Berkeley C/O 2019 Applicants (2015-2016) Forum

[ramybamy]

WHY BERKELEY

[lordmac69]

Submitted 11/17, went UR 11/30, and have had no updates of any kind since. Would it be unadvisable to write a LOCI of sorts? It is my top school and I do have significant updates.

I'm in almost the same position as you and it's killing me. Is going under FR a good sign or a bad sign? (Sorry if this has been addressed before)

It isn't a great sign, but I think the consensus is that it is better than being waitlisted/rejected straight out. There is still as chance of being accepted. We will have a better idea by the 5th when FR1 decisions are released.

I never even went FR though... still sitting at UR 11/30.

I'm UR 12/21, and I've given up trying to sleuth out patterns. I've tried extensively, and there are just too many what ifs since we don't really know what's going on over there. Truthfully, I've resigned myself to the fact that since others in my time frame have been accepted and put into faculty review, but not denied, it doesn't seem like a good sign. However, since there are so many variables, and we don't know the process, all results are inconclusive. Whatever happens, happens.

Has anyone who went UR 12/21 been dinged?

Not yet.

[cphtexas]

Berkeley,

That email was cruel.

So very cruel.

"We are excited to announce..." No. You shouldn't be allowed to use that wording for anything other than an acceptance email.

[ProductofUnreality]

Berkeley, you tease!

I've un subscribed from so many email newsletters because getting one at all makes me excited, let alone getting one from a school.

[pterodactyls]

I had the exact same reaction.

[doobleykah]

My heart...


how many of you said "f*** it" and went ahead and checked your status lol

[skimmilk]

Berkeley,

That email was cruel.

So very cruel.

"We are excited to announce..." No. You shouldn't be allowed to use that wording for anything other than an acceptance email.

I was going to post on here to warn everyone to not get their hopes up.. Too late. I feel as if whoever drafted this email took a lot of pleasure in adding in "excited." Like they knew exactly what they were doing to us.

[mori2015]

Berkeley,

That email was cruel.

Pretty sure I just had a heart attack

[hammocklv06]

Berkeley,

That email was cruel.

Pretty sure I just had a heart attack

They already rejected me and then sent that email. That was vicious.

[wenxiz]

Just got an email from Berk with status link update. Thought it was a decision and got a heart attack. Jesus

[seagan823]

Messing with my emotions with that email

[crystallize]

Just got an email from Berk with status link update. Thought it was a decision and got a heart attack. Jesus

Still recovering from my heart attack

[oliverotis]

Berkeley,

That email was cruel.

Pretty sure I just had a heart attack

They already rejected me and then sent that email. That was vicious.

Ouch.

[dony_tanza]

Berkeley,

That email was cruel.

Pretty sure I just had a heart attack

They already rejected me and then sent that email. That was vicious.

That's rough, sorry

[Li'l Sebastian]

Would Berkeley's matching scholarship program include stipends too, like the Darrow from Michigan?

[urbanist11]

Would Berkeley's matching scholarship program include stipends too, like the Darrow from Michigan?

.

[gobears!!]

Still not over the email....

I will also have to update all of the links in the OP. Work is cray right now so I will adjust them when I catch a break.

[LoganCouture]

Would Berkeley's matching scholarship program include stipends too, like the Darrow from Michigan?

They don't match stipends, or at least that was their policy last year. Max match is full tuition.

[Keilz]

Berkeley,

That email was cruel.

Pretty sure I just had a heart attack

They already rejected me and then sent that email. That was vicious.

Wow, they shouldn't have done that.

[TheKisSquared]

So glad (for real) that I had all of you to warn me about that email before it came.

[wellitsover]

So glad (for real) that I had all of you to warn me about that email before it came.

Same, thanks y'all

[Tempo]

Dear Tempo,

WE ARE SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE


that our system has been updated

[WhiteHouse]

It sucked even more for people who were already rejected. TAKE ME OFF YOUR LIST BERKELEY

[Budfox55]

Submitted 11/17, went UR 11/30, and have had no updates of any kind since. Would it be unadvisable to write a LOCI of sorts? It is my top school and I do have significant updates.

I'm in almost the same position as you and it's killing me. Is going under FR a good sign or a bad sign? (Sorry if this has been addressed before)

It isn't a great sign, but I think the consensus is that it is better than being waitlisted/rejected straight out. There is still as chance of being accepted. We will have a better idea by the 5th when FR1 decisions are released.

I never even went FR though... still sitting at UR 11/30.

I'm UR 12/21, and I've given up trying to sleuth out patterns. I've tried extensively, and there are just too many what ifs since we don't really know what's going on over there. Truthfully, I've resigned myself to the fact that since others in my time frame have been accepted and put into faculty review, but not denied, it doesn't seem like a good sign. However, since there are so many variables, and we don't know the process, all results are inconclusive. Whatever happens, happens.

Has anyone who went UR 12/21 been dinged?

Not yet.

Ugh...that doesn't bode too well

[Draconem]

Piggybacking off that question, anyone who went UR 12/9 been dinged yet?