<p>I don’t really get how Berkeley treats their admission. First of all, they require self-report grade, meaning they have no idea about applicant’s school profile, if they took most demanding course, class rank, percentile (especially for internationals)… They simply look at numbers out of 100 which I think it’s ridiculous. GPA means nothing without context. And if you have basically 4.0 GPA, and 1800 SAT, u have good chance of getting in. </p>
<p>I personally saw someone from our school who took the easiest courses ever and got 4.0 GPA, and 1700 SAT admitted no SAT 2, and someone who took the most demanding course with tons of 5s on AP with 3.7 GPA with 2200 SAT, 800 on 2 SAT2s got rejected. </p>
<p>Yes, Berkeley is amazing school, probably top#7 in US, however, they are not selective because they just admit 4.0 GPAs…</p>