UC Berkeley School of Law C/O 2020 Applicants (2016-2017) Forum

[hopeful applicant]

HELP WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

"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: oops, just read through thread. disregard

Hmm, I have yet to receive the email. Does it specify a date at which to expect decisions?

It wasn't an email, it was on my status checker!

Oooh. My bad. Last year they got emails I think

Just got the email. They say around February 3d....

[addie1412]

HELP WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

"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: oops, just read through thread. disregard

Hmm, I have yet to receive the email. Does it specify a date at which to expect decisions?

It wasn't an email, it was on my status checker!

Oooh. My bad. Last year they got emails I think

Just got the email. They say around February 3d....

I'm excited about at least one guaranteed decision date in all this uncertainty

[Helioze]

In by phone call

[zeglo]

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[bettyboopydoop]

Got the Faculty Admissions Committee email, too!

File complete 11/28, UR 12/21

Have we decided whether it's ~good or bad~ yet?

[jurisdoctor2020]

As per a TLS interview with the dean, about 500 people get directly admitted by the dean himself. Approximately 1,400 people get sent to the faculty review, of which around 200-250 are offered admission.

So... positive in the sense that we are still in the running! Might as well be optimistic

[addie1412]

As per a TLS interview with the dean, about 500 people get directly admitted by the dean himself. Approximately 1,400 people get sent to the faculty review, of which around 200-250 are offered admission.

So... positive in the sense that we are still in the running! Might as well be optimistic

These odds seem worse than the general odds no?

LSN has Berkeley at 22% acceptance

[sphyrnidae13]

Got the same faculty review email...would it be wise to send a LOCI-like letter to them in the meanwhile?

[chargers21]

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[jurisdoctor2020]

As per a TLS interview with the dean, about 500 people get directly admitted by the dean himself. Approximately 1,400 people get sent to the faculty review, of which around 200-250 are offered admission.

So... positive in the sense that we are still in the running! Might as well be optimistic

These odds seem worse than the general odds no?

LSN has Berkeley at 22% acceptance

Mathematically, yes. But I'm pulling these numbers from an old interview (c. 2006), so maybe the odds will be better now?

Here's the article: http://www.top-law-schools.com/tom-interview.html

[addie1412]

As per a TLS interview with the dean, about 500 people get directly admitted by the dean himself. Approximately 1,400 people get sent to the faculty review, of which around 200-250 are offered admission.

So... positive in the sense that we are still in the running! Might as well be optimistic

These odds seem worse than the general odds no?

LSN has Berkeley at 22% acceptance

Mathematically, yes. But I'm pulling these numbers from an old interview (c. 2006), so maybe the odds will be better now?

Here's the article: http://www.top-law-schools.com/tom-interview.html

Ohhh. I guess there's no way of predicting what the odds are like now.

[chargers21]

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[jurisdoctor2020]

As per a TLS interview with the dean, about 500 people get directly admitted by the dean himself. Approximately 1,400 people get sent to the faculty review, of which around 200-250 are offered admission.

So... positive in the sense that we are still in the running! Might as well be optimistic

These odds seem worse than the general odds no?

LSN has Berkeley at 22% acceptance

Mathematically, yes. But I'm pulling these numbers from an old interview (c. 2006), so maybe the odds will be better now?

Here's the article: http://www.top-law-schools.com/tom-interview.html

I did some quick calculations, and it looks like odds of getting accepted without FR are about the same (within a few percentage points) as getting accepted with FR
edit: My math was questionable but I still stand by my overall opinion that people in FR shouldn't worry

Thank you!

[studyingeveryday]

Got the same faculty review email...would it be wise to send a LOCI-like letter to them in the meanwhile?

+1

[ray.bee]

Does anyone know if people can get waitlisted without faculty review?

[applepie3]

Got the faculty review email too.

I think that the odds should be calculated differently. We have two groups of people, one with faculty review and one without. Let's assume that we have 5000 applicants in total (last year it was 5,100 something) and Berkeley will send 850 offers (500+1400*0.25). Then we have a group of 1,400 applicants with faculty review and about 25% of them will be accepted. Of the remaining 3,600 people, 500 will be accepted, which gives us a 14%ish chance. Then the total acceptance rate became ~17%. If we use the 22% acceptance rate from last year, then Berkeley sent out about 1,200 offers. If the 500 straight acceptance remain true, people under faculty review will have an even better chance.

[armc808]

FWIW, UR 12/23 and I didn't get faculty review. I have a high GPA, which Berkeley apparently favors, as myLSN gives me a 73% chance. Just thought I'd put this info out there

Same. Above median GPA, also went UR1 on 12/23 and haven't heard anything yet.

[socalpal]

under faculty review 1/12. wish me luck

[Assasindowntheavenue]

I'm pretty stoked to have a timeline of when they will finalize their decision (Feb 3). Wish more schools could do that lol.

[Smeag91]

I got a call at 12:41, no voicemail, called back and am in! He said that he had been doing a few calls this morning, so maybe a few more will go out today?

[dietcoke1]

I'm pretty stoked to have a timeline of when they will finalize their decision (Feb 3). Wish more schools could do that lol.

same. I feel like I can just forget about Berk until like Feb 2 and then I can really start to worry

[badlefthook]

Hey Smeag can we get some stats? Thanks bro

[lawlzschool]

I got a call at 12:41, no voicemail, called back and am in! He said that he had been doing a few calls this morning, so maybe a few more will go out today?

what are your stats like (if you don't mind [us] asking)

[CR7]

I'm pretty stoked to have a timeline of when they will finalize their decision (Feb 3). Wish more schools could do that lol.

Just curious, is this Feb 3 date for all applicants under review or just those under faculty review?

[RedPurpleBlue]

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