<p>So MarieAntoinette, are you saying I should just let the guy pin all his hopes on Haas? What if he doesn't get into Haas - what then? It's one thing to be hopeful, but you also got to be realistic, and in particular, you got to prepare for the possibility that things might not go the way you want. When you drive, you hope to get to your destination safely, but you wear your seatbelt anyway just in case you don't.</p>
<p>I applied to an inordinate number of schools...</p>
<p>Accepted to Cal, Reed, Colby, Occidental, Carleton, Hamilton (why did I apply there?? lol)</p>
<p>Rejected from Middlebury, Claremont McKenna, Bowdoin, Bates, Amherst, Pomona, Swarthmore, Wesleyan U</p>
<p>Oh, and Dartmouth. Heh. Was it the pink wig I wore to both interviews or the public political brawl I got into with the tour guide...? </p>
<p>It was a tough decision between Cal and Reed, 'cuz I'm a big bookworm. But I also like things outside hums, so...Cal.</p>
<p>You claim to have SOMETHING to do with Berkeley, but nowhere have you elaborated. Are you a janitor? A professional kibitzer? An embittered TA who can't finish his thesis? Or just an obsessive-compulsive killjoy? Since you're so ready to criticize Berkeley or people who go to Berkeley, with an air of "Trust me, I know"--I think you should tell us why we should trust you. Inquiring minds want to know. </p>
<p>This is, after all, a Berkeley thread. The kids may be naive and idealistic, but they're not stupid and should by now have learned to check sources carefully, rather than believe any old doofus who posts. </p>
<p>Whatever your real-life persona, it's obvious that you are NOT in a position where you manage or supervise other humans. Your guidance skills are all negative and therefore not very helpful. </p>
<p>For example: Instead of warning someone he probably won't get into Haas--which given he hasn't even STARTED yet you can't POSSIBLY know-- you can remind him NICELY of what it takes to get into Haas and wish him the best of luck.</p>
<p>Susu, I am always so ready to criticize Berkeley? Really? So why is it that I also zealously defend Berkeley from time to time? Why is that, if I am such a Berkeley hater? Go check out the thread "Berkeley vs. Stanford" where I am now defending Berkeley against a concentrated assault. </p>
<p>My position is clear - I defend Berkeley where I think Berkeley needs to be defended, and I criticize Berkeley where I think Berkeley needs to be criticized. Hence, I believe I am far more balanced than some other people on this board. If you want to get an honest answer about Berkeley, who would you rather get it from, somebody like me, or somebody who will never say a single bad thing about Berkeley in their life? </p>
<p>Furthermore, it's not my job to 'be nice'. Since when is 'being nice' a prerequisite of being on this board? Last time I checked, this was America, and I have freedom of speech. I have the right to say things however I want to say them. I don't have to check in with you or anybody else to see whether my posts are 'nice' enough. </p>
<p>I'll put it to you this way. If you can't handle my posts because they're not 'nice' enough, then how do you expect to be able to handle the competition that is necessary to get into Haas? Getting into Haas ain't no picnic and there are going to be a lot of opportunities for discouragement and demoralization. So if you can't handle some posts on CC, I'm afraid to tell you that you're going to have serious problems maintaining the psychological strength necessary to get into Haas. </p>
<p>You really want to know who I am, susu? I prefer not to put it up on this board. But my PM and email addresses are open.</p>
<p>Everyone calm down for like 5 min and go check your housing offers. They're up!</p>
<p>My lucky butt somehow ended up in a Clark Kerr suite (probably bigger than my real room). If you're a girlie and in the same place, do tell, maybe we'll be m8's</p>
<p>I notice that in spite of your lengthy flameout (Methinks the Sakky doth protest too much...) you still didn't provide any information on exactly what makes you qualified to advise dozens of unsuspecting high school kids on what they should do or not. </p>
<p>Sure, this is an opinion board. And especially since it's a Berkeley board, you have a right to say anything you want, no matter how nasty, crazy, or unsubstantiated.</p>
<p>Susu, I said it before, I'll say it again. If you're so curious about who I am, just click on my name and choose "Send email to sakky" or "Send a PM to sakky". </p>
<p>If you don't do that, then I will assume that you don't care to find out,. If that's the case, then fair enough, don't come here and complain about it. I gave you the opportunity to find out, you didn't take it, so you have nobody to blame but yourself. </p>
<p>And what exactly have I said that is nasty, crazy, or unsubstantiated? Are you trying to say that it's false that plenty of people apply to Haas and don't get in? Are you saying that it's nasty or crazy for pointing that fact out? </p>
<p>Ok, fine, let's have it your way then. Everybody who goes to Cal always automatically gets 4.0's. Nobody ever flunks out, nobody ever has difficulties at Cal, and everybody is always allowed to major in whatever they want, whenever they want. Cal has absolutely no problems and the students are always happy. There are no bad classes, and profs are always thrilled to be teaching undergraduates and are always thrilled to take time out of their research schedules to make sure their undergraduate students are learning as much as possible. Furthermore, every Cal graduate gets a great job or gets to go to the exact graduate school they want to go to. </p>
<p>Is that what you want to hear?</p>
<p>i'm sure everyone wants it that way, everything being perfect.</p>
<p>I was accepted to all the UC's I applied to: CAL, UCLA, UCSD, UCI. Chancellor's Scholar/Full ride at UCSD and UCI. I'm sure I would have been rejected by anywhere else I applied to for undergrad. So just assume I was rejected from Stanford, Penn, Brown, etc. ;)</p>
<p>Shaaser, thanks for the update!</p>
<p>Sakky, switch to decaf.</p>
<p>I was rejected from was Stanford.</p>
<p>rejected: Harvard
waitlisted: Yale
accepted: MIT, Stanford, Columbia, Williams, Johns Hopkins</p>
<p>Accepted at: UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI, UCSB, UCSC
Rejected by: Cal, but appealed and got in :)</p>
<p>Susu, since you're so worried about what makes me so qualified to post here, perhaps you'd like to take the first step and tell us what makes you so qualified?</p>
<p>UCSD... out of all the schools I applied to, UCSD was the one that said no. (I didn't apply to HYPS)</p>
<p>i don't get how people could get into Cal and not get into schools like ucla... or even more, schools like ucsd or usc.. and i think i saw UCI?? something must have been misread by one of the schools or something.</p>
<p>anywho, i got rejected from penn (wharton) and mit (sloan), so i'm going to Cal... and like sleepisabliss said, in a variety of ways it just might be for the better =D</p>