<p>2. Filipino Academic Student Services (PASS)
510.643.9302 / <a href=“mailto:ucberkeleypass@lists.berkeley.edu”>ucberkeleypass@lists.berkeley.edu</a>
AIM: UCBERKELEYPASS
(they said they’d be on aim later this week since a lot of them are on spring break. but hey you never know! emailing them / calling would be best though. emailing for sure)</p>
<p>but yea, when ‘bridges’ came they told us to email any one of the groups (even if you’re not pacific islander) and they’ll help you. they said they WANT you to be at berkeley, & so like i said earlier, they’ll be your ‘voice’ since you don’t really have much you can do since you’re not physically there at cal. </p>
<p>they’ll take your stats or whatever you guys work on, then go around campus & ask “do you think this person should be at berkeley?” most student sign because they want you to be here, and you end up getting so many people signing for you that you don’t even know. (haha i’m repeating what they said at the meeting) so yeah… eventually the admissions office is like “OKAY OKAY” and then the student gets in. (i’m not saying everyone who does this will get in, but yknow what im saying.) so if there’s a chance, GO FOR ITT!</p>
<p>good luck guys!
hope that helped… don’t give up!</p>
<p>This topic doesn’t really relate to me, but I’m curious: why are these groups interested in helping? Why do they “WANT you to be at Berkeley”? I’m confused over why someone would be a cheerleader for you (to such huge lengths) if they don’t even know you…</p>
<p>Lol…just because students will sign a petition doesn’t mean in hell your going to get in. Otherwise, every damn berkeley reject would do the same. This is all bs.</p>
<p>why would they be against you coming? they want to give back to berkeley by promoting & spreading good word about cal. and by visiting schools and helping them out, they’re giving back to cal. don’t ask me about them. go ask them yourself? i’m not the spokesperson for them.</p>
<p>lol? no s h i t a petition’s not gonna get you in. it’s just an EXAMPLE of what they do & what they’ve done as part of helping you appeal, and it’s worked for lots of students they’ve helped. </p>
<p>I don’t see why you have to be so cynical? Obviously this does not guarantee admission to Berkeley. Why is it that you can’t accept the fact that some people just like to help other people? Thanks adorkable, my friend who is appealing found your information very helpful.</p>
<p>Most likely the Asian Recruitment Center is for the under-represented Asians: i.e. Laotian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, Malaysian, Mongolian, Nepalese and etc.</p>
<p>a lot of the groups i saw on the paper were pacific islander / flip groups, but they said not to pay attention to that since they’ll help anyone. </p>
<p>but yeah, it’s not that hard to understand that not everyone’s a complete dick. they’re students too & graduated HS only 1-3 years ago, so they know what it feels like to be in your position and so they want to help. i was flipping through their brochure thing, and it says:</p>
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<p>maybe that’s their reason? idk.</p>
<p>yepp. so talk to them, not me. haha. i just know them from a simple meeting when they stopped by our highschool, so i’m just quoting word for word what they told us about their programs.</p>
<p>hmmm… just read this post, and as an appeal who got in with the help of an RRC, i feel i should give my two cents…</p>
<p>(this is basically my background)
my SAT scores were good, but my grades were not that great, although i took the hardest course load @ my school all 4 years… my grades during the 1st two yrs of high school were all A’s, then junior year my dad ruined his knees and i started working 32 hours a week on top of being pres. of this club and member of that club and helping my two younger sisters w/school (mom only went up to 3rd grade) and being the asst. tech coordinator @ the boys and girls club</p>
<p>i didnt get into berkeley and i was crushed until a friend told me to appeal… that friend called her brother who goes to cal who talked about my situation to his friend who works at the retention center and who took an interest and called me and said “hey, tell me your story, we can help you out”</p>
<p>i was told that they (the center) would talk to a professor about my situation and see if that professor could vouch for me b/c they wanted me @ berkeley… why? i don’t know… to increase the number of latinos @ cal? because they thought i deserved to be @ cal? i have no idea… anyway, i got 6 letters of recommendation, i wrote a 1 page letter to the admissions staff, and i mailed everything to the girl at the rrc… from then, all i was told was that she would make sure my packet was turned in on time (which was basically the same day she got the packet since everything last minute — i had 2 days to get letters of rec, and i fedex’d my packet next day air)</p>
<p>on april 31st, i was notified that berkeley granted me admission, and i cried</p>
<p>berkeleyLATINA: all I can say is congratulations, what an inspiring story. </p>
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<p>I think you answered your own question in that passage: Because you truly appreciate the opportunity, and they knew you would do something with it. Best of luck in future endeavors.</p>
<p>Just a note to everyone else though, I know it was mentioned on here a few times before, but don’t get your hopes up after appealing; Cal only admits 23% for a reason: because they know who the best and brightest are. Do they sometimes miss someone? Of course, it’s a crapshoot. But they are professionals, and they know what they’re doing. Trust it will all work out for the best. Good luck!</p>
<p>In addition to what vc08 said, I’ll say that you can’t expect much from an appeal, simply because there are size constraints. Berkeley has 45,000 applicants (probably higher this year), and only about 4,000 spaces; as such, it can’t grant admission to everyone, or most, or even a large number, who appeal. (I believe the city of Berkeley has an agreement with Cal to cap the school size at 31,000, and it’s gone even a little past that.)</p>