Declassified school survival guide: Spring admit and Global Edge edition
With roughly 2,000 students coming to UC Berkeley’s campus in the spring, you’re not alone. Here are some tips about January start and Global Edge.
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Tag Archives: admissions
UC Berkeley doesn’t consider legacy status in admissions
UC Berkeley admissions do not consider legacy status as part of its application process, but some campus legacies continue.
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UC Berkeley releases 2017-18 admissions data
The admitted students were chosen from a pool of more than 85,000 students — creating an 18.3 percent acceptance rate for incoming freshmen, up from last year’s 17.5 percent acceptance rate.
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Editors’ note: Every Bear has its day
Cal Day is one of the most exciting and overwhelming days here at UC Berkeley. For current students, it’s a day to celebrate what makes this school so special and all the ways that Berkeley has come to feel like home. For prospective students, Cal Day is often the first
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A tale of two Berkeleys
This column has to be prefaced with a small disclosure. I know the byline up there says that my name is Sakura Cannestra, but Sakura is my middle name, not my first name. My first and legal name is Berkeley, Berkeley Sakura Cannestra. When people are asking why I was
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Editors’ Note: Admissions Issue 2017
You may not know this, but every single student here at UC Berkeley applied and got accepted just like you!
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From rejection to perfection
Today marks the one year anniversary I got rejected from my dream school. (And no, it wasn’t Stanford — I didn’t even apply).
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Spotlight: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
One of the most recognizable places on campus, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, located on the corner of Center and Oxford streets in Downtown Berkeley, is definitely worth a visit for all students.
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Affirmative action is against the rules for CA public schools
Say it with me: Affirmative action is against the rules for California public schools.
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Residence hall life hacks
Welcome to UC Berkeley, a place that will gift you with football games full of school spirit, friends that are some of the best people you will ever meet, undue stress and all nighters and Renaissance architecture. The next four years of your life will be a whirlwind of fun,
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