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<p>I was accepted :smiley: </p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2170; CR: 720, W: 790, M: 660
ACT: 30 (but didn’t send score)
APs: 10 taken total (including the 5 this year)
GPA: unweighted 93.26, weighted: Over 100 (I don’t know the actual # because our school never reveals them to us, but everyone in the top 10 had over 100, we were told)
Rank: 10/265
Awards/Honors: National Honor Society, French Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, German Honor Society, AP Scholar
EC: French Club (Secretary, then VP, then Pres), Spanish Club, German Club, History Club, Mock Trial, Speech and Debate, Natural Helpers, and probably more that I’m forgetting
Essay: Recovery from anorexia; my dreams/passions/parents’ (lack of) influence on me
Sex: female
Ethnicity: white
State: NY</p>

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<p>Gloomysheep (Spring 2012 Admission) – I knew someone who did spring enrollment (with fall extension courses) a couple years ago, and it ended up working out fine, but the biggest problem was he wasn’t eligible for dorm housing in the fall and I don’t think he was able to get into the dorms mid-year. That may have changed, but you should definately ask about it. </p>

<p>That issue aside – you’ll get at least 3 1/2 years as a full Cal student and get a Cal degree – not exactly the way you pictured it, but still pretty awesome.</p>

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<p>I also got accepted for spring, from what I read if you do the program it’s basically like going to Cal but you don’t take classes at Berkeley, instead you take them at their extension. You still get to live in the dorms and get financial aid.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters & Sciences (Applied Mathematics)
Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 2270 (720 Reading 800 Math 750 Writing)

  • SAT IIs: 800 Math II 770 Physics 800 Japanese 790 Korean
  • ACT: 31
  • APs: Physics B 5 / Calc AB 5 / World History 2
  • IBs: None (not offered in our school)
  • GPA (UW, W): 3.4 , 4
  • Rank: 80/500 or so…
  • Other stats: Leader & Co-founder of Robotics team, 50 (LOL) hours of Community Service
    </code></pre>

<p>nothing else</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: Leader & Co-founder of Robotics team, 50 (LOL) hours of Community Service

  • Job/Work Experience: none
  • Essays (subject and responses):
    1. How I overcame isolation
    2. How I found the meaning of my life
      1st was horrible, but 2nd was ridiculously good
  • Teacher Recs: None
  • Counselor Rec: None
  • Applied on (EA?): RD
  • Hook (if any): My passion for filmmaking
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA

  • School Type: Public (trash)
  • Ethnicity: Asian
  • Gender: Male
    </code></pre>
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<p>Wow, I see a lot of you were also admitted to the College of Sciences under Film! Me too!</p>

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<p>Wow, I see a lot of you were also admitted to the College of Letters and Sciences under Film! Me too!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters & Sciences (Film)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT IIs: US History 720, Spanish 620

  • ACT: 26 (Test scores can never define me!)
  • APs: US History 4, Biology 4. Spanish 3
  • IBs: None
  • GPA (UW/W): 3.96; 4.36
  • Rank: 4/270
  • My activities/volunteering = Very me =]
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Nor-Cal

  • School Type: Public, Rural! Excellent school! Love it! Make the best with what I have!
  • Gender: Male
    </code></pre>

<p>My mentor has always told me “to never allow test scores or GPAs define you,” and I will never! =D Her words are so true!</p>

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<p>Accepted to College of Letters & Science as a pre-business major! I was offered the Spring 2012 admission, but I’m still very excited to have gotten in :slight_smile: </p>

<p>SAT’s: 2120, 700US History, 700 Lit
AP’s: Microeconomics 4, Macroeconomics 5, US History 5
GPA: 4.0 UW, 4.35+W
Rank: Top 8%
Extracurriculars: stock market club secretary and treasurer, literary magazine editor, bunch of volunteer clubs, jv girl’s golf
Volunteer: 300+ hours teaching autistic kids at my church, assorted other hours
White female from New Jersey, public magnet school</p>

<p>AHHH this is such good news!! congrats to everyone that got accepted</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted!!!</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1840 (Critical Reading 620 Mathematics 610 Writing 610)
ACT: 26
SAT II (if submitted): English Lit (550), US History (590), Math 2 (610)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.6
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0) 4.05
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 45/409
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (3), US History (4), Environmental Science (1), Psychology (2), English Language & Comp (3)</p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load:
AP Calc AB
HP Physiology
Journalism
AP French Lang
AP english lit
AP Government
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, discus award, berkeley iap semifinalist</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CSF, Writing club(founder, president, advisor)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Interact club (vice president)
Essays: moderate
Teacher Recommendation: none</p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major:<br>
State: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: female
Income Bracket: low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college</p>

<p>Reflection: Strengths: honestly don’t know
Weaknesses: grades (so many c’s)</p>

<p>General Comments: I was kind of nonchalant when I found out lol. I kind of let all my excitement out when I found out about UCLA. I had a feeling I was getting in though lol.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Spring Admit</p>

<p>College and Program: College of Letters & Sciences (Integrative Biology)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (by section): 2200 (720 Reading 710 Math 770 Writing)

  • SAT IIs: 720 Math II 740 Bio Molecular
  • ACT: None
  • APs: AP Bio 5
    English Language 4
    Euro History 3
  • IBs: None (not offered in our school)
  • GPA (UW, W): 3.94, Weighted/capped~4.74?
  • Rank: no ranking offered at my school
  • Other stats: AP scholar award,
    </code></pre>

<p>school awards, not really prestigious–>certificate of excellence in math, principals’ list two years</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: piano recital performer, school newspaper writer, junior varsity badminton (freshman yr)

  • Job/Work Experience: none

  • Essays (subject and responses):

    1. how I’m a mix of social city girl and naturalist (I think this was unique and had a sort of mystical/hippie/relaxed sort of tone, wasn’t anything to do w/hardship, more about 2 things i really enjoy in life)
    2. experience of singing opera in drama class (unique for a science major, shows my mixed love of hard science(biology) and the humanities(theater))

  • Teacher Recs: None

  • Counselor Rec: None

  • Applied on (EA?): RD

  • Hook (if any): NOT really. I was: NOT low-income, NOT 1st generation, NOT immigrant, etc.
    </code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: U.S

  • School Type: Public, Suburb
  • Ethnicity: Vietnamese
  • Gender: Female
    </code></pre>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: There are quite a few other bright students at my school. 2300+ SATS, extracurrics like tennis club and spanish club, etc…I was lacking in EC’s, i joined absolutely no clubs, and i would rate my scores 92/100 compared to other top students at my school.
I think my assets were grades and possibly my essays. My SAT score was great but not berkeley-definite material, but my grade reports show improvement in grades. I had 2 B’s in my whole high school career, but 1 of them was in a famously hard class at my school–AP Bio–and I improved to an A second semester.
My essays–I think it helps that I’m a science major…but I have an interest in the humanities, such as drama and theater and writing.
I’m Asian, yes, but I’m Vietnamese, a smaller Berkeley minority. That might have helped? =O
Anyways, I was so confused/happy/thrilled when I found out I was admitted, but in Spring! Most likely I will be going to berkeley. =] I KEEP THINKIN I PUT SOMETHIN WRONG ON MY UC APPLICATION GEEZ. lol. Anyway this was an epic wait of a day. good luck everyone.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted Spring Admit</p>

<ul>
<li>ACT: 28 (bleh :/)</li>
<li>SAT II: US Historry 780, Biology 670</li>
<li>APs: US History 5, World History 5,Eng Comp. 4, Cal AB 3.</li>
<li>IBs: Music SL 5, Design Tech 4</li>
<li>GPA (UW/W): 3.96; 4.2</li>
<li>Rank: 14/ 527</li>
<li>IB/Senior courseload:
IB Physics HL
IB Math Sl
IB English 4 HL
HIstory of the Americas HL
IB Spanish SL
TOK</li>
</ul>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>College/Program: College of Natural Resources (Undeclared)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2190 (670 CR, 780 Math, 740 Writing)
SAT II: 630 US History, 710 Math IIC
GPA: 4.2 Weighted, 3.9 Unweighted
Rank: 36/700
APs: Euro (3), US History (4), Eng Lang (5), Environmental Science (4)
Scored in 98th percentile on PSAT and was Commended Student</p>

<p>ECs:
AFJROTC (tons of leadership positions), Orchestra (leadership positions), CSF</p>

<p>Couple national awards and other misc. awards</p>

<p>145 Community Service Hours</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Teacher at an afterschool (6 hours a week)</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Eng Lit/Comp
AP Calc AB
AP Macroecon
Psychology/Sociology
AFJROTC</p>

<p>Essays:
(1) How I overcame depression
(2) Rough childhood and seeking opportunities without the help of others</p>

<p>I’m pretty surprised I got in honestly. I thought the whole depression essay would kill me for sure.</p>

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<p>Acceptance!
Race: Asian American
State: Tennessee
SAT: 2040
SAT Sub: Math II 790, Lit 650, Chem 570
ACT: 33 (Essay 9)
Tennessee Writing Assessment (Might not have an equivalent in other states): 5 (5th grade), 5(8th grade), 6 (11th grade). Highest is a 6. We take it once every three years starting in 5th grade. Apparently it’s sent out to our colleges.
GPA W: 4.321
GPA U: 3.911
Rank: 11/248
AP: Cal AB 5, Eng Lang 5, Eng lit ?, Cal BC ?</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted for Spring Semester 2012</p>

<p>College/Program: College of Letters & Sciences (Integrative Biology)</p>

<p>SAT I: 2170 (650 CR, 770 Math, 790 Writing)
SAT II: 650 Biology, 650 U.S. History, 800 Math II
GPA: 4.37 Weighted, 3.8 Unweighted
Rank: Top 4%
APs: US History (3), AP Calculus BC (4), AP Calc AB Subscore (4)</p>

<p>ECs:
Dance for a zillion hours a week… (haha)
Leadership
ASB (Student Council) for two years</p>

<p>400+ Community Service Hours</p>

<p>Work Experience:
Barista at a Cafe
Math Tutor</p>

<p>Senior Year Schedule:
AP Micro/Macro Economics
AP Statistics
AP English Lit
AP Environmental Science
ASB
ASB
Jazz 3</p>

<p>Essays:
(1) Growing up with a Mexican family even though I’m Korean :3
(2) Having buckteeth.</p>

<p>I’m pretty surprised I got in, even if it’s for the Spring Semester. Blessed!</p>

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<p>Accepted!! :d</p>

175

<p>Accepted!! :]</p>

<p>rejected from ucla and ucsd, BUT ACCEPTED TO BERKELEY FALL SEMESTER to be more specific</p>

176

<p>Decision:Accepted (College of Letters and Sciences)</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730CR, 790 Math, 720 Writing (2230 total)
ACT:N/A
SAT II: Lit 750, Math II 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Around 3.8
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School does not rank
AP (place score in parenthesis):N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB exams in May </p>

<p>Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma - IB HL Chem, HL Econ, HL English, SL Chinese, SL History, SL Math, Theory of Knowledge</p>

<p>Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Forensics League IDEA China Qualifier Champion, APAC Forensics Debate Gold, APAC Forensics Debate Silver, China Cup Forensics Debate Bronze, China Cup Forensics Third Place Best Individual Speaker, WEMUN Best Delegate, National Merit Commended Student</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 3 years forensics team, 3 years MUN, Head of Publications for Habitat for Humanity, Middle School Chair for Habitat for Humanity, prom committee, Talent Show MC, Side by Side (program where I work with autistic kids)</p>

<p>Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at BusinessWeek China, internship at a publishing company in China, write a monthly magazine column</p>

<p>Volunteer/Community service: Along with several HFH building trips, I spent my sophomore summer in Guizhou helping the local minorities document and preserve their cultural artwork for a website database.</p>

<p>Summer Activities: 2 internships for the past 2 summers, WEMUN conference for summer of sophomore year, went to the National Forensics League Nationals tournament in Kansas City this past summer</p>

<p>Essays: Didn’t think they were as good as my common app essays.</p>

<p>Teacher Recommendation: One from my econ teacher, should be fantastic, other from my math teacher - heard it was great but I can’t check.</p>

<p>Counselor Rec: Don’t know, but he said it was good
Additional Rec: None
Interview: None</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): N/A
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: high
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Involvement in forensics?
Weaknesses: test scores, GPA
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: IDK</p>

<p>Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted (so far) - Wellesley, UC Berkeley, Claremont McKenna, UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC San Diego, George Washington University + $15,000 annual scholarship; Rejected: none so far, still waiting on ivies</p>

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<p>Accepted :D</p>

<p>Stats in another thread.</p>

<p>Accepted to UCLA, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCSD, UC Berkeley, USC, University of the Pacific</p>

<p>Waitin’ on Stanford and Cornell <em>gulp</em></p>

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<p>Cal (: Forget the other UC’s</p>

<p>See you guys CAL DAY / FALL 2011!</p>

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<p>you know what!! CAL DAY WOULD be happening when my sprink break is already over…aye…i have to miss school for this =(
but then again…who cares about school anymore…teheeee</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (Critical Reading 660 Mathematics 750 Writing 790)
ACT: -
SAT II (if submitted): Math 2(790), Chem(730)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA (Out of 5.0): -
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus AB (5), Chem (4)</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Lots
Job/Work Experience: McDonald’s (lol)
Volunteer/Community service: Some
Essays: Okay, not superbly brilliant
Teacher Recommendation: None</p>

<p>Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: International (can’t)
Intended Major: College of Chemistry (However I am currently in L&S for undeclared/pre-business)
State: International
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Okay
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>

<p>Reflection: Strengths: Not sure.
Weaknesses: Uh… Alot. </p>

<p>General Comments: Great school. Pricey for internationals though.</p>