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06-02-2007, 12:35 AM
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#76 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Miami, FL Gender: Male
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| mojo, im with you i'd pick UCLA too... although im coming from 2000 miles away  Great job getting accepted into both school and I hope to be making the same decision next year. | 
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06-02-2007, 12:38 AM
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#77 | | Junior Member
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| You know I was just playing, mojo... =P
omg, only 80 mins left... i really wanna submit 2 sirs... should I? EECS@ berkeley vs CEC @ UCLA... so hard to decide...
hey, mojo... what made you pick ucla over berkeley? | |
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06-02-2007, 12:45 AM
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#78 | | Senior Member
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| eracer, u still havent chosen?
my decision came down to UCLA's american idol club, which berkeley didnt have. JK! lol http://www.americanidol.com/photos/view/?set=129&seq=5
I chose comfort over insecurity.
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06-02-2007, 01:10 AM
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#79 | | Junior Member
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| not yet... I gonna submit my sir at the very last minute just like how I submit my applications. seriously, I have a tough decision to make because I wanna go to berkeley however I hate leaving my gf... Living with my gf is full of joys everyday and she's all I got... Damn... it's a lose-lose situation... | |
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06-02-2007, 01:17 AM
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#80 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California
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| Marry her! And then move up to Cal 
Would you choose love over education? I know. Totally unfair question, but it's kind of true. If you think she is the "one" maybe it's worth reconsidering, but if it's just a fling (which I don't think it is from reading what you typed) I wouldn't think twice about staying for someone and missing out on great education.
Either way, follow your gut! (notice I didn't put heart!) | |
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06-02-2007, 01:18 AM
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#81 | | Senior Member
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| No its not! Its definately not a lose-lose situation. Im kinda sad i said bye to berk because the education is dope. But! 1) its not like ucla is unknown 2) ucla's social life is better 3) i can go home whenever i want 4) i am not taking drastic measures to be independent; im making it a comfortable transition and 5) its not over! I can go to cal for grad school, if its really where i am meant to go. | |
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06-02-2007, 01:26 AM
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#82 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: California
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| Mojo, I think #5 has great strength.
Personally, #2 is some what "eh". Simply because I hear the crowd at Berkeley and UCLA are VERY different and not necessarily in a good way to *some* people.
#3+#4 I teach movies to kids as an enrichment program. One of the parents of the kids is a Cal alumni. I asked her about her experiences and one thing she said she could change was move further away from the parents. She had a great relationship but it just felt like they were too close (they were living in the same city when she was attending Cal but at different apartments). She said somehow she didn't feel free, independent, and it was a bit suffocating.
This is just one person's experience though, of course I understand we are all different. So, again, follow your gut.
If you want to be independent -- go for it. If you like what mojo is talking about, UCLA is for you, plus you get your sweetie!
Again I have to point to Mojo's #5. That was one of the options I was looking at too when deciding between UCLA and Berkeley. If it really was "meant" to be, you definitely would end up at Cal. Personally, I'd love to go to England for my grad school ^_^
Good luck!!! | |
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06-02-2007, 01:46 AM
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#83 | | Junior Member
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| I SIRed both ucla and berkeley...
My preference just changes everyday....
I definitely need more time~ | |
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06-02-2007, 02:03 AM
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#84 | | Member
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| lol, my UCI decision is still pending | |
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06-02-2007, 02:45 AM
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#85 | | Junior Member
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| I just send my sir to berkeley. I don't feel too good about it tho, however I know that I need to get out of my comfort zone and challenge myself. It's funny that I just moved down to LA from norcal a couple years ago when my gf transferred to a school here. Now, I gotta move back to norcal again. After all, it's still only 400miles away from my gf. I guess my car can still handle 1000 miles a week like the good old days. My gut was telling me that I belong to Berkeley and I followed it accordingly with rogue's advice... =) | |
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06-02-2007, 04:41 AM
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#86 | | Junior Member
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| eracer, if you have any questions about the area, feel free to ask for advice/info/etc on berkeley, bay area in general. | |
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06-03-2007, 11:03 PM
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#87 | | New Member
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| Eracer I completely agree with. I was like eh the next day after I SIR cal but I knew I needed to get out of my comfort zone and try to stand of my own. I am leaving my gf, friends, and family in hopes of coming back as something new. I know LA would have been cool but I also know I wouldn't grow as much as a person. My teacher described college the best, "If you went into college and came out the same person, you didn't get a good education." | |
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06-04-2007, 01:52 PM
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#88 | | Junior Member
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| I SIRed to both, too! My major is Comm Studies at UCLA and Mass Comm at Berkeley.
I just posted a thread about this...I'm having so much trouble deciding where to go. I feel that my experiences will be so different at the two schools. I'm from Nor Cal, and this area is getting a little too familiar and tiring to me...So Cal seems really fresh and exciting to me.
But, I can't let go of Berkeley's name. Even IF UCLA has the better Comm program. I'm so fickle-minded! Argh. | |
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06-04-2007, 06:48 PM
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#89 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: "Cette vieille Europe m'ennuie"-Napoleon. je suis absolument d'accord, mais IO PARLO INGLESE!!!
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| i'm going to be living in la. that's settled.
i'm going to miss the suburbs out here. lake skinner and the wineries in temecula left such an indelible memory and imagery upon me... but no matter...i always dreamt of living like a homeless on a tiny flat, half starving and making money off of paintings and collecting african masks and drums....this is the dream baby!!! imagine picasso in paris...
but sometimes i want just forget school and just move into a jungle like gauguin, completely cut off from civlization... | |
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06-04-2007, 10:49 PM
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#90 | | Junior Member
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| wait a minute, howd you guys sir to both schools let alone after the deadline, my friend has to go to UCI now instead of ucla because of family problems and he has to file for appeal. | |
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