<p>*School Admitted To: * College of Letters and Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT: 2080
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 Korean SAT II, 740 ML2
[<em>] GPA: 4.27 W 3.97 UW
[</em>] Rank: 4/500ish
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 8
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Okay, I guess
[<em>] Hook (if any): Rural surroundings
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Public, Non-competitive
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: GPA
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Cuz Im good
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Not much and nothing special</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: UCSD, UCI, UCSB, and UCR (Regents)
[</em>]Going to attend: UCSD</p>
<p>[*]Any other remarks/comments?[/ul] In your face UCLA!</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT: 800R 710M 800W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780Math2 770Chem 730WH
[<em>] GPA: 4.0UW/4.69W
[</em>] Rank: 8/331
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year:Four 5's, two 4's
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: Maryland
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: Good stats, good writing, good EC leadership
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: strong OOS candidate
[</em>] Extracurriculars: FBLA, It's Academic (Quiz bowl), NHS</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: UMCP, Duke
[</em>]Going to attend: Don't know yet</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted Fall 2008!
College of Letters and Science</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2260
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 770 730
[<em>] GPA: Not calculated
[</em>] Rank: Do not rank
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: None, IB Diploma
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: A bit wishy-washy
[<em>] Hook (if any): Um.. IB?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: Canada
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness:
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Okay stats, good EC
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Tons
[<em>] Other Universities: UCLA, UBC
[</em>] Going to attend: BERKELEY!![/ul]</p>
<p>[<em>] SAT: 2230
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math IIC 800/ Chemistry 720/ Physics 740/ US History 540
[<em>] GPA: ~4.25 UC GPA
[</em>] Rank: 18/650
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 9
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good. Related to engineering.
[<em>] Hook (if any): A lot of engineering stuff.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: USA/CA
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: ASIAN
[<em>] Gender: MALE!!!! X CHROMOSOMES!
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: A lot of engineering stuff.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: Because the first three letters of my name are C-A-L.
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Swimming, engineering, clubs.</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: UCLA, UCSD, UCD
[</em>]Going to attend: BERKELEY FOREVER</p>
<p>[*]Any other remarks/comments? I'm happy :)![/ul]</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected
E-mail #: The one that stated, "We're worth the wait!"</p>
<p>Applied To: Undeclared Business</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: --
SAT IIs: Math II 780, Bio 730
ACT: 34
GPA: 3.7 UW 4.3W
Rank: top 15%</p>
<h1>of AP Classes by Senior year: 7</h1>
<p>Essays: One was pretty deep, other was about leadership
Hook (if any): district student board representative
Location/Person:
State/Country: California
School Type: public, competitive
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Other Factors:
Major Strength: Numerous amounts of leadership, 10 years of chinese folk dance, 34 ACT
Weaknesses: Little community service? Downward trend of grades
Why you think you were rejected: grades?
Extracurriculars: ASB, student council, district board representative, 10 years of chinese folk dance</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 33 Composite
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math2 750 Chem
[<em>] GPA: 4.3 UC 3.9 UW
[</em>] Rank: 10-20%
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 3 at school + 3 self-study = 6
[</em>] # of Honors Classes by Senior year: 3
[<em>] # of College Classes by Senior year: 3
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Post-it notes (not a joke), Chess club
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: CA
[<em>] School Type: Top CA Public. 900+ API
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strengths: GPA, Test scores, Essays (imo), Strong school where over 10% of seniors get accepted into Berkeley.
[<em>] Major Weaknesses: Poor freshmen grades, poor ECs, applying to competitive major, very few honors/APs that arent math/science related
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: ECs especially. I don't really like how I portrayed them on my app now that I look at it.
[li] Extracurriculars: Tennis, Chess Club, Volunteer, Programming[/li][/ul]</p>
<p>Grats to all who got into Berkeley. UCLA for me!</p>
<p>*Decision: Accepted... -_- ....(lol j/k) Spring 2009 *</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: n/a ACT= 30
[</em>] SAT IIs: physics 760, math IIc 700, US his 690
[<em>] GPA: 4.35
[</em>] Rank: 3/780
[li] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 5</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: one about me making shirts the other about me watching the science channel
[</em>] Hook (if any):</p>
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[list]
[<em>] State/Country: CA
[</em>] School Type: public/competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: Vietnamese (woot woot)
[</em>] Gender: m</p>
<p>[list]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Major Strength/Weakness: ap exam grades are strong; weak standardized test scores
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: if it wasn't my GPA, AP exam grades, or ELC...then I must say my essays were really good.
[li] Extracurriculars: yearbook editor, small business owner</p>[/li]
<p>I was accepted for environmental engineering</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] General: Similar to the higher end test scores of students admitted to UCB Engineering so far
[</em>] GPA: 4.5w
[<em>] Rank: top 1%
[</em>] Class Size: 647
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 7 plus 4 senior year
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: IL
[<em>] School Type: Competitive Public
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Why you think you were rejected: Too geographically close to other good engineering schools in the Midwest, UCB probably thought she wouldn't attend if admitted - good call ;). UCB isn't her 1st choice, so her rejection hopefully freed a space for someone who really wants to go to UCB :D
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Excellent, plus unusual legislative experience</p>
<p>[<em>]Other universities admitted to: UIUC, Northwestern, Rose-Hulman, Purdue, UCLA (not as good for engineering, but warm... and sunny... :D)
[</em>]Going to attend: ???? :confused: She'll have to start the pros/cons chart ;)
[li]Any other remarks/comments?[/ul]Wow - I feel bad for those who got their hopes up because of the unfortunate wording of email #3. </p>[/li]
<p>Interestingly, D received a lengthy, detailed, personal welcome letter email from her major's department chair at UCLA right at about the same time UCB's decisions were posted. Freaked her out for a minute. ;)</p>
<p>I'm surprised at how holistic and seemingly random admissions was. There were a lot of well-qualified students that didn't get in, and vice versa. Well, I can sympathize with the rejectees as I just saw the word "sorry" on myBerkeleyapp. </p>
<p>Decision: Rejected E-mail #____ Didn't get one</p>
<p>**School not Admitted To: **Environmental Design</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: Poor: 1880 (M: 660 CR: 600 W: 620)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Even more poor: (Physics: 650 Math II: 660)
[<em>] GPA: 3.83 UW (should be 4.26 UC)
[</em>] Rank: 59/382
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 9
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: I thought they were solid.
[<em>] Hook (if any): None. OOS Student.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: Washington State
[<em>] School Type: Very competitive (top 50 in both Newsweek and US News)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian-American
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: I thought ECs would save my ass, but I guess they weren't the ones they were looking for. I spent much of my high school heavy in music. Weakness would be GPA and definitely SAT scores.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: If I had any chance of being admitted, that was probably taken away by my being an OOS. I understand the quotas that they have to meet, so I can only shrug when they say how important state residency is. Nonetheless, I should have done more in HS.
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Music: 4 yrs band, 2 years head drum major/conductor, 4 yrs jazz band, 2 yrs jazz combo, BCC jazz band, All-State/All-NW participant, and many more awards. Community service: 120+ hours, got an award for that, 100 hours at local middle school as a TA, 20 at a youth event, also hours not submitted for being camp counselor at my church's Vacation Bible School, as well as helping out at homeless feeds.</p>
<p>[li]Other universities admitted to: University of Washington (only other one I applied to)</p>[/li]
<p>[li]Going to attend: University of Washington</p>[/li]
<p>[*]Any other remarks/comments? I can't say that I'm not disappointed because I am a little bit. But I felt absolutely nothing when I read the word 'sorry'. I had expected this and so it didn't hit me hard at all. I had a pretty cruddy night last night and I thought that this news would only kill me more, but hopefully I'm okay.[/ul]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1920
[</em>] SAT IIs: well, not too good. definitely my weakest point.
[<em>] GPA: 4.02
[</em>] Rank: 9/618
[<em>] # of AP Classes by Senior year: 8
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: gooooood! I was very proud of them.
[<em>] Hook (if any): loads of community service.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State/Country: California
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Major Strength/Weakness: Not sure.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I'm ELC, have great EC's, class rank, etc.
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Student Body President, Principal's Council, Varsity Golf for 4 years, and tons and tons of community service. I've stayed busy. :)</p>
<p>ok, one thing, regents isn't coming out till march 30th</p>
<p>Candidates entering from high school</p>
<p>"Candidates and alternates who would enter UC Berkeley in fall from high school receive notification after the Office of Undergraduate Admissions posts admissions results for freshmen on the My Berkeley Application page on the Undergraduate Admissions web site . We anticipate that date to be March 30th."</p>
<p>so why are you posting "Accepted with Regents!!!" and freaking everybody out! >:(</p>
<p>Cookiemon, anyone who was invited to do a regents interview has already been accepted. They haven't determined which ones will actually receive a scholarship, but the invitees were guaranteed a spot at Cal.</p>
<p>Decision: Rejected from College of Letters and Science
No e-mail</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 2050
SAT IIs: 650 Math II, 660- English Lit
GPA: a little over 3.9 unweighted, about a 4.2 weighted
Rank: 1 out of 425</p>
<h1>of AP Classes by Senior year: 12</h1>
<h1>of Honors Classes by Senior year: 12</h1>
<h1>of College Classes by Senior year: 1</h1>
<p>Subjective:
Essays: sorry, don't remember. I think one was on diversity and the other about writing.
Hook (if any): Low-Income, if that counts
Location/Person:
State/Country: NV
School Type: public school in suburbs, failed to meet No Child Left Behind Standards for math though (don't laugh...no, I'm not kidding)
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Other Factors:
Major Strengths: Nothing really, besides income advantage. I swear, when I saw the rejection I WAS a little disappointed, but moreso with my test scores than anything else. I realized I could have actually STUDIED, but I'm still happy that I got into UCLA, UCSB, and UCSD.
Major Weaknesses: Test scores are definitely low by Cal standards, also, OOS.
Extracurriculars: Key Club pres. and secretary, NHS, Internship with local newspaper, Forensics, school newspaper staff, volunteering locally with a few schools/libraries</p>