UC Berkeley C/O 2023 Results Thread

Decision: Accepted EECS with Regents Invite

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1570
[
] ACT: N/A
[] SAT II: 800 - Math II, 770 - Lit
[
] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.95
[] UC GPA: idk
[
] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[] ELC?: not sure what this is
[
] AP (place score in parenthesis): macro (5), calc bc (5), lit (5), cs (5), physics e&m (5)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
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] Senior Year Course Load: math, physics, lit, bio, etc.
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): international/national programming + writing awards[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): CS internships, teaching CS classes, editing for lit mags, writing summer camps, music
[
] Job/Work Experience: CS internships
[] Volunteer/Community service: teaching
[
] Personal Statements: I’m keeping this vague. wrote about creative writing + taking walks, self-confidence, programming internships, leadership through teaching. I think an important thing one of my essays did was show connections between writing and the skills needed to succeed in EECS.

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[li]** Intended Major**: EECS (probably minor in creative writing)[/li][
] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[] Country (if international applicant): America
[
] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[
] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: prefer not to say
[
] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: My awards & extracurriculars were pretty strong, and showed extreme depth in two separate fields. I think this helped show that I was more than ready to handle rigorous computer science, but also had another strong interest I’d bring to the table. Solid test scores. I’m a strong writer so I think my essays must have been decent.
[
] Weaknesses: Odd schooling background that’s nonstandard for the UCs
[] Schools were you accepted/waitlisted to? this was my first acceptance
[
] Schools you were rejected from? none yet
[li] Schools you are waiting for? everywhere I applied[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Sending love to future applicants, and go Bears!