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Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>how hard is it to maintain a 3.7 GPA at berkeley?</p>

<p>how many ppl actually are able to do it?</p>

<p>i've heard so many stories about berkeley,</p>

<p>how ur best is never enough and all that junk</p>

<p>now im down to LA or berkeley</p>

<p>and im not very confident if i can maintain a high GPA and get into HAAS(i do realize that EC is taken into consideration for admission)</p>

<p>how hard is it? how many ppl are 'weeded out' before</p>

<p>everyone applies and only 50 percent are accepted?</p>

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<p>the difficulty of maintaining a 3.7 depends on what classes you take, your brains, and your work ethic. definitely not impossible, though, especially if you're taking haas prereqs.</p>

<p>i think the top 15% of the class gets a 3.7. (mind you, that's taking the engineering students into account, so i think that percentage is a bit too low to apply to l&s students.)</p>

<p>don't know how to respond to "i've heard so many stories about berkeley," except for the fact that most of them are probably waaaay exaggerated. and i do mean waaaaaay.</p>

<p>are you afraid of being challenged, or would you rather slack off? "your best is never enough" was printed on the t-shirts of all the AP Comp/Lit students, and it was a pride sort of thing. like "i'm smarter than you because i'm taking comp/lit." so you can interpret that statement as "i'm smarter than you because i'm going to berkeley."</p>

<p>LA or berk ... that comes up so often. all i will say is that bay area views >>>>> LA smog anyday.</p>

<p>the average gpa for haas is about a 3.7. as i've said before, getting that is not so bad if you're taking haas prereqs (ok, maybe minus ugba and stats, but everything else wasn't bad).</p>

<p>statistics show that about 12% of each incoming class (at least in the last few years) are undeclared-business, and about 8% apply. you can call that "weeded out" if you want, i guess.</p>

<p>the 50% acceptance rate is a little misleading, because the applicant pool is very self-selective. that said, the difficulty of getting into haas is often way overblown (just like all the other rumors about berkeley). don't get intimidated, don't slack off, write some good essays, join some clubs, and you should be fine.</p>

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<p>so only 50% of the 'weeded out' people get in?</p>

<p>that does not sound so great</p>

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<p>ah, but here's another thing. sometimes, the people who decide not to apply are not the ones who actually have bad grades but are the ones who, for some reason or another, decided they weren't interested in business. conversely, some of the people who apply actually have bad grades but are maintaining a "what do i have to lose by trying" mentality. of course, this is not the norm, but it happens.</p>