***UC Berkeley Class of 2020 Applicant Discussion***

Feels tight in Taiwan… have to wait until early morning on Friday (3/25) to be able to see the results due to the time difference…

Did all mechanical engineering applicants get the Drake scholarship email?

@llama321 Nope…

I understand that Berkeley is competitive, but spectrum-wise, in what way is it competitive? Is it competitive in that everyone is cut throat and if you drown, your peers will just essentially choke you and quicken your death? Or is it the kind of competitiveness that pushes you out of your comfort zone rather than drowns you completely? Is there more of a divide among Berkeley students than among students at other elite universities (public or private)?

Hi guys! Just wanted to say best of luck for the upcoming results and hope everyone does well!

@Liljuju Thanks! I got into three other UC’s so that’s good but Berkeley has been my dream school so the dream isn’t dead yet!

Good luck guys

hoping for a miracle tmrw!! last school I’m waiting on. the last uc. (for most) GL everyone!!

Berkeley is a bit of a reach for me but it’ll be fun checking it out anyways. Good luck to all of you who have UCB as your top choice.

@alwayswonderines Thank you, I really appreciate that you are willing to answer our questions!!! That does make me feel a bit better about safety… As to the College of Chemistry thing, I have heard about that possibility and have also been very concerned about it. One of the main things that attracted me to Cal in the first place was the College of Chemistry, and I was so excited to get accepted to it as a ChemE major! I literally danced around my house for like an hour! I heard about the possibility of it getting dissolved two weeks ago :frowning: Do you know how real this possibility is, and if it is going to happen, when? Would it stay for the time it takes for the people accepted to it this year to graduate, or would we be moved to the CoE/L&S? Thanks again!

Going to take a tour of Berkeley in the morning… get my decision that afternoon; part of me hopes I dislike it so if I get rejected I’ll have nothing to be sad about

Can anyone else sleep? Good thing I am buried in homework tonight so I can distract myself. lol

can’t sleep lol

I think I have about 3-4school coming out today

yeah im pulling an all nighter hahah (hella homework + anxiety)
USC AND BERKELEY tomorrow someone please send help

Wishing it was released at 12

Last school i’m waiting on!! Waitlisted at ucla, ucsd, and ucsb, so like idk what to expect LOL

Don’t want to freak anyone out or anything. A guy in UCSD groupme got his acceptance, mine said under review still

@GingerTea12 From what I’ve heard around campus and on DailyCal, if they dissolve CoC ChemE will be moved to CoE. I hope they don’t dissolve Coc! Like CNR, there are a lot of benefits to having a smaller college within a large research institution. I’m not in any of the majors in the college of chemistry, but I do have friends in it and they have had wonderful experiences for both their careers and social lives. I don’t know if they will or will not dissolve it, though.

Last school I’m waiting on, rejected by UCLA, wait listed for UCSB, accepted into UCSD. So far it’s looking like I’m going to UCSD, anyone looking for an off campus roommate? lol