<p>mb27052863, I got into Cal Bioengineering and will most likely be coming to UCLA for Materials Engineering. Unless someone can convince me otherwise... see -> <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/481498-cal-vs-ucla-vs-ucsd.html#post1060052197%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/481498-cal-vs-ucla-vs-ucsd.html#post1060052197</a></p>
<p>GAAA!! I'm so happy that I got rejected to Berkeley now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>i got into both and am so excited to be going to UCLA!</p>
<p>UCLA is definitely not a back up school to CAL.</p>
<p>The funny part about it vc08 is I'm not bitter at all. I thought I would be, but I can honestly say I was happier that I DIDN'T get in.</p>
<p>I know you are a Berkeley fanboy just from reading all your posts so your opinion really doesn't matter ;)</p>
<p>Oh and by the way, what made it better was a whole bunch of kids from my school who aren't that great got into Berkeley, and the kids who deserved to get in didn't. Of course, they are all jumping the gun at the fluke offer, so I wouldn't want to attend school with them anyways.</p>
<p>Seems UCLA did a better job with the holistic system this year than Berkeley. High SAT/GPA + Extra currics from my school got rejected, low sat/gpa and no extracurrics got in. Exaggeration is probably your first response, but nope, I'm not lying :D</p>
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<p>All this raggin on Cal bc you MUST have been SO much more qualified than anyone who was accepted. Don't take away the merits of those who were admitted simply because you didn't make the cut. Please, stay classy.</p>
<p>But UCLA is a great school, I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time there. Best of luck in future endeavors!</p>
<p>Go Bruins/Bears!</p>
<p>No doubt Cal is a great school. Just thought this year there were many MANY flukes at my school. I go to a school with a little over a 100 people per grade and word spreads around quickly, some people were got accepted were straight up random.</p>
<p>I was overcome with glee and happiness as well when I read the rejection letter from Berkeley! UCLA has always held a promise in my mind that it will make my college years enjoyable, educational, and most of all UCLA will be an escapade from my bleak and monotonous life in a town of 15,000.</p>
<p>Now, I'm just waiting to get rejected from Stanford, so I won't have to be left with the decision of going to Stanford or UCLA. Yay!</p>
<p>I'm sooooooooooo glad I got rejected from Berkeley. Haha...</p>
<p>Your sarcasm would be hilarious if the point you were trying to make were true.</p>
<p>I'm sorry you can't get over the fact that people would rather go to a school more suited for them, rather than a higher ranked one.</p>
<p>Go back to SAT classes because you enjoy them, trash.</p>
<p>I'm in the same position as hellohelloduh. I got into Berkeley for the Spring term, but I think I'm going to UCLA instead!</p>
<p>Wow, I don't like how everyone makes it seem like UCLA is a second choice school. I got into Berkeley and UCLA. For some reason I thought it would be a hard decision so I was hoping to get rejected from Berkeley. But now that I think about it, I'd prefer to go to UCLA. :D</p>
<p>Congratulations -- wow, what a place to be rejected to!</p>
<p>^LOLOLOLOLOL! </p>
<p>Welcome to UCLA! Glad you were rejected! Happy to have a Berkeley reject! :D</p>
<p>I might just apply to Princeton as a transfer for the pleasure of being rejected from a fantastic school! 0 transfers to Princeton in their history! YES!</p>
<p>Saaame here. Berkeley rejection doesn’t feel as bad! UCLA here I come! Bruins over Bears!</p>
<p>True that!!! 
Exact same situation, exact actually HAVE wanted to go to UCLA since… FOREVER. Hahaha when I found out I was screaming with joy and ran across campus screaming (was at school late for an event my club/class was throwing)
@Limon hahah I’m waiting for that rejection from Stanford too that I know is coming to me!</p>
<p>OMG dejawu TOTALLY KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. A lot of not smart people from my school got in…</p>
<p>Like seriously, Berkeley accepted the most unintellectual, depressing, shallow kids from my school. And it’s not like they’re the genius types who are socially awkward. They are bluntly like socially awkward, shallow, and can’t think for themselves at all.</p>
<p>Shallow, unintellectual kid with 1980 SAT and some varsity sports got in…(Rejected from LA)
Shallow, unintellectual kid with like 28 ACT got in…(Rejected from LA)
Depressed, dark kid who doesn’t have good grades and raged in his essay got in…(Rejected from LA)
Some extremely socially inept person with about the same stats and worse extracurriculars than me got in…
My Favorite: A girl who didn’t know Democrats were liberal, what global warming was, thinks we caught Bin Laden, and got out of the Iraq War got in…(Got into LA as well -.- thank god this idiot is probably gonna choose Berk)</p>
<p>I’m seriously not bitter or jealous at all because I was a strong believer long before college admissions came out that LA>Berk. However, these people that got in are an insult to every single Berk alum and further cement my belief that LA is better.</p>
<p>Ugh Rejected from UCLA but accepted to Berkeley. I would rather go to UCLA (Studio art major).</p>
<p>wow “DynamicStyle” </p>
<p>your attitude/personality sure does prove your point that UCLA chooses the best! haha</p>
<p>calling people shallow and “socially awkward”…sound like a very mature person ready to face the world. </p>
<p>p.s. is it possible there are things in other peoples lives that you do not know about that they may have put in their application? (SHOCKING POSSIBILITY?) I mean do most people know every intimate detail about you? hmmm</p>
<p>your reasoning is beyond impressive…</p>
<p>"shallow, unintellectual (1980 SAT? OMG unintellectual but that person who broke 2000 was that much smatter!)
shallow, unintellectual</p>
<p>and my personal favorite…</p>
<p>depressed (b/c you know, people like to be depressed. you know its not possible he could have an incredible reason to be depressed), dark kid" </p>
<p>wow have fun at UCLA!</p>
<p>goodbye</p>
<p>I got into both, but my major is BIO and going in as Pre-Med UCLA is waaaay better. I really want a BS and thats not possible for bio and CAL and theres no hospital and CAL got a B- for guys on **************! haha But really UCLA is harder to get into and in my opinion the better school so don’t even worry you should thank god that LA worked out because in my opinion it beats CAL!</p>
<p>@ whathappenednow</p>
<p>“attitude/personality sure does prove your point that UCLA chooses the best! haha”</p>
<p>My attitude is fair. I believe that the most qualified, creative, hard working kids should be accepted. Two of my very close friends who were very qualified and diligent got accepted into UC Berkeley, and I was very happy for them. The peers whom I criticized, I don’t have a personal problem with, but their attitude towards learning and life simply don’t meet the supposed high standards of UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>“calling people shallow and “socially awkward”…sound like a very mature person ready to face the world.”</p>
<p>I don’t understand how calling people shallow and socially awkward makes me immature. My peers who got into UC Berkeley whom I criticized are in fact very shallow. They have little to no concern for what’s going on in the world, and they are unable to form sophisticated opinions on important social issues. As for criticizing them for being socially awkward, I meant that they are unable to communicate effectively with others. I think a huge part of being a well rounded student is being able to voice or write down your opinions eloquently. My peers don’t demonstrate this in the conversations I have with them, or the essays that I review for them. All of this is not to say that they are not good kids, but I question whether they are of such high academic caliber.</p>
<p>“p.s. is it possible there are things in other peoples lives that you do not know about that they may have put in their application? (SHOCKING POSSIBILITY?) I mean do most people know every intimate detail about you? hmmm”</p>
<p>Of course this is possible, but you’re largely incorrect. My school is fairly small and there only about 30 kids really dedicated to getting into top schools. I know the academic profiles of most my peers, and they also know mine because we like to help chance each other and figure out how to apply to college strategically. The academic profiles of the peers whom I criticized are in fact rather weak relative to the supposed high standards of UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>"“shallow, unintellectual (1980 SAT? OMG unintellectual but that person who broke 2000 was that much smatter!)
shallow, unintellectual”</p>
<p>I only pointed out this peer’s SAT score in order to provide a broader sense of the type of student this person is. This kid doesn’t really have any sense of what’s going on in the world, and isn’t able to provide thought provoking insight during discussions. I also don’t think he’s very intellectual, as in he doesn’t really analyze politics, international relations, domestic issues, etc. One of the things that I respected UC Berkeley for is accepting kids who are very intellectual and can provide very interesting insight on a variety of topics.</p>
<p>“depressed (b/c you know, people like to be depressed. you know its not possible he could have an incredible reason to be depressed), dark kid”"</p>
<p>Having been depressed myself at one point in high school for almost a semester, I understand the immense stress and feeling of ominous gloom one feels when depressed. However, this kid is overly pessimistic and thinks that everyone else is the problem and not him. When I was depressed, I tried everyday to overcome my sadness by working harder and reaching for a more bright future. Perhaps I am more critical of this particular student because of experiences I went through myself.</p>
<p>“wow have fun at UCLA!”</p>
<p>I will sir, thank you.</p>
<p>“goodbye”</p>
<p>Good day to you too.</p>