*** Berkeley class of 2017 freshman / class of 2015 transfer results thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Here is a template to use to report your admission result. For more information on the admission process, see the Hout</a> report.</p>

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<p>Decision: admitted for fall 2013 / admitted for spring 2014 / waitlisted / rejected</p>

<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: (e.g. Regents', Alumni, etc.)
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: yes / no</p>

<p>Class level: freshman / junior transfer
College admitted to: Letters and Science / Engineering / Chemistry / Environmental Design / Natural Resources / Business Administration (Business Administration for junior transfers only)
Major applied to, admitted to:</p>

<p>High school GPA, unweighted: (freshman only)
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: (freshman only)
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: (freshman only)
Rigor of high school senior course load: (freshman only)
Eligible in Local Context: yes / no (freshman only)
High school type and characteristics: public / private (describe other characteristics and API if known, freshman only)
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: (total and CR, M, W, freshman only)
ACT highest single sitting: (composite and sections, freshman only)
AP and/or IB test scores: (freshman only)</p>

<p>Prior college: (junior transfer only, describe type of college if you do not want to name the college)
Prior college GPA: (junior transfer only)
Major prep courses complete, or number and which ones missing: (junior transfer only, estimate if not from California community college)
IGETC complete: yes / no (junior transfer from California community college only)</p>

<p>Grade trend: upward / level / downward</p>

<p>Residency: California / non-California US citizen or PR / international
From below median income family: yes / no (median family income in California is about $61,000 per year)
First generation: yes / no
Essay topics:
Extracurricular activities:
Awards and achievements:
Volunteer work:
Work experience:</p>

<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:</p>

<p>Race / ethnicity:
Gender:
High school class rank:</p>

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<p>I was about to do a thread like this… :D</p>

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<p>When’re decisions released</p>

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<p>Thursday!! :)) I’m so nervous!</p>

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<p>Ready, set, …</p>

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<p>Released at 3:30 PsT??? …according to <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1477474-acceptance-times.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1477474-acceptance-times.html&lt;/a&gt; …</p>

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<p>15 hours. 20 minutes. tick. tock.</p>

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<p>A few more hours… I think I wasted half my spring break with this anxiety over admissions results.</p>

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<p>So nervous!!! I’m sitting here watching full house… I can’t do anything else or else I’ll think about it!!</p>

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<p>Well, they’ll do it when they want to…</p>

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<p>3:31 and it’s not up yet. Looks like it’ll be a bit later</p>

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<p>the suspense… it’s much worse when there isn’t a definite declared time</p>

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<p>Website is down “undergoing maintenance” for an hour. wut.</p>

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<p>Is the website down for you guys also?</p>

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<p>Site is down for ‘maintenance’ apparently</p>

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<p>It’s up. Rejected.</p>

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<p>i am about to check…i will be rejected like i got rejected to prety much all the schools i applied to…</p>

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<p>S is admitted!</p>

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<p>this thread is for posting stats</p>

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<p>Decision: admitted for fall 2013 </p>

<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: NONE
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: yes</p>

<p>Class level: freshman
College admitted to: Letters and Science
Major applied to, admitted to: Undeclared</p>

<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 3.9
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: 4.27
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: 4.3-something
Rigor of high school senior course load: AP Psych, APES, AP Lit, Art, Photo, Gov
Eligible in Local Context: uh… what?
High school type and characteristics: public API: around 800
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2120 = 720 CR, 710 M, 690 W
ACT highest single sitting: NA
AP and/or IB test scores: 3 Bio, 4 AP Lang, 4 Calc BC, 4 Physics, 4 Stats</p>

<p>Grade trend: level (one B both sophomore and junior, then kinda tanked with 2 in first senior semester… but don’t know if they considered that)</p>

<p>Residency: California
From below median income family: no
First generation: no
Essay topics: Tennis and being half-Asian
Extracurricular activities: Tennis captain, CSF, library volunteer, freshmen leader, homework center volunteer, save the bay volunteer, secretary of a club, etc.
Awards and achievements: uh… AP Scholar with Distinction
Volunteer work: See above.
Work experience: Nope</p>

<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:</p>

<p>Race / ethnicity: half-Korean half-Irish
Gender: Male
High school class rank: 1 after junior year -> 6 now </p>

<p>Honestly shocked I got in after getting waitlisted for LA. But SUPER happy now… :D</p>