Berkeley Sent Me This Email

Applying to College
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<p>Dear Daniel,</p>

<p>Thank you for applying to UC Berkeley for the fall semester 2006! We are
writing to request that you provide us with additional information by filling
out an on-line questionnaire.</p>

<p>Each year during our application review process, we ask a small number of
applicants to supplement their application information. Our goal is to learn
more about your personal circumstances, your academic experiences, and your
extracurricular involvement and level of achievement.</p>

<p>Please go to myBerkeleyApplication at <a href="http://admissions.berkeley.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.berkeley.edu&lt;/a> to access
the questionnaire. The Supplemental Questionnaire must be completed within 10
days of this e-mail message for us to consider any new information. The
information you provide through the questionnaire is important for us to
evaluate your application and it can only enhance your chances of admission to
Berkeley.</p>

<p>In addition, you may choose to submit one letter of recommendation from a
teacher, outreach program staff, counselor, coach, or anyone familiar with your
academic and personal background. Please tell your recommender to visit our
website at <a href="http://admissions.berkeley.edu/recletter.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.berkeley.edu/recletter.htm&lt;/a> to fill out an on-line
form. The recommendation form must also be submitted within 10 days to be
considered in the admission process.</p>

<p>Please do not reply to this email address; if you have questions, call us at
(510) 642-3175, Monday-Friday, 9 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm (PST). Or, come
to our website: <a href="http://admissions.berkeley.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://admissions.berkeley.edu&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p>

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<p>What does this mean in reguards to my chances to attending the school.</p>

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<p>It looks good. "we ask a small number" sounds like they are saying like you are a possible admit, but they dont want to say that outright. you're on the edge. send in good extra stuff. dont blow it, you have a good shot. good luck!</p>

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<p>man ur lucky, i applied to ucb and didnt get jack</p>

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<p>So does this mean we're either already in or already rejected??</p>

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<p>well already in there just extra interested</p>

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<p>those are sent if youre right on the edge between admit and reject.</p>

<p>theyre asking you to submit extra material so they can make a decision, since they're having trouble with what you gave them in your app.</p>

<p>good luck!</p>

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<p>Can you post your stats?</p>

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<p>mario is correct. They are looking for reasons to accept you, so now is time to load up the mail person and send anything extra that you can think of that will benefit you. Now is the time to let a recommender vouch for you, particularly if you think you have any 'weakness' in your app or mitigating circumstances (low income, first generation to college, poor performing school, family tradegy, had to work to support family, etc.) that can be explained by a GC or other recommender. </p>

<p>Good luck, and Go Bears!</p>

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<p>ucsd's alumni magazine had an interesting article about the criteria they use to select students. They give a lot of weight to non-academic matters. See the article at <a href="http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no2/features/admissions.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no2/features/admissions.htm&lt;/a> and another newspaper article with more details on the weights is at <a href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20051218-9999-1m18ucsd.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20051218-9999-1m18ucsd.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>While Cal is not ucsd, the admission process is similar. My bet is they're writing you because you're on the fence. If in, they don't need the extra work. If clearly out, why bother? So you need to tip yourself in, and the way to do that is to make sure you mention ANY of the factors they are looking for, especially ones you may not have made clear on your essays or in your app. They have detected you may have something else that will put you in.</p>

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<p>I think it all depends on what questions are asked on the Supplemental Questionnaire.</p>

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<p>Yeah... I'm curious! haha</p>

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<p>yep
Ur not clearly in nor out
If u dont do anything, ur out (or blabber on the quiz some rubbish)
If ur reco is good and u have some good EC's etc. ull 99% get in</p>

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<p>I think I am 99% sure that I am in. There was something that I hinted at in my personal statement that I know got Berkeley's attention.</p>

<p>I have been working non-stop on the questionnaires for the past 48 hours and I talked my parents into letting me skip school until next Thursday so I can devote my time to the responses. Don't worry, next week is the end of first semester at my school and I my grades are already locked up (6 A's 1 B/4.28 Expected G.P.A.)</p>

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<p>haha your probably didnt mean to sound cocky but " I think I am 99% sure that i am in" makes u sound a TAD bit cocky lol.</p>

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<p>nothing wrong with a little bit of confidence</p>

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<p>stop emailing me this stuff</p>

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<p>Mikemac, UCSD has a very different approach to admissions than any other UC. Alexinorbit, unsubscribe.</p>

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<p>
[quote]
DRab writes: UCSD has a very different approach to admissions than any other UC.

[/quote]
Care to demonstrate that with a link to any published source, or do we just take your word for it?</p>

<p>I''ll post an excerpt from the alum magazine mentioned earlier
[quote]
Each UC approaches the admissions process in a slightly different manner. </p>

<p>The Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools (BOARS), a systemwide committee of the UC academic senate charged with making policy recommendations on admissions, wrote up a list of 14 guidelines laying out exactly what criteria schools must take into consideration—though not how much weight to give them. It was left up to the faculty of the individual campuses to decide how to implement the new rules.

[/quote]
</p>

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<p>mike:</p>

<p>from an article in the SD paper, from 2002 -- UCSD is the only school that has publicly defined its point system....the rank the apps, and draw a line.</p>

<p>"The San Diego Union-Tribune recently spent time with UCSD application
readers observing what factors they consider for admission. The identities
of applicants were concealed to protect their confidentiality.</p>

<p>Once a week, application reviewers gather on campus, sit around a table and
go over the details of applications. There are 50 readers, half of whom are
university employees. The other half are high school counselors.</p>

<p>There's little room for subjectivity because they're following an exact
formula for assigning points. Here's how it works:</p>

<p>Each application undergoes two readings. In the first, points are assigned
based on grade-point average, course-taking pattern, SAT scores, a low
family income and whether the applicant is in the first generation to attend
college. The maximum points possible in this phase is 9,400. The second
reading, in which 1,700 points can be awarded, examines nonacademic factors.
The two readings combine for a possible 11,100 points.</p>

<p>When reading applications, screeners look at enrichment programs, volunteer
service, leadership, personal challenges, talents and achievements, and
educational environment, under which a student receives points for attending
an academically low-performing school.</p>

<p>In most of the categories, students can earn between 150 and 300 points. In
the hardship category, students can earn either 250 or 500 points. And in
educational environment, students can earn 300 points.</p>

<p>Until last year, students were admitted to UCSD based on two methods. The
first batch was admitted based on academics. The cut-off score for those
students was 6,686 points. The second batch was admitted using income,
community service, leadership, special circumstances and talents, parents'
education and school environment, the factors that are now mandatory. Their
cut-off score was 6,592.</p>

<p>This year there will be only one cut-off score.</p>

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<p><a href="http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no2/features/admissions.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://alumni.ucsd.edu/magazine/vol1no2/features/admissions.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>another source</p>