Official UC Berkeley Decision thread - Class of 2013

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<p>Decision: Accepted for Bioengineering at the College of Engineering</p>

<p>**Objective:[ b][ list]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2290
[</em>] ACT: 36
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math 2, 800 Chem, 790 USH
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98 (not sure about UC GPA)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A (top 1%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5's on all: Physics B, Comp Sci A, Chem, Calc BC, Stats, USH, Eng Lang
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: difficult
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Scholar, AP scholar w/ Distinction</p>

<p>[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math team (fall and state), Students for Barack Obama HS Chapter (founder/co-president), Illinois Shotokan Karate Club, First Class Leader, Junior Eng Tech Soc, Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, Political Action Club (founder/co-president)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: N/A other than Election Judge
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: # Library, First Class, Children's Museum, Internal Medicine Office, Lit Center Tutor, etc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Worked in internal medicine office, summer school
[li] Essays: Was my first college application, and thus my essays were not as good as my later essays.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State: IL
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: ORM (Asian)
[</em>] Gender: Male</p>

<p>[/ul][ b]Reflection**[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Grades, Academics
[</em>] Weaknesses: Essay probably</p>

<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congrats All!</p>

<p>Accepted!!</p>

<p>College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: 2220
[</em>]GPA: 4.4 W; don't know UW
[<em>]Rank: School doesn't rank
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5's in AP English Language, AP US History, AP Calc B/C
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: New Jersey
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian xD
[</em>]Gender: F
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Captain of Varsity Volleyball Team, Managing Editor of School Newspaper, Executive Board Member of Amnesty International, State Orchestra's Violinist, etc.
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Commended, AP Scholar, Chinese School Top 10% Graduate, Local Newspaper's Player of the Week, 1st Team All County, 3rd Team All State, Honor Roll all four years, NJ All State Orchestra (1 of 48 accepted violins after auditions), etc.
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Cool beans! Sorry I took out a lot, but my brain is fried from continuous refreshing. =/ Anyways, congrats to everyone else, and sorry to those rejected- I'm sure another school will see how bright and awesome you guys are. =D</p>

<p>Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2060
SAT II: Lit- 700, Spanish- 670, Biology E- 670
GPA:3.98
Rank: 36/689</p>

<p>Subjective
Essays: Good</p>

<p>Personal
Location: AZ
High School Type: Large public
Ethnicity: Mixed
Gender: F</p>

<p>Other
Extracurriculars:
EIC of H.S. newspaper (12th)
Opinions Editor (11th)
Staff Reporter (10th)
Best Buddies club
Volunteer at Teen Lifeline (10,11)
Junior Board member Best Buddies AZ (12)
Varsity swim (9,10,11,12)
National Honor Society (11,12)</p>

<p>Awards: Athletic Varsity Letter Award (9,10,11,12)
Academic Letter Award (10,11,12)
Promising Young Writers winner (2006)</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected (Letters and Sciences)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT Verbal: 660
[</em>] SAT Math: 740
[<em>] SAT Writing: 660
[</em>] SAT Total: 1400/2060
[<em>] SAT II: 720-Bio M, 640-US History
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] AP/IB taken/scores: Biology (5), English Language (4), US History (4), English Literature, Psychology, Statistics
[</em>] GPA weighted: 3.848
[<em>] GPA unweighted: 3.652
[</em>] Rank or % estimate: 31/463</p>

<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Legacy Yes/No: No
[</em>] Recruited Yes/No: No
[<em>] Important ECs: Band, Youth and Government
[</em>] Likely Letter Yes/No: No</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Congratulations that those that got admitted. i was hoping that I would be, but knew that realistically I would be denied. Looks like I'm probably off to University of Maryland (who offered me honors humanities and a presidential scholarship)!</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>[ul]
[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S, MCB, tryin to switch to BioEngineering [/ul]
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2310
[<em>]SAT II: 800, 790
[</em>]GPA: 4.00
[<em>]Rank: 1
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5,5,4,4
[/ul]
Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: CA
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[li]Gender: M[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Regents!! =]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* College/Major Applied To: Berkeley L & S
* Fee Waiver Used?: No
* SAT I (by section): 1980 ( I thought I would get rejected bc of this)
* SAT IIs: Math- 750 Bio- 740 Lit- 650 French- 540 (i f'ck up haha)
* GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: W- 4.5 (uncapped) w (UC)-4.36 UW- 3.96
* Rank: 4% ( I think rank 4 too)
* ACT: 31
* APs (including this year's): Bio, French, Calc AB + BC, Stat, AP Lit
* IBs (including this year's: N/A
* Senior Yr Courseload: (too lazy to fill out)
* Number of Apps from Your School: Probably 250-300
* Other stats (Awards, etc.): 10th in State for Speech and Debate- OPP
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* ECs listed on app: 6
* Job/Work Experience: Yes. Summer @ a courthouse
* Essays (subject and responses): My dreams, experience as a speech member
* Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ELC
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<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type, Average Stats of School (if available):... Avg
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Female
* Income Bracket: Both parents combined- 150 000
* Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
* Strengths: (not sure)
* Weaknesses: (not sure)
* Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: GPA, ACT, Essays
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: My heart is on UCLA. This acceptance made me happy and so I considered Berkeley for 5 minutes. I think I'm going to UCLA.</p>

<p>ACCEPTED! Spring admit! stats later</p>

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<p>Thanks for your patience.</p>

<p>Darn.. you guys already found out?</p>

<p>ACCEPTED. so happy!!</p>

<p>stats later. celebrating now :)</p>

<p>rejected......... :(</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>[li]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: College of Engineering</p>[/li]
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[li]SAT: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[li]SAT II: 620 Chem : 750 MathIIC</p>[/li]
<p>[li]ACT: 31</p>[/li]
<p>[li]GPA: 4.0 UW | 4.34 W</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Rank: 1% out of 464</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 8 AP Classes Total[/li][/ul]Subjective[ul]</p>

<p>[li]Essays: Very Personal</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Supplementary Material: None</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Essays?[/li][/ul]Personal[ul]</p>

<p>[li]Location: Oklahoma</p>[/li]
<p>[li]High School Type: Public</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Ethnicity: Asian</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>]Gender: Male
**Other[ /b][ list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: Robotics, Orchestra, Tennis Varsity, NHS</p>

<p>[li]Awards: Basic School Academic Awards</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I'm actually surprised I got in. Comparing my stats to other candidates, mine are on the lower end. This makes 5/5 with my UC Schools :)</p>[/li]
<p>I AM going to UCLA though :|. Willing to give up Berkeley Engineering for the experience in LA. Guess i'll reapply for Graduate School!</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2150
[<em>]SAT II: english - 680, ush - 700
[</em>]ACT: (not sent) 30
[<em>]GPA: 3.3?!
[</em>]Rank:none
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP psych - 5
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: At first I thought they were good,I reread them yesterday, one was decent, the ither I thought too flowery in language
[<em>]Supplementary Material: yes, illness...without illness, GPA is about 3.7 ish
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[list]</p>

<p>[<em>]Location: CA
[</em>]High School Type: very good!
[<em>]Ethnicity: other
[</em>]Gender: female</p>

<p>[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:<a href="PLEASE%20EXCUSE%20THE%20CAPS,%20I'M%20JUST%20THAT%20EXCITED!!">/list</a> </p>[/li]
<p>I DON'T KNOW HOW I GOT IN...I WAS SO SURE I WAS GOING TO GET REJECTED, I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO CHECK RIGHT AWAY!</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
[</em>]SAT: 2060
[<em>]SAT II: 750 math2, 750 us hist, 760 chem
[</em>]ACT: 32
[<em>]GPA: 4.3
[</em>]Rank: 7/409
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): USH, US Gov, Chem, CS A&AB all 5, 4 english lang, 3 spanish lang
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: one tear jerking and one funny
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): none
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: MD
[</em>]High School Type: public
[<em>]Ethnicity: W
[</em>]Gender: M
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: too many
[</em>]Awards: typical ones
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]I got into my number one school, pretty happy =]</p>

<p>Yay accepted!</p>

<p>I will edit later.</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: Letters and Sciences
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT:2060
[<em>]SAT II:690,670
[</em>]ACT:33
[<em>]GPA:4.38
[</em>]Rank:52/774
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 APs total
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Good enough I guess
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nah
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Los Angeles
[</em>]High School Type: Public, Huge, semi-competitive
[<em>]Ethnicity:White
[</em>]Gender:Female
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: 4 years of band, badminton, student-run quartets, student council
[</em>]Awards: ELC, CSF Sealbearer
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] yay!</p>

<p>did yummygao get in? i hope that guy gets in >.<</p>

<p>Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]</p>

<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: CoC
[</em>]SAT: 2250 (780 M, 720 CR, 750 W)
[<em>]SAT II: Chem (700), Bio M (790), Math II (800)
[</em>]ACT: 34 composite (36 E, 35 M, 35 S, 30 CR)
[<em>]GPA: 3.85 UW, 4.12 UC W
[</em>]Rank: top 20 pct
[li]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): Bio (5), BC Calc (5), Chem, Psych, English Lit, Stats</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: one about newspaper, one about science research and why I want to major in chem, both solid
[</em>]Supplementary Material: none
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nothing...unless berkeley really did look at my triple legacy (mom under, dad under and grad). but UCs probably don't look at legacy any more unless your parents donated $$$$ (which mine didn't)
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: CA
[<em>]High School Type: public, very good
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian[/ul]</p>

<p>Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Newspaper, 3 yrs of science research, some tutoring
[</em>]Awards: a few dept. awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: [/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted
[ul]
[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: College of Engineering, as an engineering undecided major
[/ul]Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 780 Math, 770 CR, 750 W
[<em>]SAT II: 800 Bio-M, 800 Math 2, 800 U.S. History
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]GPA: 3.96 UW, 4.4ish UC GPA
[</em>]Rank:top 4%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5 AP Bio, 5 Calc AB, 5 APUSH, 4 AP Chem
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: good, but I didn't talk about engineering that much which worried me a bit
[<em>]Supplementary Material:
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): well I am a legacy, but that ain't a hook for UCB
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Norcal
[</em>]High School Type: large public
[<em>]Ethnicity: white
[</em>]Gender: male
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: track, cross country, national honor society
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Finalist, AP scholar w/ Distinction
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:Looks like I'll be choosing between UCLA and UCB. I'm happy. :)[/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted!! (OOS)</p>

<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2240 (superscored)/2180 (one sitting) - 710CR/780M/750(690)W
[<em>]SAT II: US Hist: 760, Math 2C: 760
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]GPA: 4.3 weighted
[</em>]Rank: 1/383
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Lit (5), AP Lang (4), APUSH (4), AP Euro (4)
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Okay, not great
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Nothing!
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Valedictorian from an upstate, ghetto New York school?
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: New York
[</em>]High School Type: Public, 1800+ students
[<em>]Ethnicity: White, Jewish
[</em>]Gender: Male
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Honor Society President, Mathletes (went to state competition), Chairman of school's Thanksigiving Day Dinner, NYML, Spanish Club, Varsity Track, JV Soccer, etc.
[</em>]Awards: National Merit Commended, AP Scholar, NYML school champion, Mathletes Regional Co-Champion
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I honestly can't believe it! And I got into Northwestern 1 minute later!!</p>