How hard is it to get into UC Berkeley undergrad?

Ramblinman
Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:38:48 +0000

I don’t know who was hating on Berkeley, and I might just think you were referring to me because that smiley was looking upwards.

There are only two schools that I’d rather go to over Berkeley and even then I would probably still pick Berkeley because of its generous financial aid and helpful faculty (departments, fin aid, grad students, all were very helpful).

My comment that it wasn’t difficult to get in to was based on CC standards, where the average unweighted GPA is close to 4.0 with SAT scores typically being 2100-2200+. Out of the 20 people I personally know going they are all really qualified ambitious students, so assuming that students applying are in that range it is not difficult to get in to if you work on your application and show your interests. It seems if you deserve to get in and really want to get in, then you will, unless you are borderline in terms of scores.