<p>Honestly, I think I’m going to have a panic attack if I don’t get accepted to UCLA.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, you are right</p>
<p>well, i’m going to have a heart attack :(</p>
<p>Gabe- you said:
“Seriously, either you don’t understand why there is a delay or you don’t understand why neurotic applicants are to blame and not the schools. The delay has nothing to do with the “strength” of your application, nor has any school ever said that, but it seems like you are unable to understand.”</p>
<p>With a statement like that, I would appreciate an explanation as to how neurotic applicants are to blame for the waiting process, and what your opinion on the reason for the delay may be. For you to make accusations and unsubstantiated claims of my not understanding, while giving no explanation as to your point, I find that it is you who is lacking in understanding. Without explanation of these points you make, I disregarded you as naive and excluded from further discussion on this particular issue on the basis that you can contribute nothing to the dialogue due to ignorance. Your disregard for the premise of maintaining a positive and communal environment to the forum is disconcerting.</p>
<p>Gabe, relax buddy. If you have such waiting skills, you can wait like everyone else to find your admissions decisions rather than being a flamer (not in the homosexual sense) trying to insight a discordant conversation.</p>
<p>I think i have like 40% chance of getting into UCLA. SO if i don’t get in, i won’t be stunned. i’ll be dissapointed of course.</p>
<p>ha, I don’t think anyone else can follow your logic there, Aj. You went from saying I made a statement to concluding that I can contribute nothing because I am ignorant; interesting stuff.</p>
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<p>I have no issue with explaining (much of what I mentioned was backed up by previous posts)…</p>
<p>Neurotic applicants are to blame because there is nothing actually wrong with the wait. The wait isn’t based on the quality of an application, it’s based on the fact that it takes time to get to thousands of applications! Knowing this, knowing that the wait has nothing to do with application quality, how can you still have an issue with it? Why would you be against some students knowing sooner rather than later? </p>
<p>It’s a problem of neurotic students who make assumption after assumption and get themselves worked up; a college will never be able to quell all the concerns of a neurotic applicant. </p>
<p>If you want to know at the last possible date, wait till that date, and then login to everything and find out the decisions; the rest of us will choose to know as soon as possible, not making false assumptions about what the wait means.</p>
<p>Santa Barbara: March 17-April 30 (PENDING)</p>
<p>Los Angeles: April 30->> (41 days to go)
Berkeley: May 1 (42 days to go)</p>
<p>Davis: March 15-April 30 (BEGUN)
Irvine: March 1-April 30 (BEGUN)
Merced: March 1-March 31 (BEGUN)
Riverside: March 1-April 30 (BEGUN)
San Diego: March 15(17)-April 30 (BEGUN)
Santa Cruz: March 15-April 30 (BEGUN)</p>
<p>Still no one who has received a decision from Santa Barbara?</p>
<p>it’s okay, i’m sure we’re all on edge with the wait. I am especialy neurotic because of finals and such. I really could’ve used a confidence boost with an acceptance this week but oh well.</p>
<p>My UCSC acceptance letter boosted my confidence up by 10%. LOL. Sorry UCSC, we just weren’t made for each other.</p>
<p>HAHAHAHA… don’t worry, when i got my UCR acceptance letter my freshman year i almost threw it away cuz it was basically a given lol…</p>
<p>Also, i’m glad that collegeconfidential went down for a couple hours, my 6 page report went from 1 page to 4 pages :)</p>
<p>Dang, I went out of town for 4 days and had like 20 pages of new posts to read when I came back! Anyway, I’m up at 5am now to write an essay due at 11, grr… Still no word from frickin UCSD too :(</p>
<p>I just want to throw something out there…as a student at a lower tier UC (UC Santa Cruz) it’s interesting to read posts where people are accepted but automatically dismiss going to that school just because it doesn’t carry the same prestige as the well-known UCs. I can definitely relate to this attitude since I am just like these people in that I am trying to transfer to another UC for the name. However, if you don’t get accepted to UCLA, Berkeley, or San Diego, please realize that your life is not over. UCSC won’t impress your parent’s friends or your grandmother but you will be able to succeed here if you work hard. That’s what it all comes down to, putting in the time to get the grades.</p>
<p>There are plenty of people who waste their opportunities at the prestigious UCs. For example, two years ago I met a recent UCLA graduate working as a security guard making 10 dollars an hour. He had the degree, but didn’t do anything with it.</p>
<p>To sum this up, going to a Berkeley or a UCLA is a great thing. They offer a lot of opportunities that the Riverside’s, Santa Cruz’s, and Davis’ of the world do not. However, regardless of what UC you ultimately attend, realize that what you get out of your experience depends on what you put in.</p>
<p>well said mschaaf</p>
<p>I agree with you mschaaf. I’m sorry if I offended you in any way. I know when it comes down to it I would be content in attending UCSC. I meant it is a UC after all. I’m aware that not being accepted to UCLA or CAL will not be the end of the world but it feels like it, especially when you worked your butt off and sacrificed your social life to do so. This is why I will be so concerned if UCLA does not accept me. Despite my attitude, like I said earlier I wouldn’t mind attending SD, SB, I, SC, etc.</p>
<p>Nice points Mschaf, all the UCs are excellent schools! And I just got into Davis; they emailed me saying a decision was ready. Anyone else check their Davis login??</p>
<p>Ho hum… Off to Kinko’s I go!</p>
<p>Squarepeg wrote:
“Cal_girl, I used to get panick attacks all the time. Your heart starts to race and feels really tight, you think you’re having a heart attack and you can’t catch your breath. Distraction and deep breathing worked the best for me”</p>
<p>if you dont mind my asking, why did you get panic attacks?
yeah…that’s what i felt like, although not a a very big scale (since i was able to keep trudging to my midterm). thanks for the tip in case it ever happens to me again. if anyone is really into developmental psychology…Alison Gopnik is one of my professors this semester…that was the class i was walking to for my midterm. damn…this little incident is a reminder that i need to really chill when spring break comes (next week)…ok after this post i’m going to get on the phone and call a spa. hmmm and since im feeling generous, i will tell them to book my boyfriend too on me…and i’ll suprise him with it since he’s been working really hard all 3 years here…</p>
<p>mschaaf wrote:
“To sum this up, going to a Berkeley or a UCLA is a great thing. They offer a lot of opportunities that the Riverside’s, Santa Cruz’s, and Davis’ of the world do not. However, regardless of what UC you ultimately attend, realize that what you get out of your experience depends on what you put in.”</p>
<p>yeah well said! i thought of malcolm x when i was reading this…he never went to college…but he was able to out debate harvard professors because he was very self educated. :)</p>
<p>I apologize if this has been discussed before, but does anyone know how the application review process actually works? Specifically, do they go through each application once and then make a decision, or do applications have to survive a number of “rounds” before a final decision is made?</p>
<p>Cal-girl, well, the first one I got was when I was going to visit a long distance boyfriend several years ago and was nervous. I didn’t think I was nervous, I just thought I was having a heart attack. Seriously, it’s really scary sometimes because your conscious mind doesn’t know you’re worried about something, but your subconscious does. I didn’t get another one until two years later after I basically overdosed on ecstasy. After that I got them almost everyday, sometimes twice a day for about eight months, then they tapered off. After awhile I just got used to it and found lots of ways to distract myself, like watching movies, especially comedies. I guess the chemicals in my brain got all outta whack. Needless to say, I don’t really take E anymore.</p>