Official UC Berkeley Acceptance/Rejection Thread

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT:1300</li>
<li>SAT IIs:710, 660. 570</li>
<li>GPA:not sure of UC GPA, but pretty sure it's above 4.0</li>
<li>Rank:4/640</li>
<li><p>Subjective:</p></li>
<li><p>Essays:i was happy with them</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any):can't think of anything</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country:CA</li>
<li>School Type:Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity:Hispanic</li>
<li>Gender:female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:
weakness: SATs??</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:don't know, but would have been happy with whatever outcome because I never really planned on attending</li>
</ul>

22

<p>"REJECTED TO MY FIRST CHOICE SCHOOL!!!!</p>

<p>oh well... GO UCLA.. GO BRUINS!!!!!!"</p>

<p>i got rejected too but UCLA was my first choice so im all good =)</p>

<p>but anyways... how come some people got accepted in fall of 2005 and others in spring of 2006? whats the difference?</p>

23

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1360</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 700, 660, 650</li>
<li>GPA: 4.36</li>
<li>Rank: 10/511</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Good, if not great</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Sacramento, California</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian Indian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>

24

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (Spring 2006)!!!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 29 ACT</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 710/630/620</li>
<li>GPA: 4.1-4.2</li>
<li>Rank:n/a</li>
<li>Other stats:</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Excellent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs:</li>
<li>Counselor Rec:</li>
<li>Hook (if any): I was able to show my true self in my essays</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country:CA</li>
<li>School Type: ranked highly, public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender:F</li>
<li>major strength/weakness:</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: </li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: This makes me happy :) I think I will end up at UCLA though</p>

25

<p>Decision: Accepted. Yay!
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1510</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 770,770,780</li>
<li>GPA:4.15</li>
<li>Rank:no rank</li>
<li>Other stats: National Merit Finalist, Ap scholar with distinction</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): involved and have depth in lots of ecs</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country:San Diego</li>
<li>School Type: private</li>
<li>Ethnicity:white</li>
<li>Gender:female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: lots of involvent/ grades could be higher</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I worked my ass off and they wanted to be cool and acknowledge that</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: I'm glad I got in because it made up somewhat for getting rejected from my first choice.</p>

26

<p>Decision: Accepted :)
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1450</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 720/720/800</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW 4.6 W 4.0 UC</li>
<li>Rank: 1/504</li>
<li>Other stats: AP Scholar, N'tl Merit Commended, various regional awards</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: meh...</li>
<li>Hook: Lots of EC's</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: IB/Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: strength - EC's</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: academic record/EC's</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors: I already knew I was admitted from Regent's And Chancellor's Interview (awarded this as well) :) </p>

<p>~Congrats to everyone!!</p>

27

<p>Decision: Rejected
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1420</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 750 writing, 720 Math II, 760 Chem</li>
<li>GPA: 4.05 UC</li>
<li>Rank: N/A</li>
<li>Other stats: -</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: very good</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: large, public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: didn't report</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: idk.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: idk. GPA maybe.</li>
</ul>

<p>Ehhhh this sucks. I'll live though.</p>

28

<p>Yeahhhhhhhhhh, I got accepted.
Stats:
SAT: 1410(800M,610V)
SATII: 610W,800 MIIC, 800 Physics.
GPA:3.95 UW,4.1 W
rank:26/571
Other Stats: AP Physics B: 5 ; AP Physics C Mech: 5 ; PA Physics C E&M: 5.</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: so so.
Hooks: dont know.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
* State: CA (Recent Vietnamese immigrant).
* School type: Public
* Ethnicity:Asian.
* Gender: Male.
* Strength&Weakness: Personality+Scientific&Mathematical&debating skills-English limit.
*Why you think you were admitted? They know I am good enough for them+luck.</p>

<p>Like I promised, I wont sleep the next two days. YAeeeeeeeeeee......</p>

29

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT:1540</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800/790/700</li>
<li>GPA: 3.8 uw, 4.5 w</li>
<li>Rank: top 5%</li>
<li>Other stats:-</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: decent, I guess.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): done research in penn state's astro dept, taken several college courses. loads of ecs, leadership positions in several.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Pennsylvania</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: white</li>
<li>Gender:female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: strength-- female wanting to go into astrophysics weakness-- gpa</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: major, research, ecs</li>
</ul>

30

<p>doesnt seem as bad as UCLA</p>

31

<p>Decision: Accepted (Engineering)
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1460, 35 ACT</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800/780/760</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW</li>
<li>Rank: 1/150</li>
<li>Other stats: </li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Good, but perhaps not my most original </li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MO</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Strong GPA, ten AP's by graduation, regional and national awards for science</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Erm... luck?</li>
</ul>

32

<p>Decision: Accepted with Regents' and Chancellor's Scholarship!</p>

33

<p>Rejected</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1420</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 710 writing, 750 Math I, 730 Literature</li>
<li>GPA: ~3.9 </li>
<li>Rank: N/A</li>
<li>Other stats: -</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: okay</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: my gpa uw is around 3.6 -3.7, so it wasn't very high. </li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: most likely GPA. there were some things in my family history i could've included, but i chose not to, so my app probably didn't stick out. </li>
</ul>

<p>but it's okay, i'm happy with ucsd. cal is too competitive for me.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted for Fall 2005 (Undeclared)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>ACT: 32</li>
<li>SAT IIs:680 Writing, 720 Math 2c, 780 US History</li>
<li>GPA:I think a 4.1 UC GPA, but a 4.6 if uncapped.</li>
<li>Rank:At least top 4%.</li>
<li>ELC</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I liked them.</li>
<li>Hook (if any): See below.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country:CA</li>
<li>School Type:Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity:White</li>
<li>Gender:Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Strength: GPA? I have a lot of EC's, and quite a few leadership roles. My essays were very good, also. And I'm a first-generation college student.
weakness: Not really sure.<br></li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I am a pretty good student, and I have a lot of EC's.</li>
</ul>

35

<p>Decision: Accepted
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: Above 1500</li>
<li>SAT IIs: All 760 or better</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW 5.0 W</li>
<li>Rank: 1/400</li>
<li>Other stats: Physics Rotary Award, Health Rotary Award, Top Japanese Award, IB Math SL 7, Unofficial World Record Rubik's Cube Speed/Blindfold solving</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I thought they could have been better</li>
<li>Hook (if any): First generation</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Oregon</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: Strength: Grades, scores Weakness: ECs, Essays</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea...</li>
</ul>

36

<p>can anyone post their UC Berkeley acceptance letter here in this forum?</p>

37

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED yay!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT:1520 (780 M, 740 V)</li>
<li>SAT IIs:790 chem, 800 math IIc, 690 writing</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 UW</li>
<li>Rank: 3/452</li>
<li>Other stats: ap calc BC 5, ap chem 5</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: pretty good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: great</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): hmm...</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: MO</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: india</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li><p>major strength/weakness: heavy class load, many ECs</p></li>
<li><p>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: hmm...</p></li>
</ul>

38

<p>Decision: Accepted (Political Science)
Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1460 (750m, 710v), 32 ACT</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 780/720/700</li>
<li>GPA: 4.35 (UC), ELC</li>
<li>Rank: 3/190</li>
<li>Other stats: Passed 4 APs. 5 (U.S. History), 4 (Biology), 3 (Chem, English Lang.) Will take 5 AP tests in May (English Lit., Calculus AB, Enviro, U.S. Govt, Comparative Govt.)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: I actually thought that was the weakest part of my application but it might not have been since all the colleges seemed to have liked it. Go figure.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: Public (small school but very high ranked in LAUSD)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Asian</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: I had a lot of EC, and I heard that Berkeley really likes people in Speech/Debate. I've qualified 3 years in a role for States in National Extemporeanous Speaking and one year for Debate. Also was on the tennis team for 4 years and was co-captain. Weakness I thought were my essays.</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Who knows? ELC, ECs, and GPA?</li>
</ul>

39

<p>me too, DIABLO2FAN. ucla over cal anyday. : )</p>

<p>berkeley does that a lot i heard, admitting people spring 2006. it means the first semester there is no room so most people go to a jc and then go to berkeley spring semester. no biggie.</p>

40

<p>Decision: Accepted (w/regents/chancellors)</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT:1530--800 M, 730 V</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 IIC, 800 Writing, 800 Chem</li>
<li>GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.7 Weighted (dunno UC GPA)</li>
<li>Rank: top 2% (school doesnt rank)</li>
<li>Other stats: AP bio/chem/csa/csab/ushistory/calcab:5, apeuro:4</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: recycled</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: good (for r&c...)</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: ?</li>
<li>Hook (if any): uhmmm....hahahahaha </li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: CA</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: asian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
<li>major strength/weakness: not too many ECs, but i put a lot of time into the ones i was involved in</li>
<li>why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: cuz i made fun of myself in all my essays</li>
</ul>