The Countdown

<p>Does anyone know what the “accepted”/“rejected” myberkeleyapp looks like?! I want to know if once I press submit, I should be looking for a welcoming picture or an admitted/denied updated status.</p>

<p>hbsdkbfachjlb jkzxvbhjcvashj!!! I can’t focus on any sort of academic work at all :[. It’s all just one big wait and nothing else matters. </p>

<p>If the decisions actually come out the EVENING of the 30th, I will be in a Cal final review session for my Cal genetics class I’m taking at berk…o.m.g.</p>

<p>^ i cant focus on anything other than berkeley right now, I definitely know where ur coming from</p>

<p>5 more days!!! yay :):):)</p>

<p>^my stomach knots everytime i think about whether myberkeleyapplication will say “Congratulations!..” or “We regret to inform you…”</p>

<p>^ Is that all it will update to?! Like I think the “In Review” will change to one or the other, but is that all we can expect?</p>

<p>I am currently working on an essay due…last week :[. HURRY UP SUNDAY BE OVER!!! just gotta make it to Wednesday and I think I could take the last day or so.</p>

<p>nah, if your accepted itll have 5 links on the side, from different important people at UCB, and each link will take you to a pic of that person and a congratulations letter from them, i dont even want to know what the rejection one looks like.</p>

<p>acceptance: <a href=“http://img43.yfrog.com/img43/4124/58805302.jpg[/url]”>http://img43.yfrog.com/img43/4124/58805302.jpg&lt;/a&gt; (i better get something like this one)</p>

<p>rejection: [url=<a href=“http://■■■■■■■.com/view.php?pic=1zmj9eq&s=5]Image”>http://■■■■■■■.com/view.php?pic=1zmj9eq&s=5]Image</a> - ■■■■■■■ - Free Image Hosting, Photo Sharing & Video Hosting<a href=“i%20better%20not%20get%20anything%20that%20even%20looks%20close%20to%20that”>/url</a></p>

<p>keep in mind these are fakes.</p>

<p>AAAHHH!!!</p>

<p>So it’s a pretty drastic and immediately noticeable change then. wow. i stopped breathing for a second haha. definitely made the acceptance one my wall paper though :]!</p>

<p>Thanks Calbear.</p>

<p>This is somewhat irrelevant but I was reading through the UC transfer info and apparently them taking your location into account is true (within the state I mean, its obviously true for oos and international)</p>

<p>Comprehensive Review Factors for Transfer Applicants</p>

<p>To be eligible for admission, applicants must meet the University’s undergraduate admission requirements. The following guidelines provide the framework within which the campuses establish procedures for selecting applicants when the number of eligible applicants exceeds the places available.</p>

<p>Each campus, in consultation with the Office of the President, develops enrollment targets that specify the number of new freshman and advanced standing students expected to enroll. Campuses that receive more applications than the number required to meet their enrollment target admit students using the criteria described below.</p>

<p>Primary emphasis in the selection of advanced standing applicants will be given to the criteria related to academic performance (first four bulleted items). Consideration also will be given to other criteria to assess applicants’ overall promise of success and to achieve strength and diversity in campuses’ advanced-standing student body (last four bullets). Priority consideration for admission of advanced standing applicants will be given to upper division junior transfers from California community colleges.</p>

<pre><code>* Completion of a specified pattern or number of courses that meet breadth or general education requirements.

  • Completion of a specified pattern or number of courses that provide continuity with upper division courses in the major.
  • Grade point average in all transferable courses.
  • Participation in academically selective honors courses or programs.
  • Special talents, achievements and awards in a particular field, such as in the visual and performing arts or in athletic endeavors; special skills, such as demonstrated written and oral proficiency in other languages; special interests, such as intensive study and exploration of other cultures; experiences that demonstrate unusual promise for leadership, such as significant community service or significant participation in student government; or other significant experiences or achievements that demonstrate the applicant’s promise for contributing to the intellectual vitality of a campus.
  • Completion of special projects, undertaken either in the context of the college/university curriculum or in conjunction with special school events, projects or programs cosponsored by the college/university, community organizations, post-secondary educational institutions, other agencies or private firms, that offer significant evidence of an applicant’s special effort and determination or that may indicate special suitability to an academic program on a specific campus.
  • Academic accomplishments in light of the applicant’s life experiences and special circumstances. These experiences and circumstances may include, but are not limited to, disabilities, low family income, first generation to attend college, need to work, disadvantaged social or educational environment, difficult personal and family situations or circumstances, refugee status or veteran status.
  • Location of the applicant’s college and residence. These factors shall be considered to provide for geographic diversity in the student population and also to account for the wide variety of educational environments existing in California.
    </code></pre>

<p>“Priority consideration for admission of advanced standing applicants will be given to upper division junior transfers from California community colleges.”</p>

<p>thank you uc!!!</p>

<p>^what does that even mean?</p>

<p>just that we get priority consideration…which is interesting considering the fact that uc reported that they will be admitting more out of state students for financial reasons. But at the same time UC also reported in a YouTube video conference with the dean of undergraduate admissions that they will be admitting 500 more transfers. Where I’m going with this, I don’t know. Sad I have written more here today than in my essay.</p>

<p>LOLL (about the essay thing) can you link me to video?</p>

<p>ohh now that i read it again, it makes sense haha, i was wondering what qualifies someone as being “advanced standing”</p>

<p>here you go – [YouTube</a> - Transfer Admissions Update](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeQZVGcJe5o]YouTube”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeQZVGcJe5o)</p>

<p>HOLY CRAP thats ****ing longgg</p>

<p>HAHA</p>

<p>start watching it. you’ll get into it and then it’ll be half way done before you know it. also i recommend looking up peoples’ acceptance reactions on youtube. 5 days. 5. days.</p>

<p>hahaha yeah i just put it on, so im listening to it, should be pretty interesting.</p>

<p>yup 5 days, i need to make them go by fast, but i cant, cuz i cant stop thinking about berkeley</p>

<p>but that 500 number is spread out throughout the UC system, not just UCB ><</p>

<p>DANG IT! You’re right. I forgot about that point. lol sooo about 70 more transfers per campus? of which i assume will be more out of staters -_-</p>

<p>ps: how did you get those pics?! i just realized the date is 5 days from now hahahaha</p>

<p>FFFIIIIVEEE days! Although I’m not waiting for Cal 'cuz I didn’t apply. Argh, I should have.</p>