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Hi so I was waitlisted by Cal, and yesterday I just got the news I was accepted! I watch your video to help me gain insight while writing my essay because initially I was pretty confused, but thank you so much for making this video and helping out students like me :)
yo what’s up man. i’m trying to send my letter of continued interest but i can’t seem to find the email to email it to. do you remember which email address you sent your loci too last year?
@@kaili7821 SAME! I emailed Ms. De Jong bc she was the one that signed the waitlist letter but she responded saying they aren’t accepting any LOCI and there was nowhere for me to send it
Hey Rachel, I got waitlisted to UC Berkeley and your videos have been so helpful!! I was wondering if you can maybe do a specific video of what you wrote on your essay and maybe read out some parts?
Thank you so much! I briefly touched upon what I wrote in my LOCI in this video. In my LOCI for new information, I talked about the summer internship I had obtained after applying to colleges and I highlighted some of the important votes and legislation that I helped to pass in my county-wide elected position. For the summer internship, I did not have this internship at the time of applying to colleges, so this was perfect to tell the colleges about. For the elected position, even though I had talked about it in my regular application, this was at the beginning of my term, so when it was April writing my LOCIs, my year-long term was almost over. I included this information so I could update the colleges on my experiences and what I had accomplished over the year. Definitely let me know if you have any other questions! Hope this helps!
As a dad of UCB applicant who got waitlisted, I really like this video, brief and to the point. Thanks Rachel. My son is currently working on his LOCI. And he has been wondering if it is a good idea for him to mention he was accepted by UCLA.
Thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot!! I think it depends on how you phrase the UCLA acceptance, so I would personally be on the side of not mentioning other colleges you were accepted into in your LOCI. If you said something like "I was accepted into UCLA, but Berkeley is my top choice" or like "I was accepted into UCLA, so you should accept me into Berkeley" - these do not come across well. Personally, since this is a LOCI for Berkeley, there is not really a reason to mention other colleges. You should be focused on showing Berkeley why you are a good candidate and why you want to attend Berkeley. Hope this helps!
Thank you so much for watching, I appreciate it! For the essay review, we have essays back within 3 business days, but if you have a deadline coming up, just let us know and we will do what we can do get your essay review and comments back quicker! Please let me know if you had any other questions! :)
hi rachel! super helpful video omg! im currently writing mine for transfer waitlists and wanted to ask for your body paragraphs, how in depth did you go into for each thing you did? i started about 4-5 new things and am not sure if i should just focus on a few or all of them? any insight would be helpful!
Thanks for watching! Since you have 4-5 new things, if you have a 500 word limit, you may want to explain more in-depth 2-3 of them, and briefly explain the others. 500 words seems like a lot, but the limit creeps up so quickly haha! So maybe you pick the most important/influential activities you started and then connect/explain how these new activities relate to your interest in the specific college you're waitlisted for. And if there is a similar activity like this on the college campus, you can emphasize how you want to continue working/volunteering in the similar group in college. Hope this helps!
@@rachel_lin thank you so much! that was what i was thinking as well! :)) how do you think i should mention the other things? like just introduce it and not come back to it later? im having a bit of a struggle with that.
@@su-tingtan2571 Yeah, you could introduce them at the beginning or end, like "since my previous application, I did x,y,z..." You could mention them again later but it depends how you would portray this. You probably don't have a lot of word count, so mentioning them once is probably good to get your point across!
After submitting the letter, how long did it take for them to get back to you and accept you?? Also, can we do something else other than sending a loci to increase our chances??
I believe I heard back in May from Berkeley, but I think this differ between colleges depending how long it takes for them to review applications and notify students of their updated decisions. See if your college allows you to send in supplemental materials. Some colleges may accept a LOCI, updated transcripts, and additional letters of recommendation. However, other colleges may only ask you to send a LOCI and nothing else, so follow whatever directions they give you! Hope this helps, good luck 🤗🤗
2 years ago today marked the day UC Berkeley waitlisted me. Im still wondering what could have been.. I wish I can turn back time.. I am depressed because of it
Thank you so much for all of this helpful info! Are waitlist LOCI's reviewed by the regional admissions officer, or is admittance determined by a group of admissions officers in the university's admission committee?
Thanks for watching! I think it would probably depend on your specific college, so you could call your specific college's admissions office to inquire! I would presume that the regional admissions officer and their team would review the LOCIs for their area, and then a larger admissions committee would commence where the team would discuss the regional officer's choices/compare the applicants across each location. So probably a mix of the two!
Hi Rachel! For this application year, it looks like Berkeley has erased the option to submit the waitlist essay on their opt-in form. They didn't state explicitly that they aren't accepting any LOCIs, but is sending one going to benefit us in any way? If so, where do you suggest I submit my LOCI? They don't give out regional AOs email address, so I assume the general admissions office? Thanks in advance!
Yes, it appears that Berkeley's LOCI policy changed this year. If you know your Regional Admissions Officer or High School Representative (your high school counselor might know this information), you could email the LOCI to them. If not, you could email the Dean of Admissions. Either way, the LOCI might not count for much in the admissions process, but it does not hurt to email!
What should I focus on in the LOCI if there haven’t been any updates in my grades or extracurriculars since? I’ve maintained good grades all year (resulting in a .3 GPA increase) but I don’t think this is significant enough to mention in the letter. Most clubs and sports have similarly been postponed due to COVID the past few months, and have only recently reopened. Volunteer opportunities have also been very limited as of recently. What should I do?
Hi Eleiana! Do you mean a .3 or .03 increase? Personally, I would say a .3 GPA increase is a big deal (say if you went from a 3.4 to 3.7)! If the college allows you to submit an updated transcript, you can do so to highlight the good grades that you have maintained all year, despite the pandemic and transitioning to online classes. In your LOCI, you could write 1-2 sentences about how you have continued to take challenging courses while maintained a strong GPA which demonstrates that you are a hard worker (and you can mention other related qualities - basically to show the university what qualities you can bring to the college). If you do not have any updates on clubs/sports that you can write about in your LOCI, you could always focus your LOCI more on your personal values and characteristics and how they will prepare you/make you a good fit for the college you applied to. So you could mention some programs/classes/clubs the college offers that you would want to join because you are passionate about a certain topic. Additionally, if your college values students who are leaders, you could highlight your leadership activities and share what skills/values you have learned. Hope this helps!
Hi Rachel! I just got waitlisted at Berkeley and I was wondering if choosing the FPF program as the pathway I'd choose if I got off the waitlist will give me a higher or lower chance at getting off the waitlist and accepted at Berkeley? Is FPF really competitive so it would make it harder for me to get in if I selected that option? Or do less students choose that option so it would give me a higher chance of getting off the waitlist? I want to do whatever I can to get off the wailist!! Thanks so much. :)
When you join the waitlist, does it ask you which pathway you would choose if accepted? (Like FPF, change maker...?) When I was waitlisted, we would just join the waitlist, and then once accepted to Berkeley, the acceptance letter then said we could choose our admission from a few different pathway options. Let me know and then I can better answer your question! ☺️🐻
@@rachel_lin Hi Rachel! A Berkeley waitlisted applicant here! Can you kindly answer this question of whether choosing the FPF program affects your admission chances? P.S - It does explicitly ask if we wanna choose the program or not
@@vishvamodi822 Hi Vishva! I couldn't find any explicit answer online to this question from Berkeley, but I am going to say yes it does affect your admissions chances. Since FPF is only open to College of Letters and Science incoming students, if you're L&S you would be eligible to be admitted off of the waitlist onto main campus or through an alternative pathway like the FPF program, so you would technically have two chances to get off the waitlist compared to just being admitted onto main campus. Good luck! I have a video talking about FPF and Alternate Pathways which may be helpful, linked here: th-cam.com/video/XMBqWtlTsHk/w-d-xo.html
Hey Rachel, I recently got waitlisted from UC Berkeley for L&S Course (CS intended). If you dont mind can u go thru my waitlist essay and give me an honest opinion on it. It would mean the world for me.
Hi SA! I think that is something you can definitely mention in your LOCI. If you are comfortable, you could share some details about the disease and your experiences - how were you feeling then, how are you feeling now, did it affect your grades etc? I hope you are doing well 🙏🏻 good luck with your LOCI! 🥰
Hi, I applied for the class of 27, and I was placed on the waitlist. I didn't know where to send in my LOCI so I contacted them and they told me that they won’t accept any. I wrote a letter already, but what should I do? Has the policy changed?
Yes, it appears that Berkeley's LOCI policy changed this year. If you know your Regional Admissions Officer or High School Berkeley Representative, you could email the LOCI to them. If not, you could email the Dean of Admissions. Either way, the LOCI might not count for much in the admissions process, but it does not hurt to email!
@@maggienichols5346 I’d say, if they specifically say no LOCI or no additional materials then sending more materials could look negatively on you. However, if they don’t specifically say NO more information, then you could email if you have important updates!
Hi Rachel! My waitlist letter from northwestern was very cryptic in what to send and what not to send (at least to me). Can you help me decipher the line: “While we do not encourage the submission of additional materials, we do welcome any new academic information.” I know some kids who got off the waitlist last year that did send a LOR, LOCi, and updated academic info, so I plan on sending a loci and some academic info. Do you think this is how I should proceed?
Hmm that is tricky! I guess it depends on how the admissions office interprets what 'additional materials' and what 'academic information' mean. If they are accepting new academic information, is there a place to upload documents in your student portal? That could help indicate what kinds of documents they are looking for. They may interpret additional materials like not accepting additional long essays or letters of recommendation. For academic information, it could mean they just want updates on grades, but I also could see academic information encompassing updates on extracurricular activities. To double check though, you should try calling the admissions office to clarify what they mean by that phrase! I think better safe in clarifying rather than sending information that they will not accept.
@@rachel_lin Thank you for the advice and quick response! There is a place to upload, and it just says "Waitlist update" and "Additional Applicant Info". So I'll definitely contact their office. Looking forward to more content from you!
@@Victoria-rb7wj Of course, thank you so much for watching! Huh Waitlist Update may mean LOCI if they allow you to submit DOC or PDF documents there. Additional Applicant Info could mean updated transcripts. But yeah, definitely contact the admissions office just in case! :)
Hi Rachel thank you so much for making this helpful video. I am put on Berkeley's waiting list. And what a coincidence I’ve also applied for the major of legal studies. I have a question. Since Berkeley's opt-in form already requires us to submit an additional supplementary essay of 500 words, can I still send a Loci email to Berkeley? I plan to provide the links to documentaries I've created and a rewarded academic papers (I mentioned them in my original application, but the admissions officer didn't get a chance to see exactly what they look like). I have asked many people. Some say it is beneficial, while others think this would annoy the admissions officer and negatively affect my application. Now I'm really struggling. Can you give me some advice? Thank you again for sharing your experiences and advice with us.
Hi Alina, thank you so much for watching! Congrats on your documentary and academic paper achievements! For Berkeley, the 500 word essay is synonymous with LOCI, so they are the same essay. Hmm with links, I do wonder how that would come across to an admissions officer reading your application - because if they receive your essay in a PDF form, they probably do not click on links or copy/paste your link into a browser to view. Thus, I am thinking these documentary video links and links to entire research papers may not get looked at. You should call the Berkeley Admissions Office to ask about your question and if/how you could include this material (admissions.berkeley.edu/contact-us). If they say they will not look at your documentary or research paper supplemental materials, you will have to try your best to describe these achievements in your LOCI. Hope this helps, let me know if you had any other questions!
Hi, I got waitlisted from Cal(opted in for the fpf L&S program) couple of days ago, taking into consideration the latest UC enrolment cap for out of state students(as I am an international student), what do you think the chances are for an international student to get off the waitlist?
Hi Rayaan! Are you talking about the enrollment freeze that was saying Berkeley was only allowed to enroll based on 2020 numbers? Because recently the CA Governor signed legislation overturning the freeze, so it opens up those seats again. You can read more about this here: www.siliconvalley.com/2022/03/14/california-legislature-unanimously-passes-bill-to-reverse-train-wreck-uc-berkeley-enrollment-freeze/. Hope this helps!
Could you rephrase your question? I would say writing a LOCI would only be helpful - unless you write inappropriate or offensive things in it, which would not look good for admissions!
@@rachel_lin my son is waitlisted he had project activitie with government officials can minister send recommendation letter to university ? Its helpful?
@@hoagahoaga4611 Having another letter of recommendation sent to the university is probably not that helpful, unless this information was specifically requested by the college. If they do not ask for an additional letter of recommendation, I would not send one in, as it probably would have little to no weight in the admissions process. If the college has an optional LOCI, that is something your son should work on and send in!
Good question! I would Google things along the lines of "college name admissions officers" and "college name regional admissions officer" etc and see what comes up! Not all colleges publicize who each territory or regional admissions officer is. For example, if you applied to the UCs, this site (admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/campus-admission-contacts/) lists all the UCs and if you click the "Meet your admissions representative" button it will take you to a page where you can find your officer based on where you live. You can also see some UCs don't offer that site! Hope this helps, good luck!
Thank you for watching this video! If you are interested in Study Hall College Consulting's LOCI Review Service, check out our website here: www.shcollegeconsulting.com/services.html. Best of luck to everyone on their college application results and waitlist endeavors!
Hi so I was waitlisted by Cal, and yesterday I just got the news I was accepted! I watch your video to help me gain insight while writing my essay because initially I was pretty confused, but thank you so much for making this video and helping out students like me :)
Omg congrats Audrey, that is so exciting!! I'm glad you found my LOCI video helpful, it means a lot :) Go bears!!
how many weeks after you got into waitlist did you got accepted to Cal?
yo what’s up man. i’m trying to send my letter of continued interest but i can’t seem to find the email to email it to. do you remember which email address you sent your loci too last year?
@@kaili7821 SAME! I emailed Ms. De Jong bc she was the one that signed the waitlist letter but she responded saying they aren’t accepting any LOCI and there was nowhere for me to send it
Hey Rachel, I got waitlisted to UC Berkeley and your videos have been so helpful!! I was wondering if you can maybe do a specific video of what you wrote on your essay and maybe read out some parts?
Thank you so much! I briefly touched upon what I wrote in my LOCI in this video. In my LOCI for new information, I talked about the summer internship I had obtained after applying to colleges and I highlighted some of the important votes and legislation that I helped to pass in my county-wide elected position. For the summer internship, I did not have this internship at the time of applying to colleges, so this was perfect to tell the colleges about. For the elected position, even though I had talked about it in my regular application, this was at the beginning of my term, so when it was April writing my LOCIs, my year-long term was almost over. I included this information so I could update the colleges on my experiences and what I had accomplished over the year. Definitely let me know if you have any other questions! Hope this helps!
any updates? im waitlisted this year :/
57 degrees in phoenix this morning! Highs today 89 but here comes summer! How about 98 degrees by Easter Sunday unbelievable!
Omg wow feels like summer!! Another rainy day here 😟🌧
As a dad of UCB applicant who got waitlisted, I really like this video, brief and to the point. Thanks Rachel. My son is currently working on his LOCI. And he has been wondering if it is a good idea for him to mention he was accepted by UCLA.
Thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot!! I think it depends on how you phrase the UCLA acceptance, so I would personally be on the side of not mentioning other colleges you were accepted into in your LOCI. If you said something like "I was accepted into UCLA, but Berkeley is my top choice" or like "I was accepted into UCLA, so you should accept me into Berkeley" - these do not come across well. Personally, since this is a LOCI for Berkeley, there is not really a reason to mention other colleges. You should be focused on showing Berkeley why you are a good candidate and why you want to attend Berkeley. Hope this helps!
@@rachel_lin thank you. That makes perfect sense.
This is so helpful! Definitely a video I wish I'd had when I was a senior writing LOCIs 😊
Aw thank you Seneca! 🥰
So happy you posted this! What would be the turn around date for a LOCI essay from your service? Thanks!
Thank you so much for watching, I appreciate it! For the essay review, we have essays back within 3 business days, but if you have a deadline coming up, just let us know and we will do what we can do get your essay review and comments back quicker! Please let me know if you had any other questions! :)
hi rachel! super helpful video omg! im currently writing mine for transfer waitlists and wanted to ask for your body paragraphs, how in depth did you go into for each thing you did? i started about 4-5 new things and am not sure if i should just focus on a few or all of them? any insight would be helpful!
Thanks for watching! Since you have 4-5 new things, if you have a 500 word limit, you may want to explain more in-depth 2-3 of them, and briefly explain the others. 500 words seems like a lot, but the limit creeps up so quickly haha! So maybe you pick the most important/influential activities you started and then connect/explain how these new activities relate to your interest in the specific college you're waitlisted for. And if there is a similar activity like this on the college campus, you can emphasize how you want to continue working/volunteering in the similar group in college. Hope this helps!
@@rachel_lin thank you so much! that was what i was thinking as well! :)) how do you think i should mention the other things? like just introduce it and not come back to it later? im having a bit of a struggle with that.
@@su-tingtan2571 Yeah, you could introduce them at the beginning or end, like "since my previous application, I did x,y,z..." You could mention them again later but it depends how you would portray this. You probably don't have a lot of word count, so mentioning them once is probably good to get your point across!
After submitting the letter, how long did it take for them to get back to you and accept you?? Also, can we do something else other than sending a loci to increase our chances??
I believe I heard back in May from Berkeley, but I think this differ between colleges depending how long it takes for them to review applications and notify students of their updated decisions. See if your college allows you to send in supplemental materials. Some colleges may accept a LOCI, updated transcripts, and additional letters of recommendation. However, other colleges may only ask you to send a LOCI and nothing else, so follow whatever directions they give you! Hope this helps, good luck 🤗🤗
2 years ago today marked the day UC Berkeley waitlisted me. Im still wondering what could have been.. I wish I can turn back time.. I am depressed because of it
I want to get into berkeley..
Thank you so much for all of this helpful info! Are waitlist LOCI's reviewed by the regional admissions officer, or is admittance determined by a group of admissions officers in the university's admission committee?
Thanks for watching! I think it would probably depend on your specific college, so you could call your specific college's admissions office to inquire! I would presume that the regional admissions officer and their team would review the LOCIs for their area, and then a larger admissions committee would commence where the team would discuss the regional officer's choices/compare the applicants across each location. So probably a mix of the two!
Hi Rachel! For this application year, it looks like Berkeley has erased the option to submit the waitlist essay on their opt-in form. They didn't state explicitly that they aren't accepting any LOCIs, but is sending one going to benefit us in any way? If so, where do you suggest I submit my LOCI? They don't give out regional AOs email address, so I assume the general admissions office? Thanks in advance!
Yes, it appears that Berkeley's LOCI policy changed this year. If you know your Regional Admissions Officer or High School Representative (your high school counselor might know this information), you could email the LOCI to them. If not, you could email the Dean of Admissions. Either way, the LOCI might not count for much in the admissions process, but it does not hurt to email!
What should I focus on in the LOCI if there haven’t been any updates in my grades or extracurriculars since? I’ve maintained good grades all year (resulting in a .3 GPA increase) but I don’t think this is significant enough to mention in the letter. Most clubs and sports have similarly been postponed due to COVID the past few months, and have only recently reopened. Volunteer opportunities have also been very limited as of recently. What should I do?
Hi Eleiana! Do you mean a .3 or .03 increase? Personally, I would say a .3 GPA increase is a big deal (say if you went from a 3.4 to 3.7)! If the college allows you to submit an updated transcript, you can do so to highlight the good grades that you have maintained all year, despite the pandemic and transitioning to online classes. In your LOCI, you could write 1-2 sentences about how you have continued to take challenging courses while maintained a strong GPA which demonstrates that you are a hard worker (and you can mention other related qualities - basically to show the university what qualities you can bring to the college). If you do not have any updates on clubs/sports that you can write about in your LOCI, you could always focus your LOCI more on your personal values and characteristics and how they will prepare you/make you a good fit for the college you applied to. So you could mention some programs/classes/clubs the college offers that you would want to join because you are passionate about a certain topic. Additionally, if your college values students who are leaders, you could highlight your leadership activities and share what skills/values you have learned. Hope this helps!
Rachel Lin thank you so much!!!
Hi Rachel! I just got waitlisted at Berkeley and I was wondering if choosing the FPF program as the pathway I'd choose if I got off the waitlist will give me a higher or lower chance at getting off the waitlist and accepted at Berkeley? Is FPF really competitive so it would make it harder for me to get in if I selected that option? Or do less students choose that option so it would give me a higher chance of getting off the waitlist? I want to do whatever I can to get off the wailist!! Thanks so much. :)
When you join the waitlist, does it ask you which pathway you would choose if accepted? (Like FPF, change maker...?) When I was waitlisted, we would just join the waitlist, and then once accepted to Berkeley, the acceptance letter then said we could choose our admission from a few different pathway options. Let me know and then I can better answer your question! ☺️🐻
@@rachel_lin Hi Rachel! A Berkeley waitlisted applicant here! Can you kindly answer this question of whether choosing the FPF program affects your admission chances? P.S - It does explicitly ask
if we wanna choose the program or not
@@vishvamodi822 Hi Vishva! I couldn't find any explicit answer online to this question from Berkeley, but I am going to say yes it does affect your admissions chances. Since FPF is only open to College of Letters and Science incoming students, if you're L&S you would be eligible to be admitted off of the waitlist onto main campus or through an alternative pathway like the FPF program, so you would technically have two chances to get off the waitlist compared to just being admitted onto main campus. Good luck!
I have a video talking about FPF and Alternate Pathways which may be helpful, linked here: th-cam.com/video/XMBqWtlTsHk/w-d-xo.html
Hey Rachel,
I recently got waitlisted from UC Berkeley for L&S Course (CS intended). If you dont mind can u go thru my waitlist essay and give me an honest opinion on it.
It would mean the world for me.
Hey Rachel I had a question. For the new information, would finding out you have a disease be a good idea or no to include in a LOCI?
Hi SA! I think that is something you can definitely mention in your LOCI. If you are comfortable, you could share some details about the disease and your experiences - how were you feeling then, how are you feeling now, did it affect your grades etc? I hope you are doing well 🙏🏻 good luck with your LOCI! 🥰
@@rachel_lin thank you so much! Hopefully I can get off the waitlist!
@@SA-sk8cm yessss good luck 🙏🏻🍀
Hi, I applied for the class of 27, and I was placed on the waitlist. I didn't know where to send in my LOCI so I contacted them and they told me that they won’t accept any. I wrote a letter already, but what should I do? Has the policy changed?
Yes, it appears that Berkeley's LOCI policy changed this year. If you know your Regional Admissions Officer or High School Berkeley Representative, you could email the LOCI to them. If not, you could email the Dean of Admissions. Either way, the LOCI might not count for much in the admissions process, but it does not hurt to email!
@@rachel_lin You noted that it may seem like we "can't follow directions" if we send anyways. So will it hurt my chances if I send it?
@@maggienichols5346 I’d say, if they specifically say no LOCI or no additional materials then sending more materials could look negatively on you. However, if they don’t specifically say NO more information, then you could email if you have important updates!
Hi Rachel! My waitlist letter from northwestern was very cryptic in what to send and what not to send (at least to me). Can you help me decipher the line: “While we do not encourage the submission of additional materials, we do welcome any new academic information.” I know some kids who got off the waitlist last year that did send a LOR, LOCi, and updated academic info, so I plan on sending a loci and some academic info. Do you think this is how I should proceed?
Hmm that is tricky! I guess it depends on how the admissions office interprets what 'additional materials' and what 'academic information' mean. If they are accepting new academic information, is there a place to upload documents in your student portal? That could help indicate what kinds of documents they are looking for. They may interpret additional materials like not accepting additional long essays or letters of recommendation. For academic information, it could mean they just want updates on grades, but I also could see academic information encompassing updates on extracurricular activities. To double check though, you should try calling the admissions office to clarify what they mean by that phrase! I think better safe in clarifying rather than sending information that they will not accept.
@@rachel_lin Thank you for the advice and quick response! There is a place to upload, and it just says "Waitlist update" and "Additional Applicant Info".
So I'll definitely contact their office. Looking forward to more content from you!
@@Victoria-rb7wj Of course, thank you so much for watching! Huh Waitlist Update may mean LOCI if they allow you to submit DOC or PDF documents there. Additional Applicant Info could mean updated transcripts. But yeah, definitely contact the admissions office just in case! :)
Hi Rachel thank you so much for making this helpful video. I am put on Berkeley's waiting list. And what a coincidence I’ve also applied for the major of legal studies. I have a question. Since Berkeley's opt-in form already requires us to submit an additional supplementary essay of 500 words, can I still send a Loci email to Berkeley? I plan to provide the links to documentaries I've created and a rewarded academic papers (I mentioned them in my original application, but the admissions officer didn't get a chance to see exactly what they look like). I have asked many people. Some say it is beneficial, while others think this would annoy the admissions officer and negatively affect my application. Now I'm really struggling. Can you give me some advice? Thank you again for sharing your experiences and advice with us.
Hi Alina, thank you so much for watching! Congrats on your documentary and academic paper achievements! For Berkeley, the 500 word essay is synonymous with LOCI, so they are the same essay. Hmm with links, I do wonder how that would come across to an admissions officer reading your application - because if they receive your essay in a PDF form, they probably do not click on links or copy/paste your link into a browser to view. Thus, I am thinking these documentary video links and links to entire research papers may not get looked at. You should call the Berkeley Admissions Office to ask about your question and if/how you could include this material (admissions.berkeley.edu/contact-us). If they say they will not look at your documentary or research paper supplemental materials, you will have to try your best to describe these achievements in your LOCI. Hope this helps, let me know if you had any other questions!
@@rachel_lin thank you!!!❤️
Hi, I got waitlisted from Cal(opted in for the fpf L&S program) couple of days ago, taking into consideration the latest UC enrolment cap for out of state students(as I am an international student), what do you think the chances are for an international student to get off the waitlist?
Hi Rayaan! Are you talking about the enrollment freeze that was saying Berkeley was only allowed to enroll based on 2020 numbers? Because recently the CA Governor signed legislation overturning the freeze, so it opens up those seats again. You can read more about this here: www.siliconvalley.com/2022/03/14/california-legislature-unanimously-passes-bill-to-reverse-train-wreck-uc-berkeley-enrollment-freeze/. Hope this helps!
Trust me rach u would make a good prof and counsellor...
Aw thank you Vinayak! Maybe one day I will 🙏🏻☺️
is it fine if i don’t add sincerely my name at the end of my cal essay since i’m already at the 500 word limit
I didn’t put a “sincerely” at the end of my LOCI, so it shouldn’t make or break your essay whether you include it or not! Good luck!! 🍀
I want to ask is it helpful recommendations other letter waitlisted student
Could you rephrase your question? I would say writing a LOCI would only be helpful - unless you write inappropriate or offensive things in it, which would not look good for admissions!
@@rachel_lin my son is waitlisted he had project activitie with government officials can minister send recommendation letter to university ? Its helpful?
@@hoagahoaga4611 Having another letter of recommendation sent to the university is probably not that helpful, unless this information was specifically requested by the college. If they do not ask for an additional letter of recommendation, I would not send one in, as it probably would have little to no weight in the admissions process. If the college has an optional LOCI, that is something your son should work on and send in!
How do I find my regional admissions officer? I'm afraid I would find the wrong person and use the wrong name.. 😅
Good question! I would Google things along the lines of "college name admissions officers" and "college name regional admissions officer" etc and see what comes up! Not all colleges publicize who each territory or regional admissions officer is. For example, if you applied to the UCs, this site (admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/campus-admission-contacts/) lists all the UCs and if you click the "Meet your admissions representative" button it will take you to a page where you can find your officer based on where you live. You can also see some UCs don't offer that site! Hope this helps, good luck!
@@rachel_lin Omg thank you! I just found my admissions officer right now :)