I just wanted to make sure of something. On my Berkeley acceptance page, it says, “You’re admitted! Welcome to the College of Letters and Science for fall 2015. You have been admitted with one of the following three options: 1) Fall Program for Freshmen, 2) Global Edge - London program, and 3) beginning your Berkeley career in January 2016.”
I don’t understand. It says that I am accepted for fall 2015, but only for FPF, Global Edge, and Spring? Does that mean that my only choices are those three? As in, if FPF/Global Edge fill up, I can only enroll in Spring?
So when it says I’m accepted for fall, it doesn’t necessarily mean that I am…or am I interpreting this wrong? Essentially I can’t go to Berkeley as a regular fall student, holding larger classes like the others (who are not in FPF).
I have no idea what this message means, and any clarification would be great!!
Your conclusions are consistent with my understanding. You are taking the language too literally, don’t split hairs, you know what the choices are. You have three choices, you are nominally admitted for fall. If you choose and get space in option one then yes your are admitted for fall. However if you do not or cannot get 1 or 2 then you go for in Spring then of course the admissions is for Spring. If you can’t find answers to any questions on the website, you can email admissions.
It means you are admitted to Cal for Fall 2015 if you choose FPF. FPF is the Fall Program for Freshmen that are officially admitted to Spring 2016. You can choose to live at Cal and take classes offered by Cal (but they are off-campus and you are not technically an admitted student yet–but you will be!). OR you can choose Global Edge, which I know nothing about but I imagine that takes place during Fall 2015, then you come back from London and attend Cal in the Spring. OR (choice 3) you do what you want in the Fall and you start attending Cal in the Spring. So the terminology is a bit misleading as all three choices really don’t have you starting as a registered student until Spring 2016, but choice 1 gives you the option of campus housing so in that way you are “admitted” for Fall 2015.
I got the same thing. Basically this is the same this as something they called in previous years “spring admission” basically you’re admitted to Berkeley but they don’t have enough space in fall so you can only start taking regular courses in spring because space usually frees up in spring. Either you can just start Berkeley itself in spring, or do something called ‘FPF’ in the fall in which you take Extension classes (only general ed classes available, you can’t take classes for your major). I suppose it’s a better version of being waitlisted.
Daughter received this and I see no disadvantage in taking advantage of FPF. She chose this over UCLA. She is pre-business and as such, basically admitted as undeclared to College of Letters and Sciences, so she would normally be taking GE classes even if she were not a FPF admit. I think it’s great that she’ll be starting off in smaller classes and a more intimate community. She signs up for housing just like all other freshmen, she can rush for sororities, join clubs, etc. It’s not that you’re less qualified and it is absolutely better than being waitlisted–you’ve been admitted! Daughter is valedictorian by the way, and was also admitted into Northwestern and NYU Stern School of Business.