Occupation: made sandwiches. This is why he was rejected

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<p>Just ran across this...kinda interesting.</p>

<p>That frontline documentary on SATs is really good, I recommend you guys watch it if you can.</p>

<p>Haha! He was rejected was rejected because he wrote about getting his driver's license... as the most significant achievement...</p>

<p>I actually read it. It wouldn't have mattered what exactly it was about. That's a crappy essay!</p>

<p>How do we know when they are on?</p>

<p>what college is it that theyre accepted into?</p>

<p>question: the judges seemed to like the ppl with more extracurrics. However, this is counter to the advice I was given which was to list a few activities that one was devoted to. so..should I list all my extracurrics then?</p>

<p>Is it just me, or does it seem like it is easier to get into Berkeley after reading this?</p>

<p>They were accepted to UC Berkeley</p>

<p>ramsfan-that was my first reaction too! It was really encouraging to see these applicants with Bs and Cs get in to Berkeley as I am fighting against a C in Honors Chem right now.</p>

<p>Yeah, I saw the one guy with 3 C's and thought, hmm...</p>

<p>or that one kid with an 880 combined, damn</p>

<p>how in the world did applicant 5 get accepted? 3.23? 880? 2 honors courses?</p>

<p>That's a good question. A good example of how subjective admissions can be.</p>

<p>I really don't know, but I don't think that this is a very realistic sampling of admitted applicants.</p>

<p>Keep in mind that all this was assembled for a Frontline documentary so, yes, it is going to have somewhat of a journalistic slant. But the fact still remains that these particular applicants WERE accepted.</p>

<p>It was from 1999...that's a while ago.</p>

<p>Yeah, it seems to me as long as you've got a slammin' essay, you're in.</p>

<p>To the person who thinks you should list less... The goal is to list less but be involved. You should have a nice amount, but they don 't want to see a million things that you're a "member" of. I think the more areas you cover (key club, art club, math club, etc) the better it looks. ANd unless you are really unactive in your school, then go ahead and put things you signed up for. Like joining PTSA even though you didn't do a single thing.</p>

<p>Riiight?</p>

<p>That article seemed more to prove that people with bad SAT scores could till get into a very good college. Notice the inclusion of the one "good" scoring applicant who was also one-sided.</p>

<p>Wow at the kid with the 880 getting into Berkeley. That's just ridiculous - was the admissions officer high?</p>

<p>I mean, ok, whine all you want about the SAT not accurately measuring intelligence, achievement, and aptitude, but COME ON, when someone does extraordinarily bad it is certainly an indicator of SOMETHING.</p>

<p>The adcom comments seem so unsophisticated and formula based</p>

<p>Those comments weren't actually from a UC Berkeley admissions officer</p>