<p>Honestly where did vintij go???</p>
<p>Seriously, I’m really curious lol.</p>
<p>I know… but am not allowed to say… :).</p>
<p>Touche… ;p</p>
<p>hahaha 
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<p>idk i wrote my tale out and its an epic post…lol…</p>
<p>yay or nay? do you want to read the whole experience?</p>
<p>Jane, there is a fan club just waiting to read your experience. Do it for your fans! Ahahah oh my gosh.</p>
<p>it was never my intention to have such a dramatic transfer experience. after i was denied from UCLA out of high school, i pledged my hatred towards it. i even went to a USC football game and bought a Trojan shirt. when i started community college, i began coursework for a completely different major than Anthropology. my life was made up for me and so I was meant to be a ______ but I rebelled against my mother’s wishes and sought after my own dreams. my new dream school became UCSD. i dreamt of renting a cute loft in Gaslamp…preferably a cute loft next to a cute baseball player from Petco Park. i dreamt of renting a studio near Sunset Cliffs and hanging out at the pier in Pacific Beach. i dreamt of Balboa Park and the cute cobblestones that led to one of my favorite places in the world, The Museum of Man. i did a lot of dreaming but when the time came to apply i learned more about UCSD and it became less appealing to me……UCSD became my 2nd choice after Berkeley….then it was UCSB and lastly UCLA.</p>
<p>Berkeley rejected me, UCSD accepted me, UCSB accepted me and finally UCLA accepted me. i immediately crossed off UCSD and had to make my decision to either UCLA or UCSB….i fell in love with UCSB but ultimately I SIRed to UCLA.</p>
<p>when i SIRed it was the happiest day of my life, my bitterness from being rejected went away and i was excited to be a Bruin. i however, did not meet my conditions for admissions and got rescinded (many of you have heard this story…sorry) i was left heartbroken and decided to pick up my bootstraps and try for UCLA again. UCLA was my dream because during that year, i remained on their Anthropology Department emailing list and received information about everything and formulated a clear goal…UCLA or bust… i pictured my life there and planned everything out. i was so excited at the possibility of being accepted again….</p>
<p>blah blah blah….i applied again to the same schools…UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD and UCSB……i heard back from the SD and SB on the first day decisions were out….but UCLA toyed with me and left me hanging with an absurd pending message. i was getting sick to my stomach but logged on one day and saw the long awaited “Congratulations” banner. i was over the moon. </p>
<p>then something happened out of nowhere and to my amazement, Berkeley accepted me. yes, it was a spring admission but it was so surprising that they accepted me i felt proud about it. for me Berkeley never was an option, i always thought i wouldn’t get in so when people talked about it i just thought…okay cool…… Berkeley is cool…</p>
<p>everyone i told in my real life said, you are so Berkeley…why are you still thinking about it? but my heart was set on UCLA…then my dilemma started, i immediately felt i had to visit Berkeley because I could not turn down the offer blindly. so i decided one night to drive up….may 4th i think it was….i didn’t have time to plan it and it would have been better had i flown or taken the train cuz driving up there all by yourself is mind numbing and dangerous…i was never so glad to smell manure (that and red bull kept me awake)…no one could go with me because it was last minute and at first i was bummed but then
i realized that it was a good thing that I went all by myself…because that’s how it would be if I went to Berkeley……no friends or family….nothing safe or secure. i expected to hate the place, the town with all its eccentrics and hobos but i didn’t…and when i got on campus it was love at first sight. i immediately felt the history and the vibe and the real life me is very much an activist and idealist and conscious of things….i loved that about Berkeley and so when I got there it felt fated. </p>
<p>blah blah blah….i got home and i was torn even more so between UCLA and Berkeley. i was excited about everything UCLA ……I had a roommate to dorm with and I had Team TriAnthro to look forward to. i loved the idea of being a Bruin and I loved the idea of being close to home and everything I ever loved about life and and everything i loved about Los Angeles. </p>
<p>so i decided to go on the beautiful pristine UCLA campus one last time with my friend (potential roommate) and right when i stepped on the campus i knew where i belonged. and that was really hard for me……up until May 30th I had been heartbroken and confused and unsure of everything and anything….</p>
<p>because the ranking of the Anthropology departments are on par and because prestige to me does not matter, i had to ask myself:
where i would enjoy living for two or three years?
where would i grow the most as a person?
if i died, would i spend my last days with my friends and family and everything i ever loved or would i spend it off on some adventure?
i would be a hypocrite if i said i would spend my last days on some adventure……but since i am not dying i am living…why not get out of my comfort zone and live a little?
i picked Berkeley.</p>
<p>UCLA will be there for me when I get back home….grad school…or for a professorship….UCLA wants me and we are meant to be together one day (i got accepted twice) we too are fated. i just have to grow and come back to fully appreciate it. </p>
<p>Go Bearuins!</p>
<p>Thank you for reading this my beloved CCers…you have helped me so much and have been there to answer questions and lend an online ear. i would like to especially thank my friend theregoes Evan you are a cool shark bro…a cool shark. </p>
<p>Love, janethedoe
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<p>p.s. as a preemptive strike i would like to add…</p>
<p>tl;dr</p>
<p>Cool story, sis.</p>
<p>aww <em>tears</em> (not really)</p>
<p>Jane! As sad as I am that you will not be there with us at LA, I’m so happy for your going to Berkeley. Your story is amazing. Keep it up at Cal!</p>
<p>If you won’t be there for Fall, come visit us. I’ll swipe you, hahaha <3</p>
<p>hahahaha thnx edelynly!!! i will def be there at UCLA in the Fall i am still doing Team Tri!!!</p>
<p>i will get a little of both worlds </p>
<p>I knew it…</p>
<p>Best of luck to you, janethedoe.</p>
<p>tl;dr</p>
<p>Congrats Jane on picking UC Merced!</p>
<p>Lol @ Merced! Go get em, Tiger!</p>
<p>very touching… 
I wish you the best.</p>
<p>What the **** are you on about?</p>
<p>congrats jane</p>
<p>That was actually a pretty good read haha. Are you doing the extension@ Cal? Or going back to your CC until spring?</p>
<p>Oh and there’s no such thing as “pick[ing] up [your] bootstraps.”</p>
<p>I lol’d at the butchered idiom.</p>
<p>Congrats Jane hunny! It’s been a long, hard road for you and I’m glad you’re going with your heart. Can’t wait to 8-Clap all over your Bears!</p>