<p>I applied to UCSC, UCSB, UCSD, and UCB. I didn't apply to UCLA for a couple of reasons: mainly wanting to get out of LA for a while, but also some perhaps erroneous horror stories from friends about competition to the point of academic detriment at UCLA. Anyway, now four months on, I regret not checking that box back in November. I have come to find that UCLA has a slight advantage over Berkeley in the theoretical field of my major (linguistics) which I am more interested in. I've also never lived on the west side, and while that was actually a reason not to apply there (405 traffic, ugh), it now seems like a selling point. Anyway, I'm at peace with the fact that I'm not going to UCLA, but I'm just hoping to get into Berkeley.</p>
<p>Anyone else regret not applying anywhere for this fall?</p>
<p>Same with USC. I missed the deadline by a week. I kept thinking I wouldn’t be able to afford it anyway, but who knows, they might have given me a scholarship.</p>
<p>USC for sure. I knew the deadline, I just got over whelmed with the transfer process and got over doing it. UCLA is my dream school, I just wish I had another option under my belt even though I don’t think USC suites me.</p>
<p>I wish I would’ve applied to UCI instead of UCSB. There’s no way I will ever go to UCSB because I have young children and would NEVER move that far away from my support network and family. I’m super bummed. I have NO clue why I applied to ucsb over uci. One of my dumbest moves yet!</p>
<p>same here. Back when i didn’t know anything about universities, i chose UCR for a stupid reason. i still probably would have gone to UCLA, but still.</p>
<p>i also kind of regret not applying to USC, but again, probably still would have chosen UCLA.</p>
<p>in response to the OP, although UCLA and UCB are equally ranked for linguistics, i’m pretty sure UCLA is slightly more prestigious. The textbook for the introduction into linguistics in use was written by UCLA faculty, and from what i’ve read it’s pretty highly regarded.</p>
<p>like you though, this is something i found out after i attended UCLA, wasn’t something i knew before.</p>
<p>I regret not applying to berkely. I thought it was too far of a drive and my chances were slim of getting in anyway. Now that I have talked to counselors, I realize I had a pretty good shot. For an athro major, it would be a great school.</p>
<p>I’m in the exact same boat as you, although I didn’t know it until just now. I’m a linguistics major as well, and I knew that Berkeley had a great linguistics department, but didn’t know much about UCLA’s. I’m from the LA area too, though, and I didn’t want to go anywhere where it would be possible for me to live at home, and I also don’t like the UCLA campus much.</p>
<p>I’m okay with it, though. Even if UCLA’s program is better, I know I will be happier at Cal (assuming I get in). I also talked with one of the department heads at Cal Day two years ago, and he was really awesome and seemed so passionate about the subject. It also seemed like the students in the department were really close and supportive of each other, and I like that. (Of course, that could have been an entirely false impression, but whatever. I’m excited.)</p>
<p>wow @ everyone who wished they applied to USC…i actually keep forgetting I did because since I got UCSD theres no way my parents would pay 2x more for a school with roughly the same prestige. So I won’t be going anyways lol. Wish I applied to Cornell though, I hear it’s just a bit harder to transfer into than berkeley…which is about 100x easier than all the other Ivy League.</p>
<p>@redoplease: Your comment about 100x isn’t really accurate. They take guaranteed transfers and have some TAG agreements with a lot of New York community colleges. So their admissions numbers look inflated. Not to mention the fact that they are the largest Ivy thereby allowing them to accept more students. Finally, there seven undergraduate colleges are BIG on student fit. So you can’t apply willy nilly and expect to simply get in.</p>
<p>UCSC instead of UC Irvine and maybe Yale or Penn.</p>
<p>With the budget situation, I wish I applied to more reachable private schools and small LACs. Places like USC and the Claremont Colleges are looking good right now. Cornell would have been excellent, except its College of Arts and Science is the most impacted with a sub-10% acceptance rate. </p>
<p>@pinoika
3.75 (will be 3.8 solid after this semester at this rate)
But mainly my extensive humanitarian work in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mexico gave me a good shot. My gpa isn’t super competitive but my humanitarian work and community service gave me a competitive edge. I completed the TAP program, have a 4.0 major gpa with all pre reqs done and igetc completed. Hope ucla likes me :)</p>