<p>Does anybkdy know how this spring thing is supposed to work? I got Spring acceptance. Doesn’t that put me at a major disadvantage for classes, housing, basically everything? I’m grateful to been accepted, just confused I guess.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: CAS
[</em>] SAT I (by section): Math 720 CR 650 W 740 TOTAL: 2110
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Spanish (Non-native speaker)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UW 4.0 (No weighting in my school)
[<em>] Rank: N/A
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): AP Spanish, AP English (Mostly honors classes though)
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Spanish, AP English, Honors Latin II, Calculus, Physics, Religion
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Gold on national Latin exam, honor roll all years, NHS, received a C-2 level of Spanish during my sophomore year (fluency)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Volunteer stuff, tutoring, the norm…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nada
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Outstanding
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Studied abroad during my sophomore year in Spain to become fluent in Spanish…idk if it’s a hook but it’s not normal.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Pennsylvania
[</em>] Classified in-state? Nope
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, rigorous preparatory school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Not a clue…maybe around 150-200k?
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None 
[</em>] Strengths: Experience with Spanish…my ability to excel in languages…etc.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Dunno
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: No ■■■■■■■ idea…dinged from UCLA so this was not expected and I am SO ■■■■■■■ HAPPY!!!
[/ul][ b]Other Factors:** Nope
General Comments HOLY ■■■■■■■ TITS YEAAAAAAAAAAHHHH</p>
<p>cjcow, spring works very smoothly. You can do FPF which is a few blocks from campus, and live in the dorms. Plenty of classes to pick from too.</p>
<p>Rejected :(</p>
<p>Waitlisted. Wow, thought I was gonna get rejected right away. Not bad lol</p>
<p>Rejected to UCLA and waitlisted at Berkeley. Is it better to get waitlisted or get accepted for Spring 2015??? </p>
<p>[size=200]Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Letters and Science, Molecular and Cell Biology
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 700 Math, 780 CR, 740 Writing (2220 total)
[<em>] SAT IIs: 740 Math II, 710 Biology M
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.84 W, 3.475 UW
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): Stat (3), Bio (3), AB Calc (4), Japanese, Physics APC - mechanics and E&M, Chemistry, Economics - macro/micro
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Econ, Calc III/IV at local community college, AP Chemistry, Biotechnology, English Honors</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Cello (orchestra, lessons, chamber music), Science Olympiad, independent science research (2012 Siemens semifinalist), 100+ hours community service, two random small clubs, creative writing
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): One was about research, but I felt that it was overly dry/bad. The other one was about recovering from depression, and I thought it was slightly better than the first. Overall, quality was okay, but nothing good.
[/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] Classified in-state? Yes
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, at least 20 go to Berkeley per year
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Japanese)
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 120000
[<em>] Strengths: Honestly, nothing
[</em>] Weaknesses: Everything and anything
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: It’s actually some big joke and they’re going to tell me I’m not accepted tomorrow.[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors: Supplemental form for disability. </p>
<p>General Comments: Was pretty surprised. Will be going, as long as this isn’t some sick joke. </p>
<p>How do we find out if the regent scholarship is accepted? Does it show on the award letter?</p>
<p>Accepted to CoE
MechE
2310/no sat2’s
LoLoLoLoLo</p>
<p>spring admit is “better” than waitlist strictly in terms of chances. Spring admit means you can start attending in Spring semester. Waitlist does not guarantee anything. </p>
<p>With that said, I know that spring admit can sound scary but it is literally what it sounds like-- you come here for spring semester. You can choose to even come for fall and take FPF (which is expensive but if you value starting college at the same time as others, worth it. Ultimately your call though.) In the long run, FPF students are no different from regular admits. I know plenty of FPF people who got into prestigious medical & grad schools, and amazing jobs afterwards. Just fyi!</p>
<p>@dakemom regents people would have already had interviews, and it will state in a letter that they were offered the regents scholarship</p>
<p>Certainly being accepted for Spring is better since you will still be attending Berkeley ( after a semester of break to refresh and re energize!). Waitlist means you might not get in…</p>
<p>Are decisions out? Cool! </p>
<p>nerdess you mean award letter?</p>
<p>@dakemom Yes, it’s on the letter that says you are admitted.</p>
<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Letters and Science
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 760 Math, 760 Reading, 800 Writing
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 800 Physics
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: I don’t know how to compute the weighted. Unweighted is 3.75 ish.
[<em>] APs (including this year’s):
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Proof-based calc 1-3, proof-based Diff eq, and proof-based Linear Algebra at U of Washington. Physics (with calculus) 2 and 3. Mathematical physics. US Literature. Poly Sci 101. Online combinatorics. Programming 1. </p>
<p>[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Internationally ranked competitive skier. Sponsored skier.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Self-study (combinatorics, intro real analysis, proofs, waves & optics). Skiing things (with some leadership). Other stuff that wasn’t very impressive.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Explained my life and how I am motivated by discovery and adventure - 7/10. Explained my desire to attend U of Washington as a high school senior. 8/10.</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WA
[</em>] Classified in-state? No
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Online school → dual-enrolled at community college → U of Washington/ comm college as senior
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 160000
[<em>] Strengths: SATs, past history of success in the context of skiing and explaining my desire to focus on math and science
[</em>] Weaknesses: grades? I don’t know…
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: No clue… I would be skeptical of myself if I were an admissions officer. Lucky for them they made the right decision and I will most likely be attending and representing Berkeley in my hopefully illustrious career as a mathematician.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Hope my parents can pay for UCB. If I go I will be starting in the 100s in the math department, which leaves ample time for grad courses and hopefully time to develop a meaningful relationship with some of the great mathematicians at Berkeley.
General Comments Rejected from MIT, Caltech, Princeton. Waitlisted at Chicago. Accepted at U of Washington and here. Not bad for not going to high school for two years.</p>
<p>Thank You. I guess he is not, then…</p>
<p>2280 and rejected :/</p>
<p>Rejectedddddddddddd! haha. Its not that bad, since UCLA is and always was my top choice, but just knowing I wasn’t good enough for Berkeley kills me lol</p>
<p>@dakemom
If you got regents you will get a regents message in the myMessages section of the portal. You also should have gotten an email by now with more information about the scholarship. </p>