<p>Yeah, I'm OOS, and I had no idea about this spring admit system. Now I can't decide between just being a full student at UT Austin or doing the FPF. Will it be hard to meet people being OOS and FPF?</p>
<p>i got spring admit (low gpa but high SAT) and am planning to go anyways (hopefully i will get FPF) but i was wondering whether its difficult to get FPF..? If you send your check within the first couple days do you have a fairly good chance of getting it? and is it true that spring admits are second priority in terms of housing? (e.g. does this hurt my chances of getting in the same dorm with some friends who got fall admit?)</p>
<p>It's first come first serve so if you send the check now you should be guaranteed a spot. As for housing it's unlikely that you will be able to dorm with the friends you request; most people end up with triples in the the units or up at foothill/bowles/stern. </p>
<p>cew926: It's actually easier to meet people in FPF because the class sizes are smaller. Because there's only about 700 students total you will see a lot of the same people in your classes.</p>
<p>I'm thankful that I was accepted for the fall semester, but I'm wondering : does getting a spring admission mean you are toward the bottom of the accepted applicant pool or is it just chosen at random?</p>
<p>My advice is to send your check asap and apply for housing. Lots of spring admits get on campus housing. I've met a ton of them during the last few years. Once you hit Berkeley this August, there is virtually no difference between a fall and spring admit. And no one cares, either. You can get season tickets for football, participate in all student activities, and your classes are down the street. By December, even you won't remember you were a spring admit. Make your Cal decision based on anything except the horror of being a spring admit. Congratulations on being accepted!</p>
<p>If you are planning on doing pre-med and got in for the spring semester, are you at a disadvantage? Because you can't start taking the prereq chem and bio courses right away, so wouldn't you be behind everyone else?</p>
<p>Has anyone else been in this situation, and was it easy to catch up with the other pre-meds? because getting into med school is competitive enough as is, so if this will just make it harder, I'd rather go to ucla.. =</p>
<p>I'm a pre-med who was in FPF and it really shouldn't be a problem. Freshmen usually only take Chem 1A first semester anyway so it's easy to catch up by either adding a bit of extra courseload or taking summer session. For example instead of taking chem first semester I got an extra breadth course out of the way. I'm taking Chem 1A right now and will take Chem 3A (first sem of o-chem) this summer.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that I'll be attending Cal, albeit as a Spring admit. I'm excited, though!
But I can't get my parents to let me sign up for FPF (it's only been a few hours since Cal decisions, so I'm hoping FPF won't fill up by the time I can change their minds!).
If I can't get into FPF, I was wondering if anyone knew:
1. If I attend a community college during the fall semester, how do those credits carry over to Cal? Do they serve as GPA boosters on my Cal transcript once I'm attending classes at Cal? Or do I still have free reign over which credits at the community college I would like to transfer over to Cal that fulfill breadth course requirements? I don't know how the CC transfer credits work, really.
2. If I attend a community college during the fall semester, and I do not want to load up on breadth courses for the following Spring semester at Cal, is my best bet at finishing my breadth courses by the time I apply for Haas (Winter 2009 I'm assuming? I have no idea!) through attending Cal's summer session?
Does Cal even offer breadth courses over the summer?</p>
<p>If I do apply for FPF on time:
3. Will I be presented with the same choices for housing as Fall admits? (I'd like to live in Unit 2 with only one other person!) I'm concerned about this because I don't want to end up in a dorm other than my top choices, and I really don't want to live with 2 other roommates.
4. How likely will I get to room with a Fall admit if she and I agree to write each other down as roommates?</p>
<p>With all these questions, I'm wondering if it would be better for me to just attend my 2nd best option: UCSD for Business Economics?
(Sorry! All my questions make me appear a little needy.)
Thanks!</p>
<p>I've decided that I want to do FPF, but I'm worried that all of the spots are going to fill up. I live all the way in the deep south, and I'm afraid that my mail will get there later than everyone's in California. If I sent the letter and money this morning, do you think my spot will be safe?</p>
<p>Use priority mail.</p>
<p>That doesn't sound very reassuring....
oh well, the truth is probably best in the given situation hah</p>
<p>@cew926:
im oos and met several oos and a couple intl students in fpf...it doesn't really matter though to be honest because youre sure to get along with all the in-state people (and the vast majority of the people youll meet will be in-state). and if for some reason you don't get along with in-staters, chances are you won't get along any better with oos-ers</p>
<p>@anyone else considering fpf:
i really wanted to make sure i got into fpf so i rush delivered my deposit the first possible day...not saying you should do this but just putting it out there. the money used to rush deliver is well worth it too</p>
<p>Unless you snipe easy classes (EPSM!!!!) it is not necessarily a grade booster. For example, R1B is a notorious B factory.</p>
<p>what if I decide to enroll in a FPF by the middle of April? Do you guys think they'll have space?
And does anyone know how many people were admitted for the Spring semester?</p>
<p>@jasonlee576:
i forgot to add in my previous post that i wasn't 100% sure that i was even going to berkeley when i sent in that deposit...i just knew that i definitely wanted to do FPF if i did choose berkeley, so i sent in that deposit right away...it's a lot better to have sent in the deposit and decide not to do it later (i think its only $100 you are losing) than to not have sent the deposit and decide you wanna do the program when it's too late (if it's full, no amount of money will get you in)</p>
<p>Just sent in my stuff today too-- priority mail. I really, really hope I'm safe.
*They were closed Friday, so I'm assuming they'll get a lot of mail on Mon.</p>
<p>Yeah, I sent a second one today, because my first wasn't priority. I overnighted it, so it should get there Tuesday. I really hope that it wont be full when they open on Monday.</p>
<p>Also, fax your course selection form ASAP after your SIR. Take 16 full units, don't skimp and take 13. From what I've seen from my fall admit friends who took 13, it's turned many of them weak sauce.</p>
<p>Take Classics 10A. Its a lot of reading, but it is really fun and you can use it for one of three different breadth requirements (historical stud., philosophy and values, or arts and lit.). The instructor is cool and is a bay area poet (David Larsen is his name).</p>
<p>He is a decently easy grader. You get a free 15% or so for just going to discussion and taking his open-notebook quizzes.</p>
<p>yay. my register for FPF box is checked on the website! (this does mean that I have a spot right?)</p>
<p>hey i got spring too!!!
i totally thought i was rejected in the beginning. hahaaa
confusion to the extremee</p>