Hi all. As you may know, Berkeley had that glitch last night and a bunch of financial aid info to accepted students got sent out. I was, unfortunately and unsurprisingly, not on that list, and I’m very worried that my fate was sealed as a rejected candidate. Berkeley has been my dream school for the last 4 years. However I’m such a borderline applicant that I can’t make any inferences. Please chance me. I need some sense of closure.
Female
In state
Pursuing financial aid
First generation
Psychology major
UC GPA of 3.91
3 AP classes, 2 honors (school has a cap on how many you can take per year)
SAT 1270, ouch, I know (710CR, 560M, 8/6/8 Essay)
SAT II Literature 610
One 5 on AP test
ECs and other stuff: self taught HTML coding, internship at a local community mental health clinic, foster kitten worker, peer essay tutor, English/writing tutor to kiddos, worked at a senior center. Currently have a job at a middle school and have been a babysitter. I do art in a pretty unique medium and have had one of my works featured in a museum (twice, however the second time happened after I submitted my application so I could not include it.) I’m also on a youth advisory board for a community mental health clinic, am very dedicated to my art, and am treasurer of a club.
Essays: I wrote about how I took initiative on behalf of my youth advisory board and advocated for funding for a new program to a funding director - we eventually got the funding for a program. Next, I wrote about my art and how much I love it and how it has trained me to think about concrete subjects abstractly and tied it into psychology and how it made me a better person. Third, I wrote about how much I love history and talked about how I always go above and beyond to research new topics. Lastly, I wrote about working with foster kittens (one kitten in particular that I worked closely with) and how it has been trying for me but I have loved every second of it and how fostering benefits a city’s community. The woman at my school’s college center remarked that my essays were great and a “breath of fresh air” to her, I assume they’re good.
Accepted: None
Waitlist: UCSC, UCD
Rejected: UCSB, UCLA
Pending: UCB
I just really need some sense of closure. Please chance me.