<p>Lol. We could open a MyBerkeley Apps page this early last year? Man...</p>
<p>Mine just says its 'In Review'</p>
<p>I got an email today asking me to answer the questions and also to get someone to send a rec letter. My questions are also about my "talent" that I mentioned on my app. I also think I am borderline so this could really help me since my ec's are strong and my fall semester senior grades are better than my average grades.</p>
<p>My stats:
3.83 UC gpa
2260 SAT
strong ec's (which I think warranted the supplemental questionnaire)</p>
<p>i jus got an e-mail yesterday too. there are 13 short answers that i have to answer and a request for a letter of rec. it says i have 10 days, but there isn't a due date. im guessin its 10 days after i got the e-mail. can anyone verify?</p>
<p>Just send it in asap. My son needed more than 10 days last year, but he got everything in as soon as he could. I think his letter of rec may have taken longer.</p>
<p>I think average sat is 2050 and average gpa is around 4.00</p>
<p>Yeah I think everyone's questionnaire is sent because of a specific qualifier on their application. My stats are 3.5 UC GPA, 1980 SAT but I got a questionnaire because I wrote my personal statement on being economically disadvantaged. I got questions like do you feel encouraged to attend a college by your family and friends, what challenges have you encountered, and do you have an adequate workspace at home. My friend with similar stats got a different questionnaire because she wrote her personal statement on dealing with depression so she got questions like how has your physical/mental disorder affected you in certain subjects. So it's not your fault if you didn't get one.</p>
<p>I also received a "talent" questionnaire.</p>
<p>I heard UCB is doing an augmented review for some students who are on the boarderline.</p>
<p>for those ppl who got the same email: let's cross our fingers and hope that we get in.
Getting this questionnaire is WAYYY better than being in the "rejected" pile. lol</p>
<p>oh, and mine says to list my fall courses and grades..which I did.
I don't have to send in my transcript via snailmail. Right?</p>
<p>No I think they ask for grades after you've been accepted</p>
<p>So I think this may or may not mean we're borderline. This is probably just because they saw something on our app that stood out and would like to give us a chance to describe it in detail. In my case, it was a big extracurricular, but it's apparently different for others i.e. economic disadvantage for buffettime. I take it as a good sign (might as well be optimistic right?) :)</p>
<p>Thanks buffettime!</p>
<p>@siri4fun:
Yup. :)
Did you get the "talent" questionnaire? (with 4 questions)</p>
<p>KarenLee- yeah I got the one with four questions askking me about the extracurricular that I talked about in my app.</p>
<p>so are there 2 different supplements that they are sending out? not that it really matters bc i cant change my questions, jus wondering. i got 13 short answer questions like how much did ur friends and family influence you to attend a 4 year college, how many hours do i spend doing homework, do i work, and others.</p>
<p>i hope i get into UCB!! i didn't get any questionaires, is this a good sign? o.o i have like 4.18 UC GPA and 2070 SAT</p>
<p>Yeah, I'm pretty sure there are more than two different questionnaires.
xcrunner- why do you think you were asked those kind of questions? anything particular on your app that warranted the questionnaire (I'm just wondering)?</p>
<p>Ren the SAT'er- This is just my opinion, but I don't think that receiving this questionnaire is a sign that you are borderline. I think it just means that there was something on your app that stood out to Berkeley and they want to find out more about it (in my case, it's my ec activity). So in my opinion, this questionnaire is a good thing because it shows there was something a little unique on your app that they want to know more about.</p>
<p>As far as has been reported, there are three kinds of questionnaires. One is for a particular accomplishment/talent/EC and is a small number of questions focused specifically on that accomplishment. Another is for someone with a disability or major disadvantage; it asks more about how the challenge affected you. The third is for those on the borderline after all applicants were ranked. This focuses a bit more on academic kinds of issues. I believe the chances of admission depend upon which type of request you received. </p>
<p>The first one is an indicator that the applicant was singled out for possibly having some desireable factor that would enhance the student body. The reader of the application would see something mentioned in an essay or question response or in the list of ECs, then send the questionnaire to learn more. Reading the answers to the questionnaire would either validate or exclude this desireable trait. If validated, my opinion is that the applicant would be offered admission. This is supported only by logic and not by any insider facts or any data. </p>
<p>The borderline case simply means that when Cal assigns a numerical score to the applicants using whatever formula they employ, the small number of possible score values creates a sizeable pool in each band. To hit the target total number of admissions offers, they look through the applicants in the borderline group (actually lets not use that term, it is kind of pejorative, and instead just call it the middle band. Using the extra information, recommendations and first semester grades, they can further rank the middle band applicants and pick off the first X, where X is the number that brings their admissions count to the desired total. Not knowing X or what percentage of the middle band that represents, one might have to simply consider this even odds of acceptance. There are still huge numbers that were scored in the upper bands and are silent acceptances, not receiving any supplemental questionnaire. There are huge numbers in the lower bands that are silent rejections, not receiving a supplemental request but already fated to attend some other college. </p>
<p>For the disability/challenge questionnaires, I don't have much data from past years to make a guess, but since every supplemental questionnaire processed takes much more time than the ordinary review would, it doesn't seem logical that they would send these out for people who are clearly going to be rejected (lower band). These are probably sent to those either in the middle band who faced a life challenge or disability that may have depressed their grades. If there is clear information from your answers to the questionnaire, from first semester results to show that the impact was limited to a certain period of your life, or from the recommendation, it seems logical that this would propel that applicant into the acceptance pile. </p>
<p>Thus, my guess is that if the challenge/disability or the talent/accomplishment/EC questionnaire recipient answers well, they have really excellent acceptance chances. The middle band questionnaire recipients only know that they are were not in the lower bands and rejected outright, but don't know what their odds of admission might be. Past years results were more varied for those that reported this type of supplemental.</p>
<p>Wow rider, thank you so much for that detailed response. That really is very helpful and somewhat relaxing too.</p>
<p>I have a question.</p>
<p>So, when I had to submit the supp questions, I didn't have my senior grades out yet. But I recently received the final smeester grades, so should I send a transcript? </p>
<p>I edited the supp question regarding grades after the deadline b/c it says i can do that, but it also says that it may or may not make it in time when they review what i submitted.</p>
<p>No transcript. The only time you send a transcript to Cal as a freshman applicant is after you are offered a place and after you submit your SIR. You will be given a list of actions to take, some with deadlines but all to be completed before the fall semester starts. Sending in your year-end final transcript is one of those steps. Housing forms and many other actions will also be on that list. However, until then, transcripts will just find their way into the trash can. </p>
<p>Hopefully, the application reader and/or admissions committee member handling your application will know that when grades are issued at your high school. Most colleges give all applications from a particular area and group of schools to members that are assigned to that area. They know the grading systems, school difficulty and other details. If they know this, they are very likely to have sequenced their look at your completed supplement for a time after you would have access to the grades. </p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>You do a self-reporting update of your fall semester grades, once you receive them. Follow the instructions on the supp questionnaire.</p>