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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by Ramius » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:15 pm

BigZuck wrote:How pissed would people be ITT if they found out Matthewsean was URM or an Olympic medalist or something?

Anyway I refuse to have any hope. My hope is dead. Gimme my ding.
Active duty military, few other things, but that's it. You all still have hope!

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by az21833 » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:16 pm

For others benefit:
Sent 1/4, Received 1/7, Complete 1/14, Accepted 1/22.
171/4.0/Non-URM

Noticed on LSN that no $ has been given out yet.
- Are there any scholarships you have to apply for
- Is any money given out prior to financial packages or all with the package?
- Will boalt offer me 150k via matching if i have 150k at UVA? if so, paint me yellow and blue now

thanks all

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by jbagelboy » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:21 pm

az21833 wrote:For others benefit:
Sent 1/4, Received 1/7, Complete 1/14, Accepted 1/22.
171/4.0/Non-URM

Noticed on LSN that no $ has been given out yet.
- Are there any scholarships you have to apply for
- Is any money given out prior to financial packages or all with the package?
- Will boalt offer me 150k via matching if i have 150k at UVA? if so, paint me yellow and blue now

thanks all
On the ASW, you can select to be considered for certain named scholarships. However, most of them are pretty specific (like one for Blind applicants, for example). The Matching Scholarship is what you "apply" for.
From what I know, money is given out first with the named scholarships (see above), second with the financial aid info, i.e. very occasional need-based grants, and third, the matching.
In answer to your matching question, I've heard Cal will not match UVA $ for $. They will probably give you like half of that since all t14 schools know UVA is ridiculous with merit aid

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by az21833 » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:24 pm

thanks everybody, how long after your admitted do you get access to ASW?

and do you have to write essays for the named shollys?

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by jbagelboy » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:49 pm

az21833 wrote:thanks everybody, how long after your admitted do you get access to ASW?

and do you have to write essays for the named shollys?
So there was a 2 day gap for me between acceptance email and admitted students webpage information. For the named scholarships, everyone is automatically considered for them, but theres a form called... "Optional Scholarship Interest", where you can select certain ones that might apply to you, and there you have an optional essay component where you can specify why they might apply to you

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by BigZuck » Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:07 pm

Really hope today is the day! Gut says Friday though :(

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by shntn » Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:16 pm

arrggg wrote: Hah. 11/21. I win!
10/22. I win more.

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Post by Cobretti » Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:27 pm

Grats az!

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Post by gingerbreadsmouse » Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:30 pm

shntn wrote:
arrggg wrote: Hah. 11/21. I win!
10/22. I win more.
10/25. lalalaa

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by Micdiddy » Wed Jan 23, 2013 5:50 pm

Sigh. I am so late to the party.
Just submitted apps today. I was highly debating whether it was truly worth the $96 knowing I almost certainly getting dinged (173/3.53 AND a really late in the game app).
But, you never know this cycle, and I didn't want to think "what if"

As someone who has no chance at Stanford, wants to go to a t10 AND stay in California, it's an understatement to say Berkeley is my dream school. Here's hoping.

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by shntn » Wed Jan 23, 2013 6:03 pm

gingerbreadsmouse wrote:
shntn wrote:
arrggg wrote: Hah. 11/21. I win!
10/22. I win more.
10/25. lalalaa
Berkeley hates me. It's okay. We all know how they feel about sub-5.0 GPAs. They'll accept them sometimes, but only begrudgingly.

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Post by HawkeyeGirl » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:31 pm

Speaking of faculty review....My status checker headline thing just change dto say this, I think within the past hour or so. No email though. GPA well below median so I'm pretty pumped!!
Your application at UC Berkeley Law School has passed an initial administrative review and has been selected for further consideration by the Faculty Admissions Committee.
Edit: Weird things are happening!! I refreshed the status checker and the UR date changed to today and the old language is back up at the top.....
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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by danitt » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:33 pm

shntn wrote:
gingerbreadsmouse wrote:
shntn wrote:
arrggg wrote: Hah. 11/21. I win!
10/22. I win more.
10/25. lalalaa
Berkeley hates me. It's okay. We all know how they feel about sub-5.0 GPAs. They'll accept them sometimes, but only begrudgingly.
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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by sitwaitwish » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:37 pm

Status just updated to "Your file is complete". It had previously said something like "under review". Any idea what this means?

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Post by grapefruits » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:38 pm

sitwaitwish wrote:Status just updated to "Your file is complete". It had previously said something like "under review". Any idea what this means?
I got the same thing. I'm sensing a ding.

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Post by chickpea » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:39 pm

sitwaitwish wrote:Status just updated to "Your file is complete". It had previously said something like "under review". Any idea what this means?
Mine says the same thing. Not sure what's going on.

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Post by HawkeyeGirl » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:39 pm

sitwaitwish wrote:Status just updated to "Your file is complete". It had previously said something like "under review". Any idea what this means?
Mine did the same thing, but 5 mins ago it said i was under faculty review....Maybe I'm pessimistic, but I feel like it just means a ding is coming... Highly unlikely they let in my measly ol 3.67....

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by VeeD101 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:39 pm

chickpea wrote:
sitwaitwish wrote:Status just updated to "Your file is complete". It had previously said something like "under review". Any idea what this means?
Mine says the same thing. Not sure what's going on.

Out of curiosity, when did you guys initially go under review?

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by sitwaitwish » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:40 pm

UR 11/28 I think

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Post by chickpea » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:41 pm

UR 12/5

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Post by HawkeyeGirl » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:41 pm

1/4

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by Ramius » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:42 pm

HawkeyeGirl wrote:
sitwaitwish wrote:Status just updated to "Your file is complete". It had previously said something like "under review". Any idea what this means?
Mine did the same thing, but 5 mins ago it said i was under faculty review....Maybe I'm pessimistic, but I feel like it just means a ding is coming... Highly unlikely they let in my measly ol 3.67....
3.43 and thought the same thing, don't give up hope!

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by VeeD101 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:42 pm

HawkeyeGirl wrote:1/4
Finally a date that matches mine and we have virtually the same stats...no movement on my file though :(

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Post by VeeD101 » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:44 pm

maybe you're all picked for faculty review and therefore your file is back at complete? it'll go 'under review' when the faculty member starts to review?

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Re: Berkeley c/o 2016 Applicants (2012-2013 cycle)

Post by HawkeyeGirl » Wed Jan 23, 2013 7:48 pm

I now suspect they were just training a new employee on how to update the system and something got screwed up.

Or ding.

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