Lastly, I was curious in what the Fall Program for Freshmen is. Is it more/less rigorous than traditional pathway? Is it a good choice for my freshman year?
Accepted to College of Letters and Science
GPA: 3.87 (UW), 4.31 (W)
SAT Score: 1420
SAT Subject Tests: Didn’t take any
Tons of extracurricular activities, internships, and leadership positions
Strong essays and recommendation letters
Out of state applicant (NJ)
Ethnicity: Asian
Intended Major: Biochemistry
@CompSci1999 I was in Fall Program for Freshman. And personally, I hated the experience because you only can take breadth classes. They are easier than traditional pathway, but I would not recommend it… Because I only took breadth classes, I have to take summer classes to catch up to other students:’(
rejected but hey not too sad about it
congrats to all those who got in 
hope we all end up where we’re meant to be!!
@sophie052900 I committed to carnegie mellon before I found out that I got off the waitlist. I found out my acceptance email on May 5th(first batch of acceptance from the waitlist pool). The essay that I put was about why I wanted to go to berkeley, any updates, and why Berkeley would be a great fit for me. When I got off the waitlist, there wasn’t a traditional pathway, it was just fall program for freshman, london pathway, and taking gap year first semester. Hope it helps:)
guys can we make a snapchat group with all those accepted?
accepted for architecture
GPA UW: 3.8, W: 4.2
SAT:1360
ACT: 28
Essays: apparently pretty good
Rejected: UCSC, UCI, UCSB, UCLA
accepted!!! honestly so shocked because i applied for financial aid and i didn’t get the email.
school doesn’t do GPA but I’ve gotten all A*s and a couple As. I got a 34 in my ACT and only sent one SAT II test (can’t remember the score but i think it was 690?).
strong EC’s and essays.
accepted: Columbia, UCLA, Vanderbilt, NYU and USC
waitlisted: Brown, Northwestern
rejected: Harvard, Yale, Princeton
waitlisted for economics in letters and sciences
uw gpa: 4.0 w: 4.4
sat: 1450
ucla here i come i guess hehehe
@CompSci1999 you have to go to login page, put in ur calnet ID and the on the bottom right click on sign in with “Sign In with MAP@Berkeley ID”, don’t put in the password. Fall term is the most common time freshman go to college.
yep I got accepted and I got that email an hour after the decision came out
Rejected for Computer Science.
GPA: UW: 3.9 W: 4.6
SAT: 1280 (I know its bad lol)
UC’S accepted: San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis, Santa Cruz
Accepted!!
GPA: 4.3 weighted
ACT: 31
SAT II: 710 (Literature)
APs: 5 in Lang & Comp, 5 in US History
Letters of Rec: None
ECs: Student newspaper, volunteering, lots of writing/poetry stuff, founded a popular advice blog.
Personal Statements: Honestly, they were good. They really showed who I am, what I’ve overcome, and what I’m really passionate about.
Hooks: Nothing too serious, but one of my essays talked about my severe concussion which took me out of school for several months and was very difficult to come back from.
Major: Anthropology
UCs accepted to: UCSB and UCSC (only other ones I applied to)
Ethnicity: White
In-state
SO excited!!!
Daughter rejected! It was a reach, but I’m glad she gave it a try.
GPA 4.3
SAT: 1430
10 or 11 AP classes with score of 4 or 5; Chemistry with a 3
Finished her essays at at 11: 57 p.m. on the last day! : - 0 They were still pretty good, though.
Two years of varsity lacrosse, two years track
Acadec, forensics, started an art club.
Self-directed homeschooler until last year of middle school.
Rejected: UCB, UCLA
Accepted: CSUF, CSU Long Beach, UC Santa Cruz honors program, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis honors program.
Congratulations Golden Bears and best of luck to all!
@sophie052900 thank you so much! though at one point i wanted to go to berkeley more than anything i know i can be just as happy at ucsd!
hey does anyone know if the summer program is worth it? especially being out of state I’d like to know if it would help me accumulate credits early or save money
thank you so much! @sonia1216 were any students that you know of accepted off the waitlist able to just join the incoming class without taking one of those special pathways? does it depend on your major?
Accepted! 4.3 GPA, 1410 SAT
My S accepted Engineering - Undeclared
SAT:1410
GPA Wtd: 4.2
Lots of ECs
Accepted: Pitzer College, UCSD Math-Computer Science, UCI - Computer Science, UCR - Computer Science, UCSC - Computer Science, Waitlisted - Davis CS, UCSB CS
@aniles272 that’s an awful daily commute either way,
We live not too far from Davis, and we LOVE the town. So many great restaurants, it’s safe, the campus is spread out but nice IMO. Love all the animals.
It is my daughter’s top choice, but she was waitlisted.
What I can tell you about Davis vs. SF is it’s cheap to live there. We took a tour, and the tour leader told us he lived in a 4 best, 4 bathroom apartment right near campus, and his part was only $400/month. Now this WAS 3 years ago when my oldest was looking, so it may be a bit more. But if you can find roommates, this could be an option to avoid that commute.