<p>For those that attended the webinar, one of the speakers answered a question about whether the webinar affected admissions and he responded saying something along the lines of "the webinar doesn't guarantee you acceptance but attending it does give you a boost"...i forget the exact wording he used, but does that mean our attendance is recorded under files? Remember the online question when signing up for the webinar that asked "if accepted would you enroll at Berkeley?" Or did he mean that we gain an advantage because we know more information now? Thank you and good day!</p>
<p>Attending Webinar has no effect on your admission whatsoever. The Webinar was a waste of time, I thought because I asked 15 questions and none of them was answered. I felt the Webinar was useless. I regretted attending it.</p>
<p>I find it odd that they had the webinar coincide with Obama's address to congress. I mean, I figured everyone at Berkeley!! would be watching the address. :P</p>
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<p>Yah. I was on Webinar and alongside the chat window I had a CNN live window...</p>
<p>I missed the webinar since I arrived home seven minutes before it ended.</p>
<p>He did not say that. He actually said that being invited to the webinar was absolutely no indication of your admission status.</p>
<p>I do however think that attending it will show them that you are truly interested in Berkeley. They will have the names of the students who did attend since our webinar ID's were unique to each of us. Taking the time to attend the webinar may show them that you are interested in the school, but nothing more.</p>
<p>The webinar has absolutely nothing to do with your admission status, and attending likely doesn't at all influence their decision about your application. Basically this was a way for prospective students to find out more information about the school - especially students like me that are out of state.</p>
<p>And yes, I was also disappointed that it was scheduled against Obama's congressional address. I tivo'd the address and watched it afterwards. :)</p>
<p>Yes, i guess i just have to face reality that it probably had no effect on admissions. I sure hope that they see that we're at least interested!</p>
<p>what did the webinar do?</p>
<p>I wanted to attend the Webinar, but it was held while I was in school. Time difference sucks for us out here in Hawaii.</p>
<p>armageddon, i live in Hawaii too and the webinar was held at 4 PM, about an hour after most schools are let out :P, lol. </p>
<p>To haiku:
the webinar basically covered information about student orientation, housing, and campus life. I thought the whole question answer section was very new and useful although obviously they cannot answer everyone's questions. It felt very interactive and since you only heard their voice and had the presentation on your monitor, it felt more personal than sitting 100 meters away from someone onstage.</p>
<p>It seems that the Webinar is for Oos or international ?</p>
<p>I missed it but I see now that I can see the recording of it</p>
<p>so I will</p>
<p>hahahah</p>
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I do however think that attending it will show them that you are truly interested in Berkeley. They will have the names of the students who did attend since our webinar ID's were unique to each of us. Taking the time to attend the webinar may show them that you are interested in the school, but nothing more.
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<p>Nope. The UCs do not care about interest, nor do they track it. But since this is a new thing, I'm sure a few research gurus in the marketing dept will analyze the responses to see how they can make it better in the future. But, that is totally different than showing interest.</p>
<p>I was referring more to the question they asked when signing up for the webinar. I believe it was "If accepted, do you plan to attend Berkeley?"
Obviously ANY school does care about interest, though they might not "track" it. They did ask the question for a reason.</p>
<p>As I said above, the webinar has absolutely nothing to do with your admission status, and attending doesn't at all influence their decision about your application - they specifically said that during the webinar. The purpose was for prospective students to find out more information about the school - especially students like me that are out of state and unable to visit the campus in person.</p>
<p>Yeah</p>
<p>I think it'll be unfair/illegal to have it influence to the decision of admission</p>
<p>I was originally referring to the end of the webinar when the guy said something like it'll be noted that we attended or something to that effect I THINK.<br>
Plus, haiku, what's the difference between attending a webinar and being selected for an interview? I think an interview seems to carry more weight and therefore makes it more unfair for someone who didn't receive an interview.</p>
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<p>"The guy" did not say that. He said that the attendance to webinar has no effect on your admission outcome. He said that it does give you a look of what is like being a Cal student.</p>
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<p>Except... everyone is selected for webinar, and except webinar is not interview at all..., except... you are not allowed to speak at webinar.</p>
<p>Yeah
It'll be nice to get an interview though</p>
<p>I love to do interviews
I can talk about myself pretty easily</p>
<p>I watched the recording and there is no stunning new information. But it is worth it for almost no investment in effort to get an overview of web sites, orientation, housing etc. I don't remember a mention of the Coops as alternative to on-campus hosuing. Check it out. The Webinar did not change my neutral feeling about UCB.</p>
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<p>Nope. The UCs CANNOT care about interest bcos it is discriminatory to low income folks (who do not have computers in this case). This is a blue-blue state. Think about it.</p>
<p>The question at the end could have just as easily been a marketing style question to guage to value of the webinar, i.e., if after watching xx% prospies reported that they definitely would attend, then the money spent on the webinar would be considered a success.</p>