I thought I’d post to give you stats about my D that got in off the waitlist last year. Her stats were - ACT 32, GPA 3.75 uw at a very rigorous bs in the northeast, OOS, no FA, Applied Math Major. She wrote about her fit at Berkeley, and how it aligned with her own beliefs, nothing really academic. She was admitted in the first wave on Friday May 5 at 7pm. She was given the option of Jan admit, or if there was room, FPF Berkeley, FPF San Fran or the London Thing. She chose FPF Berkeley immediately and got in, kids who waited did not. She got housing without an issue. She absolutely did not miss anything by doing FPF, it’s in a building on Hillegass Ave and Dwight, they offer a great array of classes and the max class size is 50, one of her classes was actually on campus. The classes all count as if they were “on campus”. Most of the FPF kids were from the waitlist so that was actually sort of a bonding thing. She competes on a club team, is in a sorority and next year will live off campus. She ended up appreciating the waitlist as “character building” after her initial saltiness for being waitlisted in the first place.