*****UC Berkeley 2021 Applicants Thread*****

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Decision: Accepted!

SAT I (breakdown): 1300 => 690 M, 710 E, 8 6 8 W
ACT (breakdown): 28 C (31 E 28 M 31 R 23 S)
SAT II: did not send
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 / 4.39 weighted capped (UC GPA: 4.6)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 1 / 640
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP World (4), AP English Lang (5), AP Calculus AB (3), AP US History (4), AP Spanish Lang(5), AP Biology (2)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: AP English Lit., AP Statistics, AP Calc BC, AP Comparative Gov., AP Enviornmental, Yearbook/ Journalism, Marching Band
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): other than school-based awards, not much.

Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Marching Band- 3 yrs (Vice president, section leader)
History Club- 2 yrs, Concert Band- 3 yrs (clarinet section leader), College Bound- 3 yrs, Yearbook- 2 yrs (Editor-in-chief, managing editor), Jaime Escalante Program- 2 yrs, etc.

Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: Volunteering for marching band- Rosebowls, Fireworks stand, etc.
Summer Activities: Escalante Math Program

Essays (rating 1-10, details):

1: Wrote about my leadership at home. I thought it was cute. (9/10)

2: Wrote about my obsession with drawing on everything. (7.89/10)

3: My obsession with gpa and class rank and how I overcame it (7/10)

4: My love of math (5/10)

Overall, pretty decent for last-minute essays.
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):

  1. From my math teacher. Had him for 3 years so he knows me pretty well. 7/10
  2. From AP English teacher. Had her for only 1 year, but i’m pretty sure her recc. was sweet. 6.79/10

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes!
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Big, underfunded public school, 95% Hispanic.
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 100-110 K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): …latina?

Accepted: CSUF, UCSD, UCLA, USC, UCB(!!!)
Waitlisted: n/a
Rejected: n/a

I CAN’T BELIEVE I WAS ACCEPTED! STILL IN SHOCK! Anyways, good luck guys!

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ACCEPTEDDDDDDDDDDD

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jk lol i got into eekz didn’t refresh the page

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Going to UCLA!! UCLA is more fun and its academics are as good as UC Berkeley. GO BRUINS!!

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Waitlisted at Berkeley. Grrrh…Got in UCLA. OOS for Economics

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Anybody knows chances of getting out of waitlist

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Accepted!!! For CS, OOS

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Rejected :smiley: going to SD or Davis :v:

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Rejected… Expected it, but still really disappointed that I didn’t get into my dream school. EECS, SAT 1550, unweighted GPA 3.82, weighted GPA 4.15.

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Got waitlisted. I’m from Florida.

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Reejected bc I did my application last minute lol It’s my first rejection !! Going to USC though! FIGHT ON!!!

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ACCEPTED!!

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How many people generally get off the waitlist?

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was regents invitee but didn’t get the scholarship unfortunately

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@carment:
Waitlist stats for 2016: Unable to find
Waitlist stats for 2015:
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 3,760
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 2,445
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 1,340

Waitlist stats for 2014:
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 3,375
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 2,143
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 437

Good luck.

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DD accepted in L & S

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Is Cal Day the only accepted students event? I have a show and prom that weekend

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Flat rejected, international from China, SAT 1480, WGPA 4.47, UWGPA 4, losts of EC and awards, waitlisted by UCLA

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ACCEPTED GUYS WHAT I CANT BELIEVE IT

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accepted … after getting rejected from all the ivies and getting a pep talk from my parents … so thank ful