<p>the appeal success rate i think is actually 10% or so, i read somewhere (no longer have the link anymore) that they accepted 27 fall and 90 something spring admissions out of 1000 people. so it's more likely that if ur appeal is successful you'll get admitted spring.</p>
<p>"so it's more likely that if ur appeal is successful you'll get admitted spring."</p>
<p>Agreed.</p>
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<p>Excellent information. Out of curiosity, Berkeley required appeals to be postmarked by the 15th. Now, in the PDF, reference was made to appeals being RECEIVED by the 15th (those appeals will be responded to by May 1st). </p>
<p>My situation: My appeal was postmarked on the 13th, tracked as arriving on the 17th. Which dilineation will I fall under?</p>
<p>I sent it via registered mail - you can check online whether or not it has been received</p>
<p>from the Berkeley Freshmen Selection Process Fall 2006 FAQ:
"If you do have significant new information to present and decide to appeal our admissions decision, please submit your request in writing, postmarked by April 15, 2006."</p>
<p>seeing as they said postmarked in this more recent web page (the PDA contains information on applicants), i would assume that you would receive your decision by may 1st. once again, you can still rescined your SIR to another school should you get into Cal after may 1st. yes, you would have to forfeit the $100 or so that you pay when you submit your SIR. however, if you look at the big picture (i.e. college tuition, getting to go to UC Berkeley, etc.), that's really not that much.</p>
<p>Directly from the appeals information: "Berkeley received nearly 1,000 freshman appeals for fall 2003; fall admission was granted to 29 students and spring admission to 94 students."</p>
<p>Unfortunately, these statistics are 3 years old...perhaps we could assume more people appeal as the number of applicants to the university in general grows?</p>
<p>maybe, but people are applying to more school so they have more options, so they might not have to appeal</p>
<p>If you guys think about it, they only have like 3 more days to decide that is if they stick to the may 1st deadline. They don't work on weekends do they? I suppose more people will know about rejections tomorrow and the day after. I am really nervous...</p>
<p>There's no guarantee they will post by May 1st though =</p>
<p>I have to agree with colline, it is a lot better to not have heard yet than otherwise. while it is really nerve-wracking to not know yet, it is more likely a good sign than not. if I dont hear by friday, i will be sending and SIR to ucsd, this weekend will be too consumed by AP studying, i might forget to do it :-/</p>
<p>noo. i just heard. appeal denied :-(. oh well at least i'm still goin to SD. plus, it's their loss to not have me at their school. bwahaha</p>
<p>How did you hear? Thx</p>
<p>infamy, when did you postmark your appeal?</p>
<p>you can tell by your myberkeleyapp website
and I don't think postmark date matters a lot--I know people who have postmarked 6th all the way to 13th who have heard already</p>
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<p>any of them heard they were accepted, and when were those postmarked? thats whats most interesting to me. it seems like there is a tier system, where you can be rejected at any level but only accepted at the top. the question is, how many tiers are there, how many people with the power to reject do you have to get through before an acceptance is possible?</p>
<p>scapermoya, i think you're worrying a little too much ;)
anyways, we'll probably know by tomorrow or monday. admissions staff don't work on weekends.</p>
<p>im actually not that worried, ill be fine at either school, its the waiting thats bugging me</p>
<p>Several students at my school found out today - all rejected. I think that it is safe to say that not only do postmarks not matter, decisions are handed out in bunches, tiers if you will. Each tier up the pyramid in appeals hosts less students. The top tier gets fall admits, the next gets spring, the next (and all others), rejections. Gratz to all those who have made it this far without a decision!</p>
<p>I think we still have like one or maybe two more tier to go to get accepted because from last year's appeal archives, I found out that one guy got in on appeal on may 2nd. I am so nervous. How many of us still have yet to hear?</p>