Shubham92

I looked on the berkeley admissions website and they said they received about 36,000 applications.
Out of that they "admitted" about 9,000 (25%)
Out of "admitted" they "enrolled" about 4,000 (9% of total applicants)

Whats the difference between "admitted" and "enrolled"?
You often hear "acceptance rate", is that the enrollment or admitted %?

What happens to the ~5000 that were admitted but not enrolled?

Thanks for answering.

foxiechick9

The number admitted is the number of applicants that they sent acceptance letters to; the number enrolled is the number of applicants who received acceptances that chose to attend Berkeley and not another school.

The ~5000 chose to go to another school.

Shubham92

Ok, gotcha that makes a lot of sense.

Another question: What does it mean to be waitlisted?
Does that mean you turned out to be the unlucky 9001 and were put on the waiting list to replace someone in the 4001-9000 range (if they chose to go to another school)?

What does it mean to be differed? I have no idea on this one...

Thanks for answering.

foxiechick9

It just means that they like you but they only have room for you if they under-enroll....or something like that

VolleyballDad

We went to the reception in San Diego and they said there were over 48000 apps and they accepted 12000. They said the average GPA is 4.36 and the average SAT was 2040.

ts3433

Deferred, you mean? To be deferred typically means that an applicant who applies early for a school is not admitted but is considered in the regular decision pool. (This doesn't apply to Berkeley because it has no early decision or early action program.)

To defer [enrollment], on the other hand, is to make arrangements to start college after a gap year without reapplying for admission. (Berkeley seldom grants this, either.)