accepted MechE w/ regents:
SAT: 2300+
UC GPA: 4.6-ish
ECs: very varied, (STEM, English, performing arts) a few leadership things
My UC essays were pretty good, and my Regents interview was great.
Accepted: Cornell, JHU, Vandy, Rice, Harvey Mudd, UCLA
Waitlisted: CMU, UChicago, Columbia
Rejected: MIT (deferred EA), Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Yale, USC (lmao)
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Accepted
OOS from Oklahoma
ACT: 23
GPA: 3.7
EC’s: exceptional
Essays: exceptional
Ethnicity: African American
Income: <$25k
Other Schools: Lehigh University (accepted), University of Oklahoma (accepted), UC Irvine (accepted), UVA (waitlisted), Davidson (waitlisted), Emory (waitlisted), University of Washington (waitlisted), UNC (waitlisted)
Comments: I am so happy to be accepted into Berkeley. Berkeley was a reach school for me and I am lucky to have been accepted. I don’t know how many times I have preached this but I will reiterate the fact that STATS ARE NOT EVERYTHING in the admissions process. Don’t let standardized test score and GPA averages keep you from applying to certain schools. I didnt get much in aid from berkeley but it is going to come down to UC Berkeley and Lehigh.
Agree that stats are not everything. But the intended major, ECs, holistic process, geographic area, essays, URM etc and some luck matter a lot. Congrats. Amazing applicants in some competitive majors got denied or waitlisted imo.
But in some sense, as long as you have one school to go to, one’s attitude and effort matter the most.
Our kid will in all likelihood decline his UCB spot sometime this month to open up a spot hopefully for one waitlisted person.
@websensation I couldn’t agree more and I am happy the odds were in my favor.
Waitlisted Applied as Chem E Major
UC GPA 4.51
Weighted GPA: 4.45
Unweighted: 4.0
ACT: 31
Sat: 1420
Subject Tests: 730 Chem 750 Math II
AP Tests: recieved 5’s on all of them BC Chem Euro APUSH Stats
College Courses: Calc III
Ec’s: Leadership stuff, PF State debate champion in Wisco and nationally ranked, type 1 diabetic who volunteers for JDRF
Essays: strong
Recieved LOR Req and those were strong
White
Income Bracket: 100-150k
My standardized tests scores were very low for UCB but thought I had a decent chance.
Other schools: Waitlisted UCLA, UCB
Accepted: UW Madison, U Mich, and UCSD
Denied: None
Accepted. 4.0. 33 act. So happy!!! congrats to everyone and thank God this insane process is just about over.
I made this account just to figure out if I should appeal my Berkeley decision (waitlisted). They requested LORs yet my 2 teachers had a tough time figuring out how to submit them because they are not familiar with the UC portal (OOS student). I met with my councilor and she called the Berkeley admissions office to see if they received my LORs. They confirmed that yes that had received them. Yesterday when I went to view my admissions decision I noticed there was a red X mark and said “awaiting” next to my 2 LORs. I am considering appealing my decision due to a mistake out of my control that prevented Berkeley from seeing my LORs (I’m still not sure what happened with them). Do I have any chance of success with this appeal? In other words – is it worth it?
@emmarose98 i don’t think you can appeal the waitlist decision because it’s not a ‘final’ decision
“Q: Can I challenge the admission decision?
A: Appeals may only be filed by students who are denied admission. Since the wait-list offer is not a final admission decision, the appeals process is not available. In order to express your interest in our campus and to share more information for consideration, you may opt into the wait list, by April 18, 2017.”
(this was found on my portal, under status update -> application decisions faq")
Accepted. 4.0. 33 act. So happy!!! congrats to everyone and thank God this insane process is just about over.
@Faultystart Okay thank you I hadn’t seen that in the FAQs. I’m thinking of calling admissions to see what happened with those supposedly received LORs and if that’s not successful than writing the wait list essay about this issue.
My son is trying to decide between USC, Rice and UCB for Mechanical Engineering. Any thoughts/opinions?
@Tigerdad17 Business school = Cal. However, Haas at Cal is not a given and super competitive to get into - about a 30-something % acceptance rate for Cal sophomores (halve % that for transfers); otherwise, it’s Econ. This all being said, if your D can go to Georgia Tech for practically nothing, why are Cal and UCLA still part of the discussion? The $ you save can be put aside for grad school, which she will probably go to. THEN she can try Cal again.
Also does UCB allow you to change majors inside Engineering… as in from Biomedical Engineering to Mechanical Engineering?
@2017xxxx Depends on the $$. USC is going to be 70K+ for on-campus. Don’t know about Rice. Cal is going to be cheaper than USC even if OOS.
Yes agree USC and Rice are much more $$ than UCB. However, in terms of employment, research opportunities, internship opportunities etc.and class sizes in Mechanical Engineering, any thoughts on which s better?
@2017xxxx. All great schools. Depends on cost difference and where he wants to live after graduating. Recruiting tends to be regional.
In state D accepted to College of Environmental Design (for Architecture)
Choices are UC Berkeley and Cal Poly SLO, two different programs
one more hands on learn by doing, one more theoretical.
Group me?
Accepted, sadly won’t be able to attend. Good luck to everyone
@uofmfan schools don’t accept off the waitlist until after May 1st so someone withdrawing their application now wouldn’t affect your chances of getting off of it