@Fambruhghini You don’t seem borderline at all. It is probably a random sample, as I’ve seen many recipients of LoRs on here who have very high stats.
I mean I didn’t get asked lol 
Still, I’m remaining optimistic
@Fambruhghini I think you’re fine…I don’t think the letters only go out to borderline applicants. That would mean that everyone who doesn’t get a request is either definite acceptance or rejection, which doesn’t make sense. Either way, your stats are solid.
I didn’t get a request either and I have: 35 ACT, 4.07 capped, 4.57 uncapped, 3.80 UW, SAT IIs of 770 Math II and 720 Chem. I’m also NMS and Nat’l AP Scholar. What do you think?
I submitted my application on 11/29 and received a LOR request today. GPA: 4.0 unweighted, 4.5 weighted, 4.36 weighted and capped. ACT 28. AP Scholar but nationally ranked athlete. High grades, low test scores. That probably puts me in the borderline category.
I submitted my application on 12/1 and I just got a LOR request today. I thought they were only sending them out the first three weeks of December?
I got a request today, and my stats are below average.
@2017herewego I also had high grades/national rankings but low test scores.
Here is the official link to a study done by UC Berkeley after the fall of 2016 applicants were admitted. It explains everything. You do not need to speculate or stress any longer. Enjoy the video!
Beautifully informative video. @10s4life
I havent gotten a request of lor. I thought I was pretty average. UC GPA: 4.56 ACT:33 SAT:1450(new)
@10s4life Thanks for the video link. This is quite interesting.
@PivotXD
Last year Cal requested letters from 31,842 applicants which is 38% of the total freshman pool. Of that 31,842 people asked for letters, 27,092 were observed by Berkeley and they found that 93% of the people asked sent in a letter and 7% did not send in a letter. About 4,800 students were accepted from the people who were not asked for a letter while nearly 8,800 were accepted from the people who did turn in a letter. Only 800 of the people who were asked to send a letter but did not were accepted. This means that the percentage of people not asked for a letter is 7% while the people asked to send a letter was 33%. So if you received a letter you should definitely send one ( you can also send two) because it will only help your chances of being accepted. Good luck future freshman class!
WOW. How did you obtain this information?
Very nice piece of info
Got my request on 1/3/17, why did I get it so much later?
@3advanced5me Could you share your stats?
@yxmn
I applied to A&S for Computer Science.
ACT: 31
GPA: 3.99
SAT II: Math 2 (740), US History (620)
@10s4life Thanks a lot for the informative video! I might have missed it but did he say that the data was only for CA residents?
Yes he did @3advanced5me
Receive the request 1/5/2017.
High stats, High test scores, OOS.
Borderline?
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