All UCs (2025-2026)

[sand turtle]

ok i’m home now

it was lovely

[dense pumice]

ew

i hate powell

worst library

[sand turtle]

i love powell

so pretty

[dense pumice]

its reallu disgusting

[dense pumice]

glad u liked

its nice its open 24/7 but study solos

[sand turtle]

i love this fucking school

[dense pumice]

everyone does when they first come here...

[sand turtle]

look at my dinner dawg

how could i ever be miserable at a place like this

[dense pumice]

just wait and see

winter quarter gg

[sand turtle]

you think imma hate it here??

[dense pumice]

yeah

everyone does at some pt

[sand turtle]

you still think i should go to pomona?

[dense pumice]

its the head vs heart

ur choice

[sand turtle]

imma be there tmr i’ll see if there’s some spiritual connection

[sand turtle]

yeah

[dense pumice]

if u really want to think longitudinally

[sand turtle]

PO easy

[dense pumice]

id go pomona

yeah

[sand turtle]

short term ucla fs

[dense pumice]

i thought w my head and ended here fortunately or unfortunately

[sand turtle]

oh

[dense pumice]

but i have 0 regrets making the financially correct decision

financial freedom is so worth it'

[sand turtle]

fuck

ok fine

[dense pumice]

nah there's no wrong choice

i go w my heart w everything else

[sand turtle]

my mom tells me to go to ucla

[dense pumice]

and i do have a lot of what if moments

[sand turtle]

that i can figure out the finances

[dense pumice]

valid compromise

[sand turtle]

differences year to year

[dense pumice]

housing also goes up yearly

abt 1k

[sand turtle]

yeah shit

in addition to living in more expensive housing

[dense pumice]

when i first started at ucla deluxe was like a little less than 15k

[sand turtle]

the expensive housing will be expensiver

[sand turtle]

HELLO

WHAT

[dense pumice]

yeah

it goes up abt 1k every yr

[sand turtle]

it’s like 17.5k now

[sand turtle]

no

[dense pumice]

yeah checks out

[sand turtle]

i checked

it didn’t go up by that much for like 3 years

then it went up a lot last year

[dense pumice]

i think it was 14.8 or something on 14p

[sand turtle]

and a lot this coming year

[dense pumice]

how nice

[sand turtle]

is 14p worth the $300 saved

[raven tusk]

chuddcla

[dense pumice]

yeah i didnt have leftover swi[es

my first quaryer i had to get a 500$ panda gift card

[sand turtle]

my friend who swiped me in had already eaten dinner

[dense pumice]

cause i had 50+ swipes

they dont do that anymore

[sand turtle]

literally swiped himself in a second time

[dense pumice]

yeah

ppl dont gaf

[sand turtle]

in addition to me

then turned around and left

didn’t eat shit

it’s wild

[sand turtle]

wow

[dense pumice]

yup

very normal

[sand turtle]

you can do that?

so most ppl aren’t eating 3 meals a day

[dense pumice]

not anymore

yeah i eat like

1

and 1 snack

i dont eat breakfast its a waste of sleep time

[sand turtle]

maybe you’d be less annoyed by ucla if you ate more of its delicious dining hall food

[dense pumice]

i do

i went to bplate

i gt annoyed by the lines

[dense pumice]

also during midterm season u dont have time for that

and midterm season lowkey every 2 weeks

[sand turtle]

oof

[dense pumice]

its really easy to like

[sand turtle]

during off season

[dense pumice]

not understand rn

[sand turtle]

like non midterm season

[dense pumice]

i was very starry eyed abt ucla coming here too

[sand turtle]

pomona library closes at like fucking 6pm

it’s stupid

[dense pumice]

thats like weeks 1-2

ucla like brings out ur worst insecurities and issues and kicks u when ur down

[sand turtle]

idk where the fuck i’m supposed to work after finals are over

oh

[raven tusk]

thats so dumb wtf

[sand turtle]

but i have adhd and i think the quarter system could be good

constant stimulation

no boredom yk

[dense pumice]

quarter system is chil

i like it personally

[sand turtle]

ik a lot of ppl hate it

say it isn’t conducive to good learning

[dense pumice]

no complaints there tbh and also i like midterms every 2 weeks

its lowkey not

thats why we have a huge cheating culture

but it also prevents procrastination

grades r lowkey a big deal though at least in stem

not a prob for humanities though other than econ

lowk if ur not pre something ur chilling here

[woven rune]

quarter system makes studyiung for finals lowkey ez

cause you just took a midterm on that same shit like 2 weeks ago

[cosmic kayak]

what about cmc pitzer etc

[sand turtle]

they all share a library

[lone berry]

Realized I should probably commit to uc Davis over American University cause everytime I thought about committing to American I started crying

Like I love dc and everyone says undergrad doesn't matter for law school but American is rlly a place that makes my ambitious asshole self feel bad

[shrewd widget]

tbh considering acceptance rates they are both safeties

so is uw

high acceptance rate doesnt mean bad school or bad programs

[lone berry]

Also Davis has moot court!

[buoyant tree]

did the same thing like ik my ass didnt try as hard as i did in high school to go to american

[raven tusk]

this is actually true

[raven tusk]

follow ur heart

[raven tusk]

yes

[raven tusk]

consortium shenanigans or sum bullshi

[shrewd widget]

whyre you transferring out of davis?

[lone berry]

Amen. Hope you get a great internship at Capitol Hill and transfer to the uni of your dream. Or that a waitlist pans out

[buoyant tree]

im going to ucsd

[lone berry]

Oh

Congrats!

[buoyant tree]

im going to be so broke

[dense pumice]

where r u transferring

[raven tusk]

Either cc or uiuc if i get in

[raven tusk]

Ranted on my priv but

Obviously I wrote none of that in my transfer essays but yeah

[dense pumice]

u hate davis that much?

[raven tusk]

Its getting to a point tbh

I wanna go somewhere that actually prioritizes students

[dense pumice]

im sorry to say a lot of this stuff is true at other schools too

[dense pumice]

dont go to a uc

go to a priv school

[raven tusk]

I figured

[dense pumice]

better yet an lac

[raven tusk]

Or a cc

[dense pumice]

yeah but then ud have to tarsnfer

lwokey short term solution

[raven tusk]

I'm transferring anyways so like

🤷

[dense pumice]

why do it more tahn once

[raven tusk]

I sent only two apps this year cuz I'm a fool

I'm sending to like 20 next year

[dense pumice]

choice fs

[raven tusk]

At least students at ucla and ucb are more passionate

[lone berry]

This transfer plan is honestly what I hope to do if none of my waitlists work out. Ik that's not good to already be thinking that before going but I rlly didn't know what I wanted when applying. Now I realize it's honestly an lac

[dim sandal]

I initially wanted to do DS. I think UCSD DS is pretty good. Berk is top tier too. I got into the UCLA program but i haven't heard great things. is UCD really that bad?

[raven tusk]

I didn't get into either of those three so I'm stuck with this shit program

Fuck man I don't even wanna go outside anymore

I hate my fucking life

Nothing I want ever happens

Yeah don't fucking come here it's not a good school choose ucsc

[dense pumice]

LOL no

Ur so funny

Cheating culture is so insane bruh

[dense pumice]

That’s fair I get it

[raven tusk]

At least they're more motivated

[dense pumice]

No…

[raven tusk]

They're smart enough to get into ucla

[dense pumice]

Smarteness has nothing to do w it

People in my Calc class last yr didn’t know why -3+2 =-1

I don’t think the caliber of people at La is much better than other ucs

[raven tusk]

Maybe they're humanities majors

[dense pumice]

No

It’s a Calc class

We’re all stem

[raven tusk]

Then why do companies glaze ucla grads

Nothings ever fair

[dense pumice]

They don’t…

[raven tusk]

They'd hire ucla over ucd any day

[dense pumice]

My cousin went to an Indian college and then UTD and masters and has a J.P. Morgan job in cs

[dense pumice]

U know that’s not how hiring works right

[lone berry]

I feel like motivation at any school known for being a backup for rlly good schools is probably dogshit lol

[dense pumice]

My mom does hiring for a cybersec company

A HUGE one

Like when I tell my friends they ask to add her on LinkedIn

They don’t really care too much abt ur school

At best it might get u a foot in the door based on who is looking

But it won’t get u the job lol

Ur experience and skills are far more important

She tells me she thinks Berkeley kids are so bad and always asks me why everyone thinks they’re good

[raven tusk]

Fr?

[dense pumice]

She said they’re terrible in teams

[dense pumice]

Well if ur going into business and stuff it could matter

But for cs and all nah

[raven tusk]

Wouldn't a better college prepare u better

[dense pumice]

No…

Maybe an lac

Would spoon feed you internships

But La and Berk def don’t

[dense pumice]

Yk I have a friend who turned down Princeton, all ucs, was on Stanford wl, etc for Davis

She’s doing jpmc ib

[raven tusk]

Regents prolly?

[dense pumice]

Yk how hard that is to get at all let alone from Davis

[dense pumice]

Nah

[raven tusk]

Uhp?

[dense pumice]

She just wanted to be close to home

But yeah she got that sophomore summer

[raven tusk]

Into Princeton but no regents or anything at davis is crazy

[dense pumice]

She prob has regents idk

[raven tusk]

Like rising sophomore or rising junior

[dense pumice]

Rising jr

[raven tusk]

Oh

[dense pumice]

Ib really cares abt ur school too

She just networked

[dense pumice]

Yk the research I do isn’t even at my school

There was a huge conference this last week

I didn’t go

[raven tusk]

I make connections but idk how to maintain them

[dense pumice]

But I got emails from 3 different people I’m collabing w/will be collabing with saying they met each other through my name on a poster

[raven tusk]

Its not like I can email them all the time

[dense pumice]

Reach out every now and then

[dense pumice]

If they’re mentors why not

[dense pumice]

From Rochester, Cincy, and ucsf

[raven tusk]

They're super busy

[dense pumice]

So ? They’ll email u when they’re free

[raven tusk]

How do connections even land u jobs

How does it even work

[dense pumice]

I firmly believe u can make the most of where u go

[dense pumice]

They give u an opening

[raven tusk]

What are the chances a connection is a recruiter

[dense pumice]

Idk I landed an REU just by emailing

[dense pumice]

It’s not like that

They vouch for u

Bc they have. Relationship w u

[dense pumice]

Yk how many emails I sent for that 1

Lowkey not that many like 30ish

But ppl send hundreds

My cousin goes to a target school and has no job for when she grads

[quick sable]

Did you commit

[dense pumice]

Cause she spent too much time on grades and not networking

[raven tusk]

I'm always scared to cold email because I always think I'm not smart enough to work with someone

[dense pumice]

Who cares

Let them reject u

Stop rejecting urself

[raven tusk]

Who do I even network with

Students i have done that

Professors?

Grad students?

[dense pumice]

Yeah

[dense pumice]

Yeah

Alum

[raven tusk]

That's really all I'm used to

[raven tusk]

Where

On LinkedIn

Wait ion wanna clog this channel up

[shrewd widget]

i thought it is a rank 10 school in cali and its a t30 😭 dang tho this does make me feel less upset about withdrawing tho...since i sometimes regret not committing to davis since it was one of my favs

im surprised since i perceived davis as slightly "rigorous" at least students caring more abt school than ucr, ucsc, ucm

i also heard great things abt the davis pre-med, pre-law, and pre-vet

[shrewd widget]

40% of ucsd students or smth had to go to a middle school math class and a lot of them dont know basic addition. its because the ucs are test blind so they dont care if you have fundamental math skills or not. also cmon humanity majors know basic math

[raven tusk]

t10 in cali imo:
stanford
cal
ucla
caltech
usc
pomona
ucsd
ucsb
uci
harvey mudd

[raven tusk]

if ur not any of those or engineering at davis its really fucking mid

[raven tusk]

that's a wildly overblown claim, its more like <2%

[raven tusk]

no i feel like at schools like ucr and ucsc people care more about school esp if they're hardworking and got rejected from their top choices

[shrewd widget]

ive seen a lot of ppl place ucd over ucsb

[raven tusk]

davis is at a weird point where its full of people who are just smart enough to get in

[shrewd widget]

but harvey mudd and pomona make sense. its just that a lot of lists online ignore the lacs so i get that

[raven tusk]

ucsb has nobel laureates

we do not

[shrewd widget]

us national rankings has davis over

and i mean

[raven tusk]

well fuck usnews

[shrewd widget]

ucsb is more of a party school so the students are likely similar

wait till you hear about wall street journal

which has uc davis over uchicago, columbia, brown, cornell

[raven tusk]

i havent heard bad things about people's time there

at ucsb

my friend doesnt party at all and he loves it there

[shrewd widget]

this is the first time ive herad bad stuff about davis

[raven tusk]

hes quite the introvert

[shrewd widget]

i wonder if its any location bais bc naturally you love beaches

[raven tusk]

plus our chancellor is a fucking joke

while i love sports and i love going to games athletics is all he cares about

davis already has a national reputation for agriculture, why cant he make attempts to uplift other fields?

[shrewd widget]

true, that applies to a lot of colleges tho

most colleges unfortunately prioritize stem a lot to where other fields are ignored and underfunded

like uw does not rlly care abt humanities students, only cs + bio + engineering

georgia tech purdue uiuc mit cmu

[raven tusk]

true

[shrewd widget]

its annoying for pre-law since its harder to find a target. the colleges that do have strong humanities are usually the top ones

[raven tusk]

bro snuck in mit 😭

[sick vessel]

I totally see wanting to leave a school you’re miserable at (I did the same when leaving northwestern). But a lot of these factors I feel like you shouldn’t worry about/let them get you down. Like how does other students being lazy/uninterested impact you? If you’re motivated and hardworking who cares about their habits?

[raven tusk]

im influenced by those around me

[sick vessel]

Why tho?

I would try not to be, that just leads to feeling like you’re competing against your peers

Instead of growing with them

[raven tusk]

especially in the data science program, like all the intro classes that i've been to im one of the only ones who actively pays interest in class

[sick vessel]

But again why does that matter

If you’re interested, and you’re trying, then I’d tryn focus on that

[raven tusk]

like the thing is maybe someone asks a question about something i missed, i end up learning more

[sick vessel]

That’s such a minor thing tho, no?

[raven tusk]

i feel like my expectations of college were just not met

[shrewd widget]

mit can be good for some non-stem like business but not rlly for most humanities. like mit eng maojr would be off

[raven tusk]

i hate to be cliche but I WANT to know things

[raven tusk]

im making a joke here but yeah

if i could id be like that sextuple major at uc berkeley except 10000x less pretentious

[sick vessel]

So do I! Which is why it’s good to care about learning. But I try not to think about or judge the habits of those around me, because that leads to competitiveness and comparisons and just feeling gloomy

[sick vessel]

That’s totally valid

Are u in your first or ur second year at Davis?

[raven tusk]

1st

[sick vessel]

Also I’d def tryn look at California LACs (the 5Cs, oxy, etc) or if you’re okay with out of state, then OOS LACs

It seems like you’d much prefer an LAC environment

I know I definitely would

Alas there’s no LACs commutable from my house so I did ucla

Originally I chose CSUN for my transfer school but they wouldn’t let me double major and being just a journalism major is a rlly bad idea career wise

[raven tusk]

problem is i also want to continue pursuing atmospheric science and none of the lacs have that

[sick vessel]

Isn’t that more of a graduate program? Can you do a similar but still relevant major?

[raven tusk]

no not really, there is a particular undergrad program that is kinda required for nws

[sick vessel]

Ah shit that’s unforch

[raven tusk]

should have applied to cornell

but finals kicked my ass

[sand turtle]

yeah

[sand turtle]

not yet

[dense pumice]

L mindset ur not gonna do better at cal or la or uiuc or anywher ew it

[dense pumice]

insta, linkedin, in person, etc

if u complain abt stuff like clubs and all u will genuinely not fair better anywhere else

and opportunity

[raven tusk]

i know :( blame my shitty middle and high school experience for that

completely fucked over my self esteem

[dense pumice]

change urself

[raven tusk]

theres a reason i applied to more safeties than targets and reaches combined

[dense pumice]

do u seriously think no one else has been rejected from stuff

[raven tusk]

ofc ppl have

[dense pumice]

i have a whole spreadsheet of clubs i applied to freshman yr at ucla

i was rejected from all but 1 of them

[raven tusk]

wow

[dense pumice]

i applied to like over 20

thats just life

like obv u will get rejected

[raven tusk]

im just

barely motivated

if at all

idk whats stopping me

[dense pumice]

@raven tusk

green vs red is like interview or wtver

[dense pumice]

why

do u think its a dvais issue or u issue

[raven tusk]

i couldnt tell you

its a me issue

ngl

like heres the lore

[dense pumice]

then will transferring really fix anything or are you running away

[raven tusk]

so ive been trying to finish this research i began in high school, and i had that thought throughout my first year so i never cared about looking for research cuz i "already have one" but the thing is my current research i'm like 90% solo and its fucking daunting im barely getting any advice from my mentors and its made me fucking lost

[raven tusk]

ykw maybe i am running away

fuck man i wasted my first year here

gonna move ts to another chat

#🛩-lounge-chat

[dense pumice]

i understamd

u shouldnt be on ur own though

and u can do multiple projects

davis has so much going on

and veen if not davis reach out to other places

[wraith lake]

if anyones currently attending uc berkeley how u doing

[lone berry]

I thought to transfer from a uc to another uc you could only do after 2 years

[raven tusk]

No it's possible after one w/ de and ap

[blissful anvil]

any updates on ucla waitlist movement?

[proven forge]

they're all deadge

[wraith lake]

shi

bout to be me

[raven tusk]

fucla

[shrewd widget]

DAY 1 OF BEGGING UCLA AND CAL TO LET ME IN

[lone berry]

Day 1 of begging ucla and ucsd to let me off the waitlist

[raven tusk]

there we go

we love the spirit

[echo wasp]

🔥

[woven rune]

commitment deadline soon af right

oh yeah 2 days until movement begins

[raven tusk]

Ucla took off on apr 28 last year

[cerulean anvil]

why did you become a ucsd hater 😭😭😭

[raven tusk]

https://tenor.com/view/always-has-been-among-us-astronaut-space-betrayal-gif-23836476

[tidal mica]

Which calc class was that?

[karmic nacelle]

Why is hard cuz it requires you to derive all the axioms, which is tedious. That’s more of a what hehe(jk I get what you mean)

Man I still can’t believe some ppl who can’t do some hs algebra let alone vectors, stats and complex numbers are let in while I get rejected

[dense pumice]

Ls 30a lol

[dense pumice]

lol

[tidal mica]

Ah that’s what I expected

[shrewd widget]

ucsd appeal decisions r out if anyone did them!

i wonder if it means other appeals will come out before decision day? who knows

i tried sd la berk appeal even tho ik chances r small and got rej again ucsd 🤷‍♀️

[worldly wind]

same twin

😔

[shrewd widget]

aww did you do la and cal? best of luck

[worldly wind]

yep

[shrewd widget]

i tried to do the major change trick to see if itd gime extra luck

[worldly wind]

whats ur major

[shrewd widget]

i saw someone online who did it as their substantial new info and it somehow worked??

well uhhh i remmeber for ucla i went from poli sci or smth to public policy so its an entirely different school

and berk was legal studies to i think philosophy

[worldly wind]

ah gl

[shrewd widget]

i then added new ecs and awards but it prob wont work tbh 😭 i just thought why not and ill regret it if i dont try

[worldly wind]

did u get into any other ucs?

[shrewd widget]

whatd you do in your appeals?

[shrewd widget]

all others except irvine but idc abt irvine enough

[worldly wind]

talked abt award and new things I did at work

[worldly wind]

nice

[shrewd widget]

id choose uw over any uc except for berk and la

wbu?

[worldly wind]

i didnt get into any

that i applied

[shrewd widget]

ouch im sorry

which did you appeal

[worldly wind]

as instate

[shrewd widget]

cs is very competitive

[worldly wind]

ucsd la b

[shrewd widget]

ucs are harder for in state, it is very hard

[worldly wind]

fr

[shrewd widget]

but purdue cs is t20 and the first program ever created

youll do good no matter what

lwk purdue cs is prob better than sd so dw abt it

[worldly wind]

ya ik thx twin

u2

all my homies hate the ucs anyways

fr...

[shrewd widget]

do you think la and cal will be before commitment day?

im surprised sd was the day before

[worldly wind]

same

[shrewd widget]

i wonder if theyre trying to get it before may 1 for us

[worldly wind]

no way

[shrewd widget]

hopefully the rest today 👀

[worldly wind]

maybe

[lone berry]

Why are they responding to appeals before even making a dent in the waitlist? Like I haven't heard any movement despite the fact that many are declining their offers to ucsd for ucla and cal

[shrewd widget]

i bet lots of ppl r declining ucsd which is why they looked at appeals first

which shows that waitlist movement will be very good if theyre looking at appeals already. im guessing ucla and cal will take much longer for both waitlists and appeals (id be shocked if appealed ppl got in this year. berkeley once only had one successful appeal)

[lone berry]

If I'm somehow blessed with multiple waitlist acceptances (unlikely) I honestly hope ucsd wouldnt be first. It would be annoying to waste multiple deposits

[thorn moat]

double reject ucsd 😭

[shrewd widget]

ayyyyy triplets

you appeal any others?

[thorn moat]

berk and uci, and ucla waitlist

all these ucs denials making me go oos 💀

[shrewd widget]

ayyy you got a good shot for ucla!!!

possibly uci bc their appeal requires the most work so i think theyd consider you the most

plus uci got a low yield rate

[shrewd widget]

where?

[thorn moat]

currently arguing with my mum about it but uva !!

[thorn moat]

if i get into ucla i'll still have to transfer to my major tho 😭

[shrewd widget]

wait what

uva is amazing

oos uva is acc insane wtf

uva lwk mogs a lot of them but i also understand price

they got the cutest chant tho

wahoowa!!!’

congratulations thats hugeee

[thorn moat]

tyy

[shrewd widget]

if youre going to law their law school is t10 👀

[thorn moat]

yeah the first two years are the same price as ucd bc of financial things

[shrewd widget]

thats really good

[thorn moat]

i'm going for architecture hehe

but the last two years… 80k… um…

[shrewd widget]

thoughts and prayers

[raven tusk]

L school

[shrewd widget]

lets all become you see ass dee haters

[lone berry]

Nah dude I'm a glazer till I'm off the waitlist

Speaking of which

Day 2 of begging ucla and ucsd to let me off the waitlist

[shrewd widget]

day 2 of begging ucla and cal to let me in

[lament scarab]

Bro uwash is a good school what

[shrewd widget]

i agree but unfortunately just not for my major...

its not good for pre-law and its always been a stem-focused school

[lament scarab]

True, but stem degrees going into law are also good

[shrewd widget]

im concerned about competive-to-join clubs, lack of opportunity at uw, and because most classes are taught by tas which makes it hard for rec letters

but ill def see if i like uw or not first!!

[shrewd widget]

im doing a double major in poli sci and public policy at uw

[lament scarab]

I think clubs will always be competitive at t-20s

[shrewd widget]

thats true, but i was considered it'd be worse at a public just because of the huge student body

[lament scarab]

Like if those are your actual concerns you’ll have similar issues at ucla and cal 😭

[shrewd widget]

im one of those pristege chasers unfortunately 🥀

[lament scarab]

Nah I get it

[shrewd widget]

plus ucla and cal are actually good for pre-law idk :(

im in state so uw just honestly feels so underwhelming and slightly dissapointing for me if that makes sense??

[lament scarab]

But also once you go to law school no one cares about your undergrad

[lament scarab]

Idk ab cal

[shrewd widget]

true trueee

[lament scarab]

They don’t have any pre-law path

[shrewd widget]

uw can also help me save costs so we will see

[lament scarab]

You can do a legal studies major but everything else is on your own

[shrewd widget]

i said that when i was mourning my college decisions, but ive come to terms with it now and am still excited to attend uw and see the pretty cherry campus!!

[lament scarab]

Yeah that makes sense

[shrewd widget]

im surprised you even saw my msg from 20 days ago 😭

[lament scarab]

Idk why my discord shot me up there

I think I just haven’t checked this thread since then

[lament scarab]

I am so jealous of the campus

It’s literally a cartoon fantasy college

[raven tusk]

u should join dawgcast no bias

[shrewd widget]

wait fill me in

whats that?

i want to join offleash news which is a uw satire news account that spreads misinformation....

[raven tusk]

its just the student run weather broadcasting channel

[dire walrus]

@warm token

[raven tusk]

sonion

[balmy blaze]

ucla waitlist is moving apparently

[dim sandal]

Declining my spot !!!

[fiery cipher]

can i submit my enrollment admission a day late guys

to specifically ucsd

[shrewd widget]

i think its oos only from what ive seen online. dont take my word for this tho

[timid agate]

same

[balmy blaze]

i saw the opposite i saw instate get off

[lone berry]

I think it's both, but I still think larger waves are coming

From the looks of it it was humanities and social sciences yesterday and stem today

That being the division, rather than is vs oos

[shrewd widget]

that's really nice then

good luck everyone!!

day 3 of begging ucla and cal to accept me

[dim sandal]

why

they give like no oos aid right

[shrewd widget]

well it'd boost my ego if i got in!!!

plus i will obviously get in state tuition and maybe even a full ride!

[dim sandal]

wait what

💀

[shrewd widget]

yes bc my scholarship will be so big

dont be silly

[dim sandal]

oh my bad

[shrewd widget]

mhm dont make me email gtech admission offices

[dim sandal]

lowk didn't feel good about turning down ucla but at least i can say i got in 10 years later

[dim sandal]

noooo

[shrewd widget]

uc merced is extending everyone's commit deadlines to may 14 😭

i tried to withdraw but couldnt find an option

sry waitlist warriors but idk if anyones on merced wl

[karmic nacelle]

If

[karmic nacelle]

Well I was able to withdraw

[shrewd widget]

wait i just found it

it was super super tiny under the pay deposit option so i didnt see it at first

[karmic nacelle]

Did this happen last yr?

[shrewd widget]

yw waitlist warriors and uc merced appeal avengers

[karmic nacelle]

Ye

[shrewd widget]

not sure, but im guessing lots of ppl didnt withdraw so they extended?

[karmic nacelle]

And that they aren’t close to filling up their class

[shrewd widget]

their exit survey is so annoying...im trying to say where i mgoing instead but theres not yped option

its a huge dropdown with every single college and i cant find uw

[karmic nacelle]

I mean if u get rejected my Merced it’s cuz either u flunked out or wrote a essay on how u will burn down the building or if you didn’t meet their min req

[shrewd widget]

oh wtf they didnt even put uw how dare they

[shrewd widget]

i heard of someone getting into cal and not merced on tiktok 😭 but idk if its really true or not

tbf oos requirement for ucs is above 3.4 gpa so maybe someone with 3.3 just got autorejected?

[karmic nacelle]

Must have had some sort of missing documents

[shrewd widget]

idk if merced does yield but i dont think publics do it

good point

[karmic nacelle]

Man technically my hs doesn’t do gpa and I got accepted

I mean technically even with the significant grade deflation my school does my gpa is still above a 3

But the ucs doesn’t see my sat :c

Otherwise I wouldnt have been rejected by all the decent/great ucs

[torpid fiber]

they don't

[shrewd widget]

ah alright

some stuff ive seen online r def confusing, but could also be engagementbait

[karmic nacelle]

Def bait lol

[shrewd widget]

unfortunately i think i fell for it then 😭

i mean ig fit can be a factor????

[karmic nacelle]

Anyone could say they got maxed out stats and are the best at some ec but got rejected by a college with a very high acceptance rate

[karmic nacelle]

Nah it has a 90+% acceptance rate

Fit is mostly for more competitive colleges

Especially where they may not be incentivised to accept only those with the best stats

And good ecs

[shrewd widget]

day 4 of begging ucla and cal to accept me

[tranquil crane]

What are some things to check out at UCSD that the tour probably doesn't cover?

[shrewd widget]

day 5 of begging ucla and cal to accept me

[dire lance]

67

[dense pumice]

Bruh

U donat wanna go here

[shrewd widget]

YES I DO

UW GAVE ME FOOD POISONING

😡😡😡

thats why i glaze grinnell and not uw.

[dire lance]

i heard ted bundy went to uw

[dense pumice]

UCLA gave my roommate it too

[primal crescent]

Got off Uc Irvine waitlist

[shrewd widget]

he's unfortunately our most famous alumni.....

other than bruce lee

[shrewd widget]

WAHOOOOO

[torpid fiber]

bruce lee is more famous than ted bundy

[shrewd widget]

i think ted is

lots of ppl dont know martial artists/actors

this is cute tho

[olive trout]

do yall know if amazing stats alone are an indicator of a pretty good chance at cal l&s

i do ecs

they arent national or state, more so js for my enjoyment

ig they all tie a coherent narrative of what i like and they are also related to my major

[shrewd widget]

i think they will put more emphasize on gpa than other colleges because they are test blind

[shrewd widget]

that sounds good, as long as you have a measurable impact

[olive trout]

the elusive measurable impact 😭

could it be within my school/community (meaning about 20 miles away no further)

ik theres no single thing that could get me in and anyways it probs wouldnt make much of a difference whether i got a state or regional award on whether i get accepted or rejected

but have you seen ppl get into uc berkley with local activities

[shrewd widget]

uhh i know the stats of two ppl who did get into uc berkeley first year

one was bio major other was legal studies

both had 4.0 and a lot of district-state ecs like moot court/mock trial/speech + debate while the bio major won isef

but i heard cal is the most "hollolistic" of the ucs

[tidal mica]

Cal admissions are weird

[shrewd widget]

a lot of test blind schools seem more random in general

ik bc uw is test blind they put very heavy weight on essays so you see ppl with rlly different stats get in

[lone berry]

Honestly in my experience stats don't mean anything. Person I knew who was failing and had to transfer schools ended up at ucla, people who never got a B in their life got waitlisted. It truly makes no sense and my best advice is go for a less impacted and more niche major

The each of the UCs also seem to like certain types of people. Ik at least 3 people with the exact same results, wl at ucd, accepted to ucsd, rejected from ucla, and accepted to Berkeley

It honestly maddening to try and figure out lol

[karmic nacelle]

Yes because it’s hard to compare gpas between ppl from with vastly different hs systems, this is why i think it’s best if they use standardised test as reference.

[shrewd widget]

i agree, and im honestly not a fan of being test optional as a whole

my school has a 75% in apes as an A while other schools have a 90%

[karmic nacelle]

Ye but the problem is ucs are test blind, so they are blind in evaluating who may actually succeed in college

[shrewd widget]

but i do understand that test scores arent a good way to measure someones academic ability entirely. so i think tha tppl with extenuiating circumstances that impacted their test score like a learning disability or low-income inability to access resources can explain that in an additional information section

[shrewd widget]

didnt 40% of ucsd students need to be put in remedial math classes since they couldnt do middle school math?

[karmic nacelle]

Yes, but that can’t be uc’s argument if they emphasis on gpa

[shrewd widget]

i dont think that uc education should be taken so seriously when a lot of their students cannot outperform a freshmen in high school

[karmic nacelle]

Around 10% for majors that need math I think

But before being test blind it’s 1% or less

[karmic nacelle]

Ye they are hyped up for their location

[shrewd widget]

they definitely have amazing resources tho

[karmic nacelle]

Ye

[shrewd widget]

its super weird. theyre nicer to oos students than in state in first yera applications baesd off acceptance rates but then in transfer they heavily prioritize the cali cc students

[torpid fiber]

there is no correlation there

[shrewd widget]

maybe thats how they keep their "state school"label

[shrewd widget]

hmm explain

[torpid fiber]

how do admitted students having a problem with math correlate to the education at the school being bad

[shrewd widget]

my point is that i think uc education is a bit overhyped considering so many students are behind on their track

[torpid fiber]

that makes no sense

it would be the highschools' education that is bad

[shrewd widget]

isnt it also on the ucs for admitting students like that? and so many of them too

[karmic nacelle]

We meant the selection process not education

They have great professors

[shrewd widget]

i do need to double check if this stat is just uc incoming freshmen or just every student at the uc 👍

[karmic nacelle]

And resources

[shrewd widget]

i was arguing against the test blind process in admissions

[torpid fiber]

no its on the california government for deciding in the lawsuit that the sat is unconstitutional to be used for admissions purposes

california is too woke for its own good sometimes

[karmic nacelle]

What abt act and ap

[shrewd widget]

mb then, i shouldnt have directed that much blame to the uc admissions themselves

i hope they r still able to choose quality students

[karmic nacelle]

Did they rule against all standardised tests

[shrewd widget]

no act

but you can submit ap scores

[torpid fiber]

ucs are test blind for act as well

ap scores are a good qualifier but not everyone does ap math

[karmic nacelle]

Is it due to the ruling or are they just afraid of another lawsuit

[torpid fiber]

the same ruling

[shrewd widget]

i saw a clip of gavin newsom talking about his 960 sat score go viral 😭

[karmic nacelle]

Dang well this isn’t good for California colleges long term

[shrewd widget]

everyone ik who got into the "top"ucs like cal and ucla were qualified tho

[karmic nacelle]

It gives an advantage for students in less rigorous systems since they do technically maximise opportunities afforded to them

[torpid fiber]

eh

[torpid fiber]

well yea thats the point

sat scores are correlated with income which is correlated with race

[karmic nacelle]

There are some ppl purposely going to less rigorous hs

Just for ucla and ucb

[shrewd widget]

ive seen the sat income argument a lot, but i also feel that its a lot easier to get a higher score now with so many free resources online

[torpid fiber]

i agree

the sat is not hard to self study

[shrewd widget]

the uc test blind is easier to work around tho, since you can still tell them about your sat awards like national merit

[torpid fiber]

that wont completely stop the fact that people with higher incomes can pay for tutoring tho

but i still think its dumb to go test blind and not even test optional

[shrewd widget]

i dont like test optional either

[torpid fiber]

i lowk appreciate it tho cuz im only applying to ucs so im not gonna have to take the sat 😭

[karmic nacelle]

I swear they are eventually gonna say”well not doing well in school and life is due to my genes that I don’t get to control so let’s not look at essays,ECs and gpa and do a lottery for colleges”

[shrewd widget]

i believe that people with extenuiating circumstanes that impacted their csore should just be able to explain that in additional info section, just as people are able to do with their gpa

[karmic nacelle]

Like everything is affected by something out of your control to an extent

[shrewd widget]

i dont like how test optional has increased the average sat of colleges and has made it seem like sat scores have inflated

[karmic nacelle]

Test optional is a good compromise

[shrewd widget]

i can tolerate it, i just dont like it

i think test blind is completely stupid tho

im ok with test flexible like what yale does. if you dont submit sat, youre required to submit every single ap score

[torpid fiber]

the real problem isnt test blind its the fact that highschools pass kids through the system with As and Bs who cant do math

[karmic nacelle]

The problem is an A is expected. In my hs system an A is like rare, and most ppl get Bs and Cs

Like 10-15% of ppl get A on a regular basis

True, but standardised testing is a decent enough option

Most top 100 or prob even 1000 qs world ranked universities admit ppl by using a standardised test

Yes, but ppl do lie or exaggerate on ecs, and essays test more of linguistic ability ngl

So doing away with standardised testing ain’t it

Ye

[raven tusk]

oh!

[raven tusk]

Please do not ‼️❌🚫refer to Berkeley 🐻as "UCB." 😱😤This is not the proper way to refer to the University of California's 😢😭original and flagship 🔝1️⃣ campus. Cal, ✔️😁Berkeley🧸✅or UC Berkeley 💯🐻are all proper and acceptable ways to say it. 😄UCB, on the other hand, is not.🚨❌🤬😩 As the system's most prestigious 🥇🏆🎖and respected campus 😌, we feel that it is important to honor 🍱 🇯🇵 and maintain an appropriate level of respect for our university's name. We feel 🧐🤨that "UCB" cheapens😫😭 our brand 🔝1️⃣and doesn't emphasize the incredible prestige🎖🏆associated with Berkeley.🐻 While it may be acceptable 😏to refer to all other UC campuses in initialisms due to their lack❌ ⬇️of recognition and prestige🚫🏆🙁, this is not acceptable for the flagship #️⃣1️⃣and most well-known campus 😌🥇, and we therefore request that you cease😤 using the name "UCB" to refer our school🤓. Thank you.😇 TL:DR Don't say "UCB" when referring to Berkeley.😤😭

[proper pawn]

UCB

[karmic nacelle]

Guess I will have to call it berk

[echo wasp]

cal

short for calculator

[cerulean anvil]

i agree so much 😍

[wise wedge]

waitlist?

[shrewd widget]

AYYYY CONGRATAS

in state or oos?

day 6 ucla and cal to accept me

[steel dome]

Yeah

[steel dome]

In state

[shrewd widget]

day 7 of begging ucla and cal to accept me

[shrewd widget]

day 8 of begging ucla and cal to accept me

ive heard a few ppl get off ucsb waitlist, gl waitlist warriors

hopefully someone gets my spot!

[echo wasp]

the day sb lets the floodgates out will be the good day

[dense silo]

my friend got off UCLA

[dense pumice]

1 straight week of studying for a freaking 90

God I hate this school

[raven tusk]

premed struggles

i just aim to be 1.5 standard deviations above the average

which is actually quite easy since some people here are dumbasses

[karmic nacelle]

Benefit of only looking at gpa for admissions

[blissful anvil]

when and was he instate?

[steel dome]

I got off instate

I also saw someone on reddit get off as international

[dense silo]

she's OOS

[blissful anvil]

when did you get the result

[blissful anvil]

when did she get it

[shrewd widget]

day 9 of begging ucla and cal go accept me

[dense silo]

idk like 2-3 days ago

[sand turtle]

Withdrew from UCLA just now so hopefully you get a place!

[raven tusk]

Ucla is the worst offender for this btw

[karmic nacelle]

Main reason for why I got rejected I believe, but wouldn’t be so mad if everyone they led in people who could at least do some hs math

[raven tusk]

yea

[shrewd widget]

THANK YOU!!! KEEP IT UP GUYS

THIS IS WHAT I LIKE TO SEE

nobody go to ucla i heard theres mold in the toilets

[karmic nacelle]

I thought the out of state tuition was enough of a deterrent

[shrewd widget]

EXACTLY GUYS

UCLA IS CHANGING THEIR TUITION TO 100K/YEAR and all costs combined will be usc and nyu multiplield

[steep meteor]

ts why I dropped ucla

[shrewd widget]

yes yes and yes!

xiangling is proud of this

[shrewd widget]

people reacting to your pomona commitment with ucla is so funny 😭

congratulations on pomona! you guys got such a cool logo

[sand turtle]

didn’t see that but wow

i genuinely regret my commitment but i’m happy it’s over

[shrewd widget]

whys that?

pomona is such an amazing lac

plus mountain view 👀

dw im sure itll grow on you

wait im so sorry i thought those people were only reacting with ucla because you sent that message here today that you withdrew

[torpid fiber]

u have issues bro

enjoy ur summer and quit worrying about it

[shrewd widget]

i am so sorry i thought they were like being playful i didnt know you were caught up between the two

[sand turtle]

ok sorry

[sand turtle]

oh no its been an ongoing joke

[sand turtle]

girl dont apologize ur fine 😭

[torpid fiber]

don’t be sorry im just saying bruh

ur dtm

[sand turtle]

debi tirar mas fotos?

bad bunny?

[torpid fiber]

doing too much

[sand turtle]

yeah ik

[shrewd widget]

day 10 of begging ucla and cal to accept me!!!

we're in the double digits double acceptances 👀

[lyric stirrup]

have you tried sending letter of continued interest

[past vector]

withdrew both, gl twin!

[blissful anvil]

is ucla dropping acceptances in waves or is it like a completely random rolling basis

[lone berry]

Ok after visiting Davis on a day that's not aggie day I feel better about it. Still hoping and praying for a waitlist but this will still be ok

[zealous summit]

I GOT OFF

Berkeley wl

seems like they r taking people unlike last year

[lone berry]

What major?

[raven tusk]

no way

[zealous summit]

cs

[zealous summit]

i saw 4 people got off for eng

online last week

and today

i got a mail

looks like they are doing it by school

[raven tusk]

crayz

[shrewd widget]

YOOOO CONGRATS OMG

HUGE

[shrewd widget]

holyyyy

[wild onyx]

got off the berkeley waitlist for DS

now i have to choose between berkeley DS and cmu statml 😭

cost is basically the same

[dense pumice]

Then go cmu

Get the priv school ed

[wild onyx]

yea but also student life is like opposite ends of the spectrum 😭

berkeley - sunny, competitive (cuz of large population), fun, relatively easier coursework
cmu - cold, collaborative, stressful, harder coursework

[dense pumice]

Berk is cloudy lol

[wild onyx]

its in cali so i meant warmer

basically

[dense pumice]

Warmer doesn’t equate sun

Hope u know

I mean imo

As a UC student

I would never ever pay oos tuition for th education or degree

I think ppl who do r dumb

[wild onyx]

its the same cost for cmu and berkeley for my family

[thorn moat]

are you from east or west coast?

[wild onyx]

nj

[thorn moat]

i see

i mean i love bay area weather(and now im leaving loll)

[dense pumice]

Exactly

Private vs public

Public school class sizes r very very different

Sitting in a 1k lec hall is not a joke lol

[quick sable]

So ur saying my friend who picked Berkeley over Cornell is dumb

[torpid fiber]

yo nice

[torpid fiber]

i would def go cmu

the size of berkeley is a very real downside

also yea berkeley is not all that sunny a lot of the time

[zealous summit]

go to cmu

[raven tusk]

Cmu because fuck cal

Cmu has kennywood cal has discovery kingdom

[dim sandal]

CMU statML was my top choice 🥀 also keep in mind berk DS is hella crowded

As is everything in berk

Defo go CMU

[wild onyx]

biggest concerns i’ve heard about berkeley is the size and competitive culture

and cmu is lack of social life, high stress

[cosmic kayak]

the thing is that berk also has those things

[wild onyx]

i guess, but it doesnt have a reputation as much as cmu for those things

[cosmic kayak]

uhhhhh

berk is socially dead to the max

and it’s also very high stress

go cmu

like

[wild onyx]

i like how everyone in the UC thread is telling me to go cmu, i thought it'd be the other way around

[quick sable]

Is CMU some social paradise

The weather at Berkeley is also still objectively better

[wise wedge]

how much is berk

[wise wedge]

so is cmu

[wild onyx]

berkeley is 89.5k and cmu is 90k

[wise wedge]

also berk is not socially dead lmao u all overblow it

[cosmic kayak]

fake cardinal

hate more

[wise wedge]

up to you

lowk if its the same price id pick private over public

[wild onyx]

im leaning cmu atm

[wise wedge]

i guess

[cosmic kayak]

lol im joking tho

berk is a great school

but id only pick it if you REALLY love california weather

[torpid fiber]

cmu has more resources available for students

they have a 3x lower faculty to student ratio than berkeley

[wise wedge]

ye

publics just have a lot more people

[humble phoenix]

why pick a uc if stanford and caltech are better

i dont get it

i google and it say usc stanford caltech arestronger than UCS

[cosmic kayak]

um because like 300 people get into caltech a year

[humble phoenix]

yo u go to georgetown tho UC mog georgetowun

[cosmic kayak]

Okay

[humble phoenix]

im sorry that was mean

[cosmic kayak]

I do not particularly care what a 14 year old thinks though

[humble phoenix]

dang

k

[cosmic kayak]

Anyway most people can't just "pick" to go to USC Stanford or Caltech

Because it's hard to get in

[humble phoenix]

my mom says i can go wherever i want though

[cosmic kayak]

You just a ragebaiter twin

You've also been here for 2+ years

[humble phoenix]

what dos that even supposed to mean

[karmic nacelle]

But I can pick to not apply so I can reject them instead of being rejected

Still abit salty that Cornell didn’t even put me on their deferred list so I can get rejected later on

Just had to be rejected during apps

[cosmic kayak]

cornell dont defer that many

[karmic nacelle]

Ik

But what’s 1 more

[cosmic kayak]

yeah harvard should have waitlisted me fr

[karmic nacelle]

Fsfs

[cosmic kayak]

like im basically john harvard anyway

frfr

[karmic nacelle]

Go create Harvard 2.0

It’s a new meta anyways

For online universities at least

[mighty tartan]

hiiii, sorry if i’m not supposed to post this here but i’m not really knowledgeable about the UCs and my close friend is looking for advice after getting off the berkeley waitlist!

https://discord.com/channels/786557653924708373/1502859536195784849

[wind pecan]

Does anyone know if UCSB allows transfer students to change their major or perhaps double major/minor?

[sand turtle]

did anyone ever get a ucla acceptance package

[steep meteor]

nah

but see

ask about pomona instead

[sand turtle]

stop

[dense pumice]

did u switch to oxy now

[sand turtle]

nope

[shrewd widget]

day 11 of begging ucla and cal to accept me

[raven tusk]

Fucla

[timid agate]

no

[dire lance]

ucla SUCKS!!

[cosmic kayak]

fucla

[raven tusk]

i see nothing wrong with that statement