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

<p>Accepted to Spring Quarter, my stats are available through a simple post history search :D.</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT: 1880
[ *] SAT IIs: Math-780 USHist-750 Physics-720
[ *] GPA:4.22
[ *] Rank:6/771
[ *] Other stats: Calc BC-5 Enviro-5 USHist-4 ACT-29
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays: Bad...i think
[ *] Hook (if any): Low-income, First Gen,
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: Cal
[ *] School Type: Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Chinese
[ *] Gender: Male
[ *] major strength/weakness: iono..
[ *] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: No idea.....</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2160
SAT IIs: 750 BiologyM, 740 Math IIC
GPA: 4.5 UCW, 4.0 UW
Rank: Top 1%</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Alright. The shorter ones were probably better than my longer one.</p>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<p>State or Country: CA
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: M
major strength/weakness: high GPA/not so many extracurriculars
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: highest GPA possible, decent SAT</p>

<p>Sigh... now to decide between Davis and Cal...</p>

<p>hey, has anyone been able to log into bear facts to check your FA?</p>

<p>I was able to log into bear facts to check my finaid. Had to keep trying because i kept getting a busy error.</p>

<p>D accepted:</p>

<p>SAT: 1980
SAT IIs: 700 Chemistry, 690 Math II
GPA: 4.0 UW
Rank: Top 10/650</p>

<p>Essays: Not perfect but heartfelt (dance is how she communicates ...)</p>

<p>State or Country: CA
School Type: Competitive Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: F
Major strengths: High GPA/rank/ECs (national-level dancer)
Weaknesses: SAT not stunning
Why you think you were accepted: GPA; she comes across as an interested, still-developing person</p>

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

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2300 (800CR/710M/790W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 us history/780 math2
[<em>] GPA: 4.13 UC
[</em>] Rank: n/a
[<em>] Other stats: 34 act, 5's in AP Chem/APUSH, 4's in AP Lit/AP Comp Sci
[</em>] ECs: 11 years piano, 2 years tennis and swimming, 16 (nope, not a typo) hours of comm. service
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: terrible
[</em>] Teacher Recs: n/a
[<em>] Counselor Rec: n/a
[</em>] Hook (if any): n/a
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public, magnet
[<em>] Ethnicity: asian
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] major strength/weakness: sat's, lack of ec's
[</em>] why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: sat's and gpa[/ul]</p>

<p>ok, this is a stupid question, but how do you guys bold it and make it colorful?</p>

<p>bah... I kinda wish I were a California HS student. Oh well, I can always transfer I guess.</p>

<p>Yay I got accepted!!!</p>

<p>Accepted!....whew...relief =)...by the way i was also in-state w/2050 SAT</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2270
SAT IIs: 790 Math IIC, 780 Biology, 760 Physics
GPA: 3.91 / 4.73
Rank: Top 5%
Other stats: MD Distinguished Scholar, Commended Scholar, National AP Scholar</p>

<p>Essays: I wrote them in like...2 hrs
Teacher Recs: Amazing
Counselor Rec: Amazing
Hook (if any):.....none?</p>

<p>State or Country: Maryland
School Type: Public
Gender: Male, Chinese
major strength/weakness: My grades and scores are solid
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: basically based on stats</p>

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

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
SAT: 1900
SAT IIs: 670 [MIIC] 650 [U.S History] 670 [Chemistry]
GPA: 3.87 UC GPA -.-
Rank: top 10%
Other stats: 10 AP classes throughout HS
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
Essays: Good (Got accepted to UCLA didn't I :P?)
Teacher Recs: Didn't read
Counselor Rec: Didn't read
Hook (if any): Nothing that stands out
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Strong EC, but low GPA/SAT; Essay was great
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Because of my GPA/SAT
[ /list][ b]Other Factors: I don't care...[ /b]</p>

<p>Oh wells...</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2370
* SAT IIs: Math IIC-800, French Reading-790, Literature-780, Chinese Listening-780, Chemistry-740
* GPA: UC GPA-around 4.0..?
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: pretty good
* Recs: none
* Hook (if any): none..?
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: norcal
* School Type: elite public
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: female
</code></pre>

<p>deciding between cal, LA, and jhu.....</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted. Bioengineering</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2100 (690W/690CR/720M)
SAT IIs: 650 Math IIC, 720 Bio, 780 USH
APs: two 5s. im taking 4 more this year.
GPA: 4.1 (on a 4.0 scale) 4.5 W
Rank: our school doesnt rank
Essays: excellent.</p>

<p>Location/Person: Bay Area
State or Country: CA
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Strengths: Disability relevent to bioengineering
Weaknesses: SAT 2s</p>

<p>I am excited about the possibility of attending the #1 bioengineering school in the nation.</p>

<p>IN- USF: 4-3 program w/ university scholar program, Davis: Regent scholarship w/ honors, UCSD-Bioengineering PreMed, Irvine- Bioengineering
OUT- UCLA, CalTech</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED BABYYYY</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140, M: 800, CR:660, W:680
[</em>] SAT IIs: Korean: 800, Math2: 800, Physics: 710
[<em>] GPA: 4.6
[</em>] Rank: 7th 296
[<em>] Other stats: none
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Essays:excellent
[<em>] Teacher Recs:excellent
[</em>] Counselor Rec:eggcellent
[<em>] Hook (if any):nonnneeeeeeee
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA
[<em>] School Type:PUBLIC
[</em>] Ethnicity:AZN
[<em>] Gender:MALE
[</em>] major strength/weakness:NONE
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:DUNNO[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
just congrats to everyone who got in</p>

<p>if anybody wants to help, I NEED TO DECIDE BETWEEN CORNELL AND CAL.ANYONE? JUST SEND ME PM to help me out</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted EECS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I:2330 (800V 790M 740W)
[</em>] SAT IIs:800 Math II, 790 Phys, 660 Span
[<em>] GPA:3.98UW
[</em>] Rank:4/600+
[<em>] Other stats:not much
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: okay
[<em>] Hook (if any):my hook is as sharp as an eraser
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:CA
[<em>] School Type:Pub
[</em>] Ethnicity:Chinese
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness:Taking tests/being lazy
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:stats[/li][/ul]Other Factors:Regents scholar</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 2190(2250 composite) CR:760 M:780 W:630 MathII:800 Phy:780
* GPA: 93.8% (Canadian Average)
* Rank: Top 5%
* ECs: Aventis Biotech Challenge Three Years in a row, 3rd regionally for badminton, leader of a bunch of clubs and I've done other random crap.
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I thought they were ok..considering i wrote it really last minute. prolly made some spelling and grammar errors and some were kinda cheesy
* Hook (if any): random math competition awards...but it seems like they don;t mean much to universities
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<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Canada, On
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* major strength/weakness:Prolly my essays. they were not refined..didn;t have time
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: again essays.
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:Also because I applied engineering and international acceptance rate is 8%.</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED TO ENGINEERING
Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:CR 530/ WR 600/ M 770 Total:1900
[</em>] SAT IIs:770 MathII / 710 Korean
[<em>] GPA:3.9 uw/ 4.28 w
[</em>] Rank:7/335
[<em>] Other stats:AP 4 on statstics, 3 on biology
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Wrote about overcoming my deafness.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:
[</em>] Counselor Rec:
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA US
[<em>] School Type: Public average school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: I worked very hard and talented in mathematic, but my EC is not great.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I overcame many odds. I am deaf.[/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted College of L&S- Undeclared</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 1310/1600, 1990/2400 (650M, 660CR, 680W)
* SAT IIs: 710 U.S. History, 600 French
* GPA: 3.95 UW, 4.35 W
* Rank: N/A, top 10%, ELC
* Other stats: APs: 5 U.S. History, 3 English
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Good
* Teacher Recs: N/A
* Counselor Rec: N/A
* Hook (if any): ?
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: CA
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Caucasian
* Gender: Female
* Major strength/weakness: GPA, EC's
* Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: They saw something in me.
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