<p>Hey guys, </p>
<p><a href="https://osr2.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/Access/DB/Frontends/runapp.pl%5B/url%5D">https://osr2.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/Access/DB/Frontends/runapp.pl</a>
(The 2009 stats does not work yet.)</p>
<p>I was looking at this Berkeley site, which gives all admit rates to transfers.... and I was really surprised to see that there were 1464 transfer students who applied to Business Admin, and only 94 that got accepted. Is this TRUE? That is like 6 percent!</p>
<p>"1063 applicants did not show planned completion of the admission requirements and were considered ineligible. Of the 402 eligible applicants, 94 (23%) were offered admission."</p>
<p>transferguy1 nailed it.</p>
<p>Just earlier today I was at a meeting on campus for the transfer mentor group I am a part of and we were informed of exactly what transferguy1 said.</p>
<p>/confirm</p>
<p>That makes perfect sense! :)</p>
<p>23 sounds right</p>
<p>The problem with Haas is its admits' average GPA: 3.87. Middle 80% GPA range is 3.7-4.0. That's pretty nasty.</p>
<p>so crescent, the problem with trying to get into Haas is that it's extremely competitive..
that was really insightful. thank you.</p>
<p>You're missing the point. The 23% acceptance rate for Haas is arguably higher than other schools with the same caliber. Compare it with Wharton, Sloan, Stern, McIntire, etc.</p>
<p>From Haas' middle 80% GPA range and average GPA, we can infer that Haas based its admission heavily on GPA. That being said, if you have lower GPA than 3.7, the chance of you getting in Haas is very slim. GPA is calculated far heavily than the ECs or essays in considering admission (Possibly more than the 50% they stated on their website). Therefore, the believe that "you can make up for your low GPA with essays and ECs" for most cases, doesn't really apply here.</p>
<p>so the problem isn't that, "its admits' average GPA: 3.87. Middle 80% GPA range is 3.7-4.0." your qualm is rather with their policy of weighing gpa more heavily than all other factors.
again, thanks for the insight.</p>
<p>i'm not sure where you found the confidence to put 'most cases' in bold, but everything i've ever heard about UC admissions suggests that gpa makes a marginally larger impact on your admissions decision than does any other factor. regardless, odds are, based on the prestige of the program and known competitiveness of the applicants, that the majority of people accepted have some pretty impressive essays and ecs in addition to their flawless GPAs.</p>
<p>Not just "more heavily," but "very heavily."</p>
<p>Perhaps so, but there are certain cases such as veterans or single parents trying to get their degree. From what I've heard, UCs understand that these groups of people may not have flawless GPAs, because they have duties and responsibilities to attend to. Therefore, the UCs might give some leeways for them.</p>
<p>those aren't "most cases." and even then, they still need a reasonably competitive GPA (3.6?) for berkeley. keep in mind that all campuses in the University of California system are intertwined. if they don't get into Haas, assuming they're borderline, they'll likely be admitted to another campus's program, thus being accommodated despite their shortcomings / circumstances. that berkeley considers GPA 'much' more heavily than other UC campuses, in an attempt to somewhat reasonably sift through 4 times as many well qualified applicants as they have room for, seems perfectly justifiable to me. it's the only form of consideration that isn't the least bit arbitrary, which makes it the most, if not the only, 'fair' form of consideration.</p>
<p>Uh, I didn't see they are the "most cases."</p>
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<p>, except cases like the two groups I mentioned. 3.6 GPA is low for Haas, as it falls on the lower 20%. But for those two groups, they can still get in if they portray their situation in their essays.</p>
<p>And I don't disagree with their method of considering applicants. Actually I prefer that kind of method, higher chance for me to get in. I'm just pointing out that Haas might actually weigh GPA higher than the 50% they pointed out in their website.</p>
<p>this is just going to get really silly if i respond any further.</p>
<p>it already is.</p>
<p>get a life</p>
<p>How scary is it that most of those who want to be businesspeople can't even get the prereqs right?</p>
<p>How scary is it that someone has racked up 3000+ posts since September of last year.</p>
<p>jeez! i leave cc for one weekend and all of a sudden everyone has turned into a bitter pile of coal.</p>
<p>Not only did I rack up 3000 posts but I think I got my Haas prereqs straight. I'm a shoo in!</p>
<p>it is pretty ridiculous, hmom.
not your posts.. the crazy ratio of ineligible to eligible applicants for Haas.
amazing, really.</p>