<p>@k4201505</p>
<p>Yeah, the acceptance rate for Haas is 6%(18% if you count only those who met the basic requirements prior to applying), so it’s about as hard to get into as UCLA’s biz econ.</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo </p>
<p>It’s sunny like 75% of the time, cloudy about 20% of the time, and rains for about 5% of the time.</p>
<p>It’s one of the reasons people love LA and going to UCLA.</p>
<p>Where I live in socal (40 min away from ucla) is the hottest city in the county. However if you’re near malibu or places like santa monica, which are pretty close to ucla, then the temperature is lower and you have the ocean breeze. </p>
<p>@k4201505 </p>
<p>What’s wrong with the SFV?(Porter Ranch represent!). I love the suburbs! </p>
<p>As for the choice between both school’s, honestly, it should be a no brainer, it has to be UCLA! Berkeley lacks the energy that is produced within the city of LA. In terms of academia, they both are even. People are awed by Berkeley for some reason, great school, don’t get me wrong, but if people want to say it is a nudge about UCLA, I will gladly disagree. I’ve been to Central and NorCal a few times(Monterey, Big Sur, SF) but they always came off as places you can only visit, and not really live, if you are from LA. </p>
<p>Anybody going to the chancellor’s address at Cal this Saturday?</p>
<p>Hi does anyone know to find out which scholarships we got, like out of the 16 options we clicked on in the application</p>
<p>After many debates with my self, my professors and fellow students, I SIR Berkeley. My main choice was due to the fact that I can finish a double major @ Berkeley and only one degree at UCLA at the same time. So why not?
Apparently most of the science majors at Berkeley are giving a BA degree = less upper devision classes. So I’m doing a BS + BA, while 2 upper devision (out of 6) classes are overlapping (more, but they agree for only 2). So I will get a BA for having the workload of a minor.</p>
<p>Glad to hear you were able to make the decision @Moshe1010 (:</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo Thanks!
I hope it won’t change after I visit UCLA and Berkeley this weekend lol</p>
<p>@Moshe1010, you are going to go visit both universities in one weekend? That’s pretty hardcore. </p>
<p>@Moshe1010 congrats on the SIR! See you there next year!</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo hey! How’ve you been doing on that decision? You have an idea which one you’re leaning towards?</p>
<p>Sadly not @CalBruin.
I keep going back and fourth between the two.
Though I’ve started asking professors, counselors, and a few friends and they all tell me to go for Cal but something in me can just not let go of UCLA (even though I know Cal probably has a better department for me).
I don’t want to submit my SIR last minute because I will be in finals at that time and probably in a crunch with other paperwork that will also be needed (housing apps, etc…) but I think that is what it might come down to.</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo </p>
<p>I recommend making the pros-cons list now. Whichever school has more pros should be the one to SIR to.</p>
<p>Before UCLA and Berkeley released their decisions, I made a pros-cons list and it helped quite a bit. I strongly considered going to Berkeley for a while back in February and March, but I soon found that going to UCLA would be more prudent.</p>
<p>Still, you have like 3 weeks to decide.</p>
<p>I am actually making the list as we speak @Cayton.
It’s just a little aggravating how difficult this has become for me, I just want to be slapped in the face and know what is best for me. It’s just hard. Either way it is a compromise. I don’t want to regret what I do, I’ve carried a lot of regret because I’ve made compromises where I shouldn’t have. I don’t want to make the same mistake when it comes to such a life altering decision. I don’t think I’d be able to forgive myself if I did.</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo </p>
<p>Here’s a little nugget of wisdom that I’ve found useful to remember: you’ll make mistakes in life no matter what you do. They’re unavoidable. They’re part of life. Going to either school will almost certainly entail regret at not having chosen the other, it seems. Will going to UCLA mean that you’ll have missed out on some once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunities? Maybe, maybe not. Will going to Berkeley mean that your music aspirations will go unfulfilled? It’s a possibility. Will you do well and enjoy your college experience at either school? Most likely.</p>
<p>There’s something I’ve never told anyone on this forum…despite my decision to go to UCLA, I realize that the grass will look greener on the other side at Berkeley and that I may not enjoy going to UCLA as much as going to Berkeley. “What if I went to Berkeley?” will be a recurring thought in my mind for quite a while… It was actually pretty difficult to reject Berkeley last weekend even though I had SIR’d to UCLA before I was notified of my acceptance to Berkeley. It also doesn’t help that Berkeley keeps sending me mail, even after I’ve rejected them, lol. But, if I decided to go to Berkeley, I’d wonder the same thing about UCLA. “Would it be more fun?” and “Would the learning experience be better at UCLA” would be recurring thoughts in my head if I SIR’d to Berkeley instead. Either way, I’ll be wondering “what if?”.</p>
<p>Although you’re stuck deciding between LA and Berkeley, know that you can’t have it all in choosing either school. At the same time, I can’t imagine how either school would be a mistake to attend. I guess what I’m trying to say is that you’ll probably be fine regardless of which school you choose. When you do choose, try not to look back and wonder “what if?”. I know that sounds hypocritical coming from me since I’m doing just that, but it’s the wise thing to do. I’m not saying you shouldn’t carefully consider your options, but if, later on after choosing your school, you feel that you’ve made a mistake, you probably didn’t. Both schools probably have good music scenes, the quality of the undergraduate experience at both schools is high(And similar), and both will prepare you well for grad school. The choice you make probably won’t affect your life too much.</p>
<p>@Cayton Beautiful words !</p>
<p>Thank you @Cayton.
Really man, thank you.
It gets hard to keep perspective when you get so lost in details, life, trying to make decisions.
I will keep your words in mind as I move forward with the decision making process.</p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>Thanks. Just doing my part to help.</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo </p>
<p>Best of luck. You can’t possibly make a huge mistake in deciding on either school. :)</p>
<p>@CalBruin I will just yell across the campus “CalBruin” ;)</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo I’m in the PILOT program in UCLA, so it’s Friday. Berkeley is Saturday (I’m flying form LA). </p>
<p>@Moshe1010 LOL -____- we should make a college confidential transfer FB page just so we can figure out who everybody is haha…but then I guess that would negate the whole “confidential” part about this forum.</p>
<p>@AnthroFlo I was in the same place Cayton was describing; everytime I thought I’d made up my mind I kept thinking about the things I’d be missing out on at the other campus. My mom actually said something that really helped solidified my decision. About 2 days before I SIR’d I had a freak out moment because I thought I had listed something incorrectly on my app. Turns out it was fine but I was super nervous that I’d get rescinded from one of them. So my mom asked me “if one school were to rescind you, which one would you not want it to be”. Instinctively Cal popped into my head first even though I’d been wavering for so long. It my help your decision making process to ask yourself if you hadn’t been accepted to both; which one would you rather have been accepted to?</p>
<p>It’s a rather instinctual and basic way to do things but you should supplement that with the pro’s and cons list. The weird thing for me was after I drew up my list UCLA had more pros than Cal but for some reason that wasn’t enough to persuade me. Somewhere in your mind there’s a campus you’d rather be at, one that you prefer even if only by the slimmest of margins. Think about which school you keep bouncing back to and the one whose acceptance you’d be less willing to give up and that might help guide you. </p>
<p>@Moshe1010. That’s good, I thought you were going to go for it driving :p</p>
<p>Thanks @CalBruin.
I hear you, about going with instincts and all.
I guess I just complicate things for myself because my heart is telling me the opposite of my logic.</p>