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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Tag Archives: admissions
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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UC Berkeley associate vice chancellor moves to Harvard
The campus announced Wednesday that Associate Vice Chancellor for Admissions and Enrollment Anne De Luca has accepted a position at Harvard University and will be leaving UC Berkeley at the end of July.
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Editor’s note: UC Berkeley Admissions Issue 2016
Congratulations! You’ve ended up here because of hard work and a drive to succeed. Whether you’ve been dreaming of this moment for as long as you can remember or you totally forgot UC Berkeley’s admissions decisions came out today until you saw the email, being accepted to attend the best
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