Cal Rental Approval before acceptance...mean anything?

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I never replied to this email nor did I send in any information stating how I'm currently affiliated with UC Berkeley.</p>

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[quote=<a href="mailto:homeinfo@berkeley.edu">homeinfo@berkeley.edu</a>]
Dear XXXXXXXX,</p>

<p>Your account request has been approved! Your USER ID is XXXXXX, and the password was specified by you in your account request. The Cal Rentals service fee is $20 for 3 months.
Please click on the link below to make your payment online. Then you can immediately log in with your user id and password and start searching for a rental. Good luck in your search!

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<p>But I received an approval for this. Does this mean anything? Acceptance maybe? Or nothing at all?</p>

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<p>wow... could be... lucky you</p>

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<p>Did they give you a calnet ID? I have no idea whether or not it means something...</p>

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<p><a href="https://calrentals.housing.berkeley.edu/UCBOCH/cfapps/newcomeraccount.cfm?origin=student%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://calrentals.housing.berkeley.edu/UCBOCH/cfapps/newcomeraccount.cfm?origin=student&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Link for creating registering a new Cal Rental account. May be worth a try for this year in determining early admission. Just like last year with people logging in with their Cal ID. I'm not sure on the specifics of last year's method.</p>

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<p>They gave me a User ID, I believe it is different from Calnet ID. It consists of 6 digits.</p>

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<p>I believe calnet is longer...hmm well hopefully it is a good sign for you :)</p>

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<p>I don't know but it is pretty interesting.</p>

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<p>It looks as if they got your application but were not able to see how you were eligible for the services so they asked for some sort of proof of your affiliation with Berkeley--all stated in the first email.
Then, and this is the funny part, you were provided with a special ID since you did not respond to the email. </p>

<p>If I were you, I would email them back asking them how they were able to prove your affiliation with Berkeley if you did not send them anything. They should then tell you either that a) they dug and found verification of your affiliation (acceptance?!) or b) that anyone who doesn't provide the necessary info gets a special ID</p>

<p>Let us know what they write back!</p>

<p>As stated here <a href="https://calrentals.housing.berkeley.edu/more_info_total_eligible.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://calrentals.housing.berkeley.edu/more_info_total_eligible.asp&lt;/a> , you should not be eligible for Cal Rentals, so who knows!</p>

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<p>Someone who didn't apply to UCB should try it. Then if they get a special ID we would know it is not a result of an acceptance.</p>

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<p>hey, i created a made up account on the calrentals website with an email not affiliated with any of my berkeley applications. changusmc: how long did it take you to get the first and second emails after you signed up?</p>

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<p>I just sent them an email inquiring how they confirmed my affiliation. I highly doubt they will tell me that it was through the admissions office even though if that was their method. I guess we'll just see what happens.</p>

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<p>Weird indeed...I also created an account and within hours I was approved without any verification.</p>

<p>Being a very conservative thinker, I'm guessing that they're letting us in as Summer Visitors (it's one of the categories listed) and NOT as newly admitted students.</p>

<p>Anyone have any clever guesses as to what is going on here?</p>

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<p>okay, at around 3:30 (MST) (2:30 CA time), I created an account with a fake name and an email that I did not use with any of my berkeley apps. I got the first email (Thank you for your request to subscribe to the Student rental listings from Cal Rentals at UC Berkeley...) at about 4:08 (MST) but I never received the email approving my account.</p>

<p>Blurry: it seems as if you created an accout after I created one and were verified, but my fake account apparently hasn't been verified yet. Hmmm...</p>

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<p>I created my account on May 24, 2008 and just received the approval today.</p>

<p>Blurry - Are you transferring this fall? Also, what are you stats?</p>

<p>My stats - <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1060119090-post462.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1060119090-post462.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Edit: Your stats are pretty impressive... what is the difference between culmulative and IGETC? What didn't you coun't towards your IGETC, your prereqs?</p>

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<p>Oh good, I was beginning to think our year wouldn't have a 'theory.'</p>

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<p>changusmc: I see you wrote about Marine Corps boot camp as well. I wrote about that and my combat tour of duty in Iraq. I'm hoping that gives me a boost at UCB.</p>

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The classes that didn't count towards my IGETC were prereqs and major classes (Computer Science). I have 64.5 cumulative and 42 IGETC. That's not including 14 units this semester. That's what happens when you take a hiatus from school. :(</p>

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Yea, I think my essay really helps me because it shows to UCB that I'm a well rounded person and I've had world experience.</p>

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<p>Some more updates folks</p>

<p>Being an extremely paranoid fellow, I created a "dummy" account under my roommate's name not too long after I created my own "real one".
As of now I have yet to hear back from CalHousing in regards to the "dummy" account. </p>

<p>Any input?</p>

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<p>I just created an account as well... if i never get back an e-mail, i may lose my mind, lol.</p>

<p>i don't even know how this stuff works anymore. but i figured that on the chance that i get into/decide to go to Cal, then I better have a place to live.</p>

<p>gah... stupid philosophy midterm....</p>