<p>Hi! I<code>m very interrested in UC Berkeley. How hard it is to get in? Are high grades very important and play a major role or they are more interrested in you extracurriculars or achievments and the personality you have? I</code>m asking that because I don`t have very high grades.</p>
<p>High grades and challenging courses are probably the most important factors. You also have to write essays and list your extracurriculars, but it’s not as important as your school performance since that’s usually how public schools go. </p>
<p>Surviving at Berkeley is actually a lot tougher than getting into Berkeley so if you want to have better grades with a little more free time, go to a private school. If you actually want to learn a lot no matter what grade you get, go for it.</p>
<p>High grades are very important for competitive majors, and exceptions made are rarer at public schools, as the above post states.</p>
<p>Especially if out of state. Get a good SAT, good GPA, and you have a very good shot at Cal.</p>
<p>Else, not so good.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks for the information :)</p>
<p>Don’t forget the three trials. The trail of the mind, the trial of the will, and the trial of strength. You have to answer three complex riddles, suffer three trials of the flesh basically, and perform three feats of strength to get in. …just kidding. Do well in HS and your standardized exams and you’re basically in.</p>
<p>I think it’s a lot easier to get in than to stay in Berkeley.</p>
<p>I had a low 3.0 gpa in a very competitive high school and my attendance was so bad, I was almost suspended for being absent so much. I passed a couple AP exams and was President/V.P of some clubs but nothing spectacular. However, I still got in to Berkeley.</p>
<p>I have absolutely no clue what they were looking for. My only guess was that my essay for one of the prompts was written extremely well, but I’m sure many people had written essays just as good if not better. I also had a chance to talk to one of the Berkeley advisers that visited our campus to hand out information. I don’t know if she had any help in the decision though.</p>
<p>I’m just saying, I’m sure good grades and scores won’t hurt, but it apparently isn’t everything.</p>
<p>I did call UC berkeley to make sure they didn’t make a mistake though and asked if I would even be able to survive there with my current grades, but they assured me they made the right decision… so who knows?</p>
<p>easy, just walk in, as long as stupid protesters haven’t taken over the building</p>
<p>Getting in is (too) easy. Doing well is a different story entirely.</p>
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<p>What I’ve found is that it all depends on the major. Certain majors, such as EECS and chemical engineering, are merciless. But then there are other majors, i.e. the ‘football’ majors, in which it’s practically impossible to actually fail. Obtaining top grades in those majors may still be difficult, but if all you want to do is simply avoid flunking out, that’s not particularly difficult at all. Honestly, how do you think guys like Marshawn Lynch, Aaron Rodgers, and JJ Arrington were able to maintain academic playing eligibility?</p>
<p>hahaha Marshawn Lynch! Whenever I see the Bills games/highlights I wonder how on Earth that guy was ever accepted and survived at Cal.</p>
<p>Is there a place where I can find the average GPA by majors?</p>
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Not by major, but at least by general field of study: [University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/]University”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/)</p>