Official UC Berkeley March 30th Regular Decisions Thread!!!

<p>Here's the format:</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Orange][ b]Decision: ___________[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:
[ *] SAT IIs:
[ *] GPA:
[ *] Rank:
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:
[ *] Teacher Recs:
[ *] Counselor Rec:
[ *] Hook (if any):
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] major strength/weakness:
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>Just remove the spaces for those who have never seen this before.
I guess I'll have to wait until later today to find out what the class of 2010 for Berkeley is like.</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Orange][ b]Decision: Accepted (i found out when interviewed for a Regents Scholarship)[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2180
[ *] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 760 Spanish, 720 US Hist.
[ *] GPA: 4.7W, 4.0 UW
[ *] Rank: 2/680
[ *] Other stats: 7 AP tests so far, 5's on all but 1, on which i got a 4
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good i guess? UC's were probably my worst... least amount of creativity allowed
[ *] Teacher Recs: n/a
[ *] Counselor Rec: who knows...
[ *] Hook (if any): um? me?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: California
[ *] School Type: Large Public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: GPA/Test scores i guess? plus, varsity athlete, extensive volunteering with people with special needs
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: well u know how at some colleges they take smart athletes, even if theyre not very good, to bring up the team GPA... i think berkeley did that for me, only its because i'm an extremely good dresser...
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>OMG!!! I got into CAL!! I received a letter from the Multicultural Resource Center,,about a free overnight program!!! the first line says Congratulations on your acceptance into the University of California-Berkeley!!! WOOO</p>

<p>The site is up!! - D rejected</p>

<p>Put up stats! C'mon!</p>

<p>And please say to which college you got accepted to (I'm looking for CoE applicants).</p>

<p>I was accepted to the college of L&S so i dont think i will can be of assistance</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=Orange][ b]Decision: ___________[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 2230
[ *] SAT IIs: 770, 710
[ *] GPA: dunno my UC GPA, school GPA is 4.1
[ *] Rank: 50 out of 1300
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good
[ *] Teacher Recs: none
[ *] Counselor Rec: none
[ *] Hook (if any): UCI summer intern?
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Texas
[ *] School Type: large competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: asian
[ *] Gender: M
[ *] major strength/weakness: too happy to care
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ditto as above
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1970
[</em>] GPA: 3.9
[<em>] Rank: Top 5%
[</em>] ECs: Lots of community service, multiple leadership positions at school and in my county, NHS, Club Founder/President, Varsity: Track & XC, in-school awards, LocalTV appearances/recognition<br>
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I thought they were really great... I was accepted to UCLA and I think this had a lot to do with it.
[</em>] Hook (if any): State awards for community service
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: WA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] major strength/weakness:
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: My scores were too low and I'm OOS.
[/ul]
Other Factors:I had a downward grade trend my junior year.</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2090 (760M, 680R, 650W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 Math II, 700 Physics, 640 Chem
[<em>] GPA: ~3.5 UW
[</em>] Rank: 70s to 80s / 360
[<em>] Other stats: 31 on ACT, Heavy Senior Courseload
[</em>] ECs: Academic Letter, Honor Roll, NHS, Science Club officer, 2 weeks in Costa Rica, Award-winning artwork, Spanish Club, Art Club
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Creative and well thought out
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: None for Berkeley...
[</em>] Hook (if any): 6 weeks of paid Physics Research at UIowa
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Iowa
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: GPA and OOS[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to Engineering</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 640 W 680 M 740 R
[</em>] SAT IIs: 770 MIIC 730 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 3.95 UW 4.3 UCW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: N/A
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good?
[<em>] Hook (if any): I pursued my goal of majoring in CS very seriously with extra classes, self-teaching, etc?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: NorCal
[<em>] School Type: Public ~ Way too competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Not much here
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/deferred: Good Stats!
[</em>] Other thoughts: OMG![/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (College of Chemistry)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1500/2190 (730R, 770M)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Chem, 790 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.9uw, unknown UC GPA
[</em>] Rank: 6/231
[<em>] Other stats: APs: 5 Chem, US History; 4 Bio
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Used a common app one, decent other ones.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One excellent and one good, I'm guessing.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Not very good.
[<em>] Hook (if any): None.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Connecticut
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Cambodian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Major strength/weakness: Chemistry scores/achievements and ECs, respectively.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: No idea.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Accepted!!</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ <em>] SAT: 2120 700 M .. duno the breakdown for the W and R
[ *] SAT IIs: Bio- 730 Math-690 Chem-680<br>
[ *] GPA: 4.4
[ *] Rank: 11/500ish
[ *] Other stats: .. uh.. lol.
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: good enough?
[ *] Teacher Recs: n/a
[ *] Counselor Rec: n/a
[ *] Hook (if any): n/a
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: CA
[ *] School Type: public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] major strength/weakness: uhmm..
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: *shrug</em> who knows. extra currics? essays?
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b]
yay. =]</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted
Out of stater</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[li] SAT: 2140 M-740 R-730 W-670[/li][li] SAT IIs: USHistory-740 Chemistry-770 MathIIC-680[/li][li] GPA: **3.98[/li][li] **Rank: **9/229[/li][li] **ACT: **31 [/li][li] **Other stats: Took 5 APs up to this point, 4 on four of them, 3 on one. This may have looked bad... was totally expecting at least 5's on three of them.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Essays: Risky... I did them entirely on my own so maybe some errors, but people have told me they were "good" risks.[/li][li] Teacher Recs: Probably Excellent - my teachers love me and one says I'm one of the brightest he's ever taught = good sign for rec[/li][li] Counselor Rec: Probably very good -- I hope she mentioned I have the hardest schedule in senior class... would be rank 1 with weighted ;o[/li][li] Hook (if any): Very involved in church, leading everything - serving in National Presbyterian General Assembly this summer as Youth Delegate.</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[li] State or Country: Oregon[/li][li] School Type: Public[/li][li] Ethnicity: Korean[/li][li]** Gender:** Male</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other Factors: Senior class president, senate president, tennis captain, model UN president, praise leader, bible study leader, Presby. GA delegate, newspaper editor, bowling team, tutor, NHS, soccer, ... yeah...
General Comments: Can't see my aid 'cause I didn't turn in everything... probably won't give me enough money. :o</p>

<p>I think whether your out or state has a lot to do with it.</p>

<p>Or maybe I'm just making excuses cause i got rejected...</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted (Spring Admit)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: math iic 800, physics 750, us history 770
[<em>] GPA: 4.1
[</em>] Rank: 50 out of 659
[<em>] Other stats: lots of AP's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: lots of work put into them
[<em>] Teacher Recs: n/a
[</em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[<em>] Hook (if any): i ran a marathon with no track experience? i don't know
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: large competitive public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] major strength/weakness: the essays were strong, I'm good at BS-ing
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: i have to say i don't know. my courseload is pretty tough, i've had some great test scores...[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>(spring 2007? what's up with that? they couldn't make my decision any easier? but oh well...can't do much about it. snakes on a plane, you know?)</p>

<p>Wow... I got in.</p>

<p>Crazy stuff.</p>

<p>Now i have to choose between Cal and LA.</p>

<p>:o</p>

<p>I got in. =) However, I don't think I should post up my stats... it might just end up upsetting people. I didn't really think I'd get in.</p>

<p>I'm going to have to choose between CAL and LA, and more likely than not, it's going to be LA because of location. I'm trying to find out my financial aid package for CAL but it seems like a complicated process to even get to the letter page. ><</p>

<p>Decision: Denied</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1750
[</em>] SAT IIs: 670 Math II
[<em>] GPA: 3.92 Unweighted
[</em>] Rank: -
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good, went into a lot of detail on leadership.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: -
[</em>] Counselor Rec: -
[<em>] Hook (if any): Excellent ECs and outstanding Computer Science experience.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Idaho
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: SAT Scores, living in Idaho
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: OOS, SATs[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (Engineering Undeclared)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2270 (720V, 760M, 790W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800IIC, 760 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.14 UC
[</em>] Rank: Top 10%
[<em>] Other stats: 9 AP Classes, 4 CC classes
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Decent, about why I wanted to become an engineer
[<em>] Hook (if any): I'm Asian, does that count? Nevermind none.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: None really/Everything
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Luck! :)[/li][/ul]CAL '10 BABY!~</p>