<p>Is anyone other than me upset about not getting their admission decision until late April? I wouldn't be surprised if they are intending to drive transfer applications to suicide or mental exhaustion. I am a very qualified applicant, but I am not sure I will be accepted because I am an out-of-state student from a four-year institution. If you are not accepted to a UC, what will you do? I think I might quit university, for at least a year or two (finances aren't a problem for me). Will any of you not accept a second choice, or will any of you decide to work or volunteer instead of settling for a "second choice"? I normally never post on forums, but I was hoping that at least some of you would be feeling the same as me. I've staked way too much on being accepted to the UC I applied to, and I'm starting to regret it... I've been more depressed in the past few weeks than I have ever been in my life. Is anyone else feeling like this?</p>
<p>May I ask why you’re so desperate to leave your current school?</p>
<p>I would be feeling like that, but UCSC accepted me on the first day they released decisions. While it’s certainly a distant second to Berkeley academically, I wouldn’t be too disappointed if I end up going there. Still, counting the days to the 30th…</p>
<p>Just to let you know, most of us are transfers from California and mostly from community colleges here. Also, I know most of us applied to more than one UC campus, so we’ve got “back ups.” </p>
<p>I’ve already heard from UCSD and UCSB, but I know plenty of others who have yet to hear back from one school. </p>
<p>Just be patient. Write a haiku or read Les Miserables. It’ll be okay!</p>
<p>Because I’ll end up being stuck in a major I have no interest in. Also, my future plans have changed greatly since I was a senior in high school. I had to turn down living with my best friend because I told this friend I might be transferring… obviously something like that isn’t great for a friendship. Throw in a myriad of relationship problems and some conflicts with the institution itself, and one can understand the messiness.</p>
<p>Which school do you currently attend?</p>
<p>I only applied to Berkeley so we might be in the same boat by the way.</p>
<p>I’m doing a similar thing but I’m probably less stressed out than you are.I go to UCLA now but I wanna transfer to Cal for my girlfriend. </p>
<p>Currently, I’m taking 2 extra courses to satisfy the transfer requirements and its really bothering me that they release the decisions that late as the extra courses will become useless if I do not get in. </p>
<p>Anyway…let’s all hope for the best. May the best man win.</p>
<p>@ mmmmwu: Although I’m aware that I’m no authority on relationship advice, and that I certainly should have no influence on your business, I would still highly recommend NOT moving to be with your girlfriend. I almost went to college in New York for a girl I loved last year, and as you can probably guess, it didn’t work out. Fortunately, I didn’t go, and everything was alright. </p>
<p>I’m just saying: if you are really interested in transferring, and your gf there is an additional plus, then go for it. However, if you’re just going for her, I can nearly guarantee that you will regret it. I almost made the worst decision of my life. Definitely consider the implications of a fall-out if you do decide that you want to transfer.</p>
<p>Please think twice if you’re transferring just because of a relationship. I obviously don’t know how close of a relationship you have with your girlfriend, but even if there’s the slightest chance of it not working out, you have to think it over. My two cents.</p>
<p>UCLA -> UCB is an upgrade, girlfriend or no. “Ding, ding, ding.” The sound of a flame war beginning.</p>
<p>UCLA and UCB are both in the same tier. it doesn’t necessarily have to be an upgrade.</p>
<p>IT IS UPGRADE. I was kidding, you ■■■■■ feeder. :p</p>
<p>It’s not like he’s going to a CSU for her, he’s going to a school of equal caliber, at least.</p>
<p>^LMAO. UCLA is not in the same tier as Berkeley. Almost every department at Berkeley is ranked higher than UCLA’s, albeit not by much, but distinctly so.</p>
<p>your admission into one college over another is the sole determiner of your value as a human being.</p>
<p>Does anyone else feel like the UCLA and UCB admissions officers read everything we post here? And right now they’re probably laughing at us.</p>
<p>Yeah, they could read them I guess. But I doubt they do it frequently.</p>
<p>Celtics: same tier can encompass a lot of things. Berkeley and LA are in the same tier for all intents and purposes – even if Berkeley is ranked higher in almost everything.</p>
<p>Harvard is better than Cornell or even Dartmouth, but they’re in the same tier.</p>
<p>yes its RIDICULOUS. it’d be nice if we were told ahead of time, not so late into the semester…so more than half the semester, i’ll be lost of where i’m going. people tend to ask, where you transferring to? AND I WON’T KNOW until LATE APRIL. if transfers get first priority, then we should at least be notified first =(</p>
<p>Well I guess I oversimplified the equation too much by stating I want to move to Cal for my girlfriend. </p>
<p>First, after spending almost two years in LA, it came to me that I enjoy living in North Cal better. Second, while knowing my girlfriend goes to a school up north is a big plus, it is not the determining factor. Third, regardless of what people say, UCLA and Berkeley for undergrad are pretty much the same thing. The ranking of departments reflect the quality of education at grad school level but in my opinion the caliber of students are pretty much the same…so even if we break up, I will not be losing at all. (nor will I, in my opinion, be gaining anything).</p>
<p>Either way I did not form much attachment to my current school and most of my friends are somehow seniors so I quite frankly do not mind leaving UCLA with them. </p>
<p>UCLA is a good school but people transfer for different reasons. Please don’t judge me haha =) Anyway, good luck everyone and again may the best man win.</p>
<p>I moved to MT for a boy and to go to school when I was 18. Not the best decision I’ve ever made but in the end I learned so much. I don’t regret it at all.</p>