@ad93107 Because what you have received is not “advising.” It is unsourced hearsay, followed by an admonition (“study hard”) so general as to be effectively semantically empty.
The problem remains that your question, as stated, is not really a request for information. It is a plea for reassurance. That is not something anyone can accurately offer you. If you think an advisor’s duty is to make you feel good, you misunderstand the situation. Your tendency to lecture at people in ALL CAPS, above, seems further symptomatic of this insecurity.
Frankly, if even a small fraction of these attitudes are on display in your essays and other application materials, I return to my earlier assessment: your chances of admission are dismal. The UC admits - and denies - holistically.