OFFICIAL University of California Berkeley Decisions - Class of 2014

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<p>With the UC decisions date looming and with people already knowing their decisions already, I think we should post our stats to help future Cal applicants.</p>

<p>Here's the template, and remember to post stats:

[quote]

[size=+2][color=green]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=orange]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[size=+2][color=red]**Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>Objective:[ /b][ul]
[* ] SAT I (breakdown):
[* ] ACT:
[* ] SAT II:
[* ] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[* ] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[* ] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[* ] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[* ] Senior Year Course Load:
[* ] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):[/ul]Subjective:[list]
[* ] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[* ] Job/Work Experience:
[* ] Volunteer/Community service:
[* ] Summer Activities:
[* ] Essays:[ /list]Other[ /b][ list]
[* ] State (if domestic applicant):
[* ] Country (if international applicant):
[* ] School Type:
[* ] Ethnicity:
[* ] Gender:
[* ] Income Bracket:
[* ] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[ /list]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[* ] Strengths:
[* ] Weaknesses:
[* ] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[ /list]General Comments:[ /b]

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<p>REMEMBER TO REMOVE ALL THE SPACES IN THE BRACKETS ([.....]) IN ORDER FOR THE DESIRED FORMAT TO APPEAR</p>

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<p>a little early for this thread to show up…</p>

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<p>^way to insult a senior member, junior. this coming from a new member</p>

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<p>LOL, decisions don’t come out until April.</p>

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<p>I thought it was late march?</p>

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<p>Decisions will come out on March 25, at around 5ish. That’s 16 days from now. Regents scholars already know their decisions, though.</p>

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<p>decisions have already been released for people invited for regents interviews. i would post my stats but i don’t want to be the first one hahah</p>

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<p>I must agree, this is a tad bit too early.</p>

<p>Also your post neglects spring admits. Waitlists are limited to about 200 people and they are listed, but spring admits make up about 2000 admits each year.</p>

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<p>guess i’ll start :stuck_out_tongue: sorry, i used format from another post i did. mostly same stuff
[regents applicant]</p>

<p>[size=+2][color=green]**Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I (breakdown): 2380 780M 800W 800CR

  • ACT:
  • SAT II: 800 mol bio, 800 ush, 800 math IIC, 780 lit
  • Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
  • Weighted GPA: 4.44
  • Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1
  • AP (place score in parentheses): 7 5’s and a 3. taking 6 more this year.
  • IB (place score in parentheses):
  • Senior Year Course Load: 6 aps
  • Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>nat merit finalist</p>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Extracurriculars (place leadership in parentheses): key club prez, hockey, nhs vp, tons of stuff

  • Job/Work Experience: private tutoring, 40 hours per week at scientific institute over summer, 8 hours per week summer and school receptionist duties
  • Volunteer/Community service: key club tons, nhs lots, math tutoring club
  • Summer Activities:
    </code></pre>

<p>40 hour/week paid internship</p>

<p>Writing (Rate Quality on 1-10 Scale; 10 as Best):</p>

<p>7
o Other:
* Teacher Recommendation #1: great
* Teacher Recommendation #2: great
* Counselor Rec: great
* Additional Rec: none
* Interview: n/a
* Art Supplement:</p>

<p>none</p>

<p>Other</p>

<pre><code>* Date Submitted App:

  • State (if domestic applicant): CA
  • Country (if international applicant):
  • School Type: public
  • Ethnicity: white
  • Gender: m
  • Income Bracket: ~100K
  • Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
    </code></pre>

<p>none</p>

<p>Reflection</p>

<pre><code>* Strengths: scores on everything

  • Weaknesses: essays
  • Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: apparently 2380, 3 800 satII, 1 780, 7 5’s and 6 more AP’s is good enough for something
  • What would you have done differently? …
    </code></pre>
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<p>whoops, fail on title. w/e >.></p>

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<p>holy…your scores are out of this world.</p>

<p>Did you apply to HYPSM?</p>

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<p>@redjar: Congratulations!</p>

<p>@Handlebars: Your turn :)</p>

<p>My friend’s son got accepted through regents too. I don’t know his stats exactly, but he’s the school’s Einstein. haha</p>

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<p>My S is a Regents candidate. They were advised at their interviews that they are admitted (the top 3% of applicants, which number 50,312 (excluding transfers.)</p>

<p>(I can’t figure out this darned format thing.)</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective:</p>

<p>SAT I (breakdown): 800 M, 680 CR, 680 W
ACT: N/A
SAT II: 800 Math 2, 720 Physics, 690 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 3/approx. 520
AP (place score in parenthesis): Calc BC (5), Spanish Language (5), Euro History (4), US History (4), English Language (4), Physics Mechanics (4), Physics Electromagetism (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: Multivariable Calculus, AP Chemistry, AP Marcoeconomics, AP English Literature, US Government, Psychology, Sociology, Team Aquatics (varsity water polo/varsity swim)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varisty water polo, varsity swim team, piano, Mock Trial, MESA math team (calculus)
Job/Work Experience: Summer internship at USC studying paleoclimatology
Volunteer/Community service: Math and physics tutor, Link Crew
Summer Activities: CTY in Electrical Engineering, Probability & Game Theory, Fast Paced Physics
Essays: Reasonable
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Urban public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: M
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
Strengths: Rigorous courseload (two college level math classes after AP Calc)
Weaknesses: EC leadership
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths. Coursework and ECs tied to possible major in physics, other sciences.
Comments: Waiting on decisions from 8 other schools</p>

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<p>FYI, White and Caucasian are not ethnic groups. White is a social race, and caucasian is falsely defined biological race. </p>

<p>Irish American or Taiwanese American would be examples of ethnicities, but white definitely is not one</p>

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<p>Regents is decided by gpa/test score numbers alone. EC’s/essays don’t mean anything to them.</p>

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<p>are you sure gpa/test scores? I have perfect test scores and gpa and didn’t get an invite.</p>

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<p>

Per the informational flyers available at the actual Regents interview, this is not accurate.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Objective: [ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2390 M: 790, CR: 800, W:800
[</em>] ACT: X
[<em>] SAT II: Math 2: 800, Chemistry: 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (4.6~4.7 weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/600+
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Comp sci 5, English language 5, US history 5, Macro econ 5, Micro econ 5, Human Geography 5, Statistics 5, European history 4, Physics 4 (will take calculus BC, spanish language, chemistry, biology)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): IBSL math 6, IBSL economics 6 (will take IBHL history, IBHL chemistry, IBHL english, IBSL spanish)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IBHL english, IBHL history of the americas, IBHL/AP chemistry two periods, IBSL/AP spanish, AP biology
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): california state finalist swimming, science olympiad, nothing too great [/ul]</p>[/li]
<p>Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): swimming 10 years competitively, 4 years varsity, rotary vice president, science olympiad, nhs, etc
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: X
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: rotary, nhs tutoring,
[</em>] Summer Activities: junior olympics, calc at community college, summer volunteer programs
[<em>] Essays: one about economics/business, one about swimming [/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Southern California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Large public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: ~150k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none [/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: test scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: could use more leadership, awards
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:scores, gpa [/ul]General Comments: waiting for WHYPSM, but parents are pushing really hard for berkeley b/c it’s cheaper and has Haas, and both my brothers went to cal. definitely might not be able to afford elite private schools.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted
Regents Applicant</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1890: 640 Reading, 590 Math, 660 Writing
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: 700 Biology E, 720 U.S. History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2 when I applied, 1 now
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology (5), Biology (5), Language and Comp (5), U.S. History (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calculus, AP 2-D, AP 3-D, AP History, AP English Literature, AP Government
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none.[/ul]
Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): badminton in Freshman, tennis in Sophomore; no varsities or anything
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Key Club + Library volunteer = ~300 hours
[<em>] Summer Activities: none
[</em>] Essays: I truly believe these were what got me in, lol. [/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public; 400ish seniors
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$60,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation [ /list]**Reflection[ /b][ list]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA and essays
[<em>] Weaknesses: test scores, definitely! SAT-wise
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: definitely what I typed in my essays, and my courseload for senior year [/ul]**General Comments: none? =X **</p>

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<p>cassenoix-I don’t think your SATs were an actual weakness. Since you got a 31 ACT, and UCs toss the lower score of either the SAT or ACT, Cal never even saw your 1890 SAT.</p>