is there a thread specifically for uc berkeley regents scholars class of 2022? if so can someone link me to it thanks!
in case there is not…i understand students currently interviewing for regents scholarship may not want to answer as we are all competing against each other, but maybe a parent or student from a previous year…how would you generally characterize the interview?
like did they mainly ask you about your interests and activities (academic and extracurricular) or was it more like a job interview where they ask your strengths/weaknesses etc basically more broad questions ?
also, i heard from someone who interviewed this year (didn’t get to ask them to clarify however) that the professor interviewing them “grilled them on their knowledge of chemistry” (chem professor, they were going into college of chem). this sounds ridiculous, is there any truth to this at all? on a more reasonable note, when you’re talking to the professor about their research (which is in the field you intend to major in), and if you don’t understand everything they’re saying, and this might show through your responses, will that reflect significantly badly on you?
lol sorry for all the questions, thanks to anyone who can answer anything 
@traveler2000 I am a regents candidate this year and I have no problem telling you about the interview process. I had mine on the Berkeley campus. It’s funny bc another R&C candidate told me that exact same phrase when I asked him what the interview process was like. He was a double major for engineering or something even though I’m humanities (I had a Law prof). He said yeh the professor “basically grills you” but not on your major really but about you and who YOU are. Sounds cheesy but just be yourself. Also haven’t found a thread specifically for R&C candidates 2022 but that would sound fun.
@traveler2000 @secretgeek6 I’m a Regents candidate and just had my interview yesterday. I also heard the horror stories about tough interview questions. My experience was very different: the whole interview was only half an hour long and it was nothing more than a friendly conversation with some basic questions like: "tell me more about yourself ", “why Berkeley” “what do you like to do in your free time”, etc. not stressful at all. So, don’t stress out about it. I guess we’ll find out if we made it on the general decision release day.
Does the majority of the incoming class receive LORs? Or is it just a small portion of the incoming class?
I haven’t received an LOR from Cal and I’m getting worried :\
@davy901 Not everyone gets a request for LORs, I got mine in December/January.
Hi. Chance me please! 18, male, in-state student/freshman applicant here.
My stats:
Weighted 10-12 UC A-G GPA: 3.58
ACT Composite: 30
ACT English: 34
ACT Math: 28
ACT Reading: 31
ACT Science: 28
ACT Writing: 6
New SAT: 1250 (630 english, 620 math)
EC:
Former Vice President of class
Current class secretary
Yearbook chief staff member
Managing staffer for newspaper
3 years in drama (lead roles in all plays)
JV Football
JV Tennis
Part-time job (15 hours a week)
Over 150 hours volunteering
Vice President of Gay-Straight Alliance Club
Vice President of Women’s Rights Club
Standard member of college club, interact club, enough club, heritage and cultures club, politics club
Active member of two political campaigns (one at the state level, one for the US House of Representatives)
Amazing personal insight responses (my english teacher said they were perfect and they were just my rough drafts)
Berkeley asked me for recommendation letters which I had two wonderful teachers volunteer to write and submit for me.
@davy901 From my understanding, only 15% get LOR. I believe the ones who are asked to submit are borderline either borderline for admission or for regents. Please correct me if I am wrong, but that is what I was able to compile thus far.
Is a 1440 SAT too low for Berkeley? I have 3.97 UW and 4.38 W GPA and decent ECs, but I feel like my SAT scores don’t stand out. It’s…average I’m so worried
@peppermint0103 You rock. With those stats, you’re going places. And if Berkeley doesn’t think so, so be it.
I’ve been feeling very anxious about Berkeley because it is my dream school but I do not want to get my hopes up! What do you guys think my chances are? I applied Undeclared intending a major in Interdisciplinary Studies. Here are some of my personal stats:
SAT: 1330
English/Reading: 670
Math: 660
GPA: 4.3
Rank: 1/188
AP World History: 4
AP Psychology: 4
APUSH: 4
AP Lang: 3
Listed some extracurriculars, but I wasn’t very involved in high school due to living arrangements and dealing with a dying parent, all of which I explained in my application. I know my test scores are a reach for this school but I’m hoping my GPA and life story will maybe make up for it? I was accepted into Davis a few days ago. Good luck to you all!
omg same @moodswiing i really want to go thereeeeeeeee
^^^What a nice thing to say @YoungOne4 - and I completely agree @peppermint0103
I just found out I have the lowest gpa from my school to apply to Berkeley. Pretty sure I’m not getting in now.
Ok so ik it’s close to decision date, but I have like a 3.54 UC gpa it I have a perfect sat math score and sat lvl2 math score and am a math major. But do I stand a chance(since I will basically be compared with everyone applying in L&S…right? So awk…
@nikkicoco18 don’t give up hope! stats aren’t the only thing UCB will take into consideration! and since admissions is a crazy system that nobody can rly pinpoint, hence the reason we all stress on these threads, you can rarely say anything is for sure. good luck!!
15 days to go. Hang in there folks
I am so freaking nervous. Seriously, most of my friends (the “AP kids from school”) got the LOR request and sent them. I didn’t get it. Is this a bad sign? My SAT was 1420 (700English 720Math). My GPA is just straight out confusing because I only came here in the middle of my junior year (2 weeks before 1st semester finals, lol). The grading system in the foreign country I came from is weird (it was 1-5, 4 was considered A+ and 5 was like Honors credit) and it was an “international school.” My GPA from US high school has been over 4.2 since I came here. For my case, is this a good or bad sign? (My EC’s are definitely weaker than the average outstanding AP kid since I had little time, I hold 2 officer positions and am potential CSF life member, also have other activities. Won a South American piano competition 2nd place some years ago).
so, I was asked for an LOR in my portal and did not see it until the due date. Basically I didn’t send in that LOR, so I screwed myself right?
@lilaclily This is what I found on the UC website: “Starting in fall 2015, some applicants to UC Berkeley are invited to submit two letters of recommendation. Submission is voluntary and not required for full consideration of the application for admission.”