<p>I'm not sure if anyone else was checking the website often to see when the "Preliminary Figures" would be changed to actual figures.....but the actual figures for 2005 are up now. I'm not seeing any real changes for the Political Science portion. Maybe other academic areas have significant changes.</p>
<p>I like the part where it says .35 apps withdrawn. ;) (I know, I know -- percentage. Still.)</p>
<p>Thanks for posting that! I wish Berkeley had something along those lines. Alas, they thrive in secrecy.</p>
<p>yeah my major went down .01 yeppee! thanks chunk for posting that.</p>
<p>They don't have something along those lines because their process is different.</p>
<p>What does it really have to do with process? It's just a report on statistics. It's not as if transfers aren't admitted by major -- because they are. It's not as if it would be too overwhelmingly difficult to create a program to produce those numbers, either. I think they just don't want to share. :P</p>
<p>Which is fine, in retrospect. I'd get freaked out if my major was one of the lower percentages. Although it would help me choose between the two I'm waffling between...</p>
<p>They are not admitted by major. They are admitted based on academic divisions. (Besides certain majors such as Legal Studies and others outside of the categories.) Although one's prerequisites etc. for a given major are considered, they don't admit based on quotas for each major and the like.</p>
<p>(I am referring to the College of Letters and Sciences.)</p>
<p>Here is the pertinent information from Berkeley's transfer guide:</p>
<p>Applicants are considered for admission based on the academic divison in which their intended major is located.</p>
<p>but you can see the competition your up against. each one of the majors have trends throughout the years.</p>
<p>Your competititon mainly consists of other applicants into the division though too. Even if you apply to a less popular social science major, the admit rate for the social sciences division is 22%, and that will matter.</p>
<p>That seems like a very, very backwards way to get diversity. I find it extremely hard to believe that they don't attempt to find -- for a random example with no anecdotal or factual support -- more Celtic Studies majors, because the major is unrepresented. </p>
<p>Without that kind of detailing, I can see why Berkeley doesn't have these stats. But in my unprofessional, biased opinion, that makes them look like they're a lot farther from the ideals of "comprehensive review" in transfer admissions.</p>