Is there a way to be considered for spring admission, especially if you are rejected from the fall admission? Would I have to submit a whole new application?
I hard heard of undergrads getting into spring admit and not fall. How can I be considered for spring?
When you apply, if yo uare borderline, you may be considered for spring admission. There is no extra application.
As the above poster mentioned, you do not need to do anything to be considered for spring 2016 admission. The decision and offer, if admitted, will arrive in the Spring as scheduled. It’ll be up to you to accept or reject the offer of Spring admission.
One of our family friend’s D was offered acceptance to Cal for Spring 2015, which she accepted and just started recently. She spent the fall semester working full time and taking a couple of general ed classes at a local JC that will transfer over to UC.
I don’t believe that “borderline” students are the ones who get Spring admission. My daughter was valedictorian with great stats, very well rounded, and got Spring admission. She doesn’t play sports and her intended major is English - Creative Writing. Someone in admissions told us that while any student is just as likely to get Spring as Fall and there is no difference aside from start date and graduation date. Some factors may include fall sports (since in order to play you would need to be a student admitted in the fall) and if your intended major is within the liberal arts but there are absolutely science and business majors, etc. who are admitted for Spring semester.
There is no way to apply for Spring admission specifically but once you get in you might be able to defer to Spring if they offer you Fall admission. If you are rejected they will not reconsider you for Spring admission.
This link discusses procedures used at Berkeley for “tie-break” cases, determining Fall admit, Spring Admit and those denied admission: http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/tie-break_2015_approved.pdf
Here is a link to other admissions resources, the Hout Report from 2005 is quite interesting if you have time to sift through it. : http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/committees/aepe
@tx5athome - am I reading the “tie-break” procedure correctly? It does appear that Spring Admits are more borderline than Fall Admits, in that only the “very high” achievers (relatively speaking) are offered fall admission in the tie-break, whereas “high” achievers get offered spring admission.
@prospect1 the Hout report (http://academic-senate.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/committees/aepe/hout_report_0.pdf) goes into detail about the admission process in 2004, which was 10 years ago so I am not sure if it is still valid. It says that 2 readers read each application and give it a score from 1-5 (1 being best) or N (not eligible). Some applications are tagged for AR which means they are close to being competitive but more information is needed or applicants with disabilities are referred to AR. From there, Berkeley starts out by admitting for Fall regular admission and they admit by batches defined by the read scores. First all the 1’s are admitted, and then it moves up to higher scores. There is almost always a point at which some, but not all, applicants with a particular score can be admitted. The applicants at that score are “tied”, there is no variation in their read scores to determine who is to be admitted and who is not. The applications are examined again in the “tie-breaking” process. In 2004, the read score alone determined about 89% of decisions.
So, if these 2004 procedures are still followed today, a Spring Admit was necessarily one who fell in the “tie break” category (meaning the admission decision as to that student was borderline, therefore necessitating the tie break procedure), and from there was only admitted at all after “higher” borderline candidates were admitted first as Fall Admits? That’s how I’m understanding this.
They fell in the tie-break category, and after further review, were higher than the candidates who were not offered admission, but lower than those who were offered fall admission. According to Table 6 in the Hout report (page 24), for 2004, for California residents, 1261 applicants had a read-score of 2.75, 498 were admitted for Fall, 760 for Spring and 3 were not admitted. AND, 1647 had a read-score of 3.0, 747 were admitted for Spring and 900 were not admitted. 4470 applicants with read-scores of 2, 2.25 or 2.5 were admitted for Fall.
Thanks for the explanation!
They will tell you if you’ve been accepted for spring. If you’re flat out rejected, you’re rejected from the spring too. A spring admit is still an admission, a rejection is a rejection.