Official Berkeley RD Class of 2017 Decisions

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by (insert school)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Deferred by (insert school)[/color][/size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected by (insert school)**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Summer Activities:
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Additional Rec:
[ *] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other*[list]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[ ] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *]Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]</p></li>
<li><p>[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
[ /list][ b]General Comments:*</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Don’t use this template. The template in the following thread uses characteristics more relevant to Berkeley admissions:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1475125-berkeley-class-2017-freshman-class-2015-transfer-results-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1475125-berkeley-class-2017-freshman-class-2015-transfer-results-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I am an international…so ill stick with the old template…:slight_smile:
** Decision:Accepted:EECS **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2050(750M 630CR 670W)
[</em>] ACT:nah
[<em>] SAT II:math 2 :800 physics:780 chemistry: 780
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):4
[<em>] UC GPA:
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):3/120
[<em>] ELC?:
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: math,physics, chem, comp sc.
[<em>]** Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):** [li] I won the wenhui award from the chinese government and UNESCO[/li][</em>]Made my own soil moisture sensor, sold it to a company…won an international award and made a lot of satisfied customers.
[<em>] Got selected to represent India in Robogames 2013…Also conducted the national finals:)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Many clubs, robotics
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked at 2 companies…won international awards for the projects I did there. I also worked at a bakery during 9th and 10th grade…won the state bakery award too;)
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: nothing to talk of here!(except a project I did)
[<em>] Personal Statement: Felt It was good…Happy about It.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:No
[<em>] Intended Major:EECS
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):India
[</em>] School Type:Private
[<em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[</em>] Gender:Male
[<em>] Income Bracket:<100000 USD
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): a noose actually…for being an asian-indian
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: EC’s and school rigor, maybe EC’s…what do you guys think:confused:
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT score, cut throat competition
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Because admissions thought Id fit here [/li][/ul]General Comments: I feel awesome :D</p>

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<p>I’m quite surprised I got into cal but not ucla…
Stats:
Act:29
No sat.
Weighted GPA: 4.5
Unw GPA: 4.0
Over 300 hours of service, created spirit group for my school.
Biosite, adot a park, clean streams clean bay, the a team, nhs, csf, presidential award, leadership, captain of badminton…
Essays were pretty good, I’d like to think.
Looks like UC’s are actually starting to care more about EC’s!</p>

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<p>Decision:Accepted:College of Letters and Science </p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): nah
ACT:33
SAT II: did not send in
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.5
UC GPA:4.442
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):NO CLUE
ELC?:
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP ENVIRO, AP ECON, AP ART HISTORY, AP ENG LIT
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
National AP scholar, Questbridge Schoalr
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):President of 2 clubs and had many internships at merrill lynch and other places
Volunteer/Community service:Coordinator of Service at church, clubs were focused on volunteering, rady childrens hospital
Personal Statement: If you guys want to see it… just message me it helps to see how others write their essays
Other
Applied for Financial Aid?:YES
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:Public
Ethnicity:Vietnamese
Gender:Male
Income Bracket:<55,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college student, low income
Reflection
Strengths: definitely course rigor… you can see that my unweighted isn’t as high as others but my weighted gpa still competes with that of other applicants
Weaknesses: unweighted gpa (however the admissions officers will see the rigor of your schedule)
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think i was accepted because of my story. Low Income student whose parents never graduated high school.
General Comments: Don’t fret over statistics because that is possibly the worse thing you could do. I’ve seen many people with a 4.8 weighted gpa get rejected from berkeley and many people with lower gpa’s get into berkeley. At the end of the day, every applicant is different and how the officers think you will help to improve berkeley is the ultimate determinant.</p>

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<p>I was accepted :-)</p>

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<p>my stats are as followed…
GPA weighted: 4.4
unweighted: 4.0
no ACT
SAT combined 1720
alot of community service, national honor society, soccer accolades, and good letters of rec.
i’m out of state from pittsburgh pennsylvania</p>

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<p>My phone’s about to die so I’ll give the basics:
Status: Spring admit, college of letters and science
SAT: Insignificant (I’m the reason Berkeley isn’t at an average 2000)
GPA: 4.3
All honors (not IB or AP offered)
About 800 hours of community service
2012 California Boys’ State Mayor (Fillmore Lions!)
Varsity soccer and baseball all four years, 8 varsity letters
Internship at SPAWAR-naval telephony
Rank: top 10 somewhere, out of 152
Head soccer coach and manager
Assistant soccer coach and manager
Work at Sky Zone SD about 15 hours a week for half a year now
Varsity soccer head captain for two years
Player on the Xolos USA academy
Assistant coach to my high school’s girls jv team
And other stuff…</p>

<p>Sent from my DROID RAZR using CC</p>

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<p>I’m also admitted from pittsburgh!</p>

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<p>Here were my stats:</p>

<p>GPA weighted: 4.6
Unweighted: 4.0
ACT: 31
SAT: 2150
Extracurriculars include: NHS VP, dance captain, science club treasurer, interact member, habitat for humanity member, traditional indian dance student and teacher…</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted by COE BioEngineering</p>

<p>Objective

  • SAT I (breakdown): 750 M 780 R 800W 9 (2330) (1st sitting)
  • ACT:
  • SAT II: 800’s Chem, Math, Bio E, Physics
  • Unweighted UC GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
  • Weighted Uncapped: 4.67
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Doesn’t rank but I got ELC
  • AP (place score in parenthesis): Calculus BC-A(5), Chemistry-A (5), Biology-A (5), APUSH –A (4), Spanish Lang-B (4), English Language Composition-A (3), European History-A (3)
  • IB (place score in parenthesis):
  • Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics, AP Statistics, AP Gov/Macroecon, Guitar, Chemical lab technician, English 12 CP, EPGY Online Intermediate C Programming(A)
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMSQT finalist, NHRP Scholar with distinctions, National AP Scholar with distinctions
    Subjective:
  • Extracurriculars: A lot with leadership in almost each one. I even went to nationals for table tennis and I founded 2 local table tennis programs as well as one club. I even had a research internship at a cancer diagnostics startup where I wrote part of a clinical analysis. 12 years piano player receiving guild diploma this June.
  • Job/Work Experience: none
  • Volunteer/Community service: Soup kitchen, food bank work and homeless sandwich program founder, worked at a space museum for an entire summer operating telescopes
  • Summer Activities: Summer Research Internship at a start-up, EPGY Summer Program- Discrete Math, EPGY Online C Programming
  • Essays: Not giving up in sports after wrecking my legs (9/10); multicultural family (7/10)
  • Teacher Recommendation: UC’s don’t have teacher recs???
  • Counselor Rec: ??? (I’m from a huggeee public school so I have no idea what to expect)
  • Additional Rec: UC’s don’t have these either???
  • Interview: I didn’t get regents so no interview either (regents for bioe is small)
    Other</p>

<ul>
<li>State (if domestic applicant): CA</li>
<li> Country (if international applicant):</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender: M </li>
<li>Income Bracket: 100k+</li>
<li>Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
Reflection</li>
</ul>

<p>*Strengths: SAT’s, Essays, Research at Start-Up, Positive Grade trend 2 B’s in 9th , 1 B in 10th, 0 B in 11th

  • Weaknesses: Freshmen Grades, no major awards
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Basically took every single AP/weighted class in my super competitive huge public school and got A’s in basically all of them. Also I got a high SAT
    *Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: ACCEPTED-USC (1/2 Tution), UI Urbana (Achievement + Engineering Scholarship), CMU, U Michigan, UCLA, UC Irvine (Honors), UCSB&UCD (Regent), WAITLIST- WUSTL, MIT, Rice, Northwestern REJECTED: Stanford (EA), Caltech, Harvard, Princeton, Yale, UPenn, Cornell
    General Comments: Congratulations to everyone else who was accepted! To those waitlisted (out of state) or rejected: Keep believing in yourself</p>
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<p>Decision: Accepted by College of Chemistry</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 35 (35 on all sections)
[<em>] SAT II: 750 Math II, 780 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):school does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Comp Sci A (4), AP Physics B (3), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Chemistry (5), APUSH (5), AP Language (5),
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load:AP Literature, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Government, School Newspaper, Virtual Enterprise
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nah.
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Boy Scouts (various leadership positions, Eagle Scout), NASA program, Varsity Cross Country, Varsity Track (Captain), JV/Varsity Basketball, Piano, School Newspaper, National Honor Society (Treasurer)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Piano Teacher
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:Boy Scouts stuff, Tutoring younger students (NHS)
[</em>] Summer Activities:Boy Scout World Jamboree, Religious Retreat, UCLA camp
[<em>] Essays: One on parents’ refugee background, one on UCLA camp experience and how it has carved out my career path and goals
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: N/A
[<em>] Counselor Rec: N/A
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview:N/A[/li][/ul]Other[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type:
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>]Income Bracket:$100,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none.[/li][/ul]Reflection[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>] Strengths:ACT score, extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses:GPA!
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:ACT score, extracurriculars, APs?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:who cares anyway. I’m going to Berkeley!
[/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted by EECS**[/color][/size]</p>

<p>[ b]Objective:[list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:33(E29, M36, R32, S36, W10)
[ *] SAT II:M2 800 CHEM 790
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.97
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):CALC BC(5), MACRO(5), MICRO(5), CHEM(5), BIO(4), CHINESE(5), ENVI SCI(3,self study)
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:COLLEGE CLASS: LIN ALG 1ST SEMESTER, COMP SCI+INTRO TO PHILO 2ND SEMESTER; AP PHYSICS, AP GOV, AP EURO, GRAMMAR, ADV DEBATE
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):nothing extraodinary
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Debate, math, tennis&swimming website building, volunteer teaching team founder/captain, couple internship, one research
[ *] Job/Work Experience:internship at a financial company
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:volunteer teaching in china, Veteran hospital volunteering, ELL tutoring
[ *] Summer Activities:research/internship/volunteer
[ *] Essays:ok essays
[ *] Teacher Recommendation:no; all my commonapp failed somehow so i wonder something could happen.
[ *] Counselor Rec:huge public school, counselor like oh another hardworking asian? lol
[ ] Additional Rec:
[ ] Interview:
[ /list][ b]Other[list]</p>

<ul>
<li><p>[ *] State (if domestic applicant):Iowa
[ *] Country (if international applicant):China previously
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:Asian
[ *] Gender:Male
[ ]Income Bracket:low, but no financial aid anyway
[ ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):nah
[ /list][ b]Reflection[list]</p></li>
<li><p>[ *] Strengths: broad skills, not bad grades/test scores, have comp sci back ground
[ *] Weaknesses:nothing particularly good, race(not in UC), gender, international,
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:above
[ *] Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:private schools defer/decline, public school all good
[ /list][ b]General Comments:**</p></li>
</ul>

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<p>Please use the template in this thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1475125-berkeley-class-2017-freshman-class-2015-transfer-results-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1475125-berkeley-class-2017-freshman-class-2015-transfer-results-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>since it lists attributes that are more relevant to the Berkeley admissions process.</p>

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<p>Decision: admitted for fall 2013</p>

<p>Scholarships awarded with admission: n/a
Financial aid and scholarships sufficient to attend:no</p>

<p>Class level: freshman
College admitted to: Engineering
Major applied to, admitted to: Material Science and Engineering</p>

<p>High school GPA, unweighted: 3.78
High school GPA, UC-weighted, capped:?
High school GPA, UC-weighted, uncapped: 4.21
Rigor of high school senior course load: DCr Calculus 3, DCr Linear Algebra, DCr Universiity Physics 2, DCr American Govt., DCr Macro Econ, DCr English, Dcr Technical Writting, AP Statistics, Chemistry 2, Biology 2
Eligible in Local Context:no
High school type and characteristics: private, denominational
SAT Reasoning, highest single sitting: 1940(600,800,540)
SAT II: Physics 750 Math 2 750
ACT highest single sitting: 30(E26,M36,R26S,33)
AP and/or IB test scores: Physics B 5, Calculus AB 5, US History 4, Physics C Mech 3</p>

<p>Grade trend: upward</p>

<p>Residency: international
From below median income family: no
First generation: no
Essay topics:Experience pancreatitis twice in my first year studying in US
Extracurricular activities: won national science congress, varsity soccer, fishing club, class leader fr.& soph., NHS treasurer, etc.
Awards and achievements:National Science Fair, AP scholar Honor, Cambridge ICE with distinction, Phi Theta Kappa honor society, NHS, Bausch+Lomb
Volunteer work:Riot victim shelter, school supply drive, wounded warrior project, Sunday school teacher
Work experience:Fishing magazine writer</p>

<p>Officially irrelevant characteristics:studied in 4 different countries in high school</p>

<p>Race / ethnicity: Asian
Gender:M
High school class rank: n/a</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2060- (CR: 760) (M-660) (W: 640)
ACT: 31
SAT II: Literature-740, Biology-710, Math 1- 650, US History-640
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.889
Weighted GPA: 6.456
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): English literature (4), American Government (5), Comparative Government (4)
Senior Year Course Load: High school: AP English Lang., AP American History, AP Calc AB, Executive Internship Honors, Dual Enrollment: Biology 1, Theater Appreciation, Individual in Society, Leadership Seminar, Biology and the Environment, Basic Physics, Statistics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Ain’t nobody got time for dat</p>

<p>Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Youth Symphony, Church Orchestra Chairmaster/ Pianist, Math Club (Secretary), National Honor Society (Treasurer), Social Studies Honor Society/Model UN Delegate, Asian Culture Club (President/Founder), Speech and Debate (Secretary), Yearbook (Layout Editor), Violin Tutor, SAT/ACT Club (Critical Reading Tutor/ Founder), Swim Team, Women of Tomorrow
Job/Work Experience: Shelver/Library Assistant (3 years), Walenstein Youth Orchestra
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital Volunteer, Science Museum, Free Violin Tutoring, Youth Group, CSX Tree Planting, Tutoring
Personal Statement:</p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Global Public Health
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
School Type: dual enrollment high school
Ethnicity: Asian/Filipino
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: <100k
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Nada</p>

<p>Reflection
Strengths: Extracurriculars, Essays Decent
Weaknesses:SAT Scores
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: UF, FSU, FIU, Univ. of Miami, Fordham University, Tulane University, UCLA, UC Berkeley, NYU
General Comments:Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>can anyone comment what’s like to study Material Science (MSE) at Berkeley compared with ChemE…and job prospects. thanks!</p>