Is berkeley easy to get in?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hello world!</p>

<p>I saw in the lucky thread people who are accepted have not really highs SATs or GPAs...
Why?Is berkeley easy to get in? Or they just know Barack Obama?</p>

<p>Thank you !</p>

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<p>you lost me at barack obama…</p>

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<p>Um, Cal had roughly a 20% acceptance rate this year. That isn’t “easy” by anyone’s standard. And there are plenty of accepted students with extremely high, Ivy-caliber stats.</p>

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<p>It’s pretty easy to get in, not because it’s a bad school, but because it supports a lot of spots for undergrads.</p>

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<p>Easy if you’re a low income URM first generation college student</p>

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<p>Not with that grammar :).</p>

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<p>It’s a little over 20% acceptance rate. So that is not Ivy League difficult, but it isn’t easy either.</p>

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<p>hell yeah. i just played world of warcraft all of high school and got in.</p>

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<p>Depends on the major… Engineering isn’t exactly easy.</p>

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<p>it’s a public school, so it’s not difficult compared to ivies.</p>

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<p>i’m pretty surprised to hear people say it’s “easy” or “pretty” easy to get accepted to uc berkeley…</p>

<p>saying it’s “not difficult compared to ivies” is pretty stupid. every single university in the world (literally) is “not difficult to get into compared to ivies.”</p>

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<p>Berkeley indefinitely is a challenging school to be admitted to. I wouldn’t underestimate the admissions process at all.</p>

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<p>Let me put it this way: it might be “easy” to get in, but it definitely is not easy to stay in!!</p>

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<p>I’ve noted this in previous threads before, but the overall admittance rate into Berkeley is in the low 20s%. If you are an out-of-state or international student, then the admittance rate is roughly comparable to Ivy League schools with higher admittance rates.</p>

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<p>^… With the exception of this year - the UC’s admitted more OOS students because of Cali’s financial problems.</p>

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<p>Basically, if you have good grades and a good SAT score, you’re in.</p>

<p>get nearly straight A’s and 2200+ and you’re pretty much a shoe-in. You don’t need to have these stats, but having them is probably the easiest way in. </p>

<p>Getting in is easy, taking advantage of Cal is much harder.</p>

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<p>it depends on ur circumstances…if you come from a family that endures hardships, and overcoming obstacles, then you can get in, even with the low test scores and gpa. </p>

<p>-coming from a person that got accepted into berkeley next fall 2011 for college of letters and science, with SAT of 1650, ACT 22 and GPA of 3.93,</p>

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<p>Is Berkeley easy to get in?</p>

<p>Do you have good stats? :)</p>

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<p>If Berkeley is so easy to get into, then why do people react very proudly and surprised when you say you’re going? Just a curious question.</p>

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<p>difficulty of admission also depends on departments - at least i’ve heard that getting into CoE EECS and the College of Chemistry are more difficult than others</p>