<p>wow darkdude. sorry to hear that. you sound a bit more qualified than the kid i know (who isn’t exactly the most honest person when it comes to academics)</p>
<p>When thinking about admissions, there is not one person called “UC Berkeley” that looked at everyone’s app and decided.</p>
<p>All the adcoms are supposed to be using the same criteria but each adcom has things they like. As a result, admissions are pretty random. Check out the link below:</p>
<p>[Dirty</a> Secrets of College Admissions - The Daily Beast](<a href=“http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-09/dirty-secrets-of-college-admissions/full/]Dirty”>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-09/dirty-secrets-of-college-admissions/full/)</p>