Letter from Director (UCB)

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>i don’t know if anyone has seen this, but i figured i’d post it. </p>

<p>+60 applications! whoa nelly</p>

<p><a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=2840[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=2840&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>so projecting only a 26% acceptances …Ima sleep well tonight</p>

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<p>damn… after reading that i am getting nervous…</p>

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<p>aw crap… I don’t like this… I know that I’m sort of a fringe case so I’m just gonna prepare for disappointment.</p>

<p>But wouldn’t the college you’re applying to factor into your chances for admission? Ex.: Hass’s acceptance rate is like 7% or something whereas for the College of Letters and Science it’s 40% or somewhere around there?</p>

<p>thanks for posting this btw</p>

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<p>no it’s not… social science is 25% impacted… literautre and art is 40something percent… not all College of Letter and science is 40percent…</p>

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<p>Ah, okay. So if my major’s impacted then I have less of a chance of getting in. </p>

<p>… some sort of literature on transferring to Berkeley I got from my CC said 40% acceptance rate for L&S, gotta be wrong then</p>

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<p>yeah, i’m not sure how that works. I think the number you got for the 40% acceptance rate for L&S is the average among acceptance rates between all the divisions in L&S, based off of the 2007 transfer flyer on the berk website. </p>

<p>so correct me if i’m wrong, but if you apply to say, the social science division within L&S (25% acceptance for 2007), you still have a slightly lower than 25% chance (because the overall transfer admittance rate was roughly 1 in 4 based off of 2008 data vs. 1 in 3 from 2007)?</p>

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<p>Well this means our admissions decisions have already been made. Thats so crazy, I am very nervous about April 30th with hearing how competitive Berkeley was this year.</p>

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<p>"Well this means our admissions decisions have already been made. "</p>

<p>Maybe they’re just estimating how many acceptances they are going to make based on how much space is available.</p>

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<p>I think those are projected numbers.</p>

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<p>You right I was probably jumping the gun with how damn excited and nervous I was. And damn this year they only admitted/are planning on only admitting 20% of students who applied to the social science division. [Transfer</a> Selection FAQ’s](<a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=113&navid=3684]Transfer”>http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/general.asp?id=113&navid=3684)</p>

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<p>Last year’s admit % for transfers was 30%, and this year it’s projected to be 26%. This year there’s more transfer applicants than last year (1,352 more) competing for less spots than last year (87 less spots)…</p>

<p>I guess I have a couple of months to cure cancer and AIDS so my appeal goes through…</p>

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<p>Hahahah… pretty funny. But anyone who watches south park already knows a cure for AIDS has already been found.</p>

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<p>The director at UCB is cool as hell. I met him and heard him speak at a Cal event I went to at the LAX Hilton last October.</p>

<p>This is great news. This is going to make acceptance this year sooo much sweeter. woo hoo!!! :D</p>

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<p>I wish i had your confidence Edward. Reading this thread honestly made me a little depressed. I applied to social sciences so I have a 20% chance of acceptance…1 in 5…not very good.</p>

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<p>fijeeboi,</p>

<p>It depends on the strength of your application. If you’re a strong applicant, then you’ve got a way better shot than 1 in 5. (;</p>

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<p>Well not really fijeeboi, your chance is a lot greater (or weaker) based on your GPA, pre-reqs, personal statement, and to some extent your extracurriculars. </p>

<p>So if you worked as hard as you possibly could have through CC and gave your application your absolute all, then sit back and rest easy. :)</p>

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<p>Yea I hear you guys. I think im a strong applicant with a 3.85-3.86 uc gpa. Hopefully the military background helps as well. I still feel like im not getting accepted for some reason. I guess we will see.</p>

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<p>well, i only applied to berkeley on a whim to see if i would even get in, so i gotta say, to be running with a strong group of kids this year makes me feel good that when i do get the big old R, i’ll know i lost out because it was a super strong pool this year and not that i’m a complete loser.</p>

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<p>good to see your confidence.</p>

<p>i applied to Berkeley too just to see if i get in too, but if i dont get in, i think ill feel like a loser. haha</p>