<p>A "consideration" letter? Asking you to apply?</p>
<p>What are your stats?</p>
<p>yeah asking for two letters of recs, transcript, and a DVD. </p>
<p>i have a 4.0, any other stats to consider?</p>
<p>I want a Regents letter...</p>
<p>not to be a little *****hhherrrr, but the 4.0 thing seems a bit unfair...Its like telling future transfer applicants, its better to just devote your self soley to your academics and to devote no other time torwards your other interests or extracurriculars. Damn if I had another chance now, I would have just studied studied studied to get that four oh. FACCCCK.</p>
<p>hey Laguna when did you receive your letter?</p>
<p>Cardinal--the emphasis IS on academics. 4.0 students, who have completed core requirements, are pretty much guaranteed admission. The 4.0 students who come in on CC worried about their lack of extracurriculars are ridiculous. (Note that I'm referring to typical programs, not like getting into Haas.)</p>
<p>that sucks then...</p>
<p>I would have played things differently if I could do things over again...</p>
<p>but i'm just a hater so whatevers ahaha</p>
<p>i got it sometime this weekend, not sure. found it on my desk sunday morning.</p>
<p>where is our countdown cardinal?!</p>
<p>and i'm pretty sure Laguna is in, do you go to Mt. Sac by any chance?</p>
<p>UCLA and UCB (64 Days to go)...</p>
<p>UCSB and UCSD (17 days to go)...</p>
<p>UCR (2 days to go)...</p>
<p>go nikkei, our interim countdown guy</p>
<p>hobo, no problem.</p>
<p>Okay, I think I need to release my rant here. I am worried about the social scene of the university that I am going to transfer to. As of right now, obviously it is hard enough to meet people at a CC. Moreover, I am not even from Los Angeles county so I know absolutely no one here. This really bothers me. I am worried that, if I do get accepted to UCLA that will it be just as hard to make friends since I will be commuting? My way of getting away from my studies is driving down to Orange County and hanging out with a group of friends that I've known since junior high. I really hope that it will be easier to meet new people when I transfer to a university because right now I absolutely hate my social life since it is nearly non-existent. Another thing that bothers me is the fact that the friends that I do hang out with are not motivated to succeed in school. In fact, all of them are, no offense to them, the losers of CC that some of you guys talk about. I find that I'm on a different level than them in terms of my perspective of a higher education. Of course, I'm not saying that I am in any way superior or better than them but just that I take my education more seriously. I feel isolated from them because of this. Do you guys think that this is a bad thing? I know people change and all but I have known these guys for awhile now. We still share the same interests which is the reason why we still keep in touch. Often times, I find that I live another life when I am with these guys. What I mean by this is I have a school life and a social life. Each one, of course, is separate from each other. I also feel that I have two different personalities because of the separation of my school and social life. Is this normal? Usually I see the people who study together also eat and do things together. I guess it's that fact that I go to school in LA whereas if I stayed in OC I wouldn't have this problem. Ugh, I think too much. I'm just going to study and sleep my thoughts off.</p>
<p>if you commute, it'll be harder to make friends. Dorms are where i met 90% of my friends and I still hang out with them. Unless your very sociable, it'll be hard to make friends in classes, especially since a lot of them have 300+ people (you probably won't sit by the same person twice in a week)... You do get to known some people during discussion sessions but thats about it. And commuting suck!! you know you want to dorm =)</p>
<p>I will be in a junior standing plus money is an issue so I need to commute. I wish I could dorm but it is not going to happen.</p>
<p>nikkei if we both get into ucla, you can hang out with me.</p>
<p>Glad to hear, Sandkicks. Thanks. :)</p>
<p>Do upper-division courses consist of 300+ people like the intro courses?</p>
<p>Not at Berkeley. And many intro courses aren't that large, too.</p>
<p>nikkei325i,</p>
<p>My friend from high school goes to UCSD, infamous for lack of a social scene, and he's met tons of friends because he's in clubs like CIA (commuters in action) and his school even has a commuter's lounge w/ computers, a huge flat screen TV and all kinds of stuff. I'm not sure if UCLA has commuter clubs, but I'm sure if UCSD does, then UCLA would.</p>
<p>"My friend from high school goes to UCSD, infamous for lack of a social scene, and he's met tons of friends because he's in clubs like CIA (commuters in action) and his school even has a commuter's lounge w/ computers, a huge flat screen TV and all kinds of stuff."</p>
<p>Of course anyone at a university as large as UCSD can make friends and have an enjoyable time. People say all the cc's have no social scenes, but many can find many friends and get very involved. So, in judging UCSD, I think everyone allows for the fact that you can still find friends and be socially involved.</p>
<p>Hm well if both of the people on this board who received their letters for regents received them this weekend......there's a good chance that if I were to get one it would be in the mail today.....and I haven't checked my mail in over week.....fingers crossed</p>