Would anyone here consider Berkeley a safety

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Kyledavid80: By your standards, no prestigious school can be considered a safety. And do you know of anyone with average ECs, 2250+ SATs, 3.8+ UW GPA, and actually tried on their essays that was rejected from Berkeley....didn't think so!</p>

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<p>"By your standards, no prestigious school can be considered a safety."</p>

<p>For the most part, yes, that's true. The prestigious schools are prestigious in large part because they're difficult to get into. Do you know of any prestigious schools that are easy to get into? I don't. As such, they can't be considered safeties.</p>

<p>"And do you know of anyone with average ECs, 2250+ SATs, 3.8+ UW GPA, and actually tried on their essays that was rejected from Berkeley"</p>

<p>Yes. Why don't you use the search to find some of the people on the CC forums? There seem to have been many lately.</p>

<p>Here's one who more or less fits the bill: <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=337856%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=337856&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Berkeley, like other schools, is getting more and more competitive. With 47,000 applicants this year and an increasing % yield, they have to be more selective. Again, Berkeley is a safety for no one, because that means that the person has a very high chance of getting in, yet the person just might not end up getting in (and it happens quite a bit, as we've seen in this admissions cycle). A safe match, yes, but not a safety.</p>

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<p>I know someone with better stats than above get rejected.</p>

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<p>First, let me define safety to you: 95% + chance of being accepted. So that being said, whch means out at least 95 of 100 students with a 4.1 GPA, which is not very impressive ( my apologies, Funkfreed), and 35 ACT should be able to get in. I agree with ihateucbtroll. Just because YOU (kyledavid80) can't consider Berkeley a safety, does not mean others can't do so either.</p>

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<p>purple cow: you really have no idea what you're talking about, do you?</p>

<p>"First, let me define safety to you"</p>

<p>I'm well aware of what a safety is, thanks.</p>

<p>The average GPA of those admitted to Berkeley was a 4.33 UC GPA (out of a possible 4.4), while freshmen had an average 4.26/4.4 UC GPA.</p>

<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Berkeley#Admissions%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC_Berkeley#Admissions&lt;/a>
<a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Further, less than 60% of those with a GPA over a 4.0 were admitted (not the 95% you say). Only about 55% of those with an ACT score of 31-36 were admitted.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles/chart_ucb.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/selecting/camp_profiles/chart_ucb.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You're underestimating the difficulty of getting into Berkeley.</p>

<p>"Just because YOU (kyledavid80) can't consider Berkeley a safety, does not mean others can't do so either."</p>

<p>No need to make personal attacks. By your standards, Berkeley would be a safety for me (my stats are above Berkeley's averages), but it still isn't. You can keep thinking what you want, though.</p>