Berkeley 2010 Forum

[amidea]

submitted today. lets see how much my gpa can out weight my lsat.

I, on the other hand, pray that my LSAT seriously outweighs my GPA. Too bad we can't share..

[letsgojayhawks]

submitted today. lets see how much my gpa can out weight my lsat.

I, on the other hand, pray that my LSAT seriously outweighs my GPA. Too bad we can't share..

+1. I wish I could go back and tell my freshman self to NOT go out the night before a test. I just keep comforting myself with Berkeley's supposed unpredictability.

[hhg]

just got the under review email... submitted 11/6 & went complete yesterday. so fast! hopefully they aren't just trying to get the rejects out of the way more quickly. ugh.

[Chichaca]

Under review!

[Tex_Mex13]

It is a pain to have to wade through all the "I just sent my app!" and "OMG the status date changed" posts and find nothing about actual decisions.

+ ∞

[gymboree]

it seems like a batch of people just went under review. let the acceptances begin!

[grrrstick]

How does Cal usually let people know what their decision is? So excited!

[crackberry]

How does Cal usually let people know what their decision is? So excited!

Email or phone call. They explicitly state somewhere that they are paperless hippies (no joke).

[cougarlive]

Just went under review... here's to hoping! (sent 11/05, complete 11/06)

[amidea]

it seems like a batch of people just went under review. let the acceptances begin!

Yep you can add me to the list of people who seem to have gone under review today. Keeping my fingers crossed... any bets on when we'll start hearing?

[goodolgil]

under review as well.

[Kronk]

I am guessing we'll hear within 2-4 weeks. But that is for the first batch to go under review (I think I went under review about two weeks ago?).

[rm21]

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[marbletop]

I am guessing we'll hear within 2-4 weeks. But that is for the first batch to go under review (I think I went under review about two weeks ago?).

3 weeks ago for me. I'm almost bored of my status checker.

[Kronk]

Yeah I don't even check it anymore. I just looked up Berkeley's area code off the internet and know to pick up any calls from 510 numbers.

[BioEBear2010]

Under review as well...fingers crossed.

[clint4law]

Under review as well...fingers crossed.

count me in....when do you guys think we'll hear back?

[DallasCowboy]

is it too late to apply? I sort of forgot to. Also, how does Cal compare to other state schools such as Virginia and Michigan? The only thing scaring me away is the rapidly rising tuition.

[crackberry]

I've been under review since 10/19, which I believe is the first day anyone went under review given that I applied on 10/1, when the app became available on LSAC.

Here's to hoping that means an early decision as well.

[eakelley]

under review as well! here's hoping we'll hear soon...

[protokurios]

I've been under review since 10/19, which I believe is the first day anyone went under review given that I applied on 10/1, when the app became available on LSAC.

Here's to hoping that means an early decision as well.

Same here, applied 10/1, under review since 10/19.

[worldtraveler]

Guys, I don't want to zap all hope of hearing soon, but last year there were few people hearing this early. For most people it took a fair amount of time. I wouldn't expect to hear right away unless you're the epitome of what Berkeley wants. The posters I remember getting in this early were people like AmyLAChemist and muddywaters, whose stats and experiences just screamed Berkeley.

You also can't take waiting as a bad sign because if you get sent to faculty review, you won't hear about that until January at the earliest. If you have sub-par #s, that can keep your hope alive.

I applied last year around this time. I didn't hear a THING until February, and I assumed I was rejected. Then I got in under faculty review in March. If I remember correctly, Berkeley does waves of rejections. If your application is in and you survive one of those or two, chances are you are going to faculty review.

Good luck, just don't panic!

[sfdreaming09]

Yeah it seems like the first big batch of acceptances last year went out on 11/25.

[southxii]

Really? So i have to wait at least three weeks before bad-mouthing Berkeley and telling everyone that i didn't want to go so they don't think i'm a loser when i don't get in?

This is really putting a crimp in my plans.

No but seriously, i would never bad-mouth you Boalt.

[amidea]

Guys, I don't want to zap all hope of hearing soon, but last year there were few people hearing this early. For most people it took a fair amount of time. I wouldn't expect to hear right away unless you're the epitome of what Berkeley wants. The posters I remember getting in this early were people like AmyLAChemist and muddywaters, whose stats and experiences just screamed Berkeley.

You also can't take waiting as a bad sign because if you get sent to faculty review, you won't hear about that until January at the earliest. If you have sub-par #s, that can keep your hope alive.

I applied last year around this time. I didn't hear a THING until February, and I assumed I was rejected. Then I got in under faculty review in March. If I remember correctly, Berkeley does waves of rejections. If your application is in and you survive one of those or two, chances are you are going to faculty review.

Good luck, just don't panic!

How does the Berkeley process work? You only get sent to faculty review in certain circumstances?