<p>If Berkeley is all about grades and SATs or admittance than why was I admitted Spring if I had a 2300 on the SAT and a 3.7/3.8 GPA?</p>
<p>Because you weren't friggin good enough!</p>
<p>Only kidding, but I would not say Berkeley is only about grades. The fact that I was even admitted proves this.</p>
<p>I heard spring admission is random</p>
<p>were you lacking in the ec area?</p>
<p>I actually heard it was by lottery. You just got unlucky, I guess :[</p>
<p>Is that GPA unweighted or weighted? Did you have good ECs/awards/honors?</p>
<p>It's Berkeley's way of letting people the like in without making their stats suffer.</p>
<p>Also, the admit people on a region to region basis. So if you go to school in Compton, you won't be judged against people in say West Hollywood. That's why it seems like underqualified people get in Fall and people with higher stats get in spring. Yeah, it sucks, but in a way it is fair.</p>
<p>It's not by lottery. If your GPA was around a 3.75 weighted, well it's way below average. If your GPA was around a 3.75 unweighted, well...it's still below average. That's probably what did it. Berkeley admits those borderline admits as spring admits.</p>
<p>"Berkeley admits those borderline admits as spring admits."</p>
<p>To clarify, is this your speculation or did you make such a conclusion after analyzing some data?</p>
<p>uh... a 3.7/3.8 GPA is not "borderline" </p>
<p>hey, LaxChamp, what major did you apply for? because I know so many people majoring in MCB that are going in under spring. </p>
<p>wait, if it's judged by region, basically people are being compared with other people in their schools? if that's true, wow, that's unfair.</p>
<p>It only makes sense that borderline applicants would be admitted as Spring Admits. The notion that it's random is absurd (why the hell would Berkeley discourage top applicants by giving them only Spring Admission? It seems like people are upset about their Spring Admission and are concluding that Berkeley is doing it all by random). My friend that was a Spring Admit for EECS definitely seemed to have borderline stats/ECs/etc. for EECS standards. Have you clicked on that FAQ link that asks what you were admitted to Spring (it talks about being deferred; I don't remember too much from when my friend showed it to me)?</p>
<p>Well. I do know that a large number of OOS students are given spring admission because FPF is not state funded, and so OOS students do not have to pay OOS tuition.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, at the end whethet you are a spring or fall admit it doesn't matter. Though spring admits are known to be better looking (ask around!) and have a higher gpa upon graduation. Those that pick another university because of spring admit really needs to put everything into perspective.</p>
<p>I had a 4.14 gpa though and I got spring</p>
<p>You guys need to realize that there’s more than numbers to admissions. anon5524485, that doesn’t mean anything. There are more aspects to your application than just your GPA or your SAT/ACT scores. You might not have had great ECs (in their opinion) or you essays may have been sub-par.</p>
<p>There are other factors, such as awards/honors, ECs, essays, etc. You could have been lacking (comparatively) in those areas.</p>
<p>Granted that this information is 4 years old: </p>
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At UC Berkeley, applicants who are accepted for admission are informed of which semester they may enroll. While most are offered enrollment in the fall, a significant number are offered admission in the following spring. GPAs and SAT scores tend to be higher for the fall entering class.
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Based on distributions and the size and quality of recent applicant pools, we would expect that, for the College of Letters and Science, applicants receiving scores of 1 and 2 would be admitted to the fall term, while applicants receiving scores of 3 might be admitted to the fall or spring term or denied, based on competitive factors in their particular pool.
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<p>They go on to list particular characteristics for each applicant category. This in no way implies that all spring admits are not as qualified, it just shows that the process isn't random and the priority and competence levels are determined when they review applications. (fall and then spring)</p>
<p>FROM: <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/compreview/mooresreport.pdf%5B/url%5D">www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/compreview/mooresreport.pdf</a></p>
<p>Your GPA is too low.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the number of offers for spring vs. fall and do both count in the 23.3 or whatever it is acceptance rate?</p>
<p>Okay,</p>
<p>I feel like I've posted this so many times almost to the point where I'm bragging about how much I suck academically.</p>
<p>Look, I got into Berkeley with a 3.2 GPA. I cannot emphasize enough how much more there is to the application process than numbers. These winey posts about Spring Admittance and Rejection always seem to indicate that the poster is upset with their numbers, and some of the responses seem to encourage this statistic-driven thinking. The truth is, no one here works in Berkeley's Admissions Office; therefore, nobody has any real idea why people get rejected or admitted to the Spring. So, proceed with caution when you blame the grades / test scores.</p>
<p>"Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the number of offers for spring vs. fall and do both count in the 23.3 or whatever it is acceptance rate?"</p>
<p>Spring admits aren't counted in the acceptance rate, which on the UC site says "acceptance rate for fall 2006."</p>