<p>Every year there is an idiotic myth that somehow people 'generally' get one of the two, but not both. I might as well expose this before people start claiming it en masse.</p>
<p>This is ********. There is nor relation; the adcomm's don't talk. Think about it logistically, they have so many applications to process, they do not have time to call up each other to determine what they want to do.</p>
<p>Now to provide my anecdotal information</p>
<p>At my high school, in spring 2007 when we were given our admission information</p>
<p>Most people, who got in, got into both for fall
A few people go into UCLA for fall and Berkeley for spring
Very few people got into just UCLA
A few people got into Berkeley for spring but not UCLA</p>
<p>I personally got into UCLA for fall, and Berkeley for spring; I picked Berkeley.</p>
<p>I actually used to believe this, and I can see why some people think it too. A lot of the people I've talked to that now go to Berkeley or LA got into just one or the either; getting into both seems rarer. But then again, they both look for different things and it's all subjective..</p>
<p>Basically, the way I understand it is:</p>
<p>UCLA wants someone completely well-rounded; ex. they will reject someone with straight A's and perfect scores if their ECs suck</p>
<p>Berkeley will accept both someone with really good ECs and decent grades and scores and someone with straight A's and perfect scores with crappy ECs.</p>
<p>There is a middle ground within both of those spectra in which getting into both is very possible</p>
<p>^ i agree, seems like Cal is more elitist in terms of GPA and SAT's, where UCLA will take lower GPA's, but want more well-rounded people in terms of EC's</p>
<p>It is not that the Cal adcomm is elitist, it is that it is bipolar. It prefers both extremes but it takes people in the center most of the time.</p>
<p>I have good experience on this matter. Being in IB at my high school, I'm usually around other IB students. Last year almost every person that got into Cal also got into UCLA. One girl took until like late May to decide between the two. At my school they had like a board of names and where people have been admitted and I'm telling you that most people got into both.</p>