rejection-UC Berkeley Econ

rejection-UC Berkeley Econ

http://www.gter.net 2003-3-1 11:49:56 寄托天下作者:xue wa

went to UC Berkeley this morning to check on the status of my application.
Although the result is within my expectation, it is still so hard to face
this first rejection. Husband is here so I don't know if I could choose
schools out of CA.

They admitted 90 out of 800-900, including 400 Chinese. (it seems
unthinkingable!) Four Chinese students were admitted (1 from Hong Kong,
three from China). Two out of the three applied from the US, one graduated
from Princeton and another one seems from Harvard or some other top
schools. Don't know who is the lucky one applying from China.

The first round selection is very strict: GPA, TOEFL, GRE, etc. About 300
were dropped here (i.e. were not reviewed by the admission committee.)

For those who passed the first round, they have a cover sheet for each
application. The sheet lists about 8-10 idems, each idem ranks from 1-5. If
your GRE is strong, then 5; if your GPA is 3.3 out of 4 (like me), then 3.
I saw GRE, under GPA, grad-GPA, institution (the rank of your school),
recommendation, publication/honer, SOP, under major, math, etc. (not sure
if there is TOEFL, I guess it should be) If any one of them is under 3, you
will be kicked off in this round. (it seems one professor was in charge of
all the Asian students application)
Then, only a few were left and were reviewed by the other members of
admission committee. Besides the 90 best, a few were catogorized as "above
average". There is no waiting list. But if there is still a space, it will
be selected from the "above average" pool.

While, the useful tips are:
1. If your GPA is under 3.6, don't even try! The only exception for this
year is a guy from MIT with GPA 3.5.
2. your under school, major and GPA are very important, almost weight 1/3.
My under major was social science, too weak!
3. GRE can not be low, but if higher than a certain score, it will be the
same. My GRE is extremely high but no help. (Q can not be lower than 765
for this year)
4. Math preparation is extremely important. Especially multi-variable
calculus (not sure she refered to vector-calculus)
5. If you feel you have met all the creteria and want to try this school
from China, try to get a recommendation from highly reputated economist or
professor, it will help you stand out from others.

The letters of rejection and admission will be sent out by mail next week.
No e-mail and no phone calls.

I feel calm now and wish you all a good luck!

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