Berkeley 2011 applicants Forum

lisavj · Post by **lisavj** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:38 pm

I was under review since November 11th...I was pretty sure my fate was sealed when I didn't get a CR letter with everyone...

On the plus side I was accepted to hastings today

. It came in a small envelope, so I almost thought I was getting double dinged in one day which would have been awful since I only applied to two schools!

rasputin101 · Post by **rasputin101** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:39 pm

queenlizzie13 wrote:
src42 wrote:
FutureInLaw wrote:UR 11/29 here, and I'm not in committee either. What does it mean???
Same.
UR 11/22. No email, but not in CR either.

UR 11/8; no CR, but still alive.

daniel5126 · Post by **daniel5126** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:39 pm

GoldenGopherHopeful wrote:Is anyone going to be admitted via administrative review from this point on? Or is anyone who hasn't been dinged/WL going to have to go through Committee Review (either first or second round)?

+1 - can someone explain this whole CR thing?

Flips88 · Post by **Flips88** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:41 pm

lisavj wrote:I was under review since November 11th...I was pretty sure my fate was sealed when I didn't get a CR letter with everyone...

On the plus side I was accepted to hastings today . It came in a small envelope, so I almost thought I was getting double dinged in one day which would have been awful since I only applied to two schools!

Congrats on UC Hastings! I'm 165/4.0 but only UR since 1/10. I'll hold on to hope until the end.

GoldenGopherHopeful · Post by **GoldenGopherHopeful** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:42 pm

GoldenGopherHopeful wrote:Is anyone going to be admitted via administrative review from this point on? Or is anyone who hasn't been dinged/WL going to have to go through Committee Review (either first or second round)?

BUMP

Aggiegrad2011 · Post by **Aggiegrad2011** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:43 pm

I have read Dean Tom's interview and a number of ancillary sources for this... And this is what I take from it all:

Dean Tom reads the apps. He stamps his Dean Tom Stamp of Admission onto apps that "the committee would most likely admit if they were referred to CR." Then, he also dings apps that "would not stand a likely chance of being admitted if referred to CR."

Everyone else goes through committee review - 6 faculty and 12 students. (Unless you checked the box that you don't want a student looking your file over).

It sounds very much like administrative review admissions and dings are over from his interview but who knows. I'm operating on that assumption though because of the verbiage contained in his interview and it doesn't get much more succinct than that.

wiseguy33 · Post by **wiseguy33** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:50 pm

GoldenGopherHopeful wrote:
GoldenGopherHopeful wrote:Is anyone going to be admitted via administrative review from this point on? Or is anyone who hasn't been dinged/WL going to have to go through Committee Review (either first or second round)?

BUMP

There was an answer a few pages back in this same thread. Last year, there was a second round of CR emails. The emails were received by people with different UR dates (before and after the first CR email date). There may be a chance your CR email will come in that second round. However, we haven't hit the massive wave of dings yet. So there is also a chance your rejection letter is waiting to be sent.

I'm in the same boat. It's a pretty shitty boat, IMO.

giddybiscuit · Post by **giddybiscuit** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:52 pm

It looks like the day of ~~blood in the streets~~ sadness is here. 0_0;;; a big string of dings over on LSN...

(Knocks on wood)

Arbiter213 · Post by **Arbiter213** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:56 pm

giddybiscuit wrote:It looks like the day of blood in the streets is here. 0_0;;; a big string of dings over on LSN...

(Knocks on wood)

Sort of unfortunate phrasing considering the current situation in Egypt...

GoldenGopherHopeful · Post by **GoldenGopherHopeful** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 5:59 pm

wiseguy33 wrote:
GoldenGopherHopeful wrote:
GoldenGopherHopeful wrote:Is anyone going to be admitted via administrative review from this point on? Or is anyone who hasn't been dinged/WL going to have to go through Committee Review (either first or second round)?

BUMP
There was an answer a few pages back in this same thread. Last year, there was a second round of CR emails. The emails were received by people with different UR dates (before and after the first CR email date). There may be a chance your CR email will come in that second round. However, we haven't hit the massive wave of dings yet. So there is also a chance your rejection letter is waiting to be sent.

I'm in the same boat. It's a pretty shitty boat, IMO.

I saw that post, but it didn't/doesn't really answer my question. I'm asking if CR is the only possible way to be admitted from this point on.

And I agree about the boat.

giddybiscuit · Post by **giddybiscuit** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:00 pm

Arbiter213 wrote:
giddybiscuit wrote:It looks like the day of ~~blood in the streets~~ sadness is here. 0_0;;; a big string of dings over on LSN...

(Knocks on wood)
Sort of unfortunate phrasing considering the current situation in Egypt...

No offense meant. I wasn't aware of the situation in Egypt.

Flips88 · Post by **Flips88** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:05 pm

giddybiscuit wrote:
Arbiter213 wrote:
giddybiscuit wrote:It looks like the day of ~~blood in the streets~~ sadness is here. 0_0;;; a big string of dings over on LSN...

(Knocks on wood)
Sort of unfortunate phrasing considering the current situation in Egypt...
No offense meant. I wasn't aware of the situation in Egypt.

How?

aesis · Post by **aesis** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 6:23 pm

To be fair, I wasn't aware either until today and I follow news via WSJ / random facebook links and it just hit today.

Bildungsroman · Post by **Bildungsroman** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:34 pm

There's a situation in Egypt?

yoitsmebenny · Post by **yoitsmebenny** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:56 pm

Bildungsroman wrote:There's a situation in Egypt?

Flips88 · Post by **Flips88** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:11 pm

Bildungsroman wrote:There's a situation in Egypt?

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2011/0 ... middleeast

daniel5126 · Post by **daniel5126** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:12 pm

send in Brendan Fraser

Flips88 · Post by **Flips88** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:17 pm

daniel5126 wrote:send in Brendan Fraser

amers73 · Post by **amers73** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:17 pm

and its another DING! But congrats to everybody who got in!

artichoke · Post by **artichoke** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:28 pm

Well, it looks like I've survived today's dings so far. Still UR 10/17 though. Hanging on by a thread.

justhoping · Post by **justhoping** » Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:31 pm

artichoke wrote:Well, it looks like I've survived today's dings so far. Still UR 10/17 though. Hanging on by a thread.

so does berkeley have specific ding days? or they come out sporadically?

WonkyPanda · Post by **WonkyPanda** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 5:54 pm

I still haven't received my info for the student login and I was accepted on monday. Should I give them a call on monday?

juliachild-ish · Post by **juliachild-ish** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:05 pm

WonkyPanda wrote:I still haven't received my info for the student login and I was accepted on monday. Should I give them a call on monday?

I was admitted on the 19th and still haven't received my login email, so I think it could take a while. I'll probably call them mid-week if I still haven't heard anything (mostly just because I want to get finalized info about ASW). I would give yours a few more days...

Excellence = a Habit · Post by **Excellence = a Habit** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:17 pm

lisavj wrote:I was under review since November 11th...I was pretty sure my fate was sealed when I didn't get a CR letter with everyone...

On the plus side I was accepted to hastings today . It came in a small envelope, so I almost thought I was getting double dinged in one day which would have been awful since I only applied to two schools!

Congratulations on Hastings!

FutureInLaw · Post by **FutureInLaw** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 10:33 pm

So, do we have any idea what might happen to those of us not under committee review and also not rejected this past Friday? Did this happen last year?

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