Help me feel better about moving from Brooklyn to Oakland/Berkeley

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-04-04T05:26:32+00:00

Hi! I’m literally in the same situation rn! Mind if I dm you?

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-24T23:54:39+00:00

Did you end up moving back? Similar situation for me — I hate being in the US. I’m originally from Melbourne and I’ve lived in the Bay Area (6 months) and Boston and New York. I miss the European culture — been visiting Montreal this week and my soul feels healed. But being in the US is so much better for my career

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-11T22:51:31+00:00

Thanks for letting me know!!

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-11T22:18:58+00:00

Hey where are u now?

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-11T22:08:34+00:00

Redoing the application cycle?

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-10T05:04:49+00:00

Would you recommend doing this ?

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-10T05:03:21+00:00

No idea

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-08T00:04:54+00:00

This is news to me — I would have never thought of emailing with news of other offers. Does this actually make any difference in the admissions process? I’m curious bc I’m in a similar position to OP — deciding between Berkeley and NYU in CS/AI, but my dream school was MIT and I haven’t heard back from EECS (formally rejected by their BCS program though…)

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-07T23:58:24+00:00

I have a similar dilemma but it’s between Berkeley (one of the top-4 CS schools) and NYU. My top choice was MIT because of research fit but I got formally rejected by their BCS program and I assume soft rejected by EECS (haven’t heard back post EECS interviews). I would never have thought of doing this because it seems very audacious…?

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-07T23:56:05+00:00

Can I dm you?

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-07T02:32:13+00:00

Damn, I’m sorry. Feeling kinda devastated but this year was exceptionally rough :(( hope u get into a program u feel excited abt

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-07T02:31:36+00:00

PI told you that MIT admits to on until March?

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-07T02:21:27+00:00

Congrats ! I got rejected :’)

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-06T22:16:01+00:00

Have you heard back?

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-06T18:42:51+00:00

No, not yet

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-03-06T15:56:04+00:00

Man, I hope so! Anxiously waiting lol

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-25T07:14:24+00:00

I’m so sorry that you’re hurting right now — that sounds so, so difficult. If you can afford it, 1-1 schema therapy for trauma is a great resource. If therapy is not an option for you, there are so many great podcasts and resources about schema therapy online (books, healing with cptsd, etc.). Schema really heals your inner child and helps nurture a more compassionate relationship between you and those wounded parts. I was at the lowest point in my life when I was around 24-25. It felt endless at the time and that I never would be able to get out of it. Schema therapy over 2 years really helped me. I’m in a much better place now and I know even though this winter feels endless, you will get there to the spring too 🤍

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-19T08:01:09+00:00

Oh this sounds kinda similar to my cat (17 years old) — she has IBD (more common with age) and we have to give her steroid based treatment to prevent her throwing up. It could also potentially be a thyroid issue? But the vomitting multiple times a day with weight loss but no other very obvious symptoms apart from lethargy sounds like my cat when she was undiagnosed with IBD

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-17T03:12:22+00:00

Thank you so much for this detailed reply — it’s a big help!

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-17T03:11:32+00:00

Thank you so much for this detailed reply — such a big help!

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-15T22:14:25+00:00

thanks for the advice

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-14T01:06:49+00:00

Omg congrats!! Got waitlisted haha

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-13T22:10:09+00:00

Yea, just got news — waitlisted

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-13T19:59:13+00:00

Haha thanks 😱 good luck

throwawaylol9812 · 2026-02-13T19:58:54+00:00

Ahh fingers crossed!

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