<p>I feel really down, I applied to a few schools this year, heard back from UCSD and got in (hooray!). I feel my family and friends have no faith in my abilities, and im starting to believe UCSD is the only option that i'll get. I know UCSD is great but i have my heart set on UC Berkeley and UCLA. People with great stats get rejected, feeling pretty crummy after reading others application essays. Plus i accidentally chose the wrong major for UCLA and mixed up my alternative and my first choice major.</p>
<p>plus, my calc class is going down hill and i need to do crazy good on the final. bleh</p>
<p>I don't want to stay at CC another year, i really just hope berkeley or LA see something good in me otherwise all my dreams will pretty much be destroyed :(</p>
<p>Does anyone know what i could do as a pick me up? bleh I wanna go somewhere great, feel somewhat accomplished knowing im going to a good school and defied the odds.</p>
<p>Don’t feel so down!
You are acting as though Berkeley and UCLA have already not accepted you! Don’t feel that way.
Don’t doubt your abilities and don’t let others put you down…YOU already got into an AMAZING school! Some people would DIE to get into UCSD!</p>
<p>Whether you get in or you don’t, your life experiences are what you make of it…How are you sure UCB and LA are right for you? Are you trying to go to these schools for the right reasons? What does UCSD NOT have that UCLA and B have?</p>
<p>I am a greater believer in the Tao and that nature will let everything fall into place…If you get into your dream schools then so be it…you are destined to go there…if not, then perhaps it is for the best. </p>
<p>Regardless of where you go, they are ALL great schools…</p>
<p>Ummm you have a 3.8+ GPA, you’re transferring for the first time, you already got into UCSD in the first batch, and you haven’t even been rejected to Berkeley or UCLA yet?</p>
<p>Not to be a jerk, but do you realize how many people would love to be in your position? From the tone of your post you’d think that you’d have been in CC for 5 years and are just barely borderline for getting into UC Merced. </p>
<p>Maybe you should wait for the actual decisions to come before you start being so self-defeating? Keep your head up, do your best this semester, and then whatever happens in late April then you can go on your downward spiral of self-defeating pessimism, but I doubt you’ll have to.</p>
<p>have you been to any of those cities? berkeley, la, or san diego? berkeley is grimy and kinda ghetto. la is just super crowded. san diego is just absolutely gorgeous. so i wouldn’t be too upset about not getting into ucla or berkeley. and just because ucla and berkeley are more selective that doesn’t mean the people they select are better than you. for example
[Asians</a> in the Library - UCLA Student’s Racist Rant - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube) </p>
<p>i know people in this forum don’t want to hear this but where you go to college isn’t THAT important. life is gonna happen no matter where you are and for 90% of the people in the world its not going to be what they wanted/expected/dreamed of. 2 years in college is a pretty insignificant amount of time in the span of your life. just choose from whatever college choices you have and make the best of it</p>
<p>I’m feeling the same way as you right now! After reading the UCLA admit threads for freshman decisions in the past hour and seeing how many of them are being denied/waitlisted with really great stats, I’m really starting to worry. =/</p>
<p>One thing I think that you can feel pretty good about is that you’ve already been accepted to UCSD. A lot of us haven’t heard from them at all, and as I understand it, they only accepted students with stellar stats in the first batch. I think you have a good shot at UCLA or UCB.</p>
<p>I feel you…I didn’t even apply to UCSD because there’s just too many prereqs for my major, so if I don’t get into UCLA/Berkeley it’s UCSB for me. I mean, it’s a great school, but I know I worked hard and have a GPA well above UCSB’s average range. It would be a really big disappointment for me and my family. I’ve realized there’s nothing that’ll really make me stress less though, you know? We just won’t know until late April. I figure…expect nothing, prepare for the worst, and celebrate if the best comes into fruition. Until then, distract yourself with school and look into what cool classes and clubs there are at the UCs you got into already. I know that made me feel a touch better.</p>
<p>@navymike192: Yes, Los Angeles and Berkeley (the cities) are not as gorgeous as San Diego, but the actual UNIVERSITIES are, in my opinion, far more beautiful. Plus, LA and Berkeley are both very unique, interesting cities, regardless of how they look. Each UC has it’s pros and cons, location-wise, but there’s also more to consider than just where you physically are or what people are around you for two years. For those of us looking at grad school, where we go for our BA/BS is very important. Some of us rejected other universities and the “freshman experience” for a shot at the big UCs. Some of us aren’t originally from the states or have family outside the states, and the big name schools mean a lot to our families or will be advantageous if we chose to move back to our country of origin. You’re right, you have to make the best of where you end up transferring to, but I don’t think you can just say where you go is not that important…</p>
<p>I agree with snizzle77, and I believe that may be what mattinber and navymike were getting at, however tactlessly and ungracefully. At any rate, I understand the anxiety, but you have to remind yourself that there is quite literally nothing you can do to stem that anxiety until you receive decisions. And even if you do get denied, you’ve been accepted to UCSD! One of the premiere universities in the nation! It is gorgeous, conveniently located, diverse, and academically stimulating; there are people all over the world who vie for a chance there every year. It is a worthy backup plan :)</p>
<p>“i really just hope berkeley or LA see something good in me otherwise all my dreams will pretty much be destroyed”</p>
<p>I’m sure most people have a dream school, but it’s not really healthy to be fixated solely on them with that sort of attitude. I’m not lecturing you or anything because I used to think like that too and I’m just sharing what I think. I’d do anything to get into one of those two schools, but the truth is that admission into these schools is uncertain at best…even with stellar stats you can’t let your guard down. And you will have to prepare for a scenario where you must be content with going to a school other than Berkeley or LA because a gloomy perspective will really drag you down. I myself figured that I’ll do my best even if I end up at some low-end undergrad to make it to a great grad school later on. Some people that have already commented here said it quite well, but I’ll just reiterate it again. </p>
<p>It’s not your school that determines who you are or where you’ll end up. It’s how much effort you put into achieving excellence wherever you are that ultimately determines your success in life. </p>
<p>And lighten up. Put all that energy you spend worrying and invest that in focusing on your studies now or your job, or pick up a hobby or something. You don’t even know if you got into Berkeley or LA. This is your last chance to really take it easy before transferring into a 4-year university. Relax.</p>
<p>@navymike192: that’s the wrong link, this is the correct one:
[Asians</a> in the Library - UCLA Girl going wild on Asians - YouTube](<a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube)</p>
<p>i stand by my statement; where you go to college isn’t THAT important. i didn’t say that it doesn’t matter. yes, if you want to get a certain job or go to a certain post grad program it matters. what i was trying to get at is that you can get through life just fine either way. just ask the 70% of american adults that don’t even have a bachelors. so if you really want to go to college you should just be happy with what you can get and make the best of the hand you’re dealt. if i found out tomorrow that i was ineligible for every school i applied to i would still get through life fine. yeah, id be upset that i did all that work and didn’t get to see it all the way through but i’d be fine getting by as a mechanic for the rest of my life (analogously speaking). neither of my parents went to college and they each own their own successful small business. </p>
<p>you say you are losing faith in yourself and its because you don’t think you are gonna get into the schools you want. well I’m saying that there are plenty of ways to make something of yourself and statistically, for most people, it doesn’t involve college.</p>
<p>Yea thanks guys, i feel slightly better and know UCSD is a worthy backup or even first choice. Yea i haven’t been in CC a long time but it’d be great to make it the first time since all my friends will transfer out this year. my fixation with these schools isn’t helping either, but i guess it is what it is we’ll find out soon enough.</p>
<p>@newchapter14 UCLA coming out for freshmen is exactly the reason why i am worried about transfers even though freshmen chances and transfer chances aren’t the same. making me even more anxious.</p>
<p>@newsoul I agree with you, my family has high expectations and family back home has only heard of Berkeley, it’d be great to go to Berkeley not just for the education but also for the prestige. make my family proud haha.</p>
<p>Anyways I’m grateful for what i have gotten i just wish i can get into Berkeley so i can stay close to home and get a good education. or even ucla</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone! I hope we all get into our first choice. I feel much better from all the CC support :)</p>
<p>@berkeleyappeal Are transfer and freshman chances really that different? It would make sense if they were… I was just confused by seeing so many freshmen with 3.9-4.0 GPA’s being rejected, while the average admitted GPA for transfers in 2011 was 3.7. It made me think that maybe admissions had just become that much more competitive this year, in which case I would probably have no chance, even with TAP!</p>
<p>Yea, transfers tend to have a much better chance in getting in. this year Freshmen applications rose by 10 percent which is why there was so much competition. Transfers on the other hand had a drop in the amount of applications submitted. Which means chances are better this year. From what i was told by a berkeley adviser freshmen admission is muchhh harder then transfers. Don’t worry transfers have a better chance then last year.</p>
