UC Berkeley Waitlist Thread

Just got off with the admissions officer, he said there is no way to update those grades, especially because they’re an optional portion of the opt-in, but he said that the essay was the more important of the two sections, so not to worry about it.

I saw somewhere that the waitlist is ranked based on when you submitted your initial application and the essay/grades can move you up or down within a certain margin of spaces on the waitlist. I doubt this is the case but I hope so because I’m 4400010 which I’m pretty sure means I was the 10th applicant in November.

@saimin123 So do you think it would mean the transcript uploading portion will not be reviewed for the waitlisted students if they just go ahead and submit it anyway?

I SIR to UCI. It was my second choice. Hopefully we hear back soon because i’m tired of waiting i need to plan my next two years out asap.

i’m also keeping my fingers crossed that they send out admissions on the Jun 2nd lol

I’m also so tired of waiting, and a lot of plan needs to be made after I know the result.

June 2nd? Is that an assumption?

@Weilan just hopefully. freshman were notified on the first friday after may 1st. i’m just hoping they do the same

Since the waitlist deadline is May 15th, they should have a ranked list by June 1st

@tuannguyenn What the admissions officer told me was that they will review any additional grades, but because they’re optional (and I think they also know many students don’t have their final grades released by then) they are not weighted that heavily. AFAIK the essay is the more important of the two on the opt-in form, but ultimately the most important factor is the original application you submitted.

@saimin123 Oh thank you for thr clarification. Only a few weeks left and hopefully we will all be Golden Bears. Good luck to all!

Had a dream last night I got accepted to Cal, but instead of sending an acceptance letter, they sent me Poptarts in the mail. Not sure how to interpret that one.

What are the chances?? Im so deperate for Berkeley. I see that 2021 classes got their decesions on May 5-6 (being May 1st the deadline to SIR) but last year almost none of the transfers got in… they waited till mid July

No idea. Dying to learn what my decision is but I wouldn’t expect anything until next Friday, June 9th.

I just saw a comment that someone posted to Berkeley’s Instagram saying that they have been accepted through their appeal today. I’m assuming others have heard back from appeals.

@aero24 Any chance of finding a link? I think that might have been a freshmen appeal. From what I understand, appeals are due today, so if a transfer student got in yesterday that would be a bit weird and possibly some sort of special circumstances.

Yeah, appeals for transfer students were extended and are due June 1st. It was most likely a freshman.

Nevermind, it was a freshman applicant. I just started reading the post and assumed it was a transfer applicant

is someone get updated?

Nope. Tomorrow is probably the earliest that you would release. I have money on them releasing the first wave next Friday, June 9th.

That doesn’t mean I haven’t stopped refreshing the Berkeley application portal to every half an hour or so.