The Official UCB Fall of 2014 Decisions Thread

<p>@Cayton‌ </p>

<p>K-Town checkinggg in.</p>

<p>But seriously, Don’t say that. I would die if I had to wait an extra week.</p>

<p>@CSB111‌ </p>

<p>LOL are you waiting for a letter in the mail, the old fashion way…that would be hilarious to me</p>

<p>@CSB111‌ @Anxiety94‌
I think UCLA only released part of the decisions on Friday, the rest are coming end of April. Or so I’ve heard.
Also someone said to me before that Calc 2 is actually harder than Calc 3, so I think it’s understandable to have not done as well as the others.</p>

<p>@music1990‌ </p>

<p>Yeah, I probably shouldn’t. Things have a way of happening if I say they will or may. :stuck_out_tongue: I’ll go ahead and stop doing that now. :D</p>

<p>@music1990 haha no but they haven’t released all their decisions. I think they are looking at my alternate major through TAP, or I got rejected. I don’t know. </p>

<p>@Yukaris It was mostly an issue with the professor (he missed so much class, hadn’t taught the class in years, and some other things), but I’ll admit I was screwing around a lot that semester too lol. </p>

<p>@Cayton‌
Thought you were for real there for a sec… :open_mouth: </p>

<p>@Cayton
Burn sage around your computer and dispel the bad vibes that you have just put into the cosmos for all of us. Shame :open_mouth: </p>

<p>@Cayton‌ </p>

<p>Ok good mr. “I already got into my dream school”</p>

<p>@CSB111‌ </p>

<p>Oh ok. Well good luck! You probably are in pretty good shape with TAP and mostly all As.</p>

<p>@Yukaris‌ </p>

<p>I wasn’t…or was I? ;)</p>

<p>@Anxiety94‌ </p>

<p>lol, sure. :D</p>

<p>@music1990‌ </p>

<p>Hey man, I applied to Berkeley too. I await their decision this Friday with you guys, even though I’ve filed my SIR with UCLA already. :)</p>

<p>Just 3 days to go!</p>

<p>I’m just doing this for bragging rights. I don’t think UCB will offer more money than UCLA for me.</p>

<p>@Cayton‌ </p>

<p>LOL so essentially getting into Berkeley means nothing to you, except something cool you could tell your friends.
Well, I hope you get in anyway! And then if I get waitlisted, I get your spot once you decline.</p>

<p>@music1990‌ </p>

<p>Well, yeah, but in case UCLA rejected me, I’d have another school considering me for admission. Applying back in November, I didn’t know for certain that UCLA would accept me, so I applied to Berkeley and the other UCs to expand my options, naturally.</p>

<p>And thanks! I know you’ll get in, man. You deserve it.</p>

<p>@Cayton‌ </p>

<p>Oh I totally get why you applied to more than UCLA. I would have applied to UCLA myself if the music department admitted students based on grades. Unfortunately they only care about auditions, and I already know there are far better piano players than me.</p>

<p>And thanks for that. I wish I was that confident, but coming from you that means a lot. So did you ever talk to UCLA about the possibility of getting 2 Cs? I really think you’re going to be fine. But it’s a shame how ambiguous they are about the terms of your contract.</p>

<p>@music1990‌ </p>

<p>I emailed UCLA a couple of days ago and they have yet to get back to me, but they should respond by this Friday, if not earlier. I suspect that they’ll be very vague because others have asked them these kinds of questions and they tend avoid giving definite responses or near-definite responses. </p>

<p>UCLA’s contract should be more explicit, like Cal’s.</p>

<p>@Cayton‌ </p>

<p>Yeah I know, I don’t understand why they wouldn’t be more clear. But that kind of makes me think that you would have to really mess up for them to take action. Are you expecting 2 Cs and 2 Bs, or is that worst case scenario? Unless you are tired of talking about, in which case I totally understand.</p>

<p>@music1990‌ </p>

<p>Just a worst-case scenario.</p>

<p>The good thing is that if I get C’s, it’ll be in two classes that I don’t need for my major. One is an elective and the other is one I need for IGETC completion. I guess I’m worrying too much.</p>

<p>@Cayton I thought you abandoned us :-h </p>

<p>:-? </p>

<p>@jonjon03 I’m starting to think that it might be super challenging for me to finish all my pre-reqs by the end of my first semester…
my plan was to take take 1 CS and 1 Math over the summer and then 1.5 CS and 1 Math over the fall but it seems like Berkeley only recommends taking one over the summer as 2 might be overburdening…although I think it is common to take 2 anyways</p>

<p>It could be hard to maintain above a 3.00 at Berkeley especially with 2 very involved classes compressed into a summer session.</p>

<p>just thinking aloud haha</p>

<p>@toepump I think it might be possible to fulfil those requirements at a CC. I was looking into Diablo and Laney colleges to finish up the comp sci requirements, however I believe to register for that school for summer classes is passed already (not sure). I am not even sure if Berkeley would accept those credits. All in all I would like to think those responsible for admissions would have have a reasonable expectations of students being able to declare their major before they would accept you.</p>

<p><em>edit</em> Also, people like to scare you out of taking a math course during the summer, but I’ve always find math classes during the summer more easier (at least for CC). I like the fast pace and that with going to classes more frequently without break helped me keep focused. Also, it seems that professors are a little bit more lenient during the summer which means easier exams. </p>