden is besties with trump
Sweden
yes but minecraft
actually crashed out this morning and played for like 2 hours instead of doing apps and studying
π
pingu how many more u got to write
trojan did u get into any ucs
I finished 15 manga series before finishing uc apps in that same week dw chat
i just watched reze arc illegally
how tf u even do thatπππ
Every single one besides berk la and santa cruz (didnt apply to santa cruz)
ohh nice
I got wl by ucla
okay the goat is here
sigh
damn
They admitted zero last year
And they typically dont admit a lot on years they do
wrf is the point then im crying
itll be the big 2026
They need to keep up appearances
theyll let me in
lowk im goig in not expecting to get into any ucs
other than riverside and merced
so idk
i wont be disappointed i hope
me staring at berk
fat ahh usagi
om nom nom
im top 10% by decile
The only mf who got into berk from my hs for eecs
is business major competitive
Top 5 gpa
and public health
Yeah insanely
oh im also doing public health
βΉοΈ
Im ngl why go to berk for this
whats good at berk
because the name bro
berk
bark
is it a bad idea to go undecided
Berk name is tuff but you will experience what it means to be like a small ant
donβt make a major up if you really donβt know
if you have an idea try and tie it into what youβre wrote about in your piqs
Also you might be homeless at berk
oh
Just to put more berk slander
yall are scaring me
The buildings are lwk indecipherable and scary inside
if i did lacsef and just got a participation medal
do i put it as an extracurricular
or an award
bc i swearched it up
it says the recognition medal
Like the elevators dont have number floors
@ashen sky tell me some good things about the ucs π
Theres like S H G and then random ass numbers and letters
funnily enough I think the warren dorms are better than muir dorms
theyre just far away
Food (not at berk)
i wanna be excited to get in
Beach (not at berk)
also im a transfer

