<p>Berkeley doesn’t have a general biology.</p>
<p>in response to de anza econ teachers (i think it was mylifeisover), take SINGH!!! i took her for both econs. econ2 in summer 06 and econ1 in fall07. A’s in both. if you’re a good notetaker, you’ll do well. tests are more based on her notes and her test reviews are thorough. doesn’t curve either. highly recommended. check ratemyprofessors. for Bull, i am certain that he curves… unless i got the names mixed up. but yeah, very competitive class. i also heard West was alright. but personally, after taking singh for 2 quarters, i enjoyed it. yeah, she has an accent, but you get used it it. anyway, just check ratemyprofessors when the summer sched comes out…</p>
<p>can we get a berk countdown here? lol</p>
<p>so i called UCLA today about my rejection (3.73, NO tap cause de anza doesn’t offer it, and good everything else including pre-reqs and igetc). </p>
<p>the sole reason i was not accepted was cause of the gpa. the lady even mentioned that i had a 4.0 in the pre-reqs at the time of update. she DID confirm that i was just a bit short of the cut off. i forgot how they worded ‘cut off’ but yeah, there was definitely one. and since there was another member that said he was rejected with a 3.77, the cut off was probably 3.8… </p>
<p>the lady alsooooo said that for econ/bizecon, THEY ARRANGE APPLICANTS BY HIGHEST GPA… so again, it was implied that they prettymuch don’t really even bother looking into applicants with lower gpas as closely… yeah, i can see that happening… </p>
<p>i also asked about the TAP program and how many ppl with much lower gpas got in and they said that each filing period, they have a number of available seats just FOR tap students that they have to fill. so thats why so many TAP applicants were admitted. </p>
<p>and about tap, my friend at foothill college with TAP got into ucla through his ALTERNATE major of linguistics and psychology, and was rejected from his first choice major, communications. he said that his friend with tap and communication major didnt put down an alternate major and was rejected… so alternate does help for tap students!</p>
<p>Wow, they gave you info on your rejection? I guess I issue a mea culpa then…</p>
<p>They didn’t for my friends, about 5 years ago. They’ve grown soft!</p>
<p>bayarea, good thing you posted this, this helps confirm that they dont read essays and all they do is check GPAs.</p>
<p>that’s why I wouldn’t call for an explanation. I’d be regretting that one B or something that killed it for me for loooong time.</p>
<p>oh wow. that’s amazing.</p>
<p>how come i havent been rejected already?</p>
<p>i regret not going to foothill for tap and i don’t understand why de anza doesn’t have tap, they’re “sister” colleges or whatever.</p>
<p>I was rejected today from UCLA. 3.76 econ, no tap.</p>
<p>i guess it’s bloody certain, then. sorry, banditgirl. i’ll be in your shoes soon.</p>
<p>I have to pass UCLA every morning when I go to school. Eh…</p>
<p>I’m over it.</p>
<p>(Okay I lie.)</p>
<p>What I learned is- really, prepare yourself for the worst. Because if you don’t get in, at least your heart won’t break into a million pieces. Good luck, Zenmookmook. :T</p>
<p>yeah i hate how de anza doesnt have tap. my friend that i mentioned about that got accepted through his alternate major, transfered from DA to FH this year just for tap. </p>
<p>i bet its cause de anza knows that they already have smart students and that they think we dont need it… :(</p>
<p>like that community college transfer to UCs link (<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/sas/publish/pdf/CCC_Transfer_Data_2003_04.pdf)%5B/url%5D”>http://www.ucop.edu/sas/publish/pdf/CCC_Transfer_Data_2003_04.pdf)</a>, we got 98 UCLA transfers in 04, compared to 60 foothill students </p>
<p>and to UCLAri, yeah, they told me like specifically… and well in peep2’s situation, they told him/her the exact class that was wrong/missing…</p>
<p>sorry to hear that banditgirl, 
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<p>that cutoff is depressing and buuuuuullsheeeeeeeet. :(</p>
<p>i mean… all my hardworked ECs and essays were prettymuch useless…</p>
<p>banditgirl, i know the feeling. I was trying to convince myself to expect the worse. I even had an appeal letter ready to send out the following day. Goodluck to you, do you go to SMC?</p>
<p>Yeah, I go to SMC. If I don’t get into Cal, I’ll be staying for another year there… which I wouldn’t mind too much. I was just really looking forward to transferring already.</p>
<p>I wish I can write an appeal letter but I don’t have any “new and compelling” information, whatsoever.</p>
<p>Okay check it everybody. Because Berkeley doesnt have any reserved spots for TAP students, and the TAP courses don’t make any difference at berkeley, the avg gpa will be lower. If 3.8 was the cut off for non-tap people at UCLA, I’m feeling confident that everybody in the 3.65+ range for econ will be in. </p>
<p>Just my 2¢</p>
<p>No! Don’t say that. Don’t raise our hopes too much. Haha.</p>
<p>We’re all so neurotic. :)</p>
<p>i was really surprised ucla was so accomodating with their personalized attention. one of their evaluators told me that she would WAIT for me to send her certain paperwork yesterday in my re-evaluation case. and today a berkeley evaluator told me that if i got rejected for that reason, to call him immediately and he would see what he could do for me. </p>
<p>the uc’s are awesome. i feel so taken cared of.</p>