<p>Just curious, is anyone else over it at this point? I just want to know if I'm in or out so I can move on. I'll be happy to start studying one subject and put the math and English behind me. If I end up going to State, I'll save some money too. </p>
<p>I hate that now I'm having doubts and don't care as much now. The one thing that is giving me hope is the fact that I've mentioned to people that I've applied to Berkeley. I'll be disappointed in that respect if I don't make it. I should have kept my mouth shut over the past 5 months...Anyone else feeling this way?</p>
<p>No. I applied only to Berkeley. I have a 3.57. All this waiting just puts some doubt in my head and after having mentioned to people that I applied I hate the idea of saying I got rejected. Especially when I hear doubt in the voice of people who didn't go there and think the chance is slim. I don't mind State is what I mean. I'm just happy to start studying sociology. I prefer Berkeley of course.</p>
<p>Yeah, I hear you.
I'm really frustrated right now, because I applied to Berkeley and LA just for the hell of it and I really wanted to go to UCSB. I have a 3.11 due to some personal factors and I knew the former two were out of the question.</p>
<p>Everyone said that if you have a TAG agreement and a 3.0 you're a shoe in at UCSB. I still have a pending decision. </p>
<p>I'm really upset.</p>
<p>I'm sorry for ranting; I just really agree with your post.
This waiting has been taking its toll on so many and it just kills your spirit.</p>
<p>I really hope you get into Berkeley. You never know with them. Sometimes the 3.9's get rejected while the 3.3's get accepted. Good luck with everything.</p>
<p>I feel the same. I don't mind State either, and at this point am almost leaning towards it because I'm ready to start thinking of next year and which classes I might take. The only UC I applied to was Berkeley also.</p>
<p>My GPA is 3.96, but my ECs are weak (mostly work experience) and so were my essays (written in 4 hours just before deadline - doh!), so I don't know how I'll fare with Berkeley.</p>
<p>I totally agree with you. I've applied to a couple of UCs and still have not hear from any of them. They have contacted me though about my transcripts from a university abroad but after that, still nothing. I'm afraid that they would think I'll be in senior standing. I would hate to be rejected because of that. It doesn't help that my husband got into 3 UCs already =/. We're trying to get into the same school.</p>
<p>Well, tbh I've been over it from the very start. I imagine if I were 19-20 I would have been bouncing off the walls more than I've seen a lot of people do here. I guess being a bit older and having a lot of life experience makes you more calm and also more understanding about the decision that is to come. It also helps me understand that I'm gonna take whatever I get and run with it (as opposed to "OMG Berkeley was my ddrreeaaamm school! now what?!!). </p>
<p>But maybe the most comforting thing of this entire experience and long wait to me is that I can honestly look in the mirror and tell the person staring back at me that I gave 100% in my two years at CCC, AND on my UC application. No matter what happens, I will not be able to look back and say "I could have done this or that better." There is nothing I could have given more effort or done better on. Hopefully most others here can say the same. The knowledge that I can say this really puts me at peace.</p>
<p>I've already been accepted to UCI and I do love the Irvine area. In fact, my now fiance and I talked about moving there even before I started school again and even conceived of transferring anywhere. And to be honest, a small part of me is hoping Cal and UCLA make the decision to go to Irvine easy on me lol. But I will be visiting all schools that accept me, checking out jobs (fiance, who at that point will be my wife, is a teacher), housing, community, etc...before making up my (our) mind(s).</p>
<p>I'm not an overachiever and I used to feel guilty about not giving my schoolwork that 110% that I often saw people around me doing, but I would always think, "I'm just not that kind of person"</p>
<p>I got accepted to UCSC already, still waiting to hear from the others, but I know that I'm already guaranteed a UC-caliber education, better than any member of my family, so that's a big relief. In terms of not getting into UCLA/UCB, I know that the admissions readers take a lot of things into account while evaluating the app, so I know that if I get denied entrance, it doesn't necessarily mean that I wasn't a 'strong applicant,' but I would just not fit there (which I'm glad they're doing half of the work for me!)</p>
<p>At this point, all of my excitement and stress is not really some kind of profound existential stress over what it means to be rejected/accepted or the kind overachievers feel: "Rejected--all the work I did for nothing..." Now my stress is just like a giddy girl wanting to know how many valentines are waiting in my locker.</p>
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<p>That's a very strong GPA. Plus you're working and live near the college. I think you're in. Do you go to city college? That's where I'm at..<<</p>
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<p>I'M OVER IT, too. Well, my hopes aren't too high actually. I have a really low gpa - a 2.9. I applied to LA, Berkeley, SD, and SB. I'm in at SB and that is really all I was aiming for. I applied for winter and was guaranteed admission for fall. I'm not really interested in going to SD so I don't check that sight anymore, and when I say that I really mean I haven't checked it since yesterday. I know LA is for sure not going to accept me given the minimum gpa for my major is 3.5. And I applied to Berkeley for the heck of it. My ex-boyfriend's roommate transferred there with a 3.1 and I'm sure he didn't have exciting essays because he is the most annoying/boring person ever. </p>
<p>P.s. I'm not trying to say my ugly 2.9 gpa is close to a 3.1. I was just pointing out that those are pretty low gpas given what we (and by we, I mean me) usually hear berkeley admits have.</p>
<p>Someone had asked about why people only apply to one campus and I know a lot of people on here apply to as many as they can and go where ever they are accepted. For me, it really isn't that big of a deal. It would mean a lot to me if I got into Berkeley. I live in the bay area and while growing up I used to frequent telegraph ave. I would see movies and have coffee with my father on Shattuck - fond memories. Berkeley always seemed unreachable, but now that I have grown up - I've made it possible. However, I don't care about going to another UC. I'll save money if I go to State, which is fine with me. I wouldn't sacrifice my family, friends, $27 per hr job which supports my ass and pays the bills - plus i have no license to drive in a town that requires it. I love SF/Bay Area and wouldn't move at the moment - not even for UCLA (f--- that). So there are reasons why people won't apply to more than one campus - they don't care about all UC's.</p>
<p>with me i'm over it re: berkeley and UCSB. UCSB was pretty much my "safety" in that i have a 3.45 (and if i hit the 4.0 semester i want, it'll go up to a 3.6 range) but with berkeley, i have no idea if i will get in. albeit my major is relatively easy to get into (french) but i know with a 3.45 i won't get in at berkeley. i'm really hoping more for USC and UCLA, but i'm getting into that mindset of "oh god am i good enough? are my stats good for the time being? what am i doing?! what will i do if i don't get in?!" so in that sense, i'm really over the whole idea of stressing out. i just want to KNOW something-hell, i'll pay USC right now the full tuition costs minus room/board if they'll let me in!</p>
<p>Laurenr: I will be sacrificing my $27+/hour job to attend Berkeley. My boss and several co-workers went to school there, and when I brought up the idea to work part-time, they all looked at me like I'm crazy and said I would be far too busy. I get the feeling that my firm wouldn't be supportive of me working part time, flexible hours, or from home (I could, my job only requires a computer, DSL and phone). Granted, they were all in the engineering dept and I'll be in L&S, so I think they have a different viewpoint. I've been attending night classes at CCSF, but it doesn't seem like Berkeley is as flexible (State might be, if they offer classes from 7:30am to 10pm like SDSU does). If you attend Berkeley, how do you plan on fitting work into your school schedule? Hopefully you are lucky and have flex-time or the ability to work at home.</p>
<p>That's one of the other benefits of staying local. My boss is very flexible. I work three days a week (27 hrs) and I am pretty much free to change my days and hours as I please. It wasn't easy going from full time to part time, but I've been working with this boss for 8 years and in two different companies.</p>
<p>So...we all have our reasons for staying local or attending one UC or another. I certainly can't afford loans for housing (been there, done that - paying it) to relocate. I also doubt I will find a job that can support me and be flexible with school. It's tough, but like I said - I would love to go to Berkeley, but I'm fine with State. I just want to know already!!</p>