<p>Accepted</p>
<p>Chinese. Out-of-State. Not-so-stellar SAT grades.
And frankly, expecting a rejection.</p>
<p>I promise I will share my info if I get my acceptance to Penn 
<strong>It shows that SATs are not everything - Hurrayyy!!</strong></p>
<p>Accepted with Regentās Scholarship</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 800 M 780 V 760 W (2340)
[<em>]SAT II: 800, 800, 790
[</em>]ACT: na
[<em>]GPA: 3.9ish
[</em>]Rank: na
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 5ās on five APās
[/ul][ b]Subjective**[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Crap (had typos in both essays, haha)
[<em>]Supplementary Material: nope
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): nope
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: PA (OOS)
[</em>]High School Type: Private
[<em>]Ethnicity: Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Male
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Track/XC, Ping Pong, Newspaper, other stuffs
[</em>]Awards: National Merit, AP Scholar stuff, random school awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Iām feeling happy. Berkeley is definitely one of my top choices, but Iāll have to see what happens on March 31st to decide where Iāll be spending my next four years.</p>
<p>Decision: REJECTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT Total: 2010, M: 670, CR: 640, WR: 700
ACT: 32
SAT Subject Tests: 740 USHist, 710 Lit, 660 MathII
UC GPA: 4.14
Rank: School doesnt rank
AP/IB classes: 7 AP classes total (8 AP tests) </p>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: Great. I put a lot of work into them.
EC highlights: Tennis, Lacrosse, lots of volunteering & community service, won an international poetry contest sophomore year, quite a bit more but I dont really remember (no real leadership roles though, even though I did administer a website for a while) </p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Michigan
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian Indian
Gender: Male
Other Factors, hook?: Upward grade trend (3.25 UW freshman year, 3.75 UW sophomore year, 3.85 UW junior year, but 3.5 UW 1st semester senior year, although with 4 AP classes), I felt my essays could have helped, and I do have an identical twin brother if that means anything.</p>
<p>Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I honestly though I had a chance. I guess I underestimated Berkeleyās OOS admissions process. This does sting a bit, just like any other rejection. But Iām going to USC ayways, so it doesnt really matter. Fight On!!!</p>
<p>Accepted (spring semester)</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2200: CR: 800 WR: 740 M: 660
[<em>]SAT II: US: 800 BIOM: 780
[</em>]ACT:
[<em>]GPA: 3.65ish (10+11) 4.0 UC weighted
[</em>]Rank: None
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP Biology: 5 AP US Hist: 5 AP Art Hist:5 AP Eng Lang:4
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Umā¦i re-wrote my private school essays (pretty good) to fit the stupid UC format, but they were interesting, I suppose.
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None?
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): I worked for synBERC, a bioengineering coalition centered at UCB. Yeah. Helps. 
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: SF
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White, but first gen immigrant.
[</em>]Gender: F
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Science Bowl, Peer Resource, CSF, Forensics (10th)
[</em>]Awards: Not manyā¦ National Merit Finalist, AP Scholar with Honor, Forensics award
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] [/li]I just wanted to say Iām extremely surprised and pleased.
:)</p>
<p>**Accepted (Spring) **</p>
<p>College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[<em>]SAT: CR: 600 M: 610 W: 530 TOTAL: 1740
[</em>]SAT II: MATHII: 620 SPANISH: 590
[<em>]ACT: N/A
[</em>]GPA: UC: 4.03 W: 3.86 UW: 3.67
[<em>]Rank: 38/576
[</em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): APUSH: 3 AP SPANISH: 2
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[<em>]Essays: Mediocre in my opinion. First was about my dadās hard work coming to America and how it allowed me to concentrate on my education without any hardships and developed my passion to learn. Second was about my work experience and how it defined my character and gave me leadership abilities.
[</em>]Supplementary Material: Nope
[li]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing [/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Bay Area (30-40 min from Berkeley)
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: Latino
[</em>]Gender: Male
[/ul]
Other[ul]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: National Honor Society member, Interact Club vice president, 2 years work experience at Six Flags, Yearbook staff
[</em>]Awards: Award of Academic Excellence for all but one semester
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul][/li]You probably are wondering how I got in, I am too. It came to me as a shock after getting denied from UCLA, UCD, and UCSD. However, I am fully grateful and will be attending in the spring. =]</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ list]
[</em>]SAT: 2250 single sitting. 2290 if superscored.
[<em>]SAT II: 800s in chem, world history, and math ii
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]GPA: 4.18 weighted. have no idea how my uc gpa is though.
[</em>]Rank: n/a
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): a few APs
[/list]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: mediocre
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): no
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: south korea
[</em>]High School Type: private, competitive
[<em>]Ethnicity: asian
[</em>]Gender: male
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: class president, translation volunteering. etc., etcā¦
[</em>]Awards: AP International Diploma, a few English proficiency awards
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] thought i was a goner when i was rejected from ucla :)</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[li]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S[/li]Stats:
SAT: 2190 (800M 690CR 700W)
SAT II: 800MII 780CHEM 800Chinese
ACT: N/A
GPA: 4.0 UW 4.375W
Rank: 6/444 whats the point?berkely doesnt know ranking right?
Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 3 5ās on APās
Subjective
Essays: I thought they are bleh. but my mom liked them extremely, but what does she know?lol
Supplementary Material: art portfolio
Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): no idea, artistic?<br>
Location: international
High School Type: public
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Other
Extracurriculars: council + clubs?organized some charity funding projectsā¦nothing special, no sports whatesoever=S
Awards: nothing outstandingā¦ a few principalās stuff thats it<br>
Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:
at least iām in something!!! i thought its an automatic rejection when I got rejected by UCLA</p>
<p>Accepted </p>
<p>1700 sat (680 math 540 writing 480 cr)
unweighted 3.82
weighted 3.96</p>
<p>community service : 400+ hours</p>
<p>personal statement about cancer research and development and personal experience with cancer.</p>
<p>^^^ wow 1700 SAT (with a 480 in CR) 0.0 ???
And a 3.96 Weighted GPA???
Either you are extremely special and lucky or Berkeleyās admissions is getting sloppier this year ā¦</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2140
[<em>]SAT II: 670, 660, 630
[</em>]ACT: N/A
[<em>]GPA: 4.7 W, 4.0 UW, 4.22 capped
[</em>]Rank: Top 2%
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): 2 APs (both with 4s), 5 more senior year
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Not too shabby
[<em>]Supplementary Material: None
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None I can fathom
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Southern California
[</em>]High School Type: Public
[<em>]Ethnicity: White, Native American
[</em>]Gender: Female
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: On board of a few clubs, heavily involved with church, decent amount of volunteer work, but nothing phenomenal
[</em>]Awards: A few, nothing major
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] Donāt underestimate yourself!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED</p>
<p>College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:
* SAT: 2210
* SAT II: lit/760, worldhist/770
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 3.8ish
* Rank: dunno, not rated
* Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): n/a</p>
<p>Subjective
* Essays: about spending one and a half months in india teaching kids english
* Supplementary Material: None
* Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): international citizen, lived in seventeen different cities, musician
Personal
<em>Location: NYC
*High School Type: Private[</em>]Ethnicity:Asian Indian[li]Gender: Male[/li]Other
* Extracurriculars: Help with assemblies in school, jazz band for four years, improv, soccer (9th/10thgrade)
* Awards: 9th/10th grade excellence in jazz, drama</p>
<p>Regents. GPA 4.5, ACT 35, SAT 2340</p>
<p>Sorry to repost but I forgot a very important part.</p>
<p>Accepted
Chinese. International. Out-of-State. Not-so-stellar SAT grades. No hooks
And frankly, expecting a rejection.</p>
<p>I promise I will share my info if I get my acceptance to Penn
<strong>It shows that SATs are not everything - Hurrayyy!!</strong></p>
<p>Congrats to all the others who got in.
For those who didnāt, good luck to your other decisions, all of you will end up a great place where yāall rightfully deserve!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to: Letter and Science
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 2210
[<em>]SAT II: 800 Math 2, 730 Chemistry
[</em>]GPA: 4.5 Weighted
[<em>]Rank: top 5%
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Decent, but I think I could have chosen a better topic.
[<em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): Nothing special.
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[</em>]Location: Southern California
[<em>]High School Type: Public
[</em>]Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>]Gender: Male
Other[list]
[</em>]Extracurriculars: 4-year Varsity Baseball Letterman, 4-year Chamber Orchestra Cellist
[<em>]Awards: Varsity Baseball Scholar Athlete, Varsity Baseball Co-Captain, Chamber Orchestra Section Leader
[</em>]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?: I mispelled āvarsityā on my application but I guess it does not matter lol[/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted (spring admit)</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2180 CR: 740, M: 740, W: 700 8 essay
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 790, Bio M: 740, Chemistry: 730, etc.
[</em>] UC GPA: 4.12 or 4.13, canāt remember
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 10%
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Biology (5), US History (5), French Lang (5)
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, music and sports awards (state-wide or nation-wide)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Music for 12+ years, sports for 10 years, club officer
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Kumon Assistant Instructor (10-12)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: congressional campaign for several weeks before election, various volunteer jobs for the city and public library
[</em>] Essays: good?
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: pretty good public
[</em>] Ethnicity: asian
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle?
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none really
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: SAT/ACT, one good essay and one okay essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: GPA couldāve been higher?
[</em>]Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea why cal wants me but I guess Iāll take it
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Accepted!!!</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S, CoE, CoC etc.]: L&S
Stats:[ul]
[</em>]SAT: 780 M, 710 CR, 660 W
[<em>]SAT II: 800 Math II, 670 Bio M
[</em>]ACT: 33
[<em>]GPA: 2.92 UW, 3.25 UC Weighted, 3.615 Weighted
[</em>]Rank: ~100/380
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): IB Econ: 4, IB Math 2: 6, AP Calc: ?, IB History of Americas/Global Studies HL: ?, IB English HL ?, IB Biology HL: ?, IB Spanish 2 SL: ?, Full IB Diploma Candidate
[/ul]Subjective[ul]
[</em>]Essays: Decent; talked about my Community Service and my decision to do IB
[<em>]Supplementary Material: Yes, letter of Rec, Senior Grades, Questionnaire about Home Life
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): None
[/ul]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Sacramento, CA
[</em>]High School Type: Public, 238th in the nation
[<em>]Ethnicity: Caucasian, Half-White (My momās family goes back a lot of generations in America so Iām not sure on nationality or anything), Half-Iranian
[</em>]Gender: Male
Other[list]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: VP of Habitat for Humanity Club, VP of Economics Club
[</em>]Awards: Normal School Honors Awards, Economic Literacy Award (Nothing Big, just some online test)
[*]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] I have no idea how I got in, now this is making me have to make a decision because I got in UCSD as a winter admit and I was starting to really get excited about San Digo and then I got this acceptance. I have also heard of how competitive and difficult Berkeley is which is discouraging me because I was really lazy in HS and I was hoping to do well in college, but I donāt think Iām prepared to do what it takes to get really good grades at Berkeley. It was just so surprising as there are so many people that got rejected from my school after last year had about 25-30 people that actually went to Berkeley. I feel like those people were much more deserving than me and that my screwing around in high school makes me less deserving to go to Berkeley than so many others</p>
<p>Okay, so I was mad whenever I got rejected, so I never really got around to doing this. But I want this to be here for future generations. Good luck.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Biology (of some sortā¦Iām using this for multiple colleges so I canāt say the exact title)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: No
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Critical Reading 680, Writing 750 (Essay 8, MC 78), Math 800
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math Level 2 750, Literature 700, Physics 570, Chemistry 530
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: UC Unweighted: 3.5ish, UC Weighted 3.65, Unweighted 3.65, Weighted 3.78 (difficult school with very few honors or AP classes)
[</em>] Rank: 7 of 38 (smart class too)
[<em>] ACT: 35
[</em>] APs (including this yearās): Calculus AB: 3, Iām taking 8 tests this year thanks to independent study (I am the first at my school to do this), but I didnāt know until my applications were in, so I was able to notify a few, but not all colleges
[<em>] IBs (including this yearās: None
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: Heavy-the two other AP classes (English Lit and Physics) offered besides the one I have already taken, Speech, Apologetics, Government/Economics, Band, Spanish 3ā¦at my school, that is a really heavy load
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: for all colleges I applied to except Davis (2 others), LA (1 other), Berkeley (1 other), and Pepperdine (1 other), there was no one else who applied. They are smartā¦but not very ambitious.
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Iāve gotten a few minor awards, but nothing really worth mentioning. I guess Iāll just list what I could get:
1st Place - Algebra II Math League - School
1st Chair - ACSI Honor Band - Regional
Nominee - Junior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Senior Homecoming Prince - School
Nominee - Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - School
Winner- Veterans for Foreign Wars Competition - Regional
Winner - Servantās Heart Award - School
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app:
Honors Society - Participant - 10th-12th - 1hr</em>10 wks
Drama Productions - Actor - 9th-12th - 3hr<em>12 wks
Student Council - Sophomore Vice-President - 10th - 1hr</em>5 wks
Ministry Council - Participant - 9th-12th - 1 hr<em>8 wks
Band - 9th-10th, 12th - 5 hr</em>40 wks
Political Campaign Volunteer - 12th - 3 hr<em>5 wks
School Scoreboard Operator - 10th-11th - 6 hr * 8 wks
Honor Society Service Day - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1 wk
Community Service Day - 9th-12th - 5hr<em>1 wk
California Forestry Improvement Volunteer - 11th-12th - 2hr</em>1wk
Yearbook Staff Member - 12th - 2 hr<em>15 wk
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
After-School Care Assistant - 11th-12th - 12 hr<em>30 wk
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): they were all pretty good. my teachers all liked them. I thought they were pretty original. I donāt know what else to sayā¦
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Parochial/Private. SAT Critical Reading Average 542, SAT Math Average 529, SAT Writing Average 552. Decentā¦
[</em>] Ethnicity: White. I mean Caucasian. Whatever. I wish I had gone undeclared.
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: 200,000+
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[</em>] Strengths: SAT scores, at least one essay on each application, interviews
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT science scores (considering my science major), GPA
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: Sophomore and Junior year GPAs. They were lower compared to my 1st, 2nd, and 7th semesters: 4.0 weighted.
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: THE ABSOLUTE WORST PART OF THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS WAITING FOR UC IRVINE FOR A MONTH JUST TO BE REJECTED. Hehe. On the other hand, I gave UC San Diego a call and they gave me the exact reason I was rejected because they could pull up my file and look at it. It was GPA by the way. And yes, the āchartā of point distribution is valid.</p>
<p>I knew what I was getting myself into, so Iām cool with it. If you need help with preparing for your application or college or whatever, PM me and Iāll be happy to help. I wish I had had some help. Perhaps I would have pushed my GPA a bit more.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] College/Major Applied To: Philosophy (L&S)
[</em>] Fee Waiver Used?: Nope
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 710 (CR) + 630 (M) + 600 (W) = 1940
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 (USH), 670 (Eng. Lit.)
[<em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.18 (UC), 4.27 (W), 3.85 (UW)
[</em>] Rank: 12/317
[<em>] ACT: NA
[</em>] APs (including this yearās): 4 (USH), 4 (Eng. Lang.), 1 (Calc AB); US Govt, Eng. Lit.
[<em>] IBs (including this yearās): NA
[</em>] Senior Yr Courseload: AP Govt, AP Eng. Lit., Latin 4, Wind Ensemble, Physics H, Stats
[<em>] Number of Apps from Your School: Iono
[</em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): ELC, Honor Roll
[/ul]</p>
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Sister City Program (Japan), Peace Jam, Marching Band, Tri-M Music Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Retail and Amusement Park
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Pretty good, obviously
[</em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): ELC, Took a Philosophy class at a CC and got an A, Audition with the Cal Band via the Special Talents Program and Letter of Rec from Calonico [/ul]</p>
<p>Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Whitey
[</em>] Gender: Dude
[<em>] Income Bracket: Not Stated
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): ELC
[<em>] Strengths: Writing/Essays, ECs
[</em>] Weaknesses: SATs and maybe GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/wait listed/denied: ELC, Cal Band Audition, and Iām just pretty awesome[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:
Congrats to everyone that got in, and my condolences to everyone who did not.</p>
<p>Accepted</p>
<p>[<em>]College Accepted to [L&S- undeclared, business]:
Stats:[ list]
[</em>]SAT:2130 [cr:650/m:740/w:740 w/essay:12]
[<em>]SAT II: 680 (mathII)/680 (lit) /690 (us)
[</em>]ACT: none
[<em>]GPA: 4.4
[</em>]Rank: 25/760+
[<em>]Other Tests (AMC, AP, IB): AP: 4-3ās, 1-4, and 1-5 (IB)
[/list]Subjective[ list]
[</em>]Essays: the bombdiggittyyy (:
[<em>]Supplementary Material: none
[</em>]Hook(recruited athlete, legacy, Nobel Prize): culture barriers & brotherās disability
[/list]Personal[ul]
[<em>]Location: Southern California
[</em>]High School Type: Public and HIGHLY competitive
[<em>]Ethnicity: Asian-Chinese
[</em>]Gender: Female
Other[List]
[<em>]Extracurriculars: Key Club (Treasurer), City Council Group (VP), Multicultural Club (Secretary), National Honor Society, Varsity Cross Country, JV Volleyball, WRITE! magazine (co-editor/writer)ā¦ i think my extracurriculars pushed me through
[</em>]Awards: noting important: essay contests, music awards, academic awardsā¦nothing that special
[li]Advice? Commiserations? Feel like bragging?:[/ul] [/li]I never thought Iād make it to Berkeley. I thought it was a low reach for getting into the Fall semester but when I got my notification, I was ecstaticc. I also got into UCLA/UCSD/UCI, but Iām leaning toward Berkeley!</p>