<p>How do you check whether you’ve been accepted or not?</p>
<p>Admitted in UC Berkeley.</p>
<p>did anyone get a major on their acceptance letter?</p>
<p><a href=“https://students.berkeley.edu/myberkeley/myberkeleyapp.asp[/url]”>https://students.berkeley.edu/myberkeley/myberkeleyapp.asp</a></p>
<p>Rejected here</p>
<p>I filled out what I could!</p>
<p>Decision: admitted for fall 2013 </p>
<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: no special scholarships; my total gift aid is about $22,788.00
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: no way, hahah</p>
<p>Class level: freshman
College admitted to: Letters and Science</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 4.0
High school GPA, weighted: 4.22 (sorry, I don’t know what capped/uncapped mean)
Rigor of high school senior course load: AP Lit, AP Calc, swing choir all year. Mostly core classes otherwise
Eligible in Local Context: yes
High school type and characteristics: public (I don’t the statistics but it’s rural & poor)
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: (2130; 740 CR, 680 M, 710 W)
AP test scores: (World History: 3; US History: 3; Composition: 4)</p>
<p>Grade trend: level </p>
<p>Residency: non-California US citizen (Oregon)
From below median income family: yes
First generation: yes
Essay topics: I talked about open-mindedness & being transgender in one essay, Speech & Debate in the other
Extracurricular activities: Forensics, drama, swing choir, a capella, Brain Bowl, Academic Challenge, Key Club, Interact Club
Awards and achievements: State finalist in Original Oratory, state qualifier in Poetry Interp; Academic Masters semi-finalist (English)
Volunteer work: >200 hours; library volunteer
Work experience: Some babysitting</p>
<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: White
Gender: (trans) Male
High school class rank: 1</p>
<p>My top choice school (Reed College) already admitted me & gave me a great financial aid package, so I’m not too fussed that I can’t afford it :~) Congrats guys!!</p>
<p>Decision: admitted for fall 2013</p>
<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: (e.g. Regents’, Alumni, etc.) None that I know of
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: Sure</p>
<p>Class level: freshman
College admitted to: Chemistry
Major applied to, admitted to: Cheimcal Engineering</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: (freshman only) about a 3.85
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: (freshman only) Don’t know
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: (freshman only) Don’t know
Rigor of high school senior course load: (freshman only) AP Econ, AP Psych, AP Lit, Differential Equations, Calculus 3, Linear Algebra, Optics
Eligible in Local Context: no (freshman only)
High school type and characteristics: public Charter. Top 50 in the Nation.
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: (total and CR, M, W, freshman only) 2260: 800 M 750 R 710 W
ACT highest single sitting: (composite and sections, freshman only) N/A
AP and/or IB test scores: (freshman only) Chemistry, Physics: Mechanics, Physics: E&M, Biology, US History, Stat, Calc AB, and Calc BC: all 5s</p>
<p>Prior college: (junior transfer only, describe type of college if you do not want to name the college): N/A
Prior college GPA: (junior transfer only)N/A
Major prep courses complete, or number and which ones missing: (junior transfer only, estimate if not from California community college)N/A
IGETC complete: yes / no (junior transfer from California community college only)N/A</p>
<p>Grade trend: level</p>
<p>Residency: non-California US citizen
From below median income family: no (median family income in California is about $61,000 per year)
First generation: yes
Essay topics: Celebrating Ramadan even though I’m not Muslim as a sort of experiment. I forgot what the other one was about.
Extracurricular activities: Quiz Bowl, FIRST Robotics, Academic Worldquest, Physics Club, Math League, History Bowl
Awards and achievements: Quite a bit. Mostly state awards but I did win the national history bowl.
Volunteer work: About 80 hours in an Aerospace camp for middle school kids, some hours working at a family shelter.
Work experience:None</p>
<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
High school class rank: School doesn’t publish but I’m guessing around 35/250</p>
<p>ADMITTED!
Class level: freshman
College admitted to: Letters and Science
Major applied to, admitted to:Undeclared
High school GPA, unweighted: 3.3
Rigor of high school senior course load: Decent
High school type and characteristics: private Prep School
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting:CR:760, Math:800 Writing:800 Total:2360
ACT highest single sitting: NA
AP and/or IB test scores: Calc AB:5
Grade trend: upward
Residency: international
From below median income family: no
First generation: no
Essay topics:About my Activity
Extracurricular activities:Varsity Basketball, Varsity Football, Varsity Lacrosse, Rowing
Awards and achievements:Did decently in the AMC 10 Exam
Volunteer work:20 Hours
Work experience:None
Officially irrelevant characteristics:None
Race / ethnicity:Korean
Gender:Male
High school class rank:My GPA is my class’ average</p>
<p>Go Bears!</p>
<p>Decision: admitted for spring 2014
Scholarships awarded with admission: n/a
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: yes </p>
<p>Class level: freshman
College admitted to: Letters and Science
Major applied to, admitted to: pre-economics</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 4.00
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: 4.33
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: 4.33
Rigor of high school senior course load: AP Calc, AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Span Lang, Economics, Political Behavior
Eligible in Local Context: yes
High school type and characteristics: public, API high 800s
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2020; 660CR 670M 690W 11Essay
ACT highest single sitting: 30; 33E 33M 30R 22S 31E/W
AP and/or IB test scores: APUSH (5), AP Biology (5)</p>
<p>Grade trend: level </p>
<p>Residency: California
From below median income family: yes
First generation: no
Essay topics: one about diversity and a club I started at school, the other about how learning the guitar influenced my intellectual development
Extracurricular activities: co-founded two clubs, 2 years track and field, piano, guitar
Awards and achievements: track and field school record, national achievement recognition
Volunteer work: composting at local elementary school
Work experience: babysitting, internship at a music school</p>
<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics: scored 720 on two SAT subject tests</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: half African American, half white
Gender: female
High school class rank: top 3-4%</p>
<p>very happy! still leaning toward ucla though</p>
<p>Decision: admitted for fall 2013
Scholarships awarded with admission: None
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: …yes? Maybe? We can afford it but ouch, zero aid so it’ll be a stretch.</p>
<p>Class level: freshman r
College admitted to: Letters and Science
Major applied to, admitted to: Undeclared</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 4.0
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: N/A
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: N/A
Rigor of high school senior course load: AP Chem, AP Econ/Gov, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Stats, AP Spanish Lang
Eligible in Local Context: ?? What does this mean? I’m out of state if that’s what it’s referring to
High school type and characteristics: public, 683 senior class size, relatively good school
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2310 (800 reading, 790 math, 720 writing)
ACT highest single sitting: N/A
AP and/or IB test scores: 5 on Psych, Bio, Euro history, English lang, US history
4 on AP Calc AB</p>
<p>Grade trend: level</p>
<p>Residency: non-California US citizen
From below median income family: no
First generation: no
Essay topics: time spent in dad’s office at medical center when I was young, geocaching as a hobby and relating to problem-solving
Extracurricular activities: Debate (VP, Secretary), Spanish Honor Society (VP), Key Club, Tennis, GSA, Calc Squad (VP), NHS, SOWS
Awards and achievements: AP Scholar w/ Distinction, NHS
Volunteer work: +100 hours, volunteer at Mayo Hospital for a year
Work experience: restaurant hostess for almost a year</p>
<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: White/Asian
Gender: Female
High school class rank: 3rd/683</p>
<p>So happy!! Still waiting on Stanford, but I’m not expecting anything. Besides that, Berkeley is my first choice. Not too sure what to do about finances (an extra ~$22,000 a year for being out of state, my god) but we’ll see.</p>
<p>For reference, accepted to UCLA and UC Davis, rejected by Yale/Princeton/Columbia, and waitlisted by Wash U in St. Louis/UChicago/Northwestern/Duke/Pomona/Harvard.</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted for fall 2013 </p>
<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: (e.g. Regents’, Alumni, etc.): None, except the “Berkeley Undergraduate Scholarship”
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: I guess so, but I haven’t decided yet.</p>
<p>Class level: Freshman
College admitted to: Letters and Science
Major applied to, admitted to: English</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 3.95
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: Don’t know; I never calculated it
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: 4.4 (not sure about this)
Rigor of high school senior course load: Spirituality in Literature, Religions of the World, Foreign Policy, Physics, AP Government, AP English Literature, AP Calculus AB
Eligible in Local Context: Yes
High school type and characteristics: Private
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2190: 760 R, 630 M, 800 WR
ACT highest single sitting: Did not take
AP and/or IB test scores: European History (5), English Language (5), U.S. History (5)</p>
<p>Residency: California
From below median income family: No (median family income in California is about $61,000 per year)
First generation: No
Essay topics: How I want to avoid my mother’s path/mistakes; my novel and what writing means to me
Extracurricular activities: Student newspaper for 4 years (Opinions Editor; Co-Editor-in-Chief), middle school tutoring, tutoring high school students with essays
Awards and achievements: Commended Student, AP Scholar
Volunteer work: Helping the visually disabled during the last two summers
Work experience: None</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
High school class rank: Top quintile</p>
<p>Considering how high Berkeley’s standards are, I’m happy to have been accepted! Congrats to everyone who got in and good luck to everyone who was waitlisted/rejected.</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted for spring 2014</p>
<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: (e.g. Regents’, Alumni, etc.) None
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: no</p>
<p>Class level: freshman
College admitted to: Letters and Science
Major applied to, admitted to: English</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 3.89
High school GPA, UC-weighted: 4.3
Rigor of high school senior course load: took as many APs as I could (7 total)
Eligible in Local Context: yes
High school type and characteristics: competitive, private, Catholic all-girls school
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 1950 (BLEH, probably why I’m a spring admit)
ACT highest single sitting: 30
AP and/or IB test scores: APUSH (5), AP Lang (5), AP World (4)</p>
<p>Grade trend: upward – from B’s in math to straight A’s</p>
<p>Residency: California
From below median income family: no
First generation: no
Essay topics: brother with Down syndrome, how theatre has changed me
Extracurricular activities: School plays (4 yrs), 4 drama festivals, student council (4 yrs), choir (1 yr), journalism (editor in chief, 1 yr), NHS (2 yrs), CSF (4 semesters)
Volunteer work: 280+ hours at a summer camp for special needs children
Work experience: babysitting here and there</p>
<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:
Race / ethnicity: white
Gender: female
High school class rank: top 25%</p>
<p>At first I was a little bummed that I wasn’t admitted for fall after seeing the miraculous “Congratulations!” but since I’ll do the Fall Program, I don’t see much of a difference. I’ll still be the class of 2017! Congrats to everyone else.</p>
<p>Rejected for Fall 2013</p>
<p>Class level: Freshman
College applied to: Engineering
Major applied to: Mechanical Engineering</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 3.96
High school GPA, weighted (I didn’t want to bother recalculating it): 4.29
Rigor of high school senior course load: Jazz Ensemble, AP Lang, AP Gov, AP Calc, Art Studio, Honors Physics
Eligible in Local Context: Yes
High school type and characteristics: Public, looked up API, it’s 741
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2050
ACT highest single sitting: 33
AP test scores: 5 on Bio and Lit. Taking Gov, Calc and Lang this year.</p>
<p>Grade trend: Mostly level, maybe slightly downward. All A’s except one B in the first semester of Junior year, and a couple senior year, but UC don’t take senior grades into account.</p>
<p>Residency: Californian
From below median income family: Yes
First generation: Yes
Essay topics: Wrote about how my childhood aspiration to be a mad scientist and an artist eventually changed into my desire to be an inventor (in different words), and how pushing my cycling partners though a very tough ride reflects on my determination to succeed.
Extracurricular activities: Swam and played water polo for 3 years. President and co-founder of my high school’s bike club. Went to the California State Summer School for the Arts, a month-long, rigorous, college level art program. Other leadership roles (band council and CSF) not included on my application.
Awards and achievements: High honor in art show.
Volunteer work: Volunteer at local library for Chidren’s Summer Reading Program and reading clubs. Worked for Congressman John Garamendi’s reelection campaign as the President of my high school’s chapter of Students for John Garamendi.
Work experience: I tutored a sixth grader in math for about one semester.</p>
<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
High school class rank: Top 4%, I think.</p>
<p>I’m a little bit disappointed. I really felt at home in Berkeley, and was looking forward to being able to learn there. This was my first rejection, having been accepted to Cal Poly SLO, UCSB, UCSC, UCD, UCSD, and UCLA, with scholarships to SB, SC, and SD. I guess it just wasn’t meant to be. I have a tough decision now, hopefully I like UCLA when I visit it next week.</p>
<p>platshenanigans, ah english major…that makes sense…</p>
<p>Decision: admitted for fall 2013 </p>
<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: Uhhh haven’t looked carefully enough yet
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: probably but same as above</p>
<p>Class level: freshman
College admitted to: Engineering
Major applied to, admitted to: Engineering Physics</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 4.0
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: ummm don’t know what the capped uncapped thing is but I’ve got about a 4.6
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped:
Rigor of high school senior course load: AP Comp, Yoga (needed credit), Gov/Econ (no AP at my school), Engineering, AP Lit, Physiology Honors
Eligible in Local Context: Huh??
High school type and characteristics: public accelerated schedule so we take 3-4 classes each semester
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2270, CR-710, M- 770, W-790, Essay- 11
ACT highest single sitting: Can’t remember if I sent the score or not…34
Eng-36, M-36, CR-33, S-32, W-9
AP and/or IB test scores: AP Calc 2011 5; AP Chem 2011 5; APUSH 2012 5; AP Stats 2012 5; AP Physics 2012 5</p>
<p>Grade trend: level</p>
<p>Residency: California
From below median income family: no
First generation: no
Essay topics: 1st essay: pursuing my interests. I talked about my family pushing me towards one thing, but I wanted something else and then we all came to a happy agreement and understanding after a lot of disagreements. 2nd essay: My collaborative and competitive side. I used tennis for the competitive part and COSMOS for the collaboration.
Extracurricular activities:Varsity Tennis 2 singles; Mock Trial; co-president of the debate club
Awards and achievements: National Merit Finalist (semi finalist when I applied); Mock Trial county champs last year (and this year and I’m best prosecution pre-trial in the county but again that’s after I applied); AP Scholar with distinction; I got 3 of my school’s academic achievement awards for AP Calc, AP Chem, and AP French
Volunteer work: Teen Peer Court Attorney and Juror; 1 of 6 Student Advisory Members in Cali to the California Association of Youth Courts; Tutoring at my school
Work experience: Summer Office Assistant at a law firm</p>
<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: 100% Chinese 
Gender: Female
High school class rank: unweighted: 1/about 260
weighted: about 4/about 260</p>
<p>Accepted! EECS will post stats later</p>
<p>Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk 2</p>
<p>You probably got in because of your 30 ACT, which I guess serghes completely ignored.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted. :)</p>
<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: (e.g. Regents’, Alumni, etc.): None
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: No.</p>
<p>That’s all we need to know here.</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted for Fall 2013
Class Level: Freshman
College: Letters and Science: Neurobiology Major</p>
<p>High School GPA: 4.0 Unweighted, 4.2 Weighted
Senior Courses: AP Physics, AP Literature, AP European History, AP Government, AP Calculus, Biomedical Foundations, Competitive Speech and Debate
High School Type: Public, 7-Period Schedule
SAT: Single sitting, took once: 700 Reading, 790 Math, 610 Writing
No SAT Subject Tests
ACT: Single sitting, took once: 33 Composite, 31 English, 35 Math, 34 Reading, 33 Science
AP Tests: 3 AP Lit, 5 APUSH</p>
<p>Residency: Oregon
Low-income: $30,000 annual salary
First-generation: No
ECs: Competitive Speech and Debate, Championship Bowling, Lots of Volunteering (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation as I have Type 1 Diabetes)
Work Experience: Basketball Scorekeeper at Athletic Club, Banquet Server at Calgary Stampede
Race: White
Gender: Male
Class Rank: 4/350</p>
<p>Overall pretty excited, but now I just have to look for some intense scholarship funds. If anybody has an idea, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks!</p>
<p>Decision: Admitted for fall 2013 </p>
<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: (e.g. Regents’, Alumni, etc.):
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend: haven’t decided yet</p>
<p>Class level: Freshman
College admitted to: College of Letters and Science
Major applied to, admitted to: Economics </p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: I’m a full IB diploma candidate, that said IB point is 42 (with 2 ToK/EE)
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped: Not sure
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: Not sure
Rigor of high school senior course load:
High school type and characteristics: Private
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2350: 800 R, 720 M, 790 WR
ACT highest single sitting: Did not take
AP and/or IB test scores: Economics HL (7), Chemistry HL (7), Psychology HL (6), Maths HL (7), Mandarin B SL (7), English Lit. SL (6) </p>
<p>Residency: International applicant
From below median income family: Nope
First generation: No
Essay topics: I talked about my devotion to community service and giving up my summer breaks to teach children in LEDC’s
Extracurricular activities: Founder of school’s community service group (4 years), Varsity squash (4 years) varsity football (2 years), Editor of school magazine (2 years), MUN (2 years),
Awards and achievements: Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (Silver and Gold), Harvard Book Prize, a few Best Delegate Awards for MUN conferences, other community service awards and
Volunteer work: refer to above mentioned
Work experience: Worked for a dermatologist firm one summer</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
High school class rank: counsellor didn’t rank but i think he puts top 10% for everyone with 40+ ib </p>
<p>Seeing how high Berkeley’s standards are especially for international applicants and seeing all these exceptional applicants who are running their own hedge funds and publishing books, I’m really happy and so thankful to have been accepted! After seeing 2 rejections in a row from Northwestern and Columbia and wait-listed at Princeton, I pretty much had lost hope. Congrats to everyone who got in and don’t be discouraged by the decisions from other colleges, because it really is true that college’s look for a certain ‘fit’ among their applicants. Don’t be scared and always apply, and rmb to always be yourself when writing your essays - they count for a lot! :D</p>
<p>Decision: rejected :(</p>
<p>Class level: freshman
College applied to: Engineering
Major applied to: Bioengineering</p>
<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 4.0
High school GPA, UC-weighted: 4.2
Rigor of high school senior course load: Econ CP, Gov’t CP, AVID; community-college level courses for Calc 2, Human Anatomy, General Chemistry, vector calc, intro to differential equations, linear algebra (AP is not offered at our school)
Eligible in Local Context: yes
High school type and characteristics: public, high API, shares campus with community college
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 2260; CR: 800, M: 780, W:680
ACT highest single sitting: N/A
AP and/or IB test scores: N/A</p>
<p>IGETC complete: yes</p>
<p>Grade trend: level 4.0</p>
<p>Residency: California
From below median income family: no
First generation: no
Extracurricular activities: Key Club for 4 years, founder of a community service/hunger-oriented club, concert pianist, Academic Decathlon, school tribunal member, medicine leadership program
Awards and achievements: Nat’l Merit Finalist, Nat’l Honors Society, 2nd place overall starter for AcaDec, first place project for county science fair,
Volunteer work: library volunteer for 4 years, volunteer math tutor, dining hall volunteer
Work experience: paid tutor at community college</p>
<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:</p>
<p>Race / ethnicity: Asian
Gender: male
High school class rank: 1st of 53ish</p>
<p>I’m slightly disappointed in myself, but what can one do? Aside from appeal, of course. Which I am doing, but I’m going to have some trouble doing so.</p>