<p>I am an international student… I did write something about changing the society and stuff, but I didn’t mention about it’s being the U.S… Somehow when I wrote it, I meant it to be the U.S. and other countries… :)</p>
<p>-Got accepted :)… Although may not think that my essays are very good :D</p>
<p>i wrote about my time in the villages in Panama, and how i hope to return soon
i got accepted =]</p>
<p>Nowhere in my essays did I explicitly state how committed I was to studying. I talked about what I wanted to do with the knowledge I would potentially gain, but I didn’t in any way portray myself as a studious person.</p>
<p>I talked of “changing the world,” which I suppose encompasses the U.S. as well.</p>
<p>Accepted, but you already knew that.</p>
<p>in the second prompt i talked about helping out my uncle with his non profit organization which helps out other countries… and i got in… pretty sure that rumor is false</p>
<p>also i think the personal statment, unless its terrible, can only help you…</p>
<p>what I wanted to do with the knowledge = academic purpose, lol.</p>
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<p>That’s not true; for UCB, quite a bit of weight is placed on the personal statement, and what it reveals about the applicant’s personality, etc.</p>
<p>If you guys are curious as to what they are looking for in the personal statement, I would give this report a look – it’s a long, comprehensive report on how they carry out freshman admissions, but much of what they are looking for, as laid out, carries over to transfer admissions, as well.</p>
<p>[Moore</a> Report](<a href=“http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/archives/documents/Moorereport.pdf]Moore”>http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/archives/documents/Moorereport.pdf)</p>
<p>It is totally rumor and ********!
I did it in my personal statement, but i am in!</p>
<p>“My friend said that you should only write about doing good things to the US in personal statement. If you write about improving other countries, then Berkeley will not like it and will deny your admission”</p>
<p>Uh. It’s hard to believe that this would be true since Berkeley offers majors like Development Studies, Asian Studies, Middle Eastern Studies and the like.</p>
<p>well, i wrote about my exchange in france in one of mine and i got in all three UCs i applied to (UCB/UCLA/UCSB) so i’m pretty sure this theory doesn’t work.</p>
<p>This thread is silly to the point of AirArlen.</p>
<p>My friend George wrote about his moral duty to help other countries in the Middle East, specially by spreading democracy around those places…rejected by Berkeley, accepted by Yale</p>
<p>You guys
I just heard that from a friend. Come on. I just want to know if this rumor is true</p>
<p>I’m curious if the overall nature of our responses is any hint to you as to whether it is true or not? O_o</p>
<p>Em, it’s not true.
Berkeley is a hippie school. They lack patriotism and pride toward America. They blame everything on our government and hates authority. It is the most liberal institution in the country and values “coolness factor” over everything and they’ll think anything non-American is immediately placed high in the coolness rating. So if you say you’ll help out non-American country, it’s actually a Plus because their goal is to train students to strengthen other countries to stand against “American Tyranny” (Berkeleyan Term for USA).</p>
<p>"their goal is to train students to strengthen other countries to stand against “American Tyranny” "</p>
<p>lol
um… i hope you were kidding. ^^^not true at all.</p>
<p>no i don’t think that rumor is true. i think it just really depends on how you come off as an individual.</p>
<p>It’s true! I saw a North Korean and Iranian official at Berkeley the other day speaking with the dean! The dean told him “Everything is going to plan, Sir.”
The North Korean bared his teeth in an evil grin and hissed “Excellent…”
All three commenced with an ominous “Muhahahahahahahaha…” </p>
<p>It was all very, very disturbing…</p>
<p>no – it’s not true.</p>
<p>probably one of the top three stupidest rumors i’ve ever heard.</p>