Newly released data from UC Berkeley of Y2020 admission:
“UC Berkeley’s push for more diversity shows in its newly admitted class”
(By Janet Gilmore, Public Affairs, UC Berkeley| JULY 16, 2020)
Quotes from the article:
“New approach to admissions - We started on this new class in August of last year” with outreach efforts, said Olufemi “Femi” Ogundele, assistant vice chancellor and director of undergraduate admissions at UC Berkeley. “Everything shifted this year. We made a lot of changes. The cascading effects of these changes yielded the amazing, academically talented and diverse class we now have.”
“The average unweighted GPA for this year’s admitted freshman class is 3.91, the same as the prior year; the average SAT score for this year’s admitted class is 1,415, compared to 1,419 last year, a statistically insignificant difference, according to Ogundele. The average score for the ACT remains at 29.”
“Overall, UC Berkeley admitted 14,668 students as freshmen in 2019 and 15,435 for fall 2020. The admit rate remains the same as last year, at 15%.”