UC Berkeley Class of 2021 Appeal Thread

@amoghden whatd u write about

@hiyahiya123

Spent a large part of the appeal discussing a medical issue and it’s relationship to my academic performance that I didn’t discuss on my original application. I also wrote about why I think Berkeley is uniquely valuable to me (career goals/interests) and how I can be of value to the Berkeley student body (what I intend to do at Cal outside of just school).

just got in off appeal! check your portals everyone!

@acpadt Congrats! Are you an in-state applicant or out-of-state applicant?

@acpadt Also, what did you write about for your appeal?

@acpadt Congrats! May I ask when you submitted your appeal?

Cool @acpadt what major and whatd u write about?

I think it is safe to say the rest of us are screwed :))

@Bakasworld I am an in-state applicant. don’t worry there’s still hope! I wrote about some national awards I recently received, clarified some academic info on my app, and spoke about some special family circumstances that I was hesitant to mention in my initial app @californiapoly I submitted my appeal on 4/30. @hiyahiya123 Undeclared Social sciences!

@acpadt I applied as a social science major too, specifically geography, so I am really screwed :(( . However, it is nice to know that at least someone can feel the excitement of being accepted off an appeal. Congratulations!

Hello everyone! I also was accepted off of the appeal list today. They sent me two emails. One email was about financial aid for Cal, and the other one noted a recent update to my MAP portal. For the appeal, I have 3 enrollment options: Global Edge London, Fall Program for Freshmen: San Francisco, and enrollment in January. I am an in-state applicant, and my intended major is Computer Science at the College of Letters and Science. Within my appeal statement I talked about the gender disparity in the field of computer science, my senior year grades, the extension of my coding internship for the summer, other activities that I didn’t mention in my UC application (such as sports, hobbies, and clubs), and about my love for the school and all of its programs.

I wish all of you luck in your appeals as well! :slight_smile:

what time @xxMemesxx did u get the mail?

I feel like Berkeley doesn’t do rolling acceptances. I think that all the acceptances were sent out today and the rejections are going to come out close to June 1. Only anout 20-30 people out of 900 appeals are accepted so it makes sense that all of the acceptances were sent out today:/ pretty sure I got rejected cuz I haven’t heard back from them

@fansari18 I agree. I do not want to make the mistake of previous threads that involved people hoping for acceptances until the deadline date and ultimately were rejected. As of now, I am taking this L. Lol

I got the emails today at 3:52 pm and 4:00 pm @hiyahiya123
And @fansari18 that may not be true, as the College Confidential UCB appeals thread from last year had people getting accepted on multiple dates!

when did u submit ur appeal? @xxMemesxx

also watch out @xxMemesxx as I said in the Waitlist page:

I don’t want to discourage you guys but I had a really smart friend in your exact same situation (Waitlist CS). He barely managed to meet the GPA requirement, really close to declaring something else. His friend had to declare something else. He kind of discourages people to follow the same path. Just his two cents.

hey @xxMemesxx which pathway do you plan to do?

Guys I just got accepted too but I feel like it is a mistake because my major is left blank and a lot of people have been accepted it doesn’t seem right… have you guys been able to accept. Please let me know everything you know because I am so stressed

what time did you get your emails of getting in? @magiebaste