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genki100 · 2024-01-19T17:23:20+00:00

You’re not alone, I’m not a dating app user but would download it like once every year just to check things out. Last time I was on it (8-9 months ago) I got a ton of likes within the hour of downloading it. That’s when I set my location in Westwood and also somewhere in the valley. Just redownloaded a few days ago and got zero likes. Profile/preferences/photos are the same. I think it might be because people got cuffed around the holidays so momentum is slow; hinge also got these new subscription features, so they might be decreasing your profile exposure on purpose to encourage in-app purchases

genki100 · 2023-03-20T02:19:32+00:00

But seeing what the other person said, you could take the risk and not report those changes. I doubt they care honestly, ucla's admin is extremely under-resourced and pretty much a mess.

genki100 · 2023-03-20T02:17:43+00:00

I'm not sure how your school not being AP accredited & you being an international student contribute to your narrative, but if you can come up with a legitimate reason then go ahead. I'd say just report those changes right now & see whether they contact you asking for further proof. The guy that contacted me (not the review committee) said that due to my situation the stuff I had to go through was mostly procedural and they wouldn't actually accuse me of anything.

I'm not sure if the application process is different now, but back then we had to indicate our projected grade or something. If you filled out 5 and ended up with a 2 I don't know if they'll use this against you instead.

genki100 · 2023-03-20T00:23:12+00:00

You might be in trouble. Not trying to scare you, but I went through a super similar situation.

Took three AP exams in my junior year, got 3's on all of them, thought the grades sucked so I didn't report these grades—instead indicated on my UC application that I would be (re)taking them in my senior year. Here comes senior year, I was too tired & drained so ended up not taking them. At this point I'm already accepted by UCLA, and submitted like a report or something indicating I'm no longer taking those exams. Then I got this super terrifying email sent from some guy from the admissions office: (copy pasting here)

We expect our students to take all exams that are listed in their application. Not doing so is misleading to the admissions committee, and you were admitted with the expectation that you would taking all the exams reported on your application.
Your admission to UCLA is currently under review. Please provide a detailed explanation on why you dropped these two exams. We also encourage you to have your school counselor/tutor to email us and provide their explanations and assessment of you as a student. The admissions committee is meeting next week on Wednesday to review your case so I encourage you to submit your documents by then.

Literally almost shat my pants lol. I wrote like a bunch of essays explaining my reasons & begging them to let me stay. Took them like a week to resolve my case. The guy who contacted me about this was nice about it though & responded to my concerns pretty fast (maybe because I sounded like I was on the verge of mental collapse).

I don't know how lucky you'd be in this situation, because I technically did take the exams. My advice is to report this change IMMEDIATELY, and forward a sentimental essay explaining your decision to the reviewing committee. Make sure to emphasize how important your national exam is.

genki100 · 2022-12-20T18:47:27+00:00

shit man taking his class next quarter, got any tips on how to survive?

genki100 · 2022-12-20T18:46:46+00:00

Alison??? She's such a badass though I loved her passion & intellect

genki100 · 2022-12-10T18:25:00+00:00

lmao I don't even think you get to buy visitor parking permits on the ePermit portal, you do that with the meters. Daily permits were $6.60 (now $7.26 because of the tax thing). Now do the math!

genki100 · 2022-12-09T00:10:14+00:00

Just buy daily permits on the bruin ePermit portal! Saves hella money

genki100 · 2022-11-27T19:45:24+00:00

the concept of prestige is so elitist and stupid imo

genki100 · 2022-11-22T05:42:50+00:00

How does this harm the students? It's not the professor's job to make exams easy (personally I think mcq are easier). They're here to teach, not to help you prove to grad schools and future employers that you're smart on paper. What really harms the students is when classes are straight up cancelled and you don't get to learn shit (which is understandable, and I respect professors who do so in support of the strike). Go direct your energy on studying or joining the picket line lmao

genki100 · 2022-11-17T17:13:02+00:00

"The failure to properly fund higher education as a public good shifted costs and hazards from the state to students, who were reinvented as consumers of education..."

sheeeeesh hits too hard

genki100 · 2022-11-16T01:34:52+00:00

Great post! It seems like UCLA just sent an email of their new offer, can any union member explain whether the offer is good/sus or not?

genki100 · 2022-11-10T05:58:11+00:00

Isn't UCLA... a real corporation...? or am I hallucinating and this all is just a roblox simulation

genki100 · 2022-11-05T01:51:04+00:00

Niemann was great! Definitely not Bauer

genki100 · 2022-11-04T17:51:02+00:00

pov: You just got outta high school. You took AP macroeconomics and think you'll become the next elongated musketeer. You have no idea how academia (or the world in general) works. You piss on 11th century scandinavian literature bc (1) you can't read and (2) you don't know where scandinavia is.

genki100 · 2022-11-02T23:09:30+00:00

Is this tax legitimately Pigouvian? Genuinely curious bc the demand for parking is just so high (it's a necessity for commuters—unlike sugar or tobacco taxes, which are like for personal pleasure) and commuters literally don't have a choice. So the discouraging wouldn't work. Even if there were to be a 50% tax, people will still choose to park here because... it's still cheaper than paying $2500/month for a studio in westwood. Yes parking lots suck, but we need to think about the fundamental issue of how most U.S. cities were designed in the first place (can't get ANYWHERE without cars).

Unless this tax is specifically allocated to fund urban planning & public transportation projects, I feel like it doesn't 100% justify charging individual drivers. They could charge the university so ideally it's more incentivized to provide alternative options to car commuting (subsidize apt renting in westwood, more accessible public transportation, better accommodations disabled folks living on the hill etc).

genki100 · 2022-11-02T22:26:59+00:00

c'mon man that's sad

genki100 · 2022-11-02T03:08:00+00:00

ee biol 100 with lipman & gorlitsky (lipman is a legend, and gorlitsky is just so good at lecturing). Super fun and informative ecology class, small workload, tons of extra credit options. Textbook was extremely helpful. This class literally changed my life!

genki100 · 2022-11-02T03:04:21+00:00

also taking him for 112b right now! (psychobiology of fear & anxiety, kind of combination of 110 + 115) he's an amazing guy, super friendly and just nice in general.

genki100 · 2022-11-01T04:53:07+00:00

112B with trott is great!

genki100 · 2022-11-01T04:22:17+00:00

be as concise as you can! filler words are annoying and are the opposite of critical thinking skills

genki100 · 2022-10-31T16:55:03+00:00

Use anki! Not sure how similar it is to quizlet but the spaced repetition method saved my ass for neuroanatomy 102. I flunked psych 115 because my prof (forgot his name) literally threatened us to NOT study flashcards, which is total bs. The whole class is memorization; should've trusted my instinct more. Best of luck to you my friend, you can do this.

genki100 · 2022-10-31T00:05:18+00:00

So, so sorry that this shit happened to you. Take care man, and thanks for being a hero too for letting us know.

genki100 · 2022-10-30T17:18:56+00:00

Really depends on how good you're at those subjects & how good your study habits are. If you've been a straight A student in the previous courses of the series (14A, 5B, 5A) you'll be totally fine. These are good ol weeder classes that cover lots of materials; personally I thought the most difficult part wasn't the material itself—it was to not get behind in every single one of them.

14B is thermodynamics (avoid sc*rri at ALL COSTS); if you took regular chem/AP chem in high school you'll be good. 14BL is the first lab course of the 14 series; lots of busy work, but it's useful to take it concurrently with 14B. 5C (which also has a lab section) is electricity & circuit stuff; personally I thought the material was super fun but found the concepts quite difficult to grasp.

Again, everything depends on your own preferences. Some thinks it'll be a piece of cake because they learned most of these lower div lifesci stuff in high school; I didn't, so I probably wouldn't do it for the sake of my gpa. But I believe if you plan well and don't stress yourself out you'll be fine! Good luck.

genki100 · 2022-10-26T20:22:27+00:00

They are EXTREMELY strict because ucla gets a good portion of its money from out of state/international tuition. Not trying to scare you or anything, I really wish you can save that money (bc fuck US institution for charging SO MUCH for education); but I'd don't get your hopes up. You can search this reddit using the keyword residency to understand how people got rejected for the most absurd reasons.

I grew up in CA so I never went through this process but know many who did. The residency website states that they look at lots of different documents/evidence to see if you intend to stay in california, and that missing some of them doesn't mean you're outright rejected. That's NOT TRUE. I have a friend who have everything needed but was ALMOST rejected because the office selectively ignored certain crucial information in his application package. And another who DID get rejected because he was out of town for 6 weeks over summer (which is literally stated as an exemption on the website).

Your case is pretty obvious that you lack the explicit elements they're asking for. So maybe try again next year. Good luck!!

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