<p>I got selected for UCLA regents consideration (top 1.5% of UCLA applicant pool), but not for UCB regents consideration. I have pretty good stats(2300+ SAT, high GPA, etc), but I'm applying EECS for UCB and have no substantial EC's relating to EE or CS. That being said, how good of a chance do I have to get admitted to UCB? A better question might be, do you know anybody who get selected for UCLA regents consideration that was rejected altogether from UCB? </p>
<p>If you have the credentials to get Regents at UCLA, you probably have the credentials to get accepted at UCB. But if you do a search of past threads, I believe you will find that some people have gotten Regents at one campus, yet been rejected for admission at another. That probably is unusual, though.</p>
<p>I got regents at UCB but not at UCLA. I applied for EECS and sent in a 2240 SAT score. I have barely any EE/CS related EC’s either! So don’t worry too much :)</p>
<p>Last year my son got Regents at UCB and was waitlisted at UCLA (eventually admitted, but went to UCB). </p>
<p>I think UCB and UCLA are looking completely different as far as selecting Regents candidates My daughter got Regents invite from UCLA but not from Berkeley. She’s the only one from her school that got one from UCLA. Yet another girl from her school who has a lower stat (GPA/SAT/ACT) got the invite from UCB. Searching from older threads, there were not a lot of applicants that got both Regents invite from both schools. There are some, but those are few.</p>
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I guess the bigger question is how many applicants in the past got UCLA Regents invite but were rejected by UCLA? It not likely, but it could happen. My daughter’s top choice for UC is UCLA so she’s really excited that she got the invite from UCLA.</p>
<p>Our son received the Regents invite from UCLA but not from UCB. My speculation is that UCLA is a lot more numbers-based than UCB. </p>
<p>I would think that most who get the Regents invite from UCLA would get accepted at UCB, though.</p>
<p>thanks for all of your responses guys! does anybody know someone who got UCLA regents consideration and was rejected from EECS? and does anybody have any data about the recent acceptance rates for EECS? </p>
<p>I don’t know if this helps you understand or confuses the issue more, but this article from last year’s NY Times sheds a little light on the Berkeley admissions process. So I am guessing that maybe the “1’s” get the Regents Invite? <a href=“Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley - The New York Times”>Lifting the Veil on the Holistic Process at the University of California, Berkeley - The New York Times;
<p>Thanks for sharing the article, @tx5athome. It was troubling on many levels, but good to know. </p>
<p>I would think that you would need to be one of the most impressive "1"s to qualify for regents at UC Berkeley. Regardless, it seems like UCLA regents (and admissions) are more statistic, while UCB regents and admissions are more holistic. </p>
<p>" it seems like UCLA regents (and admissions) are more statistic, while UCB regents and admissions are more holistic"</p>
<p>I’m starting to think that ‘holistic’ just means ‘subjective’ and that some campuses might just weight some elements more than others.</p>
<p>I completely agree with you there, the college admission process isn’t perfect and likely won’t ever be. </p>
<p>Two years ago, my daughter was accepted by Cal, but waitlisted by UCLA and then ultimately accepted. However, her stats were better than a lot of people I saw accepted first round by UCLA, which was annoying to say the least. (She was a National Merit Finalist.) She is now at Cal, her preferred choice, because her sister was at UCLA and she didn’t want to go to the same school as her sister. But I don’t think one school is more holistic than the other. I personally think based upon watching this for years that if you are from So Cal, you have a better chance at Cal. If you are from No Cal, you have a better chance at UCLA, all things being equal. </p>
<p>@chrissyblu Our stories are very similar except for they are brothers rather than sisters. We are also from Southern California. My older boy (a senior at UCLA) was admitted to UCLA and admitted for Spring at Berkeley when he applied. S3 was statistically a much better applicant and was waitlisted at UCLA but got a Regents Scholarship at Berkeley. We chalked it up to “things happen for a reason” and my youngest at Cal could not possibly be happier. </p>