<p>i applied to ucla and berkeley. since the app was due early on nov 30, do decisions come out earlier than most other schools in late march early april?</p>
<p>For UCLA I think it's March 27, or at least around late March. Late March seems to be the consensus for the UC schools in general.</p>
<p>I heard decisions would be posted by January 1st. If you haven't received an acceptance e-mail, then assume you are already rejected. <em>cough</em></p>
<p>where did you hear they come out january 1st if it says on the website they come out march 27th?..</p>
<p>I was kidding.</p>
<p>LA and Berkeley come out late late March (27thish) and the other ones come a bit earlier.</p>
<p>'Cause that was too hard to find, right?</p>
<p>It's the end of March, as always. I know Berkeley's is March 27th, not sure about UCLA's (probably the same or around). Late march is when decisions for most schools come out (except rolling admissions, etc.).</p>
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<p>Castel was being sarcastic.</p>
<p>haha alright thank you.</p>
<p>the thing is.. </p>
<p>in short, i have amazing ec's, recs, supplementals, writing, etc etc and most demanding course load in IB school etc etc all of that</p>
<p>BUT, i have cr560 m640 w710 (sat2- math1 690, math2 620), and a 3.9 weighted gpa</p>
<p>...not that great. i get nervous on tests.. end of story. but i do really well in school. straight a's with a few floating b's.. mostly in science and math. </p>
<p>so, do you think that instead, I can write the the dean of admissions explaining that I am passionate about the school and know I will thrive there? This wouldn't hurt right?</p>
<p>Yesterday we received a skinny letter from Berkeley while my daughter was out to a friend's house to celebrate the completion of all her apps. I thought to myself this can't be the decision letter as it is still very early. We opened it & it said that my daughter did not provide citizenship info on the app. After she came home, we double-checked the copy of the app that she submitted. Berkeley had a very confusing way of asking for citizenship. I believe the question went something like this:</p>
<p>Citizenship if not U.S., followed by a bunch of choices. </p>
<p>She did not check any because she is U.S. citizen. Now we're having to update this info by mail as well as online.</p>
<p>Anyone has similar experience?</p>
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<p>Don't bother. For one, the dean of admissions is busy enough; hell, the entire admissions committee is busy. But more importantly, as it says in the common data set, level of interest is "not considered."</p>
<p><a href="http://cds.berkeley.edu/pdfs/PDF%20wBOOKMARKS%2006-07.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://cds.berkeley.edu/pdfs/PDF%20wBOOKMARKS%2006-07.pdf</a> p. 6</p>
<p>Given your GPA and SAT, it's probably a reach. However, if you really do have great ECs/awards, etc., then your chances are better, more so if your essays were excellent (and essays are as important as GPA, more important than SAT).</p>
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<p>I thought the citizenship info was pretty straightforward on the app, but that's just me.</p>
<p>@kwyml: I also thought it was pretty straightforward. I'm pasting from my own app:</p>
<p>Country of Citizenship: United States
Country of Permanent Residence (Non-US Citizens): no information added
Citizenship Status (Non-US Citizens): no information added</p>
<p>That's all it asks, isn't it?</p>
<p>alright, sounds good. thanks so much for the feedback</p>
<p>Castel & Kyledavid,</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply, it was really late at night when she did the app, I think she must have missed the 1st part of the question about the citizenship. Anyway, it's all good now.</p>