UC Berkeley C/O 2023 Results Thread

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I don’t know if one of these already exists, but if not, here’s one. Fill out this form with your decision.

[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: Waitlisted[ /b][ /color][ /size]
[ size=+2][ color=red][ b]Decision: Rejected[ /b][ /color][ /size]

[ b]Objective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (breakdown):
[ *] ACT:
[ *] SAT II:
[ *] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[ *] UC GPA:
[ *] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[ *] ELC?:
[ *] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[ *] Senior Year Course Load:
[ *] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[ *] Job/Work Experience:
[ *] Volunteer/Community service:
[ *] Personal Statement:

[ /list][ b]Other[ /b][ list]
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?:
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]:
[ *] State (if domestic applicant):
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type:
[ *] Ethnicity:
[ *] Gender:
[ *] Income Bracket:
[ *] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):

[ /list][ b]Reflection[ /b][ list]
[ *] Strengths:
[ *] Weaknesses:
[ *] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to?
[ *] Schools you were rejected from?
[ *] Schools you are waiting for?
[ /list][ b]General Comments:[ /b] Good Luck!!

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Decision: Accepted with invites to Regent’s and Chancellor’s

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 1570 (Math 790, EBRW 780)
ACT: 35
SAT II: Math II-790, Physics 1-790
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.98
UC GPA: 4.3 capped, 4.7 uncapped
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%, school doesn’t rank
AP (place score in parenthesis): World History (5), Chinese (5), APUSH (5), Calc BC (5), Comp Sci (5), Physics I (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis): none
Senior Year Course Load: AP Euro History, AP Biology, Multi-Variable Calc (Honors), Adv Data Structure (Honors)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none

Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Debate, president of two clubs, COSMOS at UCD (summer after sophomore), sports
Job/Work Experience: Safeway summer after junior year
Volunteer/Community service: Hospital volunteer (3hrs/wk), plus various schools, food banks etc

Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Comp Sci L&S
State (if domestic applicant): California
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Private
Gender: M
Income Bracket: N/A
Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None

Reflection
Strengths: Personal statements
Weaknesses:
Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? Georgetown, Boston College
Schools you were rejected from? none yet
Schools you are waiting for? other UCs, USC, and more!
General Comments: I spent quite a bit of time on my personal statements and I think they played a large role in me getting accepted. Good luck to everybody!

I couldn’t figure out the formatting lol

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**Decision: Accepted w/ Regents invite **

**Objective: **[ul]
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: 690 (Math II), 610 (Phys)
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.90
[] UC GPA: 4.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): At least top 9%, school doesn’t rank
[] ELC?: Yeep
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): CSA (5), CSP (5), Calc AB (4), Lang (4), Euro (3), Physics I (2, lol didn’t send this)
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP Physics 2, Multimedia Art, Gov/Econ
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): 10 National merit awards, 3 International awards for merit, couple local awards, mainly for my community involvement + past CS projects[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity soccer, DECA (VP), entrepreneurship club §, GirlUp, robotics§, ambassador for couple of organizations
[] Job/Work Experience: Research intern at local university, worked for programming camp, tutor, sell things online, child caretaker
[] Volunteer/Community service: Founded national non-profit teaching CS, volunteer at a science museum each week, science outreach club §
[] Personal Statement: PIQs were about my non-profit, utilizing my experiences in Europe on a scholarship + speaking at an intl conference, love for CS, and family

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yep
[li]** Intended Major **: EECS[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): women in cs??[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, PIQs
[] Weaknesses: Stats
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? SDSU(accepted), SFSU(accepted), Colorado School of Mines (waitlisted)
[] Schools you were rejected from? N/A
[li] Schools you are waiting for? couple of T20s, UCs, and CSUs[/li][/ul]General Comments: I didn’t spend a whole lot of time on my essays, but I’m pretty happy how they turned out. I think my ECs definitely helped me out. I also did a program with UC Berkeley’s SWE which may have boosted me.

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Decision: Accepted EECS with Regents Invite

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1570
[] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 - Math II, 770 - Lit
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: idk
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?: not sure what this is
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): macro (5), calc bc (5), lit (5), cs (5), physics e&m (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: math, physics, lit, bio, etc.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): international/national programming + writing awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CS internships, teaching CS classes, editing for lit mags, writing summer camps, music
[] Job/Work Experience: CS internships
[] Volunteer/Community service: teaching
[] Personal Statements: I’m keeping this vague. wrote about creative writing + taking walks, self-confidence, programming internships, leadership through teaching. I think an important thing one of my essays did was show connections between writing and the skills needed to succeed in EECS.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major**: EECS (probably minor in creative writing)[/li][] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): America
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: prefer not to say
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My awards & extracurriculars were pretty strong, and showed extreme depth in two separate fields. I think this helped show that I was more than ready to handle rigorous computer science, but also had another strong interest I’d bring to the table. Solid test scores. I’m a strong writer so I think my essays must have been decent.
[] Weaknesses: Odd schooling background that’s nonstandard for the UCs
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? this was my first acceptance
[] Schools you were rejected from? none yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? everywhere I applied[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Sending love to future applicants, and go Bears!