Sorry- dumb question. What time are we hoping/thinking/expecting decisions to drop?
Maybe be afterschool? 3-5pm? Just a random guess
Anyone know what time of day they announced in past years?
3:30 PM PST
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Since the application was submitted, my son said UCB announced on its Applicant Portal that admissions decision is going to be released at 3:30 PM today 3/26/26 Thursday. Good luck everyone!!!
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Good luck, everyone! 
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Decisions released!
UW GPA: 4.0
W Capped GPA: 4.4
Overall W GPA: 4.58
11 AP/Honors/DE
President of 1 club
Joined aeveral clubs
Excellent essays
UCB: Denied Molecular Cellular Biology (primary major) & Neuroscience (Alternate major)
UCLA: Waitlisted Biological Science
UCI: Accepted Biological Science
Waiting: NONE only applied to 3 colleges
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UC Berkeley Class of 2030 Results Survey:
This form is for tracking decision results, so it’s all centralized for future students. If you could fill this out once you get your decision, that would be very appreciated!
You can see all other people’s individual responses in the links above, along with overall form statistics (such as what percent got accepted).
My son was just accepted to Berkeley. For UCs, also got into UCI, UCSB, UCSD. Also USC. He decided to attend UCLA in the fall He applied to all 5 because he didn’t know what his chances were. Turns out they were pretty good!
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Younger son accepted to Cal. 3.96/4.84.. Also accepted at USC, UCSD, UCI and waitlisted at UCLA.
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Accepted!!!
It says College of Letters and Sciences
She applied to BA Theater Arts
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Yes, unless you apply to a High Demand major in the College of Letters and Sciences, you are admitted Undeclared and then need to meet the course requirements to declare your major.
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Yes, all Letters and Science students are admitted to the College not the major. After the fulfill the major pre reps they can declare. My son is about to graduate from Cal and it has been better than we hoped for. Go Bears!
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Kid #2 accepted into College of Natural Resources! Super excited that lightening struck our family twice!
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Accepted to Letters & Sciences!! Applied to BA Theater Arts
In state public HS
Class Rank- 20 out of 250
Top 9% -Yes
Unweighted GPA 4.0
4 Honors courses
8 AP
AP span 5 AP bio IP AP Calc BC 5 AP Eng Lang 5 AP Eng Lit IP APUSH 5 AP Gov IP AP Stats IP
EC dance technique training (8 years) youth theatre ( 9 years) high school dance team, high school theate , theater tech volunteer (stagehand, microphone tech and sound board operator), Girl Scout camp program aide, choir recitals and choir festivals, honor choir, theater design & fabrication (stage props & costumes)
A-G Coursework
5 years Spanish- 1,2,3,4, & AP Span
4 years in sciences-Biology, Chemistry, Physics & AP Biology
Math- Integrated program for Algebra/Trigonometry/Geometry/PreCalc Honors
AP Calculus BC, Calc BC Project, AP Statistics
4 years of English- Eng 9, Eng 10 Honors, AP Lang, AP Lit
3 years history/social science- World History Honors, AP US History, AP Government, Economics Honors
7 years Arts-Jazz Choir, Concert Choir, Ceramics, Digital Media Arts
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My daughter’s decision: accepted to L & S (applied as Earth & Planetary Science)
UC UW: 3.88
UC capped: 4.14
UC FW: 4.58
ELC don’t know
I am not sure about all the other stats - she had maybe 4 or 5 honors courses, 6 or so APs and a bunch of CC courses.
No awards but did a lot of marine bio ECs
in state
not first gen
strengths: marine bio ECs
weakness: lower UW GPA
accepted at UCSD, UCSC, UCB and waitlisted at UCLA, UCD, UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, CSLB and rejected at UCI and SDSU.
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Rejected
Major: CS/EECS
GPAs: 4.0 uw / 4.8 w / 4.36 capped
15 APs + 2 Honors
ELC: yes
In-state, public
And I’m officially done with waiting for all my decisions!
Admitted: UCI (likely attending), UCSB, UCD, UCSC, UCR, SDSU, SJSU, Cal Poly SLO
Waitlisted: UCSD
Rejected: UCLA, UCB, USC, Stanford
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D26 rejected for Bioengineering. (As predicted by astrology)
In state. ELC: yes. UC GPAs: 3.97 UW, 4.24 CW, 4.48 FW.
25 semesters UC Honors, 9 AP courses (5 in all that have scores)
Strong ECs for major + strong music ECs.
She REALLY wanted to be accepted to Cal, so she was upset, but is getting over it. She has lots of great acceptances to consider!
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bye all! i got into uc berkeley and am committing there!
deleting my cc account now because im ready to put this stressful process behind me!!
also to future classes: ANYTHING is possible! got into cal with 6 bs for bioengineering
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Decision: DS accepted
Merit scholarships awarded (if any): none
Major (and division if applicable) applied to: History
ACADEMIC STATS
UC Unweighted GPA: (maximum 4.0): 4.0
UC Fully Weighted GPA: (maximum 5.0): 4.74
ELC (top 9% CA HS): yes
Comments about course load (including senior year): high rigor, maxed out opportunities at school
SUBJECTIVE::
Extracurriculars: all history adjacent
Supplemental/Augmented Review: No
DEMOGRAPHICS::
State/location of HS (if domestic applicant): SF Bay Area
Applied for need-based financial aid? No
First Generation? No
REFLECTION::
Strengths: AA in History, coherent through line with PIQs
Weaknesses: from the Bay Area lol
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/denied:
Accepted: UC Riverside (Chancellors), UC Davis (Fulmor), UC Santa Cruz, UC Santa Barbara (Regents), UC Irvine (Honors College), UC San Diego, Notre Dame, WashU, UCLA, Yale, UPenn, Emory
Waitlisted: Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Vanderbilt
Denied: USC
Waiting: Stanford, Duke
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