dudulche Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 Has anyone heard from Berkeley in the past two weeks? Does anyone know through communication with a faculty or admission office when we should be expecting to hear from them?
storm Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 I called on Friday and they told me that they plan to send out decisions this week.... Has anyone heard from Berkeley in the past two weeks? Does anyone know through communication with a faculty or admission office when we should be expecting to hear from them?
purplesmoke Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 I called on Friday and they told me that they plan to send out decisions this week.... Rejects I'm assuming?
dudulche Posted February 22, 2011 Author Posted February 22, 2011 Rejects I'm assuming? I have seen very few admits on here and gradcafe thread.... seems unlikely that all the admits are already out
purplesmoke Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 I have seen very few admits on here and gradcafe thread.... seems unlikely that all the admits are already out I say so because it seems like they interviewed everyone they wanted. I hope I'm wrong.
adelashk Posted February 22, 2011 Posted February 22, 2011 I think it's over for berkeley... This is a post from a professor at Berkeley:
dudulche Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 I think it's over for berkeley... This is a post from a professor at Berkeley: Good find. Still I feel like I haven't seen enough interviews/admits for EE on gradcafe thread (I saw more CS interviews than EE while we know Berkeley EECS admits more EEs than CS) but maybe it's just me trying to stay hopeful..... hopefully the decisions will finally come out this week. Good luck to all of you for Berkeley and everywhere else.
purplesmoke Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Good find. Still I feel like I haven't seen enough interviews/admits for EE on gradcafe thread (I saw more CS interviews than EE while we know Berkeley EECS admits more EEs than CS) but maybe it's just me trying to stay hopeful..... hopefully the decisions will finally come out this week. Good luck to all of you for Berkeley and everywhere else. Look at the overall trend of decisions from last year, it followed a similar pattern. I doubt we'll get in at this point. Do you have any reasoning other than the low number of acceptances? Did you previously have an interview? (cause I haven't :/) But again, I hope I'm wrong.
dudulche Posted February 23, 2011 Author Posted February 23, 2011 Look at the overall trend of decisions from last year, it followed a similar pattern. I doubt we'll get in at this point. Do you have any reasoning other than the low number of acceptances? Did you previously have an interview? (cause I haven't :/) But again, I hope I'm wrong. Well last year rejects came out sooner (but admits were around the same time as this year, early Feb). All of us have been F5ing gradcafe thread non-stop so correct me if I am wrong but I have seen ~20 MIT EECS admits and >30 Stanford EE admits (PhD and MS) but <10 Berkeley EE (not CS) admits (I think usually MIT and Berkeley have similar admission quota and Stan is a little higher). I was not interviewed but unless things have changed from last year, not all Cal EE admits are interviewed. I emailed gradadmission@berkeley twice after the first wave (or only wave as you claim) of admits and asked about the decision on my application and they replied that there has been no decision yet (last time was Thursday). All that said, chances are you are right. I guess my resume is not attractive to bay area elitists so I better stay at my east coast MS institution and get a hassle-free PhD.
purplesmoke Posted February 23, 2011 Posted February 23, 2011 Well last year rejects came out sooner (but admits were around the same time as this year, early Feb). All of us have been F5ing gradcafe thread non-stop so correct me if I am wrong but I have seen ~20 MIT EECS admits and >30 Stanford EE admits (PhD and MS) but <10 Berkeley EE (not CS) admits (I think usually MIT and Berkeley have similar admission quota and Stan is a little higher). I was not interviewed but unless things have changed from last year, not all Cal EE admits are interviewed. I emailed gradadmission@berkeley twice after the first wave (or only wave as you claim) of admits and asked about the decision on my application and they replied that there has been no decision yet (last time was Thursday). All that said, chances are you are right. I guess my resume is not attractive to bay area elitists so I better stay at my east coast MS institution and get a hassle-free PhD. Hmm... that does make me a bit more hopeful... good luck to all!
purplesmoke Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 .... why is this taking so long.... i wanna ask them about my status but am really worried they'll just deny me.... anyone hear anything?
adelashk Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 LOL @ latest berkeley eecs result.. I've never seen someone so angry about waitlist.. and right below that: "Finally got a reject email :-)" thank you berkeley for the great strategy to make us actually enjoy a rejection.. who knows, maybe i will receive a decision after i start and complete my PhD
purplesmoke Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 My status page is down right now... anyone else?
dudulche Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 My status page is down right now... anyone else? same here... haha gotto prepare myself for a reject.... 90$ wasted wasted wasted....
storm Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 What's the link to the status page guys? Thank you!! same here... haha gotto prepare myself for a reject.... 90$ wasted wasted wasted....
dudulche Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 What's the link to the status page guys? Thank you!! https://willow.coe.berkeley.edu/gradmits/gradapp and now it's back up again
storm Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 False Alarm!!! Thanks for the information though. It pisses me off that they don't release results promptly. I guess our best bet is to wait and hope for a miracle! Good luck to everyone! https://willow.coe.b...radmits/gradapp and now it's back up again
dudulche Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 It pisses me off that they don't release results promptly Horrible service, Berkeley admissions..... I want my 90$ refunded
adelashk Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Could someone please call them up? They said all decisions will be out this week.
purplesmoke Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Could someone please call them up? They said all decisions will be out this week. Looking more and more hopeless for us, eh?
Turo Bun Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 I found someone's message on a website saying that he or she called to Berkeley last week and was told most of decisions would come out this week including rest of offers and ADs and some rejections. I checked my status everyday...nothing happened o(>﹏<)o ╮(╯_╰)╭ (╯﹏╰）
purplesmoke Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) I found someone's message on a website saying that he or she called to Berkeley last week and was told most of decisions would come out this week including rest of offers and ADs and some rejections. I checked my status everyday...nothing happened o(>﹏<)o ╮(╯_╰)╭ (╯﹏╰） "Rest of offers" huh? This is more and more a roller coaster. Maybe I should just drive over to Berkeley and tell them to tell me. Also, how do interviews play into this? Like, if I didn't interview, is that just bad news? Edited February 25, 2011 by purplesmoke
Turo Bun Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 "Rest of offers" huh? This is more and more a roller coaster. Maybe I should just drive over to Berkeley and tell them to tell me. Also, how do interviews play into this? Like, if I didn't interview, is that just bad news? 3200+ applicants for 100 spaces! I mean the first wave was in early this month and 'rest of offers' should be the second wave??? Absolutely not sure. What is the TRUTH?
purplesmoke Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Do they do waves though? And why would the second one be so late? Gah.... I don't want to hope for something that won't happen, but I also don't want to just give up.
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