<p>Rejected
UC GPA: 3.91
Major Pre-reqs Completed: yes
Intended Major: Pre-economics
TAG?: No
IGETC?: Yes
Extracurriculars (clubs, leadership, volunteer, work): just part-time jobs and some brief volunteer here and there
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Ethnicity: asian
Gender: female
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: 0?
Applied: UCB, UCI, UCSD, UCLA, UCD
Accepted: UCI, UCSD, UCLA, UCD
Rejected: UCB (damn you. whatever)
I’m bitter hahha! Even though if I ever got accepted I would still stay in Socal! Thanks god that I didnt have high hope for Cal, otherwise I’d be so devastated :))) </p>
<p>@stevenmejia46…a fellow chicano sociology major at Cal! Congrats!</p>
<p>@FinanceWiz I did the same thing tonight! It was definitely worth the trip out there.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.95
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): Yes
Intended Major: Peace and Conflict Studies
TAG?: No
IGETC?: Yes</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (clubs, leadership, volunteer, work): News editor/Social media director of campus newspaper, director of academic and curricular affairs for the honors student council, anti-domestic violence advocate, founder/president of anti-domestic violence club on campus, honors program completion, member of 5 academic honors societies, writing tutor, development intern for Hands for Africa.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: Middle
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Hell yes :)</p>
<p>@bigbyrd idk what happened either. I’m not even angry, just utterly confused</p>
<p>people with 3.8 getting accepted over people with 3.9+</p>
<p>Idk how much bearing they put on explaining yourself in 500 words but this is ridiculous. Makes me regret even putting myself through a system that values what people say more than what people actually do.</p>
<p>Hey guys, i am wondering about The Golden Bear Express. If I am an international student, I cannot use The Golden Bear Express, right? </p>
<p>@philojunkie</p>
<p>I still can’t believe it happened. Clearly, my strong personal statements and resume made a difference. </p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!! YEAH!</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.0
Overall GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): Y
Breadth Requirements Completed: 6 out of 7
Intended Major: HaaS school of business
TAG?: NO
IGETC?: NO</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (clubs, leadership, volunteer, work): Job at a startup, job at a local store, Math tutor, PTK Vice President, business club VP etc.
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: Very High
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): YES</p>
<p>WHy you got accepted: Strong GPA, Very strong resume, and very strong essays.
My resume had all cateories full in wach of the categories: Awards, Jobs, Extra Curricular etc.</p>
<p>Good luck to everyone else next year. Prepare well and you will surely get in. It is very important to prepare for one things (and hopefully one school) as a transfer student.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted!</p>
<p>UC GPA: 3.8
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): Y
Breadth Requirements Completed: Y
Intended Major: Economics
TAG?: NO
IGETC?: Yes</p>
<p>Extracurriculars (clubs, leadership, volunteer, work): Basically just my part time job and stuff from high school like mock trial.
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant): USA
Ethnicity: Hispanic
Gender: M
Estimated Family Contribution(EFC)/Income Bracket: 10,000
Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Absolutely (already SIR’ed)</p>
<p>Why you got accepted: I can only assume they completely fell in love with my essays, because my GPA, while great, didn’t seem enough for an impacted major and I have basically no extra curriculars.</p>
<p>Not sure if people are still thumbing through this thread but I figured I would post since i’ve been lurking for a while. </p>
<p>ACCEPTED! </p>
<p>Major: English
Overall GPA: 3.4
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Requirements: Completed
IGETC: yes
TAP: No
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Essays: I was so nervous that I had botched them, but I guess they were good!
EC: Tutor for esl/english, full time worker</p>
<p>Applied: UCB, UCSB, UCSC, UCD
Accepted: all
Denied: none
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: White</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>UC GPA: 4.0
Major Pre-reqs Completed (Y/N): Y
Intended Major: Anthropology
IGETC: Yes
Extracurriculars (clubs, leadership, volunteer, work): Most of it was from HS
Applied for Financial Aid: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA</p>
<p>On a special note: I want to congratulate everyone who got into Haas because that is not easy.</p>
<p>@dguptaa Congrats! Looking forward to meeting you at Haas.</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Major: EECS
Overall GPA: 3.94
Major GPA: 1B else A
Major Requirements: Completed in spring 2014
IGETC: yes
TAP: No
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Essays: I’m not sure, I’spend two days before the deadline to finish it.
EC: not much</p>
<p>Applied: UCB, UCSB, UCSC, UCD,UCI UCSD
Accepted: all But UCLA
Denied: UCLA
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: ASIAN international student</p>
<p>@toepump I’ll still be attending UCSC. Oh well. It’s nice to move on.</p>
<p>Accepted! ( ^-^) I am overjoyed!!! I wanted to post my stats because these threads totally helped me when I was uncertain :P. I’m also ecstatic that I was offered a full ride to both UCLA and Cal. This is the hard part… Congrats everybody !!!<3<3</p>
<p>Major: History
Overall GPA: 3.86
Major GPA: 4.00
Major Requirements: Completed
IGETC: Yes
TAG: No
TAP: Yes (UCLA)
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Essays: I felt pretty confident in them! I talked about how I became interested in learning, and in the major-specific one I talked about how I loved knowing about “the bigger picture” that is historical knowledge, so to speak. I didn’t have any major struggles that you would normally think of in writing these essays, and I was pretty honest about that.
EC: Published artist for a record label in the UK, showed in a gallery, 2 jobs, volunteered at a hospice for awhile</p>
<p>Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI
Accepted: All
Denied: None
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Half Caucasian, Half Filipino</p>
<p>@FinanceWiz @dguptaa Looking forward to seeing you both at Haas as well 
</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Major: Business Admin
Overall GPA: 3.87
Major GPA: 4.0
Major Requirements: Completed in Spring 2014
IGETC: yes
TAP: No
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Essays: I was satisfied with them.
EC: Running multiple businesses, consulting with firms, and many more. </p>
<p>Applied: UCB, UCLA, UCI, UCSD
Accepted: All
Denied: None
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: White</p>
<p>Excited to go to Haas :D</p>
<p>ACCEPTED!</p>
<p>Major: Classical Languages
GPA: 3.95
Major Requirements: Completed
IGETC: No
TAP: No
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Essays: I think they were pretty good. I talked about my passion for my academic interests and my plans for graduate school.
EC: Volunteer work, sustainability and social justice organizations, some really great leadership positions</p>
<p>Applied: UCB, UCLA
Accepted: UCB, UCLA
Denied: None
Gender: Male
Ethnicity: Latino</p>
<p>@Fcrane Its not that Berkeley “values what people say more than what people actually do.” Its that it takes into consideration people’s circumstances and life obstacles, which I think is great. Not everyone has the same opportunities in life. The fact that Berkeley takes into consideration that some people are less privileged and therefore may have had to work a bit harder to attain the grades that they did is an awesome characteristic of the school. In fact, its kind of what Berkeley is all about. Love the holistic approach!</p>
<p>For those of us who have been accepted for the spring semester, do you think we’ll be able to graduate by May of 2016? I am hoping I can take classes through my CC this fall that will count towards a semester at Berkeley, so I only end up having to spend 3 semesters there. Is this possible? Does anyone know the minimum amount of upper division units required for graduation? Obviously each major has its own requirements, but I am assuming there is a specific # of upper division units we need, outside of major requirements…</p>