Berkeley acceptance anyone?

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I know I know. They told us to wait until end of February. This waiting game is tough! I want to know already, darn it.

My first choice is UCBSO
Second SCCO
Third ICO
Fourth NECO (didn't bother going to interview, actually)

:laugh:😀
 
It's way too early now, I'd be happy to hear by the end of the week

It took over two weeks last year after interviews, so if history repeats itself we'll hear next week...

trust me I want to hear from them as much as the next applicant!
 
hey my first choice is UCBSO, and then SCCO. No plans to leave California. I guess we can find some satisfaction that it is February, and there are only 29 days?
 
oh man, good to know everyone is feeling this way.
i seriously am soooOo anxious to find out.
i know it's only been a week and a half... but it feels like we've been waiting forever! hahahaha

okay. patience...is a virtue. 🙂
 
chelsahoo said:
I find myself checking this thread a little too often, 5 times today!!! :laugh:
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that's kind of funny...i look, but don't click because the reply count doesn't really increase. February 14th...Valentine's Day...and 2 weeks left till the end of February...haha :laugh:
 
I got worried when I first saw this thread because I thought acceptances were being sent out and I hadn't gotten an email/call!
 
I did not apply to Berkley. SF is not for me. But I was just wondering since I'm confused, do they not tell anyone/most people of their acceptance until the end of February? Or are you on the waitlist?

I know it is a tough school. Good luck. I'm really rooting for you. 👍

Things are getting so incredibly stressful now, right? I mean seriously, I thought taking the OAT was stress, then it would be a smother ride but I was so wrong! This waiting process is even worse that peparing or test taking. Good luck to everyone!!!!:luck:
 
Berkeley had their interview day less than two weeks ago and all candidates were interviewed on the same day. They do not have rolling admissions. As far as I know we are waiting (and dying) to hear if we have been accepted...and I'm guessing that those who have been waitlisted will also find out around the same time about their status.

I'm hoping tomorrow (Valentine's) will be the lucky day!!!!!
 
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Wow. I did not know that about that school. How stressful for you all. That is a ton of interviews to do in one day!!! I imagine it would be exhausting for the interviewers too! You would have to really make yourself "stick out."

Well, at least if you do get accepted it will feel that much more satisfying. Let us know when you guys hear word.
 
Jenboo23 said:
Berkeley had their interview day less than two weeks ago and all candidates were interviewed on the same day. They do not have rolling admissions. As far as I know we are waiting (and dying) to hear if we have been accepted...and I'm guessing that those who have been waitlisted will also find out around the same time about their status.

I'm hoping tomorrow (Valentine's) will be the lucky day!!!!!
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Hearing back from Berkeley today would be better than a hot date...hahaha:laugh:
 
haha seriously ... but im guessing today is not the day if no one has heard back yet 🙁
 
i like how this thread has so many views and replies, when no has really heard from berkeley yet.
 
this is so nerve racking....
i was even afraid to check this forum today.
but okay. not today. good, more waiting.
 
once again, I find myself back here! I slept so late, but I couldn't sleep in this morning in case today might be the special day ... :luck:
 
omg everytime i see this thread bumped to the top i get scared that they sent out the invites and i didn't get mine
 
goomba29 said:
omg everytime i see this thread bumped to the top i get scared that they sent out the invites and i didn't get mine
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Haha those are my thoughts exactly!

I was reading up on the Berkeley acceptance thread from last year and acceptance phone calls were made on Feb 14th and Feb 15th! Thats today! I think their interview day was earlier than ours in 2008 though... It is only 1pm pacific coast time so they still have all afternoon to make calls today haha... Anyways we'll all know soon but it is comforting to know that everyone is as anxious as I am. 🙂.
 
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it's all about the refreshing aka. paranoia 🙁

sorry to bump this up again lol...i won't post until someone's heard something i promise!
 
this WILL be my last time checking the thread for today .. its a bit late in the afternoon, i have a feeling decisions really wont be out until another two weeks! haha, and I will try to make the same promise as mwyt15 ;P
 
scvcstar said:
Hey guys!

I'm a 1st year at UCBSO...just wanted to let you guys know to hold on just a little longer! The acceptances have been made and they'll probably call you next week if you got in. If you got waitlisted or didn't get in, I think you just get an email. The hard copy comes much later due to Berkeley bureaucracy -_-. Hehe...good luck! Sorry you guys didn't get a nice Valentine's Day present like we did last year! It must be because our interview was a bit earlier...

I probably shouldn't say how many people were accepted, but...I just want to say...if you're a guy, you have a pretty good chance of getting in. The class of 2012 will probably have the most males since the female-male switchover several years back. Unless the guys reject their acceptance of course, haha. The rest of us classes are going to be jealous...(And my class thought WE had a ton of guys compared to the other classes...11 out of 61!) But I think the reason is that a lot more guys applied this year for some unknown reason. At my interview day last year...I think there were like 20 guys there total...this year you guys had like 40!

On the other hand I think everyone's odds are really good for getting in...something like 124 people interviewed right? That means at least half of you got in!
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HEYYY, thanks for the update! I did notice that there were quite a few guys on the interview day. I didn't realize gender actually influenced admission <?> My essay Q at the interview was about that and my answer was basically "HELL NO," that gender shouldn't play a part in admissions to healthcare programs. hehe. Hope that didn't annoy anyone reviewing my file.
 
scvcstar said:
Hey guys!

I'm a 1st year at UCBSO...just wanted to let you guys know to hold on just a little longer! The acceptances have been made and they'll probably call you next week if you got in. If you got waitlisted or didn't get in, I think you just get an email. The hard copy comes much later due to Berkeley bureaucracy -_-. Hehe...good luck! Sorry you guys didn't get a nice Valentine's Day present like we did last year! It must be because our interview was a bit earlier...

I probably shouldn't say how many people were accepted, but...I just want to say...if you're a guy, you have a pretty good chance of getting in. The class of 2012 will probably have the most males since the female-male switchover several years back. Unless the guys reject their acceptance of course, haha. The rest of us classes are going to be jealous...(And my class thought WE had a ton of guys compared to the other classes...11 out of 61!) But I think the reason is that a lot more guys applied this year for some unknown reason. At my interview day last year...I think there were like 20 guys there total...this year you guys had like 40!

On the other hand I think everyone's odds are really good for getting in...something like 124 people interviewed right? That means at least half of you got in!
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I would've guessed there would be more guys this year (me being a guy). Just hearing them talk about making hard decisions, the larger applicant pool, and the competitiveness gave me a gut feeling that the class of 2012 would set new records.

HOPEFULLY...we'll all be able to get a good night's rest next week.
 
omg! that post almost makes me want to be a dude...


fingers crossed!! good luck everyone! judgement day is almost here..FINALLY!
 
I got a call this morning from Sharon as well....I am so excited and can't wait to meet all of you guys at the admin day 🙂

Congrats to those who got admitted and to those who didn't, I hope you all have some place to go. At the end of the day, we will all become optometrists regardless of where we went to school.
 
oh my gosh, I can't believe it but I just got in!!!!!!
I'm so happy, its time to celebrate....
 
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I was playing rock band and I took a break, I checked my email then I read this thread. I saw that people got the call so I checked my phone to see if I missed any calls and I didn't. I could feel my heart fall into my stomach because I was extremely sad because the business day was almost over. Then I started to think about how I'd have to send my deposit to one of the other schools I got into

then my phone started to vibrate and I saw the 510 area code 😀

see you guys there!!!!!👍

back to rock band!
 
me too me too me too!!!

omg you guys have no idea how bummed i was when i saw the first acceptance post...my friend took me out for ice cream because i was so sad +pity+but then i got the wonderful wonderful message (i was too busy scarfin down my frozen yogurt to hear my phone ring haha)!!


so yayee! im so glad to be a part of berkeley's class of 2012! i know im going to be surrounded by amazing people 😀
 
Woo hoo! Welcome Berkeley Optometry C/O 2012! Does someone want to create a Facebook group?
 
Yeah! Congrats to everyone who was accepted. Must feel awsome. Relish in it and then............


Call your other accepted schools and give up yo seat!😀
 
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katyrose said:
HEYYY, thanks for the update! I did notice that there were quite a few guys on the interview day. I didn't realize gender actually influenced admission <?> My essay Q at the interview was about that and my answer was basically "HELL NO," that gender shouldn't play a part in admissions to healthcare programs. hehe. Hope that didn't annoy anyone reviewing my file.
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NO! Gender does NOT influence your admission! I realize I may have come across that way on my original post, which is why I removed it, but it's quoted here so I might as well clarify it so nobody gets the wrong idea.

I was basically saying that (now that you guys have all the numbers) since 20 males were accepted into the program, it looks like if you are a guy, you may have gotten in since only 40-some interviewed. You didn't get in BECAUSE you are a guy. You ONLY get in based on your qualifications and your interview, and that's it. No ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc etc etc is ever taken into account. It's all about how qualified you are. So if you're a female and you look at the stats and wonder why you didn't get in, it's NOT because you're a girl. In fact, if you look at all the other classes besides the class of 2012, you'll see that we have very very few guys. It's just because more girls happened to apply and more of them happened to be fit for the program...it's not because admissions favors girls or guys or anything. So I hope I made that clear. Sharon confirmed this too (and brought my poor choice of wording to my attention...sorry everyone!).

Now on the other hand, if you didn't get in, I wouldn't say you were UNqualified...it was a very hard decision for the people up there to make and they did say every interviewee was very qualified - since to get to the interview in the first place, you had to be really good on paper (letters of rec, essays, scores, grades, whatever they require these days). So don't get down on yourself...I'm sure that if you were able to get an interview, you are highly qualified and will definitely have gotten in at another prestigious optometry school. If you were set on going to UCBSO...then...try again next year, and ask for feedback on why you didn't get in. That's what I was going to do if I hadn't gotten in (well, actually, I would've gone to SCCO haha).

Hopefully those of you who got in will choose to attend UCBSO, because I met a lot of you on Interview Day and thought you guys were great. I'm excited to see who comes out to Admit Day and who finally joins the Class of 2012 in August...and who I get for my little sib!! =) I will shower you with...lots of advice...lol.

Good luck and hope to see you soon! I am dying with exams this semester...>_< You won't believe how much you're going to learn your first year. I'm also about to drop $4000 on equipment this semester. 😵 [This will happen to you no matter where you go, it's just a matter of when =P]
 
yeaaaa... i got waitlisted too. boo.
but its okay!!! NEW YORK sounds completely exciting toooo! 🙂
i'll most likely be there this fall! heck yessss! dude, seasons!
 
scvcstar said:
NO! Gender does NOT influence your admission! I realize I may have come across that way on my original post, which is why I removed it, but it's quoted here so I might as well clarify it so nobody gets the wrong idea.

I was basically saying that (now that you guys have all the numbers) since 20 males were accepted into the program, it looks like if you are a guy, you may have gotten in since only 40-some interviewed. You didn't get in BECAUSE you are a guy. You ONLY get in based on your qualifications and your interview, and that's it. No ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, etc etc etc is ever taken into account. It's all about how qualified you are. So if you're a female and you look at the stats and wonder why you didn't get in, it's NOT because you're a girl. In fact, if you look at all the other classes besides the class of 2012, you'll see that we have very very few guys. It's just because more girls happened to apply and more of them happened to be fit for the program...it's not because admissions favors girls or guys or anything. So I hope I made that clear. Sharon confirmed this too (and brought my poor choice of wording to my attention...sorry everyone!).

Now on the other hand, if you didn't get in, I wouldn't say you were UNqualified...it was a very hard decision for the people up there to make and they did say every interviewee was very qualified - since to get to the interview in the first place, you had to be really good on paper (letters of rec, essays, scores, grades, whatever they require these days). So don't get down on yourself...I'm sure that if you were able to get an interview, you are highly qualified and will definitely have gotten in at another prestigious optometry school. If you were set on going to UCBSO...then...try again next year, and ask for feedback on why you didn't get in. That's what I was going to do if I hadn't gotten in (well, actually, I would've gone to SCCO haha).

Hopefully those of you who got in will choose to attend UCBSO, because I met a lot of you on Interview Day and thought you guys were great. I'm excited to see who comes out to Admit Day and who finally joins the Class of 2012 in August...and who I get for my little sib!! =) I will shower you with...lots of advice...lol.

Good luck and hope to see you soon! I am dying with exams this semester...>_< You won't believe how much you're going to learn your first year. I'm also about to drop $4000 on equipment this semester. 😵 [This will happen to you no matter where you go, it's just a matter of when =P]
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phew that initial post made me sad too!! i was moping around wishing i was a guy ;x and mentally prepping myself to take a year off and to reapply come fall.

but then i got a call monday from sharon saying congrats!!! and now i am high on life 🙂

yay c/o 2012!


.... seriously ... can't stop smiling!! 🙂
 
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