Cal application review documentary

<p><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/who/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/sats/who/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>check it out. It's dated, is for freshmen admission, but has some interesting stuff, including the actual decision report.</p>

<p>i've seen that.. i think cal puts too much emphasis on overcomming adversity...</p>

<p>Thanks... I have learned how an experienced reader admit the students now. It is very informative! By the way, I feel sorry for the applicant#3, I thought he/she should be accepted but actually rejected.</p>

<p>Also there's a 10 min video of an admission read session (before the advent of online apps).</p>

<p>someone posted this before, i remember i guessed wrong on all but one.
nice to see an example of how they make decisions.</p>

<p>Yeah it shows that berkeley wants soemone who overcame adversity or a great leader. Fair enough.</p>

<p>i find it odd how berkeley can admit so many lower scoring candiates and yet keep their super high GPA and SAT average. as expected is all about overcoming adversity.</p>

<p>May be that is part of the comprehensive review</p>

<p>if I remember right, transfers don't need to submit their SAT scores... without them, how they determine transfers' admission?! cuz, most students at cc work part-time, some of them even work full-time... and they don't have too much school activities...</p>

<p>That is why our college GPA and finishing all the requirement like prereg and GEs matter so much...</p>

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i find it odd how berkeley can admit so many lower scoring candiates and yet keep their super high GPA and SAT average as expected is all about overcoming adversity."

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<p>CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP FREAKIN' CLAP!!!!!
It angers when people don't believe me when I say that Berkeley accepts a rather large amount of low scoring students. Adversity's fine, but if you can't cut it in the classroom...</p>

<p>Basketball teams don't keep poor players because of their adversity?</p>

<p>It just angers me that similar students with similar GPA's have to be separated by "adversity." LET 'EM ALL IN!</p>