Hey Bears! - Page 2

dvrjosh · 05-01-2008, 02:54 PM

If you can get involved with the honor society's leadership, I think that is even better than student gov'nt. I'm biased, but I had PTK President on my app and I got into Haas. So, it doesn't hurt.

cccbound · 05-01-2008, 04:53 PM

~3.5, Econ major, Cal Spring admit... but I've always been the exception to the rule. (I managed to get admitted into UCD for Fall '06 with two F's and a D on my transcript.)

My essays were average. I wrote them the day the application was due. Talked about my ambitions of changing the world and how my studies in the field would assist with that goal. (Seriously.)

Academic performance trends upward. I have about nearly ten withdrawals on my transcript and two failed courses (that have since been replaced), but most of that took place when I started out. The past few quarters have been 4.0's.

No, they do not look at your high school transcript or SATs.

Anything else you're curious about?

lacity · 05-01-2008, 06:31 PM

^this sounds like u have a lota unitss

fouxdufafa · 05-01-2008, 06:45 PM

ok, people who are familiar with Berk transfer admissions, imagine this scenario.

So there is a california community college student applying to be a polisci major at Berkeley. They have completed all of their pre-reqs and have a 3.8+ GPA. They also have some sort of leadership position, and do volunteering stuff. They write some nice essays.

Would you say they can be pretty sure they will get into Berkeley?

daneortega · 05-01-2008, 06:46 PM

Yeah, just be involved in your campus and take all your major requirement classes (as much as you can) before you turn your applications in, or at least in the fall of your applications. I think Berkeley wants to see how well you did in those core classes rather then seeing them "in-progress" in the Spring.

I started my own organization at my CC, so I think that may have helped out a lot. And don't brush off the personal statements. Just keep you GPA within 3.5 - 3.88, and I think you'll be competitive.

Good luck!

lopside · 05-01-2008, 07:07 PM

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Besides completing pre-reqs and maintaining a high GPA, what did you do that got you into Berkeley ?

It's nothing special really. For me, blood-letting rituals under a full-moon helped. You don't have to go overboard; but sacrificing a goat here and there, invoking the name of Ba'al, all probably good ideas.

If your parents want to know what you're doing with all the livestock, just tell them they can thank you when you're paying for their retirement.

fouxdufafa · 05-01-2008, 07:11 PM

that's great advice lopside. Now, do you think the college gods would be more pleased with human sacrifice? Could that get me into Stanford?

lopside · 05-01-2008, 07:14 PM

Seriously though, I was a high-school dropout who had D's and F's throughout most of my pre-collegiate academic career. I also totally withdrew from seven consecutive semesters at community college. So colleges are prepared to forgive lots of transgressions, so long as you make up for it.

As an English major, I followed IGETC and took the only UC Undergrad pre-req that was available at my CC. I earned straight A's for quite awhile, and worked full-time as I did it. Besides work, I had few extra-curriculars. It turned out to be enough. Good luck.

ps. for a list of classes offered by your CC that satisfy Berkeley undergrad requirements for your desired major, check Assist.org

Onigenghiskhan · 05-01-2008, 07:27 PM

The only thing I had going for me other than my GPA (3.92), was that I had to postpone school for two years in order to help out the family business. I wrote on that for the longer UC app essay, and that's probably what got me in. Other than, I work fulltime while going to class at CC.

I had no EC's...other than a lot of work experience?