<p>BUT BERKELEY IS MY DREAM SCHOOL!</p>
<p>my academics are alright (4.3 UC GPA, full IB, 2080 SAT, 2 5's AP)
and my extracurriculars are pretty good (captain 2 sports, MUN, Red Cross President)
I grew up in the middle east/speak arabic but im asian american
Im ranked 12/425</p>
<p>i read on Ms Suns blog that UCLA is more academics/numbers driven, and Cal is more extra curricular/story driven...</p>
<p>Any truth to that you think? what is your experience observing the student body at Berkeley? </p>
<p>and maybe what you think my chances are? :) o and im a CA resident from Socal</p>
<p>o and my schedule this year is very challenging (all APs and IBs)</p>
<p>i’m interested too. (sry for the post)</p>
<p>The thing with LA is that so many people apply that you need a top notch or at least stand-out file (read: both academics and extracurrics). At Cal, you still need those two, but if you have one or two bad apples affecting your gpa, they’ll give you a shot. That’s how I feel at least.
Regarding chances, there are still instances where people get into LA but not Cal, yet I haven’t heard of many (throughout my HS years, maybe only happened two/three times as far as I know). Usually (as you probably know) it’s “get into Cal, but not UCLA.”</p>
<p>The admissions boards at both school talk to each other and make sure that if you’re admitted to one school, you’re rejected from the other.</p>
<p>^i know thats not true. i know a couple kids last year who got into both. but thanks phoobah lol.</p>
<p>at my school at least we get more kids getting into LA than Cal. very few get into both but the people who just get into Cal are kind of flukes because their academics arent phenomenal</p>
<p>First off, congrats. I was fortunate enough to get into both school so I don’t think its impossible.</p>
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<p>I sure hope that’s true. I just got into UCLA, but Cal is my first choice.</p>
<p>Well your UCLA acceptance doesn’t IMPACT your Berkeley decision, but it does indicate that you are qualified enough to get accepted (Since UCLA and Berkeley are schools of similar caliber.)</p>
<p>impetuous, it is so great to hear you say that. I really really really like Berkeley. If I get in, I would probably choose it over an Ivy League.</p>
<p>^@mickjagger, yeah thats exactly how i feel. i applied to upenn, cornell, northwestern, etc but if i got into Cal thats where id go for financial/awesome reasons</p>
<p>clearly its possible…but the chances are that you only get accepted into one. Congrats and good luck of course.</p>
<p>I got into both, too. I don’t feel that getting into UCLA will hurt your chances at getting into Cal. Almost all my friends that got into UCLA got into Cal and vice versa.</p>
<p>clearly its possible…but the chances are that you only get accepted into one. </p>
<p>I think the chance that you’ll get into Cal is greatly increased if you get into LA. If you don’t get into LA, then you still have a shot at Cal.
Of course, this doesn’t hold true 100% of the time so I don’t want to hype up the hopeful kids.</p>
<p>@Batman17</p>
<p>To reiterate, your chances of getting into Cal does not INCREASE OR DECREASE because you get into UCLA. The two are entirely separate. UCLA acceptance might indicate your competence, and that’s it.</p>
<p>Just from my experiences, that’s what has happened. Also, if you’re from Norcal, you get into UCLA, but not Cal. Vice versa for Socal kids. There are always exceptions (whichever way you think is the rule, there are still exceptions). These two things are just what I’ve observed.</p>
<p>And I’m from Norcal and go to Cal, didn’t get into UCLA. So of course everything I say is not completely true.</p>
<p>Berkeley engineering is MUCH more selective than UCLA engineering right? I was admitted to UCLA engineering, but applied to Berkeley L&S because I didn’t think that I’d have a good shot at Berkeley engineering. Did I make the right choice?</p>
<p>don’t think there is one.</p>
<p>My son was admitted to UCLA yesterday as Regents Scholar. Today he interviewed at Berkeley for Regents Scholar and they told him at the interview that he was admitted. Your theory is not true.</p>
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<p>No. They are both strong for engineering. Although, I am pretty sure Berkeley’s EECS is better.</p>