<p>Believe me, I know where you are coming frmo. I was set on going to UCI since I went to hs. I never really visited but I just kept hearing good things about it. So I finally went to Irvine and I was DISAPPOINTED. I actually enjoyed Davis’s transfer admit day better :/</p>
<p>I’m now thinking about going to UCLA but I want to visit first. I just really wish I got into Berkeley cause I would have SIRd on the spot</p>
<p>^ It is when people say s h i t like that that I feel I may be making a big mistake (I got into Cal)</p>
<p>See that’s prob your gut feeling ! That may be why you are noticing every little thing @ UCLA. 
Maybe you should visit Berkeley. You can change your SIR no problem up through Jun 1.</p>
<p>@jane why is it that you seem to know what everybody looks like but nobody knows what you look like? hahaha</p>
<p>not true, Evan knows what i look like!</p>
<p>hahahaha</p>
<p>plus i dont post links of my pics on the website like some people do…cough…xelink…cough…</p>
<p>@cali trumpet
when I visited I saw all that construction - Its so worth it dude! </p>
<p>I mean, its not like we want UCB to just sit back on its laurels - even though it’s #1 its still gotta keep improving itself </p>
<p>I remember the chancellor’s message - it said that his goal was to make the gap between berkeley and the rest even larger. What a cool dude :D</p>
<p>@jane hahaha Ok Ok ok so evan knows 
I guess that’s only fair, cause he’s the one you talk about the most anyway haha</p>
<p>@shawna</p>
<p>I wish I had the time to go back to Cal one more time! Unfortunately I don’t, but I feel like that would be sufficient to make my decision upon.</p>
<p>The thing is is that I expected that people were not just going to hand me opportunity, “hold my hand,” and just do things for me at UCLA. I’m fine with that. But when they made it seem like even if I was searching and being proactive about getting help that people would be reluctant to give it to me, that struck a really bad note with me.</p>
<p>If I did not have an alternative I would have not even bothered thinking about this and just dealt with it, but I do have an option. I have the College of Natural Resources at Cal, which is, to the best of my knowledge, a small, more intimate and friendly college. I’ve spoken to many people at CNR for information regarding getting prepared for my major there and I’ve found them to be some of the most friendly and caring people who give their time so generously. Conversely, I called the academic advisor for my major at UCLA and she was so rude and seemed like she had no interest in helping me whatsoever. </p>
<p>…If only the CNR at Cal offered a BS degree in MIMG and was on the quarter system, my life would be so much easier.</p>
<p>UCSD’s transfer day was legit</p>
<p>I understand where you are coming from a lot more. You may have come across counselors that were not too happy to be working on a Saturday… Hard to say… I can say that the counselor I had assured us all (in Psych dept) that she was there to help us with all counseling issues… I found her to be very helpful… She is the AAP Transfer Counselor… </p>
<p>You may be able to contact the resource center at UCB & UCLA & ask if they can refer you to another student in your specific major that can share their experience with you… That lady Vanessa Luke (she was one of the unprepared ones at the podium! haha) is extremely helpful… She has helped me get in touch w/ another student living on campus.</p>
<p>Vanessa’s email is <a href=“mailto:vluke@saonet.ucla.edu”>vluke@saonet.ucla.edu</a></p>
<p>On the bright side, you really can’t go wrong here… Both schools are absolutely amazing… </p>
<p>good luck. I have to get back to studying for Gen Chem test… ick not my best subject. College Confidential is soooo addicting! ha</p>
<p>lol jane hahahahah</p>
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<p>I elicit random giggling and hair flipping by saying nothing of significance and random bullcrap in a calm, deep voice. Any pics you’ve seen of me have basically been crap web camera shots which probably didn’t do me all too much justice.
I transferred to a different HS my senior year so I wasn’t eligible for much of anything come time for the superlatives. The guy who won the best body superlative has flat out come to me for workout advice(he’s in better shape than he was before as well, we both go to the same gym) top it off with a strong jaw line and good skin…</p>
<p>on a more related note, the main speaker at uci was apparently the dean.</p>
<p>^ cool story, bro.</p>
<p>LOLLLL</p>
<p>Get over yourself.</p>
<p>I was waiting for a punch line, but there was none.</p>
<p>AHHA
So finally, the pressure is off all of us, and CC gets real!
WOOHOO</p>
<p>speaches > speeches, speaches ftw!</p>
<p>^Lay off grammar nazi… It was late and I was tired as hell from walking out in the sun all day.</p>
<p>How do I always come up in conversation when it comes to Jane? Ha ha.</p>
<p>I really enjoyed the AAP event. Sure, it wasn’t “grand” enough to be in the “grand” ballroom, but I’m glad I went. A lot of the information they were giving us was stuff that we (The College Confidential crowd) already know, but at least we were on point. </p>
<p>My mom is so funny. She was like “Oh, I’m going to get involved with the parent thing.” and “Oh, your sister and I are definitely coming to the family weekend!” She’s awesome :D</p>
<p>^Lol, I saw you there. I turned my head was like, “hey, there goes evan.”</p>
<p>LOL- That’s too funny! Why didn’t you say hello? I met two people from CC, saw one person, and was recognized by two!</p>