Email from UCB admissions about Mar 27 decions? - Page 8

dmission · 03-22-2008, 09:57 PM

I'm sure UCB is reading this thread and laughing like crazy. Gimmieaclu has a point, though

jmfehs08 · 03-22-2008, 11:36 PM

rr43, you just made my day.

Yeah, getting the e-mail was nice and all, and it's alright to have my hopes up about it (in the event that it is, in fact, some sort of likely letter), but at the same time I've heard so many rumors spilling through here in the past few days that it's almost laughable to think that Cal has any ulterior motive.

Like so many other people have said, you have to take what's said on these forums with a grain of salt. While a lot of it may be true, even more of it is speculation.

The only thing that's solid is that decisions come out on the 27th.

It's not so far away.

cxc08 · 03-22-2008, 11:50 PM

I can guarantee people who have received it aren't automatically in. I got it, OOS, 3.45W GPA and 2040. No real extra-curriculars, Hispanic/Latino, Both sisters went there and graduated valedictorian but that's besides the point.

lextalionis · 03-22-2008, 11:56 PM

^cxc08,

Hispanic/Latino and BOTH sisters graduated "valedictorian" . . . and you think that's irrelevant? Think again.

Did everybody get the e-mail or not?

Waiting4College · 03-23-2008, 12:10 AM

rr43 LOLOL!!!!!btw lextalionis i like your logic and i got the email too and i would really like to know if its any hint @ admission...(4.24 wUC, 4.76 uncapped weightedUC, 3.98 uwUC, 2080 SAT 30 ACT, passioante ec's great esssays according to eng teacher and librarian)

also im in-state

ct1220 · 03-23-2008, 12:44 AM

hmm... I received the email but when I log into myBerkeleyApplication, the message isn't there. anyone else like this?

I do believe the email doesn't mean anything special though

golden130 · 03-23-2008, 01:00 AM

I didn't get the email. When I log in, this is what I see:

"Your application has been received and is In Review
Decisions will be available the evening of 3/27/2008"

I applied to 4 others, and have been accepted at all of them (UCD, UCSB, UCI, UCSD) and I'm expecting to get in at Berkeley as well...(not trying to brag, I swear, I'm just going off of their admissions statistics).

hopefullybright · 03-23-2008, 02:10 AM

You don't see it when you log in; rather, it is on the admissions page with a link entitled "Special Letter to 2008 Applicants." Aqui:
http://students.berkeley.edu/admissi...al.asp?id=3677

suigenL · 03-23-2008, 02:43 AM

this is kinda ridiculous...

azhao525 · 03-23-2008, 03:14 AM

trust me. everyone gets this -_-

even I got it this morning.. and i totally fail. (3.67UW 2130 SAT) i have no chance in berkeley compared to the usual people who gets in from my school and i can careless 'cause i really dont wanna go (dont flame me.. just everyone frm my school is there.. i dont want another 4 years of highschool)

stop freaking out. 5 more days and it ALL will be over. :]

learnmestuff · 03-23-2008, 03:57 AM

golden: Just out of curiosity, have you looked at the UCLA admitted thread for this past week? There were many, many kids on there with 2300s who were rejected! Stats mean nothing, when it comes down to it. It's all about whether you've got everything they want...which extends well beyond SATs and GPA. And, with all due respect, getting admitted to the schools you mentioned is a far, far cry from UCB admissions. Best of luck though, I wish you the best!

lex: You are way, WAY over-analyzing. Everyone gets the email, just not all at once. Want to challenge me? Fine, call admissions, just like I did. Odds are, they'll tell you something along the line of

Quote:

this email is sent to all applicants to inform them of the decision release date. It is NOT an offer of admission, a so-called "likely letter", or anything along those lines. All applicants receive one, and it is also posted on our admissions site. Please do not take it for anything more than a pleasant reminder.

~From an email I received, questioning them about our question.

Please...do us all a favor and stay off CC, stay off your kid's account, and stay away from your college admissions bubble for the next few days.

You're like a bumble bee: stunning, looming, annoying and inefficient, all in one gregarious package.

duckedtape · 03-23-2008, 04:08 AM

Hey,
If anybody gets into Berkeley and got rejected from UCLA, want to trade if I get rejected from Berkeley, I got into UCLA.

bbbf · 03-23-2008, 09:21 AM

learnmestuff.. but I didn't get one and I am an applicant, so, it must mean something ..

Upsilamba · 03-23-2008, 10:02 AM

Maybe they meant to send them out to everybody but somehow messed up.

juoh · 03-23-2008, 11:49 AM

Or they could've sent out different versions of the email. I also received the "we're worth the wait!" email, but one of my good friends who also applied received the same email, but without the whole "we're worth the wait!" part, which was interesting.