<p>@anavera </p>
<p>Ugh, your sister sounds like a pretty annoying and petty elitist. </p>
<p>You could just avoid her like the plague if you get accepted and SIR to Berkeley.</p>
<p>Avoiding family is usually impossible, unfortunately.</p>
<p>Oh my the waiting is killing me… I really need to stop looking at Youtube videos about Berkeley and looking at pictures with #ucberkeley on Instagram. It’s what I do to kill time and the more I look at stuff about Berkeley the more I want to go… (can’t imagine how bitter I would be if I get rejected) I’ve also been reading/re-checking my essays and application. Sometimes I read it and think it’s a pretty decent essay and other times I absolutely hate it and can’t stand how dull it sounds. </p>
<p>@bluebottle </p>
<p>Stop looking at your app! You cannot change it now! I did that a few times, and it’s a big mistake. And yeah stop looking at Berkeley stuff too. I can relate to that also. I want to start looking at articles about the area and apartments and stuff, but I just know I’ll get so into it that I know I should wait until I find out. Just find a tv show you like and watch the whole series.</p>
<p>@anavera</p>
<p>Your sister is right about the other UCs, especially UCI. </p>
<p>@bluebottle I’m in the same boat as you, literally word for word</p>
<p>@music1990</p>
<p>Yes, it really is. I started hating myself for not writing the essays in advance… I literally wrote them like a day before the due day and I wrote them really late at night and it came out so emotional and unorganized. I’ve been reading articles too and those make me even more nervous. I think someone posted a link to an article about how Berkeley pick their engineering students or something and rate them 1-5. And there is no show that’s interesting enough or I haven’t watched to keep myself occupied. :(( </p>
<p>@chaoscuber </p>
<p>I am glad there are more people who are just as nervous as me. At one point, I looked up random people who go to Berkeley on Facebook and looked at their pictures. Talk about being crazy. </p>
<p>@bluebottle @chaoscuber Count me as three–word for word. Seven days…</p>
<p>@bluebottle </p>
<p>Modern Family, It’s Always Sunny, Community</p>
<p>@music1990</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion. I actually watched & enjoyed Modern Family. Community was ‘eh’ for me and never watched Always Sunny, maybe I will give it a try. I am more of The Office type person though. </p>
<p>@cayton, you’re like a walking encyclopedia of admissions and UC info haha thank you :), yeah I saw that on an article but I can’t seem to find it anymore 
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<p>@Cayton @bomerr She’s my cousin, not sister, thank god. Lol.</p>
<p>Also I really don’t like that kind of attitude because yes Irvine and the other UCs are certainly lower in ranking, but saying that no one cares is basically like negating and demeaning all the hard work UCI students put into getting there. You can have whatever opinion you want on the prestige of a school, but it’s terrible to completely dismiss the efforts students put into getting where they are.</p>
<p>I think what really gets to me is the fact that she knows I got rejected by a bunch of these UCs before, and that there’s a big chance that I will be transferring to one that isn’t Berkeley. And yet she still talks shiit about them…If she really believes in what she says, what the hell does that say about what she thinks of me, knowing that I once got rejected by Irvine before? And what if I end up going to Irvine? She’s just being really insensitive here.</p>
<p>@anavera </p>
<p>Hopefully she grows up soon…</p>
<p>@ucastell </p>
<p>lol thanks. I’m just really interested in this kind of stuff.</p>
<p>@Cayton Doubt it. She’s been like this all our lives. Getting into Berkeley was like the biggest ego boost ever. </p>
<p>I guess we’ll just see how this ends when the 25th arrives.</p>
<p>@cayton, haha that’s awesome dude you have literally helped every single one of us in these forums 
If we both get into Berkeley, and let’s say Berkeley offers more financial aid you should go to Berkeley that way I can say I met Cayton, the guy that helped a bunch of strangers over the internet haha </p>
<p>@anavera, you shouldn’t let people’s opinions or attitudes affect you. Sometimes you just gotta accept the fact that people are just very immature… Do not give them the satisfaction to see you insecure or defeated, prove to them you have what it takes to succeed at any school whether is Berkeley, UCLA, or UCI etc… :)</p>
<p>@anavera </p>
<p>In that case, best of luck!</p>
<p>@ucastell </p>
<p>Thanks, lol you flatter me. :P</p>
<p>I’ve received a lot of help on this forum myself. I’m just trying to impart any information I have obtained to anyone else in need.</p>
<p>Anyone get an email to apply for the cal alumni scholarship?
Just wondering since UCLA sent out invites to some students. </p>
<p>@Cayton, no problem just telling the truth, we literally have one more week before we hear back from UCB, so excited yet nervous haha. </p>