***Official Berkeley Class of 2018 Discussions/Decisions***

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>D accepted for spring admission.<br>
Major applied for: biology / pre-med
UC GPA: 4.25
ACT: 25
SAT 1720
Class Rank: 6% out of 600+ students
EC: lots of volunteer, leadership positions, captain of JV & varsity field hockey
AP: Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Language, Chemistry, Psychology
Essays: excellent, spent a lot of time on them
State: CA, San Diego
Gender/Ethnicity: white female
Rejected: Cal Poly SLO, Notre Dame
Waitlisted: UCSD, Pepperdine
Accepted: UCSB, UCSC, USF
Waiting to hear: USC
Not sure where she will decide to go. Going on college road trip to visit all accepted schools next week.</p>

<p>She got low test scores due to test anxiety. Essays must have been how she got in, showed her true self and commitment. Goes to show you that they really do look at more than just test scores! Congratulations to all who got in. For those who didn’t, everything happens for a reason, you will end up where you are meant to be!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Letters and Science (specified Computer Science on my app)
[</em>] SAT I (by section):
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math 2 (710)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.3, 3.9
[<em>] Rank: 1/~400
[</em>] ACT: 29
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): Euro (2), Bio (3), USH (3), English Lang (4), Calc BC (4), will take: US Govt, Stats, Physics B, English Lit, Psychology (not taking the class)
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s):
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit, Physics CP, Photography, AP Stats, AP US Govt/Econ CP, French III, AP Physics B
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Little scholarships, awards, and nominations here and there. Nothing big.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Filipino club (President), dance club (president), Key Club (secretary), NHS, CSF, French club, MESA, summer program at Cambridge University, etc etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: personal online shop
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): I remember I couldn`t make up my mind for the ‘my world’ essay so I wrote about a bunch of different aspects in my life. For the second one, I talked about dance and how it helped me gain confidence in life. I wrote my personal statements INCREDIBLY last minute though, and I was half awake while proofreading them…
[] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nope.

[/ul]**Location/Person:**[ul] [] State or Country: California [] Classified in-state? [] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public [] Ethnicity: Asian [] Gender: Female [] Income Bracket: 80k [] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation immigrant? [] Strengths: Rank, ECs/positions, summer at Cambridge [] Weaknesses: Everything else. :D [] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I think my stats qualify well. I don`t really know. [/ul]**Other Factors:** **General Comments:** Oh man, my college decisions have been a crazy rollercoaster ride.</p>

<p>Rejected: UCLA, Northeastern, BU, several Ivies
Waitlisted: UC Davis, Barnard College, UPenn, Brown
Accepted: University of the Pacific, USF, UC Berkeley</p>

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<p>@ablejoy , I feel for you! Hope you have a good back up.</p>

<p>Wait-listed by my dream school =(( Seems like my holistic view didn’t impress anyone</p>

<p>Major: BME
GPA: 4.67 (4.48 weighted)
SAT I: 1470 (CR+M), 670 (W)
SAT II: Math 800, Bio 800
ACT: 35
11 APs
National Merits Finalist
Adequate EC
California Resident
Non-URM</p>

<p>Though very appreciative of the UC system (got Regents from UC Davis, UCSB, and UCLA), I would trade them all for Cal.</p>

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<p>Accepted
ACT: 31
SAT Subject: 800 German, 700 Lit
3.8/4.0 W
AP: Psych 5, English Lang 5, World 4, Spanish Lang 5, German Lang 5
Taking Senior year AP Enviro, AP Lit, AP Spanish Lit, AP Gov, Calculus Honors, Psychology Seminar
Class rank: Top 50% (very competitive private school)
Out of state, Florda Resident, Male (White)
Hook: top 15 debater in the country (recruited for debate)
EC’s - Dope: President of the young democrats, captain of the debate team, presidential campaign work etc.
Essays - Dank
Accepted: Oklahoma, UF (Florida), FSU, Tulane, Fordham, Miami (Presidential Scholarship)
Rejected: none
Waiting to hear: USC, Georgetown, Michigan, George Washington
Im elated to have been given this opportunity!</p>

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<p>For accepted students, does anyone know when we get the mail packages from Berkeley? </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: L&S
[</em>] SAT I: 2020
[<em>] UC GPA: 4.04
[</em>] Rank: School doesn’t rank.
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): AP World History, AP US History, AP English Lit., AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP English Lit., AP Psychology, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, Honors Physics, 2 College Prep Courses, Art
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Community service award at my school.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Prolonged leadership in my community service group, and in my club.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Great. Got help from a Cal admissions officer and she said they were fantastic.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private, competitive.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Filipino
[</em>] Gender: M
[*] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Show passion in your essays, and work extremely hard on your personal statements-- I’m sure my essays got me admitted into Cal.</p>

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<p>@DogeBoi Thanks. Yes, have a few options including ucla, ucsd, usc and east coast top universities … So not all bad. I also appreciate UC system in general. But it really gets frustrating when really top performers get rejected by UCB, while we keep paying high taxes. I found UCB in general really strange with such policy as not even giving applicant choice of a second major and then rejecting outright with no proper explanations. Just beyond understanding what I could have done better or different! When I toured also I found staff not friendly. Other UCs are much more courteous.
Being a public school UCB can be atleast bit nicer and transparent to us taxpayers. Really hope some congress person take a note and look into it, at-least for future California kids.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Life and Sciences
[</em>] SAT I (by section): CR 610 (ouch), M 770, W 760 (2140)
[<em>] SAT IIs: Math II (800), Bio M (750), US history (720)
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.18, 3.97
[<em>] Rank: School does not rank
[</em>] ACT: -
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): Euro (3), USH (5), Bio (4), Lit (4)
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: -
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Gov, AP Macroecon, AP Chem, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP Eng Lang, Ceramics/Sculpture
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Baird Scholar (one of ten in my state), One of Top winners of a state math contest (x2), AP Scholar with Honor</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Science Olympiad (10, 11, 12 state title all three years), NHS (11,12), Mu Alpha Theta (11, 12 - Co-president) Club, Tae-Kwon-Do (volunteered as an instructor), Summer research internship at a biology-based laboratory, plus various community service that adds up to ~250 hours.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: -
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): #1 (The world I come from): talked about my dad and how his life as a scientist has influenced me to become a scientist like him. #2 (personal quality/talent/etc): talked about moving to U.S. at the age of 11 and struggling to fit in to the new language and culture, and how my interest in drawing had helped me persevere.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research & Baird scholar</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Arizona
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): better-than-normal middle-size (~1600) public HS
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~60,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): -
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, (somewhat) extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT critical reading
[*] Why you think you were accepted: Most of my application is science (especially biology) and math related.</p>

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<p>[size=+2][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /size]</p>

<p>Stats:[ list]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Computer Science L&S
[</em>] SAT I (by section): N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math 2, 680 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: ~ 3.7ish UW ~ 4.05ish W
[<em>] Rank: Top 40%
[</em>] ACT: 32</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship, personal projects
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):</p>

<p>[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Not relevant
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths: Genuinely interested in CS
[<em>] Weaknesses: grades, SAT 2, ACT score, class rank (everything)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: No idea.
[/list][ b]Other Factors:**
General Comments
Focus on being interesting. </p>

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<p>Daughter accepted. Has already enrolled at UCLA! Accepted to 10 of 11 applied to. Denied at UT Austin.
Letters and Science for Biological Sciences
CR 720 M 690 W 570
SAT II Chem 710 APUSH 690
APs 5 4s, 5 more to come
GPA 4.67 UW 4.0
Rank #2 out of 420
ECs Varsity Softball left handed pitcher 4 years, Volunteer Keyboardist in Church Praise Band 4 years, Asst. Bell Choir Director 4 years, Church Youth Group Leader 4 years, Homeless Shelter 2 summers, Children’s Resource Center 2 Summers, ASB Treasurer and Commissioner 2 years, Founder and VP of Community Pride Club, Volleyball 2 years, Alternate Girl’s State, National Honors Society and CSF.
Most important essay prob experience of being first girl’s athletic club to attend CAMPGOALZ (Marine run camp)
CA; LA
Caucasian
Female
Weakness 570 on Writing SAT</p>

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<p>Rejected from Mechanical Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2230, 710CR 800M 720W
[</em>]SAT II: 800 Physics, 800 Math 2, 730 Chem
[<em>]ACT: 36
[</em>]GPA: 4.0 UW/4.5W
[<em>]Rank:9/372
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 4: Chem & Spanish Lang. 5: Physics B, English Lang, Calc AB
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Strong, wrote about my mother’s breast cancer and how it affected me and who I am. Teachers liked it.
[</em>]Teacher Recs: Strong from English teacher who was also adviser for key club and math teacher who was impressed by me.
[<em>]Counselor Rec: Likely generic seeming as I did not talk to my counselor much, but she liked me.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: None.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Only that my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer my sophomore year
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Pacific Northwest
[<em>]High School Type: Competitive, highly ranked public school
[</em>]Income Bracket: 75,000-100,000
[<em>]Ethnicity: White
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul][ b]Other**[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Over 1500 hours of community service, Pres. of Key Club, Pres. of Keystone (regional volunteer/leadership group), NHS member, volunteering with BGCA, taught self to write code, taught self to play guitar, recreational level sports
[</em>]Awards: AP scholar with distinction, national merit commended scholar, presidential scholar applicant, many community service awards.
[<em>]Where else were you accepted/rejected?: Accepted at Cal Poly SLO, rejected at Columbia, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Princeton, Stanford REA, UC Berkeley, Yale. Waitlisted at Cornell and UPenn SEAS.
[</em>]Strengths: Academics
[<em>]Weaknesses: ECs not relevant to field of interest.
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Don’t be me.</p>

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<p>I am an international student from South Korea and got accepted!!
So happy!!!
oh, and may I have one question?
I wonder what an exact tuition fee is. (I’m gonna live on campus)
Some say it’s over $60000
but according to its website <a href=“Cost - Office of Undergraduate Admissions”>http://admissions.berkeley.edu/costofattendance&lt;/a&gt;
I guess last year’s tuition was about $56000.
It is really probable that tuition has increased this year so may exceed $60000
but I hope I could refer to the exact document.
Anyone from international who knows well about it?
Berkeley is my dream college and I hope money does not make us go through hard times…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Letters & Science (English)
[</em>] SAT I (by section): N/A
[<em>] SAT IIs: 780 Literature, 680 US History
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.2 weighted, 3.8 unweighted
[<em>] Rank: Top 10%, school doesn’t rank
[</em>] ACT: 34 (36 English, 35 Math, 35 Reading, 31 Science, 11 Essay)
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): European History, US History, Music Theory, Calculus AB, English Literature, Spanish Language, Comparative Government
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: N/A
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calculus AB, Biotechnology, AP English Literature, Concert Choir, AP Spanish Language, Chamber Choir, AP Comparative Government/Economics
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): AP Scholar, music awards, soccer awards</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Student-run a cappella group, private voice lessons, various choirs, club soccer, and summer voice programs
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good!
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] Classified in-state? Yes
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Large rigorous public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, ACT score, music related extracurriculars
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA, work experience, community service
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I honestly have no idea why I was accepted! I’m still in shock…
[<em>] Accepted: UMich, UCSD, UCD, UCSB, UCSC, UDub, Oberlin, BU
[</em>] Waitlisted: UCLA, Vassar, Harvard
[li] Rejected: Northwestern, Brown[/li][/ul]Other Factors: N/A
General Comments Congrats to all who were accepted!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: EECS
[</em>] ACT: 35
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2230 (720/800/710)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 Math II, 740 US H, 660 Phy ( :frowning: )
[<em>] GPA: 4.0/4.41
[</em>] Rank: 1/520</p>

<p>[li] APs: 5’s. AP Eng Lang, Calc AB, Physics B, USH, Human Geo </p>[/li]
<p>[li] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Calc BC, AP Chem, AP USGov, AP Eng Lit, AP Psych, AP French[/li]<a href=“Awards,%20etc.”>*</a>: 1st place in a MESA prelim followed by a first place in Regionals. Minor stuff like AP Scholar with Distinction, National Merit Commended. </p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Couple hundred hours of community service from clubs/activities. Key Club, Math Club (team member and tutor), Decathlon, MESA/STEM Club (officer), CSF, NHS, Table tennis, taken programming courses at CC/online , Global Peace Foundation
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): Written well enough, but probably not enough emotion or style. Wrote about technological interest and an academic experience.
[li] Hook : None really :(</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public, average SAT <1500, 78% low income.
[<em>] Ethnicity: Mixed White/Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Strengths: Grades/ ACT
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essay, science SAT II
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Competitive Major</p>[/li]
<p>Waitlisted at Harvey Mudd, UCLA. Rejected UCB, Caltech, Olin. I have gotten UCSD Regents, UCSB Regents, UCI Regents though. Little saddened, but I know the competitiveness of most EE/CS/CE majors at those schools and am prepared to accept the outcome. Just waiting for 2 more rejections haha. </p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Posting this for the people who underestimate themselves! </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Letters and Sciences
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 1950
[<em>] SAT IIs:
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted:
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s: English Lit Lang HL, Economics HL, Foreign Language HL, Art SL, Biology, Math SL
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload:
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): 2 National awards, few in school awards</p>[/li]
<p>[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Mostly creative stuff. Founded a company, president of some clubs at my school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 Internships at government institutions
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Great, I hope! I’m sure this is what got me in…I talked alot about my background and cultural identity!
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Essays and ECs </p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Location/Person:**[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: International representtttt
[</em>] Classified in-state?
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): IB
[</em>] Ethnicity: Mixed
[<em>] Gender:
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None, really
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT and grades
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I honestly have no idea. I wasn’t even expecting to get in Berkeley cos I was rejected by UCSB and UCLA. This just proves that the college admissions process is absolutely insane! Alot of my friends with higher GPAs got rejected and I didn’t. Life is unpredictable.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments
NEVER EVER UNDERESTIMATE YOURSELF! Now I wish I’d applied to Ivy League schools, but so happy to be accepted by Berkeley! Congrats to everyone who got in! </p>

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<p>@zebrashorts Totally agree! We have similar stats (:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted with Regents</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Letters and Science (Physics)
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 1970 (W630, M700, CR640)
[<em>] SAT IIs Maths2: 670, Physics: 770
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.86 UW
[<em>] ACT: 30
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: Predicted 41, (Maths Physics Chem HL 776) (English Lang/Lit Econ Spanish B SL 677)</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Team captain of soccer team, playing tennis, playing flute, student government vicepresident
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Internship at University of Cologne (Institute of Nuclear Physics)</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: Germany
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Strengths: Good ECs and Essays were decent
[</em>] Weaknesses: Standardized test scores…
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I love Berkeley for their holistical decisions! Never thought I would stand a chance!
[</em>] Accepted: University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, CU Boulder, Northeastern, UCSC, UCSB, UCSD
[*] Rejected: Caltech, UCLA (wait-listed)</p>

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<p>College/Major Applied To: L&S</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: English; L&S
[</em>] SAT I (by section): 690 CR, 600 Math, 660 W,
[<em>] SAT IIs: None.
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.29 W, 3.87 UW, 4.25 UC GPA,
[<em>] Rank: 5/160
[</em>] ACT: none
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): Euro, US, English Lang. Comp, Calc, Spanish Culture, English Lit., Government, which is 7/9 offered I think
[</em>] IBs (including this year’s: None
[<em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Calc, Spanish Culture, English Lit., Government, Yearbook, Leadership, Physics
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Nothing special, Student of the month, ect.</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Music for 8+ yrs, Soccer 4 yrs, Spanish Honors Society Secretary 2 yrs, Yearbook staff and editor 2 yrs, Class Officer 2 yrs, GYLC program, opened for Edwin McCain (My mom forced my to put this on my app, guess It worked :P),
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Marketing support for ski area 4 yrs, 150+ community service hrs;
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about my life in dual worlds commuting from San Jose to Calaveras County and how being influenced by both city and small town life changed me as a person. 2nd essay wrote about my dedication to my studies and how, despite being painful at times, I know that every late night and missed party is worth it. Additional Comments I talked about GYLC and how I earned a global perspective.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Ehh, nothing.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] Classified in-state? Yes
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, really small. Probably 700 kids tops. My senior class size just keeps dropping.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic, White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Under $100,000/yr
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nothinggg
[</em>] Strengths: Essays, ECs I think
[<em>] Weaknesses: Scores and GPA (both seem low for Berkeley but I won’t question it :P)
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I don’t even know man. Maybe they just looked at it relatively?? I mean my valedictorian only got a 1950 super scored on her SATs, like. I don’t know how I got in.
[/ul]Other Factors: None.
General Comments I am so excited. I am shocked honestly…after being denied by UCLA I thought I would have no chance. All I had left was UCSC, University of Denver, and University of Puget Sound. I was really starting to freak out. I came into this thinking no way in hell was I going to get into Berkeley. I just applied for the heck of it. I’m so glad I did. Got in for Spring 2015, but going on FPF in 2014. Can’t wait to be a golden bear. Getting accepted was one of the coolest moments. I had a soccer game last night so I was at the field when I checked it. My whole team came running over to congratulate me, jumping and yelling. It’s something I’ll never forget. Congrats to everyone that got accepted, and to those who didn’t, you have to believe that you’ll do well wherever you end up, because you will. :)</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: EECS
[</em>] SAT I (by section): onesitting 2230, superscore 2350
[<em>] SAT IIs: Maths 800 Chem 800 Phys 800
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.94/4.0
[<em>] ACT: None
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): None
[li] Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Second Prize in computer programming</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Business competition(as CEO of an IT company), MUN(leader), National Astronomy Camp, Student Union(leader)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Concierge of a 5-star hotel(only one month), flash making for school’s math center
[li] Essays (subject and responses): Main essay writes about my trip to North Korea and my reflections on that trip. I think it is unique, but I don’t know whether the AOs accept it.[/li]Other essays write about my parents influence on me and my competition and job experience.</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State or Country: China
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >100,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nope
[</em>] Strengths: score, award
[<em>] Weaknesses: ECs, essays
[</em>] Why you think you were denied: Really can’t figure out why and really depressed. I know a whole bunch of guys around me with lower SAT and less ECs or no major award getting admitted to school of engineering, but only I was rejected.
General Comments Really depressed now. I have been rejected everywhere and the best choice for me now is just UCLA.</p>