<p>I really want to get into UC Berkeley, what kind of stats did you guys have when you got into Berkeley??? I’m going to apply out of state so is there anything I need to know? Is it really THAT hard to get into Berkeley?</p>
<p>I am currently a freshman. I had a 4.2 GPA with a 1470 SAT. I was admitted to the college of engineering in-state. I am not quite sure of the stats but I believe the average GPA of the class of 08 is somewhere around 4.1 to 4.3. There is a wide assortment of people here. I have seen people with low stats to people who are the next Einsteins of our time.</p>
<p>can u tell me what EC’s you have ?
i have 4.6 and good sat but I think i will be rejected</p>
<p>now that I’ve been deferred from Penn I think that I’ll have to set up camp on the berk forums. le sigh…</p>
<p>well, still columbia/MIT RD to go I suppose…</p>
<p>But I’ll probably end up at berk. i just knows it.</p>
<p>Sorry man. That sucks. </p>
<p>Don’t give up on MIT and columbia though. I got waitlisted by Penn last year in the RD round but ended up getting into Stanford, Harvard, MIT, and Princeton. UPenn can be really weird sometimes.</p>
<p>EC’s:
Founder of Model UN (3 golden gavels)
Started a movie production company with friends. Started a school movie festival for charity.
Genetics research</p>
<p>My stats were 1600/800/730/700 and 4.74 weighted GPA with 7 or 8 AP’s. </p>
<p>Also, when I took the SAT, the ceiling was much higher, so I actually scored above 1600 on today’s scale. </p>
<p>The fact is that I had a lot of ethnic community leadership factors that I am very proud of, but most private elites consider my type to be too “dangerous” for their schools. Berkeley took me in, and for that I am eternally grateful, and I owe my loyalty to the Berkeley name until the day I die for giving me a chance. </p>
<p>Also, I can understand why UPenn if its Wharton (I was accepted into Wharton, but didn’t want to live the rest of my life in the east coast, most people and their friends stay in the area of where they go to school) but why a Californian would want to attend UPenn normal undergrad is beyond me. But different strokes for different folks. </p>
<p>I personally think that the interdisciplinary strength of Berkeley’s undergraduate is the best in the country. And interdisciplinary strength is the wave of the future, in a world that is rapidly evolving in the light of the cyber age, technological advancements, and blurred lines because of various tensions coming from a number of cultures, beliefs, religions, modes of thinking, etc…</p>
<p>"My stats were 1600/800/730/700 and 4.74 weighted GPA with 7 or 8 AP’s. </p>
<p>Also, when I took the SAT, the ceiling was much higher, so I actually scored above 1600 on today’s scale."</p>
<p>I have no idea why you are STILL mentioning your SAT score and GPA years after you ALREADY graduated. You even made it part of your screen name. Pathetic. It’s time to move on. It’s sad that getting that 1600 was the peak moment of your life, and that all your experiences in Berkeley were so pathetic that it cannot even match the exihiliration of getting a 1600 SAT Score. Haven’t you met some exciting professors or interesting people at Berkeley? Is the perfect SAT score that you received in high school the only thing you have to show for in your life?</p>
<p>“what kind of stats did you guys have when you got into Berkeley???”</p>
<p>He was asked about his numbers. Angiela didn’t ask for his experiences.</p>
<p>Angiela specifically asked, “what kind of stats did you guys have when you got into Berkeley???” Geez. And you’re getting all riled up just 'cause he answered the question.</p>
<p>stop picking on california1600. he is a great guy with his insight.</p>
<p>UPENN COLLEGE UNDERGRAD IS AWESOME!!! and its IVY LEAGUE!!! and the school/people are incredible sooo its really not a suprise they had a record number of applicants from cali this year…hmm… ahem sorry. i couldnt stop myself when i saw upenn college being slighted.
YEAHH UPENN CLASS OF 2009!!!
i am being so obnoxious. i know. and * good luck Anu!!! * i applied to Berkeley but now i will have to withdraw my app. but i guess that helps all the other out of staters applying. and i suppose the bay area is gorgeous which is perhaps the exclusive advantage of berkeley over penn.</p>
<p>gosh can someone program some automatic reply? it’ll act as a shield from changing us…</p>
<p>OK ok, well the Wharton people I worked in investment banking were good guys (no UPenn non-wharton undergrad tho). High quality. But in our office at headquarters, we hired twice the number of Berkeley grads than Wharton. </p>
<p>At the time, our tech i banking headquarters made the following hires:</p>
<p>Berkeley : 6
Wharton only: 3
Stanfurd: 3
Harvard : 3
Yale : 2
Princeton: 2
UCLA: 1
Dartmouth : 1</p>
<p>The reason Berkeley was so favored was because we were in tech investment banking, the hottest area of investment banking at the time, with 1999 bonuses storied to reach 50-60K for first year analysts (on top of 55-60K salaries). Many of us turned down offers from NY bulge bracket i-banks. Everyone wanted to work in tech investment banking at the time. It was where “the top talent” went. It was crucial to have students who understood technology, even if they were business/economics/PEIS majors. Also, it was a laid back fun investment banking environment, unlike the deathly grip a certain place grabs of you way over there in the land yonder…</p>
<p>Back then, the top hiring management consulting, investment banking firms hired for diversity of viewpoints, and highest talent. </p>
<p>Berkeley’s undergrad in its interdisciplinary excellence provided the most first year hires at my firm and at most firms in the hottest area of the economy at the time. In the Bay Area alone, we were responsible for half of the USA’s extraordinary growth at the time. Experience and legitimacy always matters.</p>
<p>But, I wrote to the chancellor about maybe easing up on California residency restrictions for Political Refugees from Bush states. Ones who feel suffocated, and need a breathe of idealistic fresh air… <em>hin thin</em></p>
<p>California1600, aren’t your employment numbers based out of an office in San Francisco? If so, then wouldn’t from a geographic standpoint that necessarily favor Berkeley graduates? </p>
<p>And even if not, the fact that Wharton put 3 people into your headquarters as opposed to 6 from Berkeley would actually be a strong point in favor of Wharton, when you consider how many fewer students Wharton has compared to Berkeley. Heck, even if we were talking about Upenn as a whole, the fact that they can get half the number of undergrads into your office compared to Berkeley is a strong feat. Let’s see, Berkeley has significantly more than twice the number of undergrads as Penn does, yet has only twice the number of placements at your office. From a per-capita standpoint, you tell me what I should conclude.</p>
<p>No at the time, the main hiring office was in New York. But those statistics include hires all over the country, including offices in NY, SF, Atlanta, Boston. But as with all tech banks, the main operations were in the Bay Area. However, the hiring was done out of NYC headquarters.</p>
<p>Also remember that Wharton undergrads are much closer sizewise to Haas undergrads. </p>
<p>now if you were comparing entire undergrads, that wouldn’t be an accurate assessment.</p>