<p>(“This offer of admission does not guarantee acceptance into a specific major. You must file a petition to officially declare your major after you enroll at Berkeley. Acceptance into a major is subject to completion of departmental prerequisites and conditions”)</p>
<p>School: De Anza & Foothill
IGETC: Completed
GPA: 3.6 - I KNOW!
TAP: Only for UCLA
Essays: 10/10
ECs: High school '08 - Interact Club (4 years), ASB (3 years), Badminton (1), Neiman Marcus Sales (7 mth) CCC: Customer rep (2 years), Honors (1.5), Key (1) – a lot more!
Other: First to attend college, Am finishing up 8 Honors courses</p>
<p>Status: Accepted!
Major: Economics
GPA: ~3.92.
School:IVC
IGETC: Completed. Certified.
Pre-Reqs: All completed with a 4.0.
TAP: No TAP for Cal!
Essays: 8.5-10/10
ECs: PTK, Honors, treasurer, work at gelson’s supermarket…
Other: totally exciting now~</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
Major: Business Administration
GPA: 3.84
ECs: PTK president, habitat for humanity, english tutor, various volunteer organizations
IGETC: Indeed
Transferring from: Diablo Valley College</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>OOOOOOO YEAH! Accepted to Berkeley Political Science. 4.0 T.A.P. blah blah blah it was EZ!
4/4 UCLA,Berkeley, Irvine, UCSD. Most likely headed to UCLA but i’m headed up there to see what it’s all about. ANYONE THINKING OF BUSTING YOUR ASS IN HIGH SCHOOL TO GO TO A MEDIOCRE FORGETTABLE CAL STATE OR “SMALL LIBERAL ARTS SCHOOL” FORGET IT AND BUST YOUR A$$ AT A CC AND GET A DEGREE THAT MEANS SOMETHING.</p>
<p>Status: Rejected
Major: Business Admin
GPA: 3.933
School: UC Irvine
Pre-Reqs: 2 Missing
Essays: 8-9/10
ECs: UCI Entrepreneur Society Active Member since Fall '08, Currently Participating in SCORE (Counselor’s to America’s Small Business) workshops with certificate upon completion. Extensive Volunteer work throughout high school.
Work: Internet Marketing and Sales position at a Small Business for ~4.2 years (2006-present, 12 hours a week)…grew the business by over 30% in terms of profits.</p>
<p>I knew I wouldn’t get in due to the 2 missing prereqs that weren’t offered this Spring quarter at UCI so I couldn’t take them. I’m banking on UCI Business Admin now.</p>
<p>I got in. Chose economics, but im not guaranteed into the major. Shoot, do we really have to send in our AP scores? and i need a freakin official transcript from UCI.</p>
<p>Status: Accepted (Spring)
Major: EECS
GPA: 4.0
School: small Out-Of-State 4yr
TAP: N/A
Essays: I didn’t think they were too great… English is my second language
Did I receive the FA email?!: Nope</p>
<p>I can’t believe I got EECS, especially since I’m from OOS!!! Btw, this is my first time posting. I’ve always been around CC, just didn’t have good enough reason to sign up for. But now I have!!</p>
<p>Status: Accepted
Major: Political Science
GPA: 3.84
School: LA Pierce/Moorpark/LA Valley
EC’s: Internship with Mayor of L.A., science fiction rap group Makin’ Bacon, volunteer for Obama, Fund for Public Interest Research/Human Rights Campaign
Essays: Good enough, obviously</p>
I always knew I’d be going to LA just for you…</p>