<p>Last year they opened up a lot of spots after the waitlist filled up. Not so sure about this year.</p>
<p>How long does it take them to confirm that they’ve received your CSF?</p>
<p>Never. They don’t tell you. (at least I was never notified).</p>
<p>“I hope you’re not sensitive because Cal (and college in general) is not a place you want to go if you don’t have a thick skin.”</p>
<p>I heard there’s a lot of Asians. Are they all extroverted? I for one am definitely introverted but I’m also smart, so is your logic that I don’t go to college and work as a waiter for Applebees?</p>
<p>Do transfers also get waitlisted?</p>
<p>I’m in a bit of a unique situation. I was accepted in the Fall (I don’t know how I feel about it, but that’s irrelevant), anyway, due to the nature of my High School I’m graduating with 60 UC transferable units that I earned at a community college. I’m still a freshman in Berkeley’s eyes, which is fine. My only question is: if classes are sparse at the FPF should I go? I’ve finished my general ed’s (all my math, English, science, and art/electives are done). I want to be able to have a social structure/friends when I go to Cal, but it would be foolish to sign up for a program and take classes I’ve already finished. Do they offer classes specific to a major? (I’m a linguistics major )</p>
<p>noitangiser - there are some UC specific and some Berkeley specific requirements, thus there may be some courses that you would want to knock off during FPF.</p>
<p>Some of these also depend upon your std test scores, AP test grades and courses completed in HS. </p>
<p>American Culture - one AC class required. Unless assist.org lists one of your completed courses as accepted for the AC requirement, that is one still to take</p>
<p>R&C - unless you are able to waive the requirement for one or both of the Reading and Composition courses, FPF is a good time to take one of them.</p>
<p>Here is the full list of requirements for an L&S degree [Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/]Office”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/) and you should go through to verify that you have already satisfied:</p>
<p>quantitative reasoning
foreign language
american history and institutions
american culture
reading and composition
entry level writing
the seven breadth course categories</p>
<p>You should have really excellent telebears times (appointments to register) because all the transferable units will be considered, making you a junior for registration. Unless you have even more due to AP tests, which could bump you further. Once the credits are processed which will be late in the fall or early spring semester, you will be a junior. If the timing isn’t right for them processing your transcripts, you might have your first non-CalSO registration appointment set as a freshman (but including any credits from FPF courses for which you are registered), but once those credits are in the system . . .</p>
<p>Any questions, feel free to post on CC and someone would be happy to help you interpret the various rules and regs. For example, some majors won’t accept an AP test as a substitute for a prereq class, others accept any that L&S accepts. There are lots of little nuances which is what the advisors help go over during CalSO but no sense waiting.</p>
<p>Our kid is not a “math kid.” What do you recommend to satisfy this requirement at Cal? Thanks!</p>
<p>rider730 - Thank you very much! I was a bit confused about the FPF program due to all the credits on my transcripts, but that really helps.</p>
<p>And thank you for the link!</p>
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<p>If you have a bunch of community college credits, check [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) to see how they map to Berkeley courses for the purpose of breadth requirements and majors.</p>
<p>The [Linguistics[/url</a>] major has no lower division requirements or prerequisites.</p>
<p>The [url=<a href=“http://extension.berkeley.edu/fpf/coursesched.html]FPF”>http://extension.berkeley.edu/fpf/coursesched.html]FPF</a> course offerings](<a href=“http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_view_req?p_dept_cd=LINGUIS]Linguistics[/url”>http://sis.berkeley.edu/catalog/gcc_view_req?p_dept_cd=LINGUIS) include Math 1A and 1B, English and Rhetoric R1A and R1B, and some various freshman level courses, but no foreign language or lab science courses for science majors.</p>
<p>If you are spring admit, an alternative to FPF is to attend community college before entering Berkeley in the spring. This may be preferred if you want to major in something requiring taking chemistry, physics, or a foreign language in the first semester, or if you want to same several thousand dollars. Though if you have 60 transferable community college units, you may be able to graduate in just 4 semesters at Berkeley (i.e. take courses as if you were a junior transfer student) to save money, if your major is not particularly heavy in requirements.</p>
<p>If you are asking about L&S breadth requirements, [Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising: 7 Course Breadth](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/7breadth.html]Office”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/7breadth.html) which among other details does clarify that AP tests do not satisfy any of the breadth requirements. </p>
<p>All you need to do is take a course that is listed as meeting the particular breadth requirement, sometime during your four years at Cal. Each semester there is a list of classes that satisfy the various breadth requirements, which is useful in planning for your registration for that upcoming semester. [Degree</a> Requirements-L&S Seven-Course Breadth and R&C Search](<a href=“http://ls-breadth.berkeley.edu/search.php]Degree”>http://ls-breadth.berkeley.edu/search.php)</p>
<p>Some classes can be used to satisfy more than one type of breadth, however it is only applied to one of them. This happens at the end of your time at Cal when degree requirements are validated - they match the courses you completed against the breadths - if a class can meet two different breadths, but one is already fulfilled by another course you took, then this class in question is applied to the outstanding breadth requirement. They find the best way to fit the courses you took to check off all seven requirements.</p>
<p>So is the only real difference between being a fall admittee and a FPF/spring admittee where you take your classes the first semester? That’s what I’m getting from reading all of this. Are there other considerations?</p>
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<p>A spring admit’s choices for the fall are:</p>
<p>a. Attend FPF, with a much more limited course selection than “real” Berkeley attendance. Similar cost as “real” Berkeley, allows participation in campus life.
b. Attend community college. Attractive for those who need to take chemistry or physics or other courses not offered in FPF in their first semester, or those who want to save some money.
c. Not attend school (work, “gap half year”, etc.).</p>
<p>My son was admitted to Cal in the Spring. Although he doesn’t plan to attend - he prefers Georgetown, UCLA, and Michigan, all of whom have admitted him - he’s wondering why he was a Spring admit. He has higher grades and test scores than friends who were admitted for the Fall.</p>
<p>In a random sample of a half dozen people who were Spring admits this year and in previous years, they all have fall birthdays. In other words, they are all young for their grade. I’m wondering whether that might be an unwritten determinant for Spring admits.</p>
<p>I’m interested in hearing from others who were/are Spring admits about their age at entry.</p>
<p>^wlvrns</p>
<p>Yep accepted for Spring and an Oct birthday. You may be onto something.</p>
<p>Yup. DS is spring admit (much higher stats than just about anyone he knows) and he had skipped a grade many years ago, so he is also young.</p>
<p>Somehow I suspect that trying to ‘figure it out’ will not be fruitful. I also think being miffed or insulted by this is plain silly. An admit is an admit, not a waitlist or reject, and we all know very worthy kids who were rejected this year. And last. And before…</p>
<p>For an affordable (at least in-state) public university, Berkeley (and in fact, the whole UC system) is amazing. If money is no object, surely Berkeley admits (spring or fall) can go play elsewhere. But if this is an issue, be glad the university has figured out a way to take in more of its very meritorious applicant pool.</p>
<p>^205mom</p>
<p>Couldn’t agree more.</p>
<p>^205mom</p>
<p>I don’t know if you’re referring to me, but I can assure you that my son and I are neither miffed nor insulted by the Spring admit. I’m interested in this for two reasons:</p>
<p>1) My daughter is also young for her grade and on the same academic track as my son. If it’s true about age being a determinant, then I want to let her know what to expect.</p>
<p>2) I’m sure there are plenty of Cal admissions office lurkers on this post. Again if the age thing is true, they should say so in their FAQ. I imagine there’s plenty of evidence to show that younger students do better if they’re eased in though the Sping admit process. Great. Just say so and eliminate a lot of the dismay shown in these posts.</p>
<p>There are 2 posts above affirming that their Spring admit is young. I received 3 private messages saying the same thing. As I stated in my original post, I’ve spoken to a half dozen people from this and previous years and all of their Spring admits are young. I’ve yet to hear from anyone who is a Sping admit and isn’t young. </p>
<p>As a coda to all this, after my post yesterday, my son was accepted at Stanford. So if he choses that option, I guess it’s Go Cardinal! Beat Cal!</p>
<p>QUESTION!!</p>
<p>I found out i was admitted in the spring.
I was also admitted to UCLA fall but it was too expensive.
I’m out of state and right now i’m choosing between Berkeley and Boston University (BIG DIFFERENCE, I KNOW) </p>
<p>naturally I want to go to berkeley, but i heard that as a spring admit, housing is not gauranteed.</p>
<p>I’m from CONNECTICUT, its on the other side of the country.
The only family/friends i have in CA is people living in LA which is many hours away.
I don’t know what i’ll do if i can’t get a dorm at berkeley.
can someone please tell me what to do??</p>
<p>Not sure UCB is less expensive than UCLA–pro forma budgets on the schools’ sites indicate UCB is a bit more expensive. Cal housing is optimistic that they will have room for FPF participants and there are private dorm options next to campus as well.</p>