<p>seriously, 6+ people got admitted at my school.
and its a public school: not very competitive, a almost never do students go to top schools.</p>
<p>Whats going on here?</p>
<p>And I dont understand why some students (like me) get admitted to the spring semester? What about the semester that you lose not going to school?</p>
<p>1) semester you lose not going to school = go to a community college for the time being OR apply for fall program for freshman
2) Our school probably has upwards of 20-30 Berkeley admits, possibly even more. 6 is not that surprising?
3) More people got into Cal than LA from personal experience.</p>
<p>yeah, it seems like this year is a little less selective </p>
<p>i’d like to figure out what determines the spring semester thing as well; someone should make a new topic about that. i’m thinking it could be random but if it’s not then I feel somewhat wronged :|</p>
<p>they didn’t have a cap due to the economy tanking like the other UC’s did, from what my counselor told me.</p>
<p>Shubham,</p>
<p>I haven’t seen the stats for admissions this year so I can’t say for sure if anything is different. The only speculation I could make is that perhaps the number of out of state applications is down because of the economy, but that is pure speculation.</p>
<p>The reason the school admits students for spring is complex. The best way of explaining it is that there are certain introductory classes that students like to take during their first semester. If all students started in the fall, these classes would be overloaded. In addition, the campus as a whole loses students to December graduation, so Spring admits retain the balance.</p>
<p>That said, I can assure you that you don’t lost a semester as a Spring admit. If you come to Cal in the spring, you have three options for the fall: 1. You can attend a community college. 2. You can not attend any college (in this case you would be kind of losing a semester, but you would just start a semester late and end a semester late) or 3. Attend the Fall Program for Freshman (FPF). FPF if a unique program that allows students admitted for Spring to take Berkeley level classes at a campus about 4 blocks away. In most ways, it is just like being a fall admit.</p>
<p>I did FPF last year and really enjoyed it. If you would like more info, feel free to contact me.</p>
<p>-Andy</p>
<p>Admitted spring and don’t really understand it. Where does the space come from that’s not there a few months earlier? (Are we secondary canon fodder after a bunch of freshmen crash and burn?) What about housing?</p>
<p>So many more people at my school got into Berkeley than usual. Really random admits too, ones that have mediocre GPAs and test scores. Pretty surprised, but happy for them nonetheless.</p>
<p>really? fewer people got into top schools from my hs.</p>
<p>nan2,</p>
<p>See above for my explanation of why Spring admits exist (the space exists not because fall admits drop out, but primarily because of Seniors that graduate in December and less demand for intro classes). As far as housing, it unfortunately is not guaranteed. However, regardless of whether you participate in the FPF program or not, there usually is little problem finding housing unless you wait until the last minute. There are a number of non-university housing options available (private dorms run by other entities, for example). Students who want to move into university housing in the Spring usually have little problems because many students move out to join frats or sororities, coops, etc.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>Yes, Berkeley seems to have an unusually high number of people who graduate in 3.5 or 4.5 years, as opposed to the standard 4. Their graduating in December creates a vacuum that gives the Admissions committee an opportunity to accept more people via the FPF-Spring admit route.</p>
<p>I find it strange that Berkeley would be less selective this year; it was thought by some that yield rates dramatically rise this year, as more people chose Berkeley, the cheaper alternative, over expensive privates. Of course, your school is not a large enough sample size to make a generalization; perhaps other high schools somewhere else saw an unusually low number of people get accepted.</p>
<p>I think Berkeley wasn’t as selective this year as it has been in the past. 20-30 from my school were accepted, and these students are not academic superstars.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley was one of two campuses (UC Merced) that actually go the okay to INCREASE their freshman class. Many other UC’s had to cut the number of admissions.</p>
<p>According to others on this forum, the rejection letter says the acceptance rate was 21% (last year was 21.4%)</p>
<p>Because Berkeley finds admitting many inept students and weeding them out with arduous courseloads a delightful educational model.</p>
<p>tastybeef just might be right…Damn it.</p>
<p>Berkeley’s class size increased by 1.4% this year, but I doubt Cal has become less selective. To be honest, it feels like the admit rate went up just to rake in more money through tuition and a lot more from housing.</p>
<p>Haha, that just means more triples for you guys. :)</p>
<p>My theory is that Cal and UCLA are trying to enroll more CA students who can pay the bill in full. People may opt to spend 40k on a private college instead of 25k on lesser UCs, but may be more inclined to go to UCLA/UCB and save 15k. This is probably bad news for weaker and poorer students.</p>
<p>I live in Brentwood, CA. no not the one in LA
Ever heard of it? (its by Pittsburgh, antioch, concord, walnut creek, etc)
then youve probably never heard of my school either. just some random public in the middle of nowhere.
last year one person got accepted to berkeley and what was the best school anyone went to. this year 6 people got admitted. it just seems weird to me.</p>
<p>@sunfish
It just so happens that all the people that got admitted from my school fall under the high income bracket (100k+), myself inclusive (not to be cocky or anything sorry)
one person wasnt even in the top 10 with a mediocre GPA (like 3.8 i think) but her dad is a CEO…
I think you just might be right.</p>
<p>Heck, you don’t have to make 100k to be completely ineligible for any financial grants.
UC main web site has a finaid calculator. 80k+ will do you in. If you input 0 for everything, you still have to carry 8k of loans and workstudy.</p>
<p>it does seem like berkeley admitted more people this year , at my school around 15 people got in, while last year only 2 or 3 were admitted. Even people with below average stats got in.</p>