WHY??
I am going to give you a nickels worth of advice so take it in whatever way you want to take it.
Give Berkeley some credit for being able to figure out transcripts.
Berkeley gets applications from all over the world in hundreds of languages/dialects.
They usually don’t reverse their decisions within a year because they’ve already made their decision. There are not going to say, “oops, we made a mistake!” They don’t have that kind of time nor space.
The dual enrollment courses you took in high school, count for high school and for that high school diploma.
The UCs require 60 credit units that they “accept”, completed AFTER high school requirements have been met.
From their website:
- You are a transfer student if you have completed coursework during a regular session at a college or university after high school (the summer session immediately following high school graduation does not count).
Transfer requirements - Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The UC schools are PUBLIC university schools which are funded by California taxpayers. They were created for instate residents.
Those taxpayers have successfully lobbied the state, within the last decade, to prioritize spaces for their children’s education. California residents pay HUGE instate tax fees. (I can personally attest to that, paying decades of high taxes for years!)
Priority admissions go to instate residents from California high schools, as well as California Community Colleges.
I worked at a local high school. I have neighbors and friends on UC admissions committees. They are overwhelmed by the number of items, pleas, and requests they get from students who feel they were wrongly rejected by the UCs.
The UCs get hundreds of thousands of applications. Those universities, in some cases, are not that big. There’s only so many seats. The lecture halls are large but finite.
These UCs do “holistic” reviews. They are picky because they want to know how you will add to social, environmental, and community events at their schools-Remember that these are Public schools that have to survive without private donations.
They like students who will continue to contribute socially to their schools via activities like
- Tractor driving and viticulture at Davis,
- Research Science, big sports rivalries at LA,
- Film and Business at Irvine,
- Surfing and Engineering at San Diego,
- Greenpeace and Silicon at Santa Cruz,
- Marine and energy conservation at Santa Barbara,
- Agricultural at Merced,
- Health care at Riverside and
- Social Justice at Berkeley.*
My advice to you is to be happy getting a full ride at any university because that is rare!
If you still want to apply to Berkeley, your chances will be better as a grad student.