A riddle to get into UCB?

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I received a riddle in my student portal that said i had 24 hours to send my answer to <a href=“mailto:applicantriddle@ucberkeley.edu”>applicantriddle@ucberkeley.edu</a> in order to get accepted… is this a joke that means i’m in? or are they being serious?</p>

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<p><em>curses in head</em> oh shoot, i didn’t get a riddle on my portal…but if that’s Cal’s way of accepting people, then I applaud them for their originality. What is the riddle anyhow?</p>

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<p>That’s really weird… I have nothing though, just “Your application has been received and is In Review
Decisions will be available the evening of March 29, 2012”</p>

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<p>Pictures or it didn’t happen.</p>

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<p>Creative ■■■■■ is creative?</p>

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<p>I say santa and barbie are a clue…</p>

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<p>■■■■■. The domain would have been BERKELEY.EDU… FAIL! HAHALOL</p>

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<p>Agreed. I’m having trouble assigning an appropriate adjective to that handle. :P</p>

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<p>is the email incorrect?? hopefully its just my friend playing a joke…</p>

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<p>no such domain as ucberkeley.edu</p>

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<p>Well, what are you waiting for?! Solve the riddle!</p>

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<p>I want to see the riddle, even a copy and paste will be great. Hehehehe.</p>

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<p>When I got into UCB 3 years ago, they asked me this riddle:</p>

<p>"As I was going to St Ives</p>

<p>I met a man with seven wives</p>

<p>Every wife had seven sacks</p>

<p>Every sack had seven cats</p>

<p>Every cat had seven kittens</p>

<p>Kittens, cats, sacks, wives</p>

<p>How many were going to St Ives?"</p>

<p>Some kids in my class weren’t able to answer it on time and were denied admission. Serious.</p>

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<p>^stop trolling.</p>