<p>wlvrns, I was not referring to you. I too would like this to be transparent, as I would have preferred ALL college admissions to be. Dreaming~~~</p>
<p>But I have heard a lot of dismay from spring admits. I wanted to say- be happy. (It’s SPRING, after all.)</p>
<p>Your son is clearly a stellar applicant. This makes it as clear as day that spring admits are not “marginal.” I knew this already, because of my son’s stats and his other offers.</p>
<p>Couple of questions, thanks to anyone in advanced who can offer insight!</p>
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<li><p>is the CalSO really beneficial to attend? Im probably leaving the state on the dates for the program, so i’m wondering if there is critical information that I would attain only from attending the program. </p></li>
<li><p>how exactly does the process for applying for housing work? More specifically, if i have a friend who is a fall admit (regents if it makes any difference) who asked me to room with him, would i be able to apply to room with him, or is there separate housing specifically for spring admits?</p></li>
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<p>Can I somehow defer enrollment for Fall 2012? As much as I appreciate people saying that FPF is a lot like the real deal, I’d rather get the full package than something just like it. I mean, that time could probably be pretty well spent making some money to pay for tuition.</p>
<p>Bodoblock, I believe none of the UCs allow deferment. But if this is your preference, a spring admit is like a semester deferment if you choose not to go to FPF. You can use the time to make & save some money, or travel. You do not have to enroll in CC or FPF.</p>
<p>And you can always go through the process again next year: applications, waiting for acceptance, etc.</p>
<p>Hi everyone, </p>
<p>I’m currently a Senior in high school and I’m trying to decide where to go for college. I got into Berkeley as a Spring admit, and I’m very happy about it, but I also would like to do better, so I want to apply to better schools (ie Harvard, Yale, and Stanford) next year as a transfer. </p>
<p>My question is, is it harder to transfer out of FPF than out of a normal, college program at a worse school (like USC or NYU)? Would the colleges that I’d be applying to look down on that? Would I be better served being a full-time student at a less prestigious school like USC?</p>
<p>Is it also easier to transfer to another private university from a private university like NYU than a large, public school like UC Berkeley?</p>
<p>most of the instructors on the list of FPF courses are listed as “TBD.” do those professors usually get listed before we need to turn our course selection form in around may?</p>
<p>also, most classes have multiple different discussion hour choices, do you need to sign up for the same one throughout the semester? (are there sign ups for discussion at all or do you just drop by to whichever one you want each week?)</p>
<p>I was admitted to Cal’s Spring 2012 semester and am planning to attend the school. At first I planned to enroll in FPF, but was put on the wait list. </p>
<p>I was contemplating whether I should fill my prerequisites at community college if I don’t receive a space at FPF, but I called Haas (where I am planning to apply my sophmore year) and they discouraged taking more than two requirements at Cal (idk if they meant breadth classes included or just haas requirements). </p>
<p>Anyway, my question is- Does Cal have a study abroad option for spring admit students. Can we spend our fall semester abroad? If so where can I recieve information about a program in France? Also, does studying abroad complicate things if I am planning to apply to Haas?</p>
<p>wlvrns: I am not a “young” spring admit (early Jan birthday) and neither is my friend who is also a spring admit. Knowing 3 to 4 “young” admits out of @ 1000 doesn’t prove anything. So far I can’t see any pattern to who is deferred to spring–my stats are higher than a lot of fall admits and I have tons of community service, a job, etc.</p>
<p>Hi, I have a question. I was admitted to Cal for Spring 2012. I submitted my reservation to FPF around the first of April, but apparently it filled up pretty fast, because I got put on the waitlist. I’m a bit confused, though. Since I got waitlisted for FPF, do I still have to submit my SIR by the May 1st deadline? Or am I supposed to wait until they contact me after May 3rd?</p>
<p>Like CalBear15, I will not be able to attend either one of the CalSos… Am i missing something crucial? We plan our courses separately so I know that is not similar to the regular Cal So but i was wondering if there is anything that I should be aware off.</p>
<p>Hey college304. No, not really. I didn’t go to any of the CalSos, and I didn’t really miss out on anything. You figure everything out within the first few weeks of school starting.</p>
<p>Plus, there’s like a mandatory CalSo of sorts end of Fall semester to help you use Telebears then.</p>
<p>Bearguy: Apparently, the reason spring admits started was because a few years back, Cal accidentally accepted too many kids, so rather than deny them, they started the whole spring admit/FPF program. So every year, at random, a few thousand kids get picked out of all the admits by random, and stuck into the spring admit category.</p>
<p>ive been reading a lot from berkeley students online saying that classes at berkeley are ridiculously cut throat because of unfair curves where a student can receive As on assignments yet still end up with a D or F in the class because only a certain number of students are allowed to have an A…especially in classes like chem, calc, bio, and other sciences but not so much in social studies…one student said kids go as far as lending out false notes and forming false study groups to throw others off the curve.</p>
<p>i wanted to go to USC (where there are no curves and the grade you deserve is the grade you get) but my father wont pay for it so im stuck doing fpf at berkeley & every time i begin to accept it, i hear things like this that make me dread it. so i was jsut wondering how terrible the curves are and if there are curves in every class or just science and math classes (which isnt exactly better than having it in every class), and i was also wondering how curves work in fpf and if they are better or harsher than on the main campus…</p>
<p>a response would be much appreciated as i feel like i am sealing my fate to fail and get a terrible gpa at berkeley, and i SIRed to usc as well cuz i just couldnt let go of it so im seriously considering going $60,000 in debt because at least there working hard at my classes will mean good grades since my grades arent relative to everyone elses.</p>
<p>@subsymphonika</p>
<p>they say youre not allowed to attend a 4yr institution and your only 3 options are 1) stay out of school til spring 2) do fpf 3) community college</p>
<p>so i feel like the only way you could study abroad is if its at a community college, so maybe call up the fpf/spring admit ppl to see if thats an option… :)</p>
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<p>Wouldn’t it also manage campus capacity, since a significant number of students graduate or otherwise depart (perhaps temporarily) at the end of a fall semester, rather than at the end of a spring semester? Freshman to bachelor’s degree graduation rate is about 91%, but that is over *six<a href=“calendar”>/i</a> years, indicating there are a lot more paths besides a straight shot eight semesters in four calendar years.</p>
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<p>D and F grades are relatively uncommon, and in the past course home pages that list grade distributions (e.g. [Physics</a> 8A](<a href=“http://moller.physics.berkeley.edu/~phys8a/grades.html]Physics”>Physics 8A: Grade Distributions), [EE</a> 40](<a href=“http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ee40/fa03/]EE”>UC Berkeley EECS40 Home Page)), the D and F grades went to those who did poorly in the course.</p>
<p>I’m a Cal spring admit doing FPF, and I was wondering whether a 16-unit courseload is okay for the program. I’m taking the following courses:</p>
<p>Philosophy 2
Art History 11
Music 27
Rhetoric R1B</p>
<p>Anyone know how hard the courses are?</p>
<p>do they give us our cal 1 card at the fpf calso?</p>
<p>“do they give us our cal 1 card at the fpf calso?”</p>
<p>That’s when I got mine.</p>