**Official 2010 UC Berkeley Transfers Acceptance/Rejection Thread!!**

<p>:(
best of luck to you bro, love you.
:heart:</p>

<p>Status: Accepted
Major: EECS
GPA: 4.0
School: Oregon State
IGETC: Not applicable (out of state)
Pre-Reqs: Missing CS61A, CS61C, EE20N, EE40, all others completed by end of spring
TAP: Not applicable (out of state)
Essays: Wrote at the last minute, but detailed deep interest, experience, and self-motivated learning in CS, nothing of literary interest. I think this made the difference.
ECs: Free software project hacking, lots of mountain climbing
Other: First generation, out of state, older than average, EFC 0, ~105 quarter units, applied with some upper division math classes
Did I receive the financial aid email: No</p>

<p>^congrats on EECS. much harder than haas.</p>

<p>Status: Accepted
Major: EECS
GPA: 4.0
School: LA Pierce College
IGETC: Yes
Pre-Reqs: All possible ones at my college completed
TAP: No
Essays: Decent
ECs: Few
Other: Dean’s list all 3 semesters/President’s Honor
Did I receive the financial aid email: No</p>

<p>accepted for spring!!! feels good!.. but UCLA is where the hearts at. congrats to everyone!</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!! OMG
gpa: 3.7-3.8
major: polsci international relations
did not recieve Fafsa email</p>

<p>but i’m worried… i dropped one of my classes because i didn’t need it. but it says i have to complete the following courses!</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>I AM ACCEPTED GUYS!!! BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!!! :smiley: AHAHAHAHHA YAYAYAYAYAYA</p>

<p>Major: Med. Anthro
GPA: 3.85
School: Community College
IGETC: FINISHED!
Prereqs: Physical Anthro, Cultural Anthro, Archaeology, Anthro of Witchcraft/Religion, Statistics
TAP: NO
Essays: fantastic Essays, I cut my heart open, collected the blood that dripped out, and then stuffed it into the essay
ECS: Emergency Med. Technician Licensed, Worked on an Ambulance for a year, Treasurer for Gamma Beta Phi (college honor society), Member PTK, English/Statistics Tutor, Award Winning College Newspaper Photographer (1st place in Cali!), about 100 hrs. community service</p>

<p>WOOHOOOOOOOO!!!</p>

<p>Status: Accepted
Major: Economics
GPA: 3.88
IGETC: Complete
Pre-Reqs: Complete all A’s
TAP: None
Essays: typical
ECs: econ tutor, work, volunteer with 1st graders
Other: Also accepted to UCLA, UCSB, UCSD, UCD</p>

<p>Did I receive the FA email?: yes</p>

<p>Guess where I’m going?? UCLA!!! :D</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>MAJOR: ECON</p>

<p>GPA: 3.79</p>

<p>ALL PREREQS AND IGETC DONE AHHHhh im so happy</p>

<p>ACCEPTED to HAAS :smiley:
Major: business
GPA: 4.0
School: De Anza College
IGETC: Yes
Pre-Reqs: 1 prereq and 5 breadths in progress through winter and spring quarters
Essays: Decent
ECs: a good amount of decent stuff
Other: 1-yr transfer
Did I receive the financial aid email: No </p>

<p>only bad thing is that they have the courses i put in january on my conditions of admission, which was before the spring quarter schedule was even out lol, i updated them with my new courses through a fax with my signature as they required back when spring quarter started a few weeks ago…sent them an email about it, i’m still meeting all the same requirements, just with different classes and at two community colleges, hopefully doesn’t make a difference</p>

<p>^i will see u in september lomkh, or whenever school starts</p>

<p>yep, see you there hopefully :] as long as they don’t take issue with my spring schedule of classes lol</p>

<p>Status: Accepted
Major: Political Science
GPA: 4.0
Pre-Reqs: done
Essays: Decent
ECs: Volunteering, TAP, non-traditional student</p>

<p>Status: Rejected
Major: Computer Science (L&S)
GPA: ~3.95.
IGETC: No
Pre-Reqs: Miss a lot :))
TAP: No TAP for Cal!</p>

<p>Yep, I know for sure that they’ll reject me since I followed UCLA’s plan from the start, but a rejection letter is always bitter :(</p>

<p>@Yunie,</p>

<p>Do you know how to write the appeal letter to Berkeley?</p>

<p>Status: Rejected!?!
Major: Political Economy (UCB)
GPA: 4.00
School: Berkeley City College
IGETC: Complete
Pre-Reqs: Complete, except for one that can be taken only at UCB, all A’s.
TAP: None
Essays: my essays tend to be very good.
ECs: not much - working over 20 h/week, ESL computer lab tutor.
Other: Accepted to UCSD, UCSC.
US Permanent Resident, and CA resident.
Hooks: claimed traditional preference of Bay Area transfer students, 1st generation in college, very low-income, foreigner, not so impacted major.</p>

<p>I don’t understand how on Earth they can reject 4.00 GPA with all the prerequisites??? i worked so hard to get good grades… sooo depressing.</p>

<p>What should I choose now, UCSD or UCSC?</p>

<p>Accepted!!!
Major: Spanish & Portuguese
GPA: 3.75 or so…
IGETC: Finished.
Pre-Reqs: All completed.
Essays: 7/8 /10??
ECs: PTK, Honors Program, Dean’s/President’s Honor Roll, Symphony/Band, church activities, election day clerk</p>

<p>Accepted!
Major: Molecular Toxicology
GPA: ~3.8
IGETC: Will be finished before transfer
Pre-Reqs: Will be finished before transfer
Essays: 7/10~?
ECs: mainly from high school</p>

<p>STOKED. I cried my eyes out.</p>

<p>Accepted!
Major: Psychology
GPA: 3.93
IGETC: Completed by Spring
Pre-Reqs: Completed</p>

<p>Amazing. Congrats everyone!!! :D</p>

<p>Status: Accepted!!!
Major: Japanese
GPA: 3.67
IGETC: Yes
Pre-Reqs: Yes
TAP: No
Essays: Excellent if I do say so myself</p>

<p>Still going to UCLA, but it feels great!</p>