<p>this is sooo awesome, berkeley has always been one of my top choices (now its my top). I wrote a killer letter and my extra info i sent must’ve pushed me over the top (also, my cello prof’s father has the music library named after him so that may have helped haha, especially since i said i wanted to minor in music as well)</p>
<p>[ *] ACT: 34
[ *] SAT II (if submitted): Math II 800, Chem 780, US History 720
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem 5, BC Calc 3 (as a freshman), APUSH e
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load: Applied Differential Equations, AP physics C (Mechanics and E&M), Honors orchestra, AP English Lit., AP US Government, AP Statistics
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Top 8 State singles tennis, Eagle Scout, District Cello Soloist Winner (Only one in the competition with a perfect score), 7th Place State Solo Cello, All State Cellist, Principle cellist of school orchestra and Assistant Principal cellist of a youth orchestra representing about 150,000 people in an area, Yearbook co-copy editor (we have two copy editors).
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[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Tennis, Cello, Scouting, Yearbook, Mountain Biking
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Worked in a physics/chem lab at Oregon State University in the summer
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: +250 hours
[ *] Intended Major: Chemical Engineering
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Oregon
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket: 100000+
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
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[ *] Other places accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A: UCLA, and a full ride to my safety school, W: Wash U. St. Louis, Northwestern, Cornell, Harvey Mudd, R: Harvard, Yale, MIT, Dartmouth</p>
<p>for those who got accepted through appeal (congrats!), did they notify you by email? or did you get an email a few days later, after you saw your acceptance on the portal…?cuz if so, then how many days after? lol</p>
<p>I’m basically in the same place as some of the folks here: I have a really high CC GPA (3.8), but I had started off at a four-year college about nine years ago, and the grades aren’t particularly stellar at all. This pulled down my UC GPA to about 3.3, which is definitely not reflective of my current abilities. My grades were not as good because my first college was…an incredibly unhealthy environment to be in (tons of racism/homophobia on campus–I’m talking Confederate Flags and people saying negative things about black people IN THEIR PRESENCE), and I was getting harassed. It just wasn’t safe for me at all, and I ended up dropping out with severe depression that I really didn’t recover from until a couple years ago. I’m getting mixed advice re: appeals; some people have said that it might be a waste of my time and energy, and that UCB wouldn’t be an ideal undergrad environment anyway, and others are strongly encouraging me to appeal. ><</p>
<p>I sent my package on the very last day including:</p>
<ul>
<li>A letter of recommendation from my debate coach</li>
<li>A letter of recommendation from a former employer</li>
<li>An official letter from a psychological evaluator with my ADHD diagnosis.</li>
<li>My letter appealing my case, explaining why Berkeley is my top choice.</li>
</ul>
<p>Did anyone who got accepted from an appeal get an acceptance letter in the mail? I was accepted online but still didn’t get any acceptance packet. Maybe they don’t give them to us, kinda bummed. :/</p>
<p>Hey, have any transfer students heard back yet from their appeal? I know it’s still early, but, I’m obsessed, what can I say lol.</p>
<p>And congrats to all the freshmen who got in! This is alot more promising than the UCLA appeals thread which, so far, only one person who posted on it was accepted (Which makes sense, since ALL UCLA lets you send is your letter- no proof or rec letters or anything. Bah UCLA, making it obvious you don’t want to accept anyone off appeals, bah.)</p>
<p>So how exactly do appeals work? If you alteady knew Berkeley was a far reach and got denied, can you still go through with an appeal? If you go in for an appeal, does it lower your chances of getting in as a transfer?</p>
<p>Hey guys, i’m a senior this year who just got rejected from berkeley… but plan to appeal this! Those of you who got in have any tips on what to write about or what admission officers are looking for? How many letter of recs did you guys submit? Anything would help! I know the reason I got rejected was because of my low SATs. I got the borderline supplement but was rejected anyway… should I submit the same letter of rec because my english teacher wrote a really good one, or should i submit one written by my principal? Thanks!</p>
I figure they already have that info.</p>
This is alot more promising than the UCLA appeals thread which, so far, only one person who posted on it was accepted 
(Which makes sense, since ALL UCLA lets you send is your letter- no proof or rec letters or anything. Bah UCLA, making it obvious you don’t want to accept anyone off appeals, bah.)</p>