Official UC Berkeley Class of 2018 accepted students

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<p>Post your stats using the format.Good luck.</p>

<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size] OR
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To:
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?:
[ *] SAT I (by section):
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] ACT:
[ *] APs (including this year's):
[ *] IBs (including this year's:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload:
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School:
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app:
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Essays (subject and responses):
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Chemical Engineering (College of Chemistry)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR: 690, M: 790, W: 800 (highest single sitting)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math level 2: 800, Physics: 770
[<em>] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: 4.0 UW (Don’t know my UC GPA, probably about 4.5)
[</em>] Rank: Top 1%
[<em>] ACT: Did not take
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): None
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s): IB English A1 HL, IB Mathematics HL, IB HOTA HL, IB Biology HL, IB Spanish SL, IB Physics SL
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 IB classes, 3 online college classes (Statistical Molecular Thermodynamics, Intro to Organic Chemistry, Multivariable Calculus)
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Don’t know
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NMSF, some Academic Decathlon medals at state quals, some tennis awards (All-League and All-City athlete, 2 time MVP)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Science Club (founder, president), NHS (class rep), Academic Decathlon (head captain, president), Band (represented school in All-County honor band for 3 years), Varsity Tennis
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Volunteering job at local hospital
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Wrote about inspiring disadvantaged K-8 kids in school district to pursue STEM careers and the summer I spent at UC Davis for the COSMOS program (Chemistry of Life cluster)
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): very average, in socioeconomically disadvantaged area
[<em>] Ethnicity: SE Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, leadership
[</em>] Weaknesses: no major awards
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Overall strong applicant. Admission was not a surprise, but the Regents candidacy definitely was![/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Interview for Regents went okay. The professor was really intimidating; don’t know if I handled it as best as possible. Not really expecting much, but will find out on March 27. Good luck to those waiting for decisions!</p>

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<p>@cosmogony
the decisions are out on the 27th, not today.</p>

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<p>@snowinsummer cosmogony got offered a regents interview so they’re accepted</p>

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<p>UC (and CSU) GPA is calculated as described here: <a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU;

<p>In practice, a student who took at least 8 semesters of 10th-11th grade courses eligible for +1 honors points will have a UC GPA that is about 0.3 to 0.4 higher than the unweighted 10th-11th grade courses. UC admissions readers will also see unweighted and weighted (using the UC weightings, not your high school’s weightings) without the 8 semester limits GPA.</p>

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<p>Probably 90% of the people will say “middle class”…</p>

<p>A better way would just be to say whether one’s family income is higher or lower than the median for households headed by someone age 45-54 (typical age for parents of high school and college students). This was $66,411 per year in 2012, according to <a href=“http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/household/2012/H10AR_2012.xls”>http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/data/historical/household/2012/H10AR_2012.xls&lt;/a&gt; .</p>

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<p>URM is not a hook at any California public. The most obvious of the usual hooks that does apply is recruited athlete.</p>

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<p>Okay, on that scale, my UC GPA is 4.20 then.</p>

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<p>How much harder is it to get into Cal than UCSD? I was accepted into the latter and keeping my fingers crossed for the former. Also, do the statistics of my school classmates play a factor in the admissions process?</p>

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<p>Does anyone know what time decisions will come out?</p>

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<p>[size=+2]**Decision: Accepted as Regent’s Candidate **[/size=+2] </p>

<p>Stats: [ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: College of Chemistry - Chemical Engineering
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR: 740, M: 740, W: 770
[</em>] SAT IIs: Chem: 710, Math II: 770, Spanish: 680
[<em>] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: 4.67/4.0/4.333
[</em>] Rank: 6
[<em>] ACT: —
[</em>] APs (including this year’s): All 5’s: Chem, Calc B/C, English Language Spanish. Current: Biology, Statistics, Literature, Gov/Econ
[<em>] IBs (including this year’s:
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Those AP’s ^ and Physics Honors. Have 1 free period
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: dunno
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): NCWIT Bay Area Winner, AP Scholar, National Merit Semifinalist, Student Athlete of the year</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Badminton team (9-12, Captain 11-12), Robotics Team (10-12, Founder/Team Leader), Environmental Club Member, Students Against Human Trafficking Member, Art Club Member
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: worked as camp counselor at science/tech summer camp for 2 years, interned at same camp for 2 years before that.
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): 1) about robotics and personal experience in gender gap in engineering, was about 700 wds, I worked really hard on it. 2) fun essay about how i like to try new things. honestly it was like 300 words and not that impressive. just fun.
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): nope</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): small suburban school. like 380 graduating seniors, non-competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: 100,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen
[<em>] Strengths: strong GPA, strong first essay, and I focused on my interest in science/tech through robotics
[</em>] Weaknesses: no major awards. it’s not really a weakness but I had no help with the application process, since my parents didn’t go to college here and my hs is not very helpful… >.< But College confidential was hugely helpful so yay.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: female in engineering, i show leadership, and i wasn’t afraid to show a bit of personality in my essays. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Like cosmogony, went to Regent’s interview, which went ok, I guess.
Also admitted to Davis w/ Regents and SB w/ Regents. At this point, I’m not sure if I want Davis or Cal… I love both and Davis is giving me more $$ and Cal has the whole prestige thing for ChemE. </p>

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<p>A regent’s scholarship is HUGE!!! Very prestigious on campus and on your resume when you’re looking for a job some day…</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: EECS
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: N
[ *] SAT I (by section): 710/800/800
[ *] SAT IIs: 3x800 Math 2, Physics, Chemistry
[ *] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: 4.00 unweighted, 4.76 weighted, 4.2 UC
[ *] Rank: 1
[ *] ACT: N/A
[ *] APs (including this year’s): Biology, Chemistry, Euro history, Physics B, both English, Calculus BC, US history, Computer science, Macroeconomics, Government, Human geography, both Physics C (all 5 except this year’s)
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: Macroeconomics, Government, Human geography, Literature
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: At least 70
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.):
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: App development, volunteer work, technology. online entrepeaneaur (sp)
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Tutoring
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): Passion for learning
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Nothing
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, large
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[ *] Strengths: Numbers?
[ *] Weaknesses: Everything else
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I don’t know
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
Honestly, I don’t know how I got accepted. I don’t even know how I got selected for Regents. I’m pretty unimpressive.</p>

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<p>I would hardly call a 4.0 in hard courses and all 800 scores except for 710 in SAT CR to be “unimpressive”.</p>

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<p>OK. Heads up. How you use the format is you take out all the spaces in the brackets. all of them. :smiley: then itll be all pretty and formatted. </p>

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<p>Post your stats using the format.Good luck.</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[li] College/Major Applied To: Natural Resources (Environmental Economics and Policy)[/li][ *] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[ *] SAT I (by section): didn’t send
[ *] SAT IIs: bio 690 us history 740
[ *] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: 4.67
[ *] Rank: 7/500
[ *] ACT: 33
[ *] APs (including this year’s): Human Geography, Chemistry, Calculus BC, Environmental Science, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, English Literature, Calculus AB, English Language, Biology, US History, Psychology, Art History and European History
[ *] IBs (including this year’s: none
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: 6 APs (Human Geography, Chemistry, Calculus BC, Environmental, Macro/Micro economics and literature
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: 40+
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): lots for academics and speech and debate
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: speech and debate president, film analysis president, interact treasurer, NHS, drama, musical theater, tutoring, piano, model UN president, coexist Vice President
[ *] Job/Work Experience: worked at Aeropostale for two years, helped with family business
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): sexuality/Christianity and resilience
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Not much except for having a wildly complicated family dynamic
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: male
[ *] Income Bracket: not sure
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: Well rounded
[ *] Weaknesses: not specific to major
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: GPA and essays
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b
Regents interview went alright, we will see how that turns out!</p>

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<p>wut?</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] College/Major Applied To: Mechanical Engineering
[ *] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[ *] SAT I (by section): 710/720/680 (710/800/680 super)
[ *] SAT IIs: 730 Physics, 730 Chemistry, 780 Math II
[ *] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: 4.48/4.00
[ *] Rank: 12
[ *] ACT: n/a
[ *] APs (including this year’s): Chem 5, Physics B 5, US 5, Euro 5, Env. Sci. 5, Eng Lang 4…Comp Sci, Eng Lit, Govt, Calc AB
[ *] IBs (including this year’s:
[ *] Senior Yr Courseload: AP’s abode with honor Span 4 and Regular Econ( no ap and a grad req.)
[ *] Number of Apps from Your School: ~75-100+ (Total shot in the dark but I know a lot)
[ *] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Swimmer of the year twice, two water polo records, 3 polo championships, 2 swimming, water polo captain, defensive MVP, starting goalie 2 years. AP Scholar with honor. Honor roll.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: 4 years water polo and swimming (20hr/wk 10wks), club water polo (15 hrs/wk 30wks), lifeguard/swim instructor (20hr/week, 12wks), lifeguard (40hr/wk, 20 wk).
[ *] Job/Work Experience: Above
[ *] Essays (subject and responses): 1st: relationship with grandpa and how he got me interested in working wih my hands. 2nd: swim instructor in east Oakland, children obese, felt less like a job and more like I was changing lives.
[ *] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): work experience + hours
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list] Bay Area
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public, 400 per class, ~550 statewide, good standards
[ *] Ethnicity: German/Swedish/Dutch/English
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] Income Bracket: $100,000 - $150, 000
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[ *] Strengths: gpa, time in Ed’s though not ec’s themselves necessarily
[ *] Weaknesses: sat, no science ec’s
[ *] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: East Oakland job and solid uw gpa.
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
[ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b. Regents’ Candidate. Compared to everyone else’s scores I feel outmatched but I had some interesting stories and spent a lot of time in the few extracurricular activities I did do. </p>

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<p>CRYING RIGHT KNOW!!
GPA 14.5/20
SAT 1830
SAT 2 FRENCH 770
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT .
ECONOMICS</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED TO UC BERKELEY (ALONG WITH UCLA AND UCSD)</p>

<p>SAT: 2220
GPA UW: 3.805 (but a 4.0 for the uc application)
I am from New Jersey!</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: School of Liberal Arts
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: no
[<em>] SAT I (by section): CR: 670 M:700 W:700
[</em>] SAT IIs: M2: 700 French W Listening: 770 (I’m not french)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted/Unweighted/UC: 89/100
[</em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[<em>] APs (including this year’s): Not officially AP but I’ve taken college-level courses such as advanced calculus.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2, the other one got rejected.
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): I studied in Shanghai for a semester on a study abroad program.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: Organized and founded a MUN with over 300 participants, secretary of a debate club at school, been taking art lessons for 7 years, I speak 5 languages, tons of debate competitions (incl. national), science fair winner 2 years straight, I run XC competitively.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: clerk at a convenience store during middle school.
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): I LOVE my personal essay and the feedback I’ve gotten from friends and family is amazing but I guess they’re kind of biased.
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.):
[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: Mexico
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): One of the best in the nation despite being in a really small town.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White/Latino
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $100k+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): I live in a small town in rural Mexico?
[</em>] Strengths: Languages, personality, the rigor of my HS
[<em>] Weaknesses: My grades aren’t stellar (89/100) and I’ve gotten C’s in 2 courses (incl. trig), my SAT’s aren’t amazing.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: I’m honestly dumbfounded as my SAT scores and my grades are way lower than those of some of you. Still, I think that I presented myself quite strongly and made a good impression on the admissions officers. I didn’t try to sugarcoat myself, I just straight up told them about my ideologies and everything actually relevant about myself. Didn’t mention any achievements or anything. </p>

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<p>​Decision: Accepted CoE
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 740M/750CR/770W 2260 Composite
[</em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 800 Lit, 720 Chem
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/1070
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Chem:4, USH:5, Lang 5
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP Calc, AP Physics, AP Stats, AP Gov, AP Econ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Girl Scout Gold Award, Presidential Volunteer Service Award, Scholastic Art and Writing Honorable Mention</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Girl Scouts(President), Piano, Piano teacher, research intern at UCI Medical Center Neuropsychiatry Ward, church band, church children’s ministry
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Piano teacher(6+ students)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[</em>] Summer Activities:E2@MIT
[<em>] Essays: CA-about being online schooled, engineering
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: IDK, good?
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Doesn’t know me XD
[</em>] Additional Rec:GS leader</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Online public charter
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian(Chinese)
[<em>] Gender:F
[</em>] Income Bracket: 100,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Girl in engineering?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection [ul]
[<em>] Strengths:E2, strong academic record
[</em>] Weaknesses: No amazing ECs or awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Qualified?
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: UCI w/Regents, URochester, Rose-Hulman, Carnegie Mellon. Waitlisted: Rice, Harvey Mudd, Lehigh, Cornell. Rejected: MIT.</p>

<p>[/ul] General Comments:[list]
[*] Super happy! Going to Cal Day</p>