Berkeley found out that I was lying

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>First of all, I would like to congratulate Cal-2015ers.</p>

<p>I got rejected.</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

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<p>You are free to browse through my posts, I am not a ■■■■■.</p>

<p>I applied to most schools which allowed score choice.
I was not sure about Berkeley, and I used Berkeley to hide one of my ACTs from my freshman year.</p>

<p>MORAL OF THE STORY IS:
DO NOT USE SCORE CHOICE TO SCHOOLS THAT SAY NO.
They have a way of finding out.
Berkeley wasn’t my top choice, but I still regret my decision.
I did not pay careful attention to Berkeley (I really wanted to go to MIT)</p>

<p>Well, I hope you guys can learn from me, since I serve as a living example (class of 2015) who got rejected since I accidentally hid one of my ACT scores.</p>

<p>Cheers,</p>

<p>Luis</p>

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<p>Why do you think your denial stemmed from your failure to report a 9th grade ACT sitting? did you receive an email or some communication indicating this?</p>

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<p>UC Berkeley Freshman Admission Profile Fall 2010</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/berkeley.pdf[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/campuses/files/berkeley.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>strong lies itt</p>

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<p>You are right. I have no way of finding out. But that is the only guess. I haven’t got rejected from any other schools.</p>

<p>Berkeley was only no-score-choice school.</p>

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<p>Such a great ■■■■■. This guy would have had to self-study all those APs at the same time doing a full IB.</p>

<p>Uh, not possible.</p>

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<p>I talked to a lawyer who told me that colleges cannot find out if you didn’t send them scores because then Collegeboard would be breaking their privacy policy. Not sure if this is 100% true but I do believe the person. So maybe it could have been some other factor that didn’t get admitted…just my 2 cents. Sorry you didn’t get in though.</p>

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<p>Haft,
I don’t see president of the Biology club-this is probably where you messed up. Also everyone knows Subway is better than KFC, bad choise for a summer job!</p>

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<p>I’ve heard that sometimes colleges will reject overqualified candidates (reason: applicant likely will not enroll there even if accepted). Were you rejected by any other schools like UCSD or UCI?</p>

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<p>@Placido</p>

<p>Its quite possible-
if OP was fluent in French and Spanish. Judging from the ICO, hes got the math+science down. The social science AP tests are completely BS-able. I self studied World and Euro history and its quite easy to get a 5 on both of them. (Also IB course work overlaps with many of the AP in math and science, so i could see someone pulling that off)</p>

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<p>Calling ■■■■■ on this.</p>

<p>Berkeley does not find out any information until after you accept the SIR. At that point, it then verifies all the information you submitted and rescinds your admission if you lied.</p>

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<p>Lol…please.</p>

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<p>Score choice is an inherently different matter.</p>

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I included that on my application.</p>

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Did not apply to any of those schools!</p>

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<p>Wonder what role being international plays.</p>

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<p>this thread tickles my humerus.</p>

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<p>This thread showed me how dumb I am.</p>

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<p>what the fudge is this???</p>

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<p>■■■■■, ■■■■■, ■■■■■. You are not required to report a 9th grade ACT score. </p>

<p>This is the internet. Yes, in fact, I’ve been scoring 36s on my ACTs since I was 5 years old. Hey, I wouldn’t make this stuff up…</p>

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<p>Seven people were admitted who scored below a 16 on the ACT? What on earth could be so spectacular about an applicant who scored so extremely low?</p>