<p>If you have submitted your SIR to UCB or will do so soon... come here to meet new Bear... </p>
<p>Please share your stats like GPA, major...and also what schools have you turned down with may be some comments. </p>
<p>NOTE: PLEASE DON"T CHIT CHAT too much, just SHARE YOUR STATS and WHAT schools you have turned down. That is it, keep it simple!</p>
<p>accepted into letters and science
3.7 gpa
igetc done
no EC, just partime work</p>
<p>also accepted into UCI and UCLA, turned them down for berkeley</p>
<p>Accepted, Spring 2007
English
3.75 CC GPA (3.28 UC, 3.48 overall)
IGETC done as of spring 06
Literary magazine, AGS, lots of work (two part-time jobs), first generation</p>
<p>Turning down: UCLA (fall admission)</p>
<p>Accepted Summer 2007
Haas, Business Administration
3.7 (Sbcc) 3.9 (De Anza, current)
Igetc Done, Breadth Done, Prereq - one more
student government, volunter, tutor, mediator, sales associate, bookkeeper</p>
<p>Declining: all the uc's
pending: Carnegie, NYU Stern</p>
<p>Major: Philosophy
GPA: 3.5
Offered admission for: Fall 2006, L&S.
Schools I'm turning down for Berkeley: UCLA, UCI, UCSB, and UCSC.</p>
<p>Accepted for fall
psychology major
3.85 gpa at community college
igetci and pre-reqs all done
california resident (glendale socal)
lots of ec
made my own website using flash mx
hip hop musician
been working since i was 16, im 20 now
volunteer work at hospital, library, salvation army
organize basketball torunaments
wrote in my personal statement that i want to attend berkeleys law school
english teacher helped edit my personal statement
parents make 45k a year and i got 11k for my cal bears scholorship</p>
<p>email me at <a href="mailto:mcaj0n@aol.com">mcaj0n@aol.com</a> if ur a psych major and lets talk about some classes to enrol in together</p>
<p>schools im turning down are ucla and uc davis</p>
<p>Accepted into College of Letters & Sciences
3.68 GPA Psych Major
IGETC done, pre reqs will be completed by end of spring</p>
<p>ECs/work:
English Tutor
High School Track Coach
Support group councelor for Co-dependents
Daytime dating coach
Salesman
Lottery ticket seller.</p>
<p>Declined: UCLA (I dunno yet but pretty sure!)</p>
<p>College of Letters & Sciences
3.50 GPA, 4.0 major GPA
IGETC & all pre-reqs
EC: Red Cross Katrina Volunteer (2 week commitment), student senate, job, first generation, avid snowboarder.</p>
<p>Possibly turing down UCSD and UCR. (Yeah I know I broke the rules)
No SIR commitment yet.</p>
<p>accepted in L & S fall 2006.
3.74 GPA, 4.0 major GPA
IGETC completed this spring + all pre-reqs
EC's - Big Brother (BBBS) + volunteer in Central America all of last summer working with abandoned children.</p>
<p>turning down - ucla + all other UC's</p>
<p>3.62 uc transferable, philosophy, igetc fall, one prereq
ECs: a ton
turning down: 6 other UCs (everyone except riverside and merced--didn't apply)</p>
<p>accepted in L& S fall 2006 </p>
<p>GPA - 3.79
Major - Mass Communications
IGETC certified
EC's - very unique
Essays - excellent</p>
<p>turning down ucla, ucsd, ucsb</p>
<p>Just submitted my SIR. WOOT! I mean ROAR!!!</p>
<p>UCSD gpa 3.84, EECS.
Is anyone else in EECS?</p>
<p>GPA - 3.89
Major - Double, CS + Math
IGETC
EC - War veteran, worked in Silicon Valley for a few years, tutor poor kids</p>
<p>Turned down UCLA, UCSD</p>
<p>Stupid question, what's EECS?</p>
<p>electrial engineering and computer science..i think</p>
<p>L&S Fall 06</p>
<p>GPA 4.0
Major - Economics
IGETC completed Spring 06
EC - Nothing special. Working, tutoring, piano/guitar
Essays - Very good; standout subject matter. I put my heart into it and revised it like crazy.</p>
<p>Only applied to Davis and SFSU</p>
<p>Letters and Science
3.8 transfer from community college
turned down: UCLA, UCSD, USC</p>
<p>L&S Spring</p>
<p>GPA 3.67
Major - Economics (will try to double in Math)
IGETC completed Spring 06
EC - Nothing special. Work & a couple clubs
Essays - my best work. i was told numerous times that they're great and i put my all into them.</p>
<p>Turned down: ucla, ucsd, ucd, ucsb, ucsc</p>
<p>College of Engineering Fall 06</p>
<p>GPA 0.62 (True-my first semester GPA, but 3.95 since then)
SIR - submitted
Major - ME
IGETC nope
EC - Watching NBA playoffs, Resident Evil 4--got the handcannon, browsing Myspace and facebook under a pseudonym, remembering dialogue from reruns of In Living Color and Bloodsport. Making life sized oil paintings of Jean Claude Van Damme.</p>
<p>Essays - Wrote about the big game where we went into triple overtime. I was so tired, but continued to push like Rocky in part III when he was KO'ed my Clubber Lang. They must've been impressed with my perserverence.</p>
<p>Rejected: UCLA<br>
Still pending: UCSD
Turned down: UCI</p>
<p>Applied: UC- B, LA, SD, I, D, SC.
Accepted: All, L&S at Berkeley Fall 2006
Gpa: 3.86 Community College, 3.80 other grades
IGETC
Economics
Lots of EC and work
Good essays
Attending: BERKELEY!</p>