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

<p>Do you mean cal day?</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED (Letters & Science) (spring)</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 IIC, 800 US History
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 weighted
[</em>] Rank: no idea
[<em>] Other stats: 3 5's on APs and 32 on ACT
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Hook: Citizen of the UK
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: English, Irish
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: History & English / Math & Science
[li] why you think you were accepted: Nationality[/li][/ul]Other Factors:
Had a job all through high school and went on a foreign exchange program to Japan.</p>

<p>Accepted, though I've known for a while. Regents Scholar.</p>

<p>rejected :-(
2040 sat1
790/640 sat2
3.75 uc gpa, 3.92 uncapped
lots of piano awards etc.</p>

<p>i know my gpa is a bit on the low end, but i tried to justify that in my p.s.</p>

<p>**** cal..i honestly feel like i've done so much to try to get in..applied for alumni scholarship, and filled out the questionnaire they sent me..i spent like 10 hrs filling out the questionnaire, and to see all that effort on my app go to waste really feels like crap. i guess i'll appeal but i dont think it's going to work at all. i guess its UCSD or usc(if i get in). college decisions really are heartbreaking..</p>

<p>Decision:Accepted to Letter's And Science</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:640CR, 700M, 710W (2050 Total)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 670 Molecular Bio
[<em>] GPA: 3.8 W
[</em>] Rank:70ish/650
[<em>] Other stats: ACT: 32
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good I guess considering that I got in.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: none
[</em>] Counselor Rec: for the questionnaire
[<em>] Hook (if any): Taekwondo
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Don't really know.
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: wow... I don't even know how. [/li][/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Decision: spring acceptance--i'm **ing mad**</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT:2360
[</em>] SAT IIs:750, 790, 780
[<em>] GPA:4.2
[</em>] Rank:top 10%
[<em>] Other stats:lots of APs--5,5,5,5,4,3
[/ul][ b]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] Essays:Good. I don't think I'm the best judge of that, though.
[<em>] Teacher Recs:Didn't see them
[</em>] Counselor Rec:Didn't see it
[<em>] Hook (if any):lots of EC's, state recognition
[/list][ b]Location/Person:
[ul]
[</em>] State or Country:CA
[<em>] School Type:public, affluent, competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity:Asian
[<em>] Gender:F
[</em>] major strength/weakness:low GPA
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered:WHO KNOWS? My stats are basically Berkeley admit stats, so I'm just really upset at the world right now. :([/li][/ul]Other Factors:Life hates me probably. I guess I'll probably go to LA then. :(:(</p>

<p>Decision: Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2040 (610 CR, 760 Math, 670 Writing)
ACT: 32
SAT IIs: 790 Math IIc, 740 World History, 730 US History
GPA: 3.64 UW, 3.84 W
Rank: None
Essays: Above Average
Location/Person: Bay Area
State or Country: CA
School Type: Private, Catholic
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Major strengths: SAT I/SAT II/ACT scores/Essays (other than the JSA one)
Major weakness: GPA, an essay that was about taking classes at Stanford for JSA summer school and probably wasn't a good idea (oh well, I got into every other UC...)
Intended Major: Economics</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted: College of Engineering: Major-Civil</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2160 - 700 m 690 cr 710w
SAT IIs: 700 Math II 680 Chemistry
GPA: 3.97
Rank: top 4% probably 5/485
Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Alright
Teacher Recs: noe
Counselor Rec: none
Hook (if any): ?
Location/Person:
State or Country: Nor Cal
School Type: The Epitome of Defacto Segregation
Ethnicity: Native American
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Weak SATs
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: ?
Other Factors: ?</p>

<p>Congratulation to all who got in. For those that didn't, I'm sure the school you'll attend will be great and you'll enjoy your experience. Good Luck to all!</p>

<p>To start off, I'm just ****ed off right now, and Cal can suck a fattie schlong!</p>

<p>Decision:Rejected</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT:700CR, 760M, 800W (2260 Total)
SAT IIs: 750 Math IIC, 650 Molecular Bio
GPA: 3.75 UW, 4.35 W
Rank:20/250
Other stats: ACT: 31, 9 AP Classes, National AP Scholar with Honors, National Merit Commended Student
Subjective:
Essays: I thought they were amazing
Teacher Recs: Really good. I got into Santa Clara with Distinction and Honors Program because of them
Counselor Rec: Sure it was good
Hook (if any): Chiapas Immersion Trip, School of the America's Protest (thought a school like Berkeley would like that)
Location/Person:Sacramento
State or Country: California
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Middle Eastern
Gender: Male
major strength/weakness: Obviously there was something wrong with me.
why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: I have absolutely no clue
Other Factors:</p>

<p>Decision:REJECTED BIOE</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT:1990(720M 680W 600CR)
* SAT IIs: 780 Math IIC, 720 Molecular Bio
* GPA: 4.0w
* Rank:N/A
* Other stats: ACT: 29 but didnt put on app
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: FN Amazing
* Teacher Recs: none
* Counselor Rec: none
* Hook (if any): Im yellow out side and black inside...lived in three different countries
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: California
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* major strength/weakness: SAT/GPA
* why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: BioE too impacted 20 kids go there for BioE and cal doesnt offer second choices
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:yo
congrats u guys</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2140 (740 M, 670 CR, 730 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 BioM, 760 US, 730 Spanish
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: dont know
[<em>] Other stats: 5 APUSH, 5 Spanish
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: alright
[<em>] Hook (if any): none
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: SoCal
[<em>] School Type: Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Indian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: high GPA, low SAT
[li] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: GPA, SATII, ECs[/li][/ul]Other Factors: none...</p>

<p>congratulations to all accepted, see u next fall!!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2220 (700M, 740R, 780W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 Math IIC, 740 Chemistry
[<em>] GPA: 4.998 W
[</em>] Rank: 16/~770
[/ul]
Location/Person[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Southern California
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Major Strength: Good stats, a lot of ECs[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED to College of Environmental Design</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 770 W 760 M 800 R
* SAT IIs: 800 MathIIC, 760 US History, 800 Writing
* GPA: 4.0
* Rank: 1/803
* Other stats: N/A
</code></pre>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I wrote them at 3 in the morning. They seemed profound then?
* Hook (if any): Architecture classes at the U of M - interning at Architecture firm
</code></pre>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: MN
* School Type: 3000+ student suburb school
* Ethnicity: Chinese
* Gender: Female
</code></pre>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars: Captain in Speech (qual for state and 1st in Miniapple tourny), Prez of NHS, 1st keyboard in Jazz band, 11 yrs in competitive piano (lessons with prof at UofM), works 15 hrs/week
* Why I think I was accepted/deferred: The hundred dollar bill I stapled to the top (and my scores)
* Other thoughts: Does this mean I have to buy birkinstocks?
</code></pre>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 800 M 800 CR 800 W
SAT IIs: Math IIC 800, US History 800, Chemistry 800, Physics 800
GPA: 4.98 W
Rank: 1
Other stats: What do other stats even mean?</p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: Good
Teacher Recs: Didn't see them
Counselor Rec: Didn't see it
Hook (if any): None really</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: All over the place, but am from CA
School Type: Public</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to CAS</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2110 (690M, 700CR, 720W)
SAT IIs: 720 Math Level 2, 680 World History, 600 Biology E
GPA: ~3.8 UW, 4.24 W (not sure about UC GPA)
Rank: 4 or 5 / 555
Other stats: International Baccalaureate in addition to taking AP tests
ECs: Varsity Badminton, Varsity Golf, President/Treasurer/Freshman Rep for CSF, NHS, Volunteer at Braille Institute for two summers, Volunteer at the local library, Volunteer at church and its community service events, Piano for 10 years including Ceritificate of Merit, and so forth.
Subjective:
Essays: Perhaps lacked creativity, but did convey passion.
Teacher Recs: Recs? We needed recs for UCB?
Counselor Rec: None.
Hook (if any): Well, I'm not quite sure what qualifies as a decent hook, but among my graduating class, I was the highest ranked student who participated in a varsity sport, was a president of a school club, and was in the IB program. Other than that, I didn't really have a hook.
Location/Person:
State or Country: California
School Type: Semi-large, semi-competitive public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Not sure... maybe because I'm a balanced candidate?</p>

<p>Sephiroth my god. Perfect.</p>

<p>DENIED.
Stats:
SAT
M:690
V:590
W:630</p>

<p>Physics: 550
Math II: 610</p>

<p>Yeah no surprises but I've moved on.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted to CED</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2210
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Math Level 2, 760 US History
[<em>] GPA: 3.89 UW
[</em>] Rank: N/A
[<em>] Other stats: 34 on the ACT, 5's on AP's (US, World, and English Language)
[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: None
[</em>] Counselor Rec: None
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]
Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: New York (Woo!)
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Spent past two summers studying architecture, been playing sax since 4th grade, heavily involved in technical crew, extremely interested in politics.
[li] why you think you were accepted: Because somebody at Berkeley loves me.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>about 90% sure I want to go to Cal, but still wavering between Cal, Cornell, Wash U, and USC</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1870 (680 M 580 CR 620 W...Yeah I know. I am a horrific test taker.)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 710 US History, 670 Math II, 620 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.45 W, 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: 6/370
[<em>] Other stats: Full IB Diploma
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Quite Outstanding (at least they showed my SAT's were BS)
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Terrific I'm pretty sure
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Well...
[<em>] Hook (if any): Um...
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CA (Bay Area)
[<em>] School Type: Public w/ IB
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] major strength/weakness: Ok that's just a silly question.
[*] why you think you were accepted/rejected/defered: Full IB is really pretty on applications.[/ul]</p>

<p>congrats to all!</p>