<p>UCB is only 36 days away.</p>
<p>...or 886 hours away.</p>
<p>I'm not sure which one seems shorter.</p>
<p>If I were you EKtaylor I would be sitting pretty not stressing about the admissions. You know you are getting into both UCLA and Berkeley.</p>
<p>See, the thing is every time one of you says that I have to knock on my wooden desk.</p>
<p>But what I am mainly waiting for is the Regent's scholarship --that could complicate things in regards to where I *should *finish up my undergrad.</p>
<p>I thought waiting for the admissions decisions was long enough as it was. Now they are making me wait for the next episode of Lost! It won't be out until April 24th. POR QUE!</p>
<p>I am thinking about starting my appeal to UCLA and CAL just in case I don't get in. Has anyone posted a successful appeal letter here? I would like to read one.</p>
<p>hahaha don't jinx yourself.</p>
<p>poppin, has a sooner freshman notification date meant a sooner transfer notification date in previous years?</p>
<p>An earlier freshman UCLA regent invite constituted an earlier transfer regent invite. I am assuming the trend will continue with decision dates --seeing as the freshmen received their notifications early.</p>
<p>officespace-</p>
<p>To be perfectly honest, I don't know if they've released freshman notifications earlier before. If someone could find this out and give a source, that would be awesome.</p>
<p>I have come to a relaxed conclusion... the acceptances will come when they come. Easier said than to actually follow this, of course. However I find myself in a state of calm zen. If we keep waiting so impatiently, time will never speed up. But ever since I've let go of the issue of not being accepted to any schools yet, I feel better about the whole ordeal.</p>
<p>Yeah, if I get rejected from UCLA i'll probably cry for a few days. But life goes on, right? Whether we want it to or not. Let it come. lol.</p>
<p>I like your conclusion very much xleeper17.</p>
<p>dude xleper, did you smoke a giant bag of weed or something? You sound like hippie, rofl.</p>
<p>Waiter, I'll have what she's having</p>
<p>Lmao!!! =)</p>
<p>I am trying to become a hippie. I heard it is a prerequisite for Berkeley.</p>
<p>Thedude44,</p>
<p>LMAO! I have mixed feelings about that situation. On one hand I think that atmosphere is interesting. On the other hand, I don't want some commie down my throat for being libertarian.</p>
<p>No one would disagree that the city of Berkeley is liberal, but two friends of mine who both graduated from there in separate years say Cal's raging commie radical protesting liberal history is just that....history. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that the highest % of students at Cal today come from an Asian background...usually an overwhelmingly conservative population.</p>
<p>As for the faculty? If you do happen to get a commie down your throat, as TheCaliforniaLife said, then all it does is force you to reevaluate your own beliefs which either makes them stronger than they already were, or you can change them. Hopefully you're wise enough not to be brainwashed either way.</p>
<p>Good luck all!</p>
<p>Edward04,</p>
<p>What I am worried about is the professors; but mostly the teachers aids. I am a political science major. When I write a paper, my politics is going to come out. I am worried that if someone is a graduate student, who are normally teachers aids, will grade my paper more harshly or purposely dock points because I am not his radical political belief.
You may say that if I see something like this happen I could take it up with the professor and/or the administration. The problem is, this isn't easy to get done and/or prove. Even if it is proved, you face even more criticism from other teachers aids that may be friends with that person who you questioned. When discrimination is proved, I am sure the teachers aid will face academic punishment. This is what could cause even more harsh criticism from his peers. Also, since political opinion at Berkeley is so strong, how do determine that the points you lost were legitimate points because grading is a lot of time subjective.
Other than that, I love their political history. It is such a fascinating story. I would love to attend Berkeley to hear people's opinion on political issues and display to them my position. I just don't want my academic record hurt because of it.</p>
<p>I've had a little concern over the atmosphere as well. From what I've read in the Berkeley forum there's still a vocal far left contingency at UC Berk, if a small one. I'm glad, though, that as a math major I'll probably be able to avoid political issues on campus.</p>
<p>TheCaliforniaLife, I know what you're saying! In fact, I faced this very same situation last Fall. I realized that the bottom line is it's a game you play. If you make a strong argument, backed up with facts, and attack their viewpoint in a sane manner, you'll probably end up fine in the end. If a particular situation is very hostile you might have to water it down a bit. But again, the important thing is to get through it with a good grade while at the same time not losing your integrity. </p>
<p>Keep in mind that this issue is something that thousands who have come before us have faced at Cal. Whatever your political persuasion, you might want to look into joining a Republican, Libertarian, or Democrat (lol, being politically correct in my post) group on campus.</p>
<p>My cousin currently lives in Berkeley (does not attend Cal). As a vet, I was not thrilled to hear about the attacks against the Marine recruiting office by the city council that took place not long ago. It really saddened me and disgusted me TBH. It made me question if I really want to still go there, but in the end I realized the people like me who go there, the better. :P</p>
<p>Interesting look on this issue :)</p>