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

[porch]

And now the email for faculty review

[Rory19]

Someone remind me of the scary percentage of apps that get in off FR? I know I read it somewhere. And is that a "stat" Berkeley gave at some point or just wild speculation?

I think, according to an interview with Dean Tom its like 1 in 8 get in off faculty review.

And FR1... Well i think this may be the end of the road for us...

Is their overall acceptance rate much higher? 1 in 8 doesn't sound too bad I think. Unless I guess some people don't make it to FR. Sorry, not too familiar with Berkeley's admissions process but was curious.

Roughly 5,000 apply and 1400-1600 of those are sent to FR. Around 500 are accepted without a FR.

[lampshade0520]

And now the email for faculty review

faculty review for me too! has anyone reached a consensus on whether this is good or bad? i've creeped this forum for a bit and i think it's really up in the air - could be good or bad news, right?

** edit: just read the above. yikes

[amonthofsundays]

Someone remind me of the scary percentage of apps that get in off FR? I know I read it somewhere. And is that a "stat" Berkeley gave at some point or just wild speculation?

I think, according to an interview with Dean Tom its like 1 in 8 get in off faculty review.

And FR1... Well i think this may be the end of the road for us...

Is their overall acceptance rate much higher? 1 in 8 doesn't sound too bad I think. Unless I guess some people don't make it to FR. Sorry, not too familiar with Berkeley's admissions process but was curious.

Roughly 5,000 apply and 1400-1600 of those are sent to FR. Around 500 are accepted without a FR.

Those odds seem decent. ABA report says they made 920 offers.

[Rory19]

How late into the evening should we anticipate FR1 calls going?

[WhatOurBodiesAreFor]

Someone remind me of the scary percentage of apps that get in off FR? I know I read it somewhere. And is that a "stat" Berkeley gave at some point or just wild speculation?

I think, according to an interview with Dean Tom its like 1 in 8 get in off faculty review.

And FR1... Well i think this may be the end of the road for us...

Is their overall acceptance rate much higher? 1 in 8 doesn't sound too bad I think. Unless I guess some people don't make it to FR. Sorry, not too familiar with Berkeley's admissions process but was curious.

TLS will say there's no good way to predict your chances, that it's like a lottery. Think about it, they've already rejected the worst candidates and accepted the best, and now you're in the pool of "maybe" applicants. Worse, TLS will also say numbers matter significantly less.

In sum, if you've done everything right in your application and your softs are above average, you probably have a better chance of getting in off FR. But be careful to put your chances too high, you can't really predict what they're looking for in you.

[Rory19]

I think that ABA figure may be high. This is the stats I was referring to:
"Dean Tom: “Yeah. But it’s structured this way because I know what I’m looking for. And, if my staff finds an applicant whom they want to admit, they have to bring the file to me for a final review. Concurrent to this review process we also identify about 1400 to 1600 other applications that are very competitive, and these we send to our faculty admissions committee, comprised of 6 faculty and 12 students. Students serve in an advising capacity on the committee. I admit roughly 550 people through what I call the administrative review process, and the admissions committee (the faculty committee) admits about another 200 or so. So, we end up admitting about 700 to 750 people. The admissions committee also structures a waiting list, and then everyone else is denied, either administratively or by the Committee.

This year for example, we received approximately 7100 applications. We admitted roughly 750, and we’re going to enroll a class of about 270. The applications go up and down a little bit from year to year, but in terms of admission, the number of people we offer admission to, and the size of the class, that’s about the same.”
http://www.top-law-schools.com/tom-interview.html

[amonthofsundays]

I think that ABA figure may be high. This is the stats I was referring to:
"Dean Tom: “Yeah. But it’s structured this way because I know what I’m looking for. And, if my staff finds an applicant whom they want to admit, they have to bring the file to me for a final review. Concurrent to this review process we also identify about 1400 to 1600 other applications that are very competitive, and these we send to our faculty admissions committee, comprised of 6 faculty and 12 students. Students serve in an advising capacity on the committee. I admit roughly 550 people through what I call the administrative review process, and the admissions committee (the faculty committee) admits about another 200 or so. So, we end up admitting about 700 to 750 people. The admissions committee also structures a waiting list, and then everyone else is denied, either administratively or by the Committee.

This year for example, we received approximately 7100 applications. We admitted roughly 750, and we’re going to enroll a class of about 270. The applications go up and down a little bit from year to year, but in terms of admission, the number of people we offer admission to, and the size of the class, that’s about the same.”
http://www.top-law-schools.com/tom-interview.html

Hopefully they have had to pad their yield a bit since 2009. *wishful thinking*

[mac35352]

Now I'm even more confused. I thought that if I didn't get FR I was done. UR 1/25.

[sonny]

Great. No FR today.

UR 11/13 w/no movement. Any URs left? Is this the rejection or waitlist train?

[marcelo09]

Great. No FR today.

UR 11/13 w/no movement. Any URs left? Is this the rejection or waitlist train?

I'm still at UR no movement from 12/5 :/

[uconjak]

Great. No FR today.

UR 11/13 w/no movement. Any URs left? Is this the rejection or waitlist train?

I am still UR since early Jan.. I sit here in quiet desperation

[FlowBro]

Welp, is it time for us FR1's to say "it has been a good run" and move on with our lives?

Chances of acceptance seem dismal after being passed over in this afternoon's wave of acceptances.

[shntn]

Welp, is it time for us FR1's to say "it has been a good run" and move on with our lives?

Chances of acceptance seem dismal after being passed over in this afternoon's wave of acceptances.

Yeah LOLno, I'm assuming it's looking like a WL for me in the absolute best case scenario.

It's been really unnecessarily lengthy and excruciating, Berk.

[06102016]

..

[ManOfTheMinute]

We have the March 8th decision date, what was the decision date for FR1? (I know I should just search the thread but I'm tired from trying to plan v-day shit)

[shntn]

We have the March 8th decision date, what was the decision date for FR1? (I know I should just search the thread but I'm tired from trying to plan v-day shit)

On or around tomorrow, per the e-mail.

[Rory19]

Welp, is it time for us FR1's to say "it has been a good run" and move on with our lives?

Chances of acceptance seem dismal after being passed over in this afternoon's wave of acceptances.

I may still be optimistic that Dean Tom got tired of making callas today and there are a batch of acceptances to be e-mailed tomorrow. I have seen that type of activity on twitter before--something along the lines of too busy for calls e-mail acceptances going out this week.

[WhatOurBodiesAreFor]

If 20% of T14 admits actively post on TLS, that would mean at least 40 people should post on here that they've received the acceptance call off of FR. So far I'm counting ~20.

These are very imprecise and speculative numbers here, but it does seem that there are some more FR acceptances to be had.

[shntn]

If 20% of T14 admits actively post on TLS, that would mean at least 40 people should post on here that they've received the acceptance call off of FR. So far I'm counting ~20.

These are very imprecise and speculative numbers here, but it does seem that there are some more FR acceptances to be had.

Stop it. Hope is poison.

[eav1277]

So does it seem that FR1 has no hope at this point? Or maybe calls tomorrow?

Would a last minute update letter do any good(if there are actually some new developments)? Or no point now?

[shntn]

So does it seem that FR1 has no hope at this point? Or maybe calls tomorrow?

Would a last minute update letter do any good(if there are actually some new developments)? Or no point now?

I somehow doubt they haven't already decided for all of us and are just going to sleep on it.

[b123]

Great. No FR today.

UR 11/13 w/no movement. Any URs left? Is this the rejection or waitlist train?

11/25

[ManOfTheMinute]

So does it seem that FR1 has no hope at this point? Or maybe calls tomorrow?

Would a last minute update letter do any good(if there are actually some new developments)? Or no point now?

I somehow doubt they haven't already decided for all of us and are just going to sleep on it.

They could be holding over a handful depending on how they respond to FR2's applicants

[eav1277]

So does it seem that FR1 has no hope at this point? Or maybe calls tomorrow?

Would a last minute update letter do any good(if there are actually some new developments)? Or no point now?

I somehow doubt they haven't already decided for all of us and are just going to sleep on it.

They could be holding over a handful depending on how they respond to FR2's applicants

Thanks for the input. I have been checking my email and status checker all day. I had a two hour seminar class where the professor is super antiphones so I couldn't check/have my phone on.

This is waiting is stressing me out (