Fuck.

My parents are convinced that UCSD is a bullshit school because everyone gets accepted, which is partly true since I had that Fail in Physics and Daniel had that D in Calculus. But come on, it's ranked higher than Irvine. Although, Irvine is definitely more selective and more appealing for the Asian parent -_-. My mom says if I get accepted to either Irvine or Berkeley, she's going to celebrate. If I don't, I get nothing. That's complete and utter bullshit. She hailed my older brother as some kind of God, with his whatshebelievestobe 3.8 GPA and his whatshebelievestobe 2000 SAT Score (In reality it was 3.7 and 1700). There are double standards everyone. They treat him so much easier when it comes to education than they do me. What, I get nothing for going into college? She says what's the point, there's nothing special if everyone gets in, and the fact that I got rejected from UCLA is a big deal, since that's the BEST school. Well, obviously I'm not the best then, just give up on me then. She tells me she knows I'm clever, and that I could have made it into UCLA if I hadn't wasted my time competing. She tells me, NOW, that I should have focused on YUCA and I should have been on cabinet or something and I should have done tutoring. WTF? Weren't my parents the ones who told me YUCA is a complete and utter waste of time, that they're cheap ass people who want to make kids work, who rewarded my brother's 4 years of service with a $100 scholarship? $100 is something, and it's because of THAT that I started YUCA late, and that I wasn't allowed to do anything. They say a lot of things, how I didn't listen to them, how they know everything. Yeah, because they've been through high school, been through the pressure, because they supported all my endeavors. Oh wait, they didn't. They just told me I can't do this, this and this is a complete and utter waste of time, while I was being dedicated in doing it. They told me no one wanted GSA's help, they told me YUCA was unneeded, they told me Academic Decathlon was worthless. Well, they should have seen UC's second prompt, and they should have seen the criteria for admission into UCSD.


http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/freshmen/process.html

Step I: Academic review	Maximum Consideration
Uncapped Grade Point Average (GPA)	4,500
Scores of all required exams	3,200
Number of "a-g" courses beyond the minimum	500
Step II: Additional academic factors
Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC)	300
Educational environment	300
Step III: Socioeconomic factors
Low family income	300
First generation college attendance	300
Step IV: Personal characteristics and achievement factors
Demonstrated leadership	300
Special talents/ achievements/ awards	300
Community and volunteer service	300
Participation in academic development preparation programs	300
Special circumstances/ personal challenges	500

I get a shitload of points from everything other than GPA and ELC. I look at this and I see my work these past four years, and I love this criteria. It looks at everything. I don't care if UCSD is a shit pity school, because it graded me on everything I've accomplished, everything I hoped colleges would see.

I'm going to separate this post into two because this is just full of bitter resentment and my next post will be about my hopes for the future :)