@goldencub that’s the spirit! Also, I’ve always seen your posts but I’m also a philosophy major that was accepted to UCLA and hoping for Berks. Good luck bud
@csmcam Which of the two do you prefer? Good luck to you, too!
@ibtes96 , no Cal Central using my Map ID
MAP ID and CalCentral works for me. I am doing a summer internship so that is why as a transfer student I already have a CAL account.
Base on previous years, I thought they will bring the website down first and then up with the decision?
@BigPanda probably not. this year it’s a new system.
Hey guys! If you don’t get into UCB, what’s your alternative choice? UCLA? Just curious!
@sbccstudent19 Here are my stats 
Cumulative College GPA: 3.95 with 103 units by Spring 2016 (but only 60-70 will transfer)
Major: Sociology(with a potential double major in Ethnic Studies–Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies). I haven’t completed my SOC 5 Prereq. since it isn’t offered at my local community college.
IGETC: Completed this semester.
Other Activities/Volunteer: Coordinator of Women’s Resource Center, Prior President of Queer Alliance, Student Ambassador at Filipino American Student Success Program, Student Liaison of Asian Student Union, President of the OurStories Club, Intern at Chinatown YMCA, Advocate Fellow at Transitional Age Youth San Francisco, Tutor for Asian American Studies, Peer Mentor for Women’s Studies, Avid Member of the Asian Pacific American Leaders United.
Work (that I think will not count): Sales Associate at Old Navy
Applied: UCB,
Accepted: UC Riverside and SFSU 
Also, my friend who is a sociology major, as well as a transfer student last semester said it’s not impacted (?) and the rigor is intense. She has a 4.0 when she left and a student activist at the college I attend to now.
@goldencub I grew up in San Francisco so I think I’m leaning towards UCLA. Gonna go to bruin day but I think that’ll be the icing on the cake. I never had a proper Berkeley tour so I want to give both an equal chance. How about you?
I hardly see any engineering majors in here i feel like… is anyone else ChemE?
Maybe for those who don’t have access to map are getting their permissions changed because they got accepted 
@csmcam Berkeley, definitely. UCLA is my second choice.
@Kellypaya Im applying as ChemE 
Heh. I’m just pure chemistry over here! Im kinda jumpy… Hoping to see an acceptance soon.
Live Chat (In case anyone wanna chill): http://xat.com/UCBerkeleyTransferCollegeConfidential
good luck to all Cal Applicants today!
Applying as Chemical Engineering
GPA: 3.73
Accepted: UCSB,
Waitlisted: UCLA, UCD
Pending: UCB
Good luck to all of you <3
I am so anxious right now. and I feel like passing out. So much feels in my body right now.
BUT I want to send much energy to all of you! Good lucks
the only thing’s calming me down is the Queen Bey’s Lemonade. #sorrynotsorry
Mech E. 4.0
I thought no one would read the post!
@ElevatedThinking I’m glad you could squeeze a laugh out of that! It’s a tense time for everyone waiting, so we need to spread the laughs. Thank you so much for your post, you’re completely right. Upward trends are totally a thing, and a GPA is not a person (and they accept people, not GPAs. Although they’re miiiighty important…). I do feel changed and grown, maybe even for the better, but I’m not sure yet. Thank you a lot again, and I’m cheering for you too, if you’re waiting by this pool as well.
@briank82 Right?? Their coursework detection is next level! I’m pretty sure they have my coursework from my past life, as well… Anyway, no one told me it wouldn’t be factored into anything, so I don’t have anyone to blame, really. I was just being naïve and thought I could transfer solely as a 2 year CC student because I don’t want nor need the credits from Cal Poly. I did briefly go over the grades, but I didn’t think it would be factored into my GPA. Good luck to you, too! Thanks for the response.
@kotokote Ah… maybe you don’t want sympathy, but I’m sorry for everything you have to go through. I was being overly dramatic and it does come off a little “first-world problems”-ish (even though we’re in the same country, you know what I mean haha). I didn’t mean to undermine your struggles by saying what I’m going through is worse, because it’s not. You know how the hysteria and anxiety can get the best of us sometimes. Sorry again. I sincerely hope things get better for you, a lot better. Don’t give up hope, just take one step at a time. Sorry if you didn’t want advice from me. Good luck with absolutely everything.
@Itsaboy You’re 100% right. Equivalencies and how I balance things in my head are definitely not how it plays out in the real world. I could be wrong and delusional, but here was how I saw it: just counting the work done in community college (2 years), I accomplished the same as other 4.0 students. Don’t blow up on me yet! I have an additional failure of a quarter from a completely unrelated institution, with credits I don’t want or need to be transferred (I didn’t transfer them to the CC) in an unrelated major that is being used against me as I transfer. But failures override successes, I guess, and those credits are coming along whether I like it or not. The success of earning that 4.0 in CC is undermined by an unrelated quarter that is extra to the 2 years I am transferring. That’s how I reasoned it in my head, but like I said, I’m delusional and clearly you’re right because that’s how the UCs see it. The UCs see the other 4.0s as perfect scholars, whereas I’m a 4.0 with a record of failure, so that definitely accounts for something. Thanks for your response and good advice, I will make the most of what I have now because that’s all I can do. Good luck!
@KiwiJuice Haha! I’m actually from SMC! But I can use google translate to converse with you in any language you want! Good luck!
@kizzle89 Thank you so much for everything you had to say. Maybe I won’t come away from this with a legitimate 4.0, but I’ll take with me the work ethic and drive that pushed me toward the 4.0 I earned in CC. That’s the mentality I gotta have.
Thanks a bunch to everyone who replied, it means a lot to me. I’ll try to complain less and work with what I got and just, you know, be less dramatic. You gotta understand that this has been a dream of mine and I feel like no matter how “successful” I am now, I can never work away that quarter at Cal Poly. And all this time in CC, I thought I was doing so well and that I had a chance. So please understand that this has been devastating to me, especially since I just found out what was actually happening to my GPA. Thanks for the advice and reality checks. Good luck to all of you! I’ll tell you guys about my rejection in a couple of hours. Gotta build new dreams.