another oos chances thread! (i bet that got your attention...)

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>i've already posted this on the official chances thread.. but i thought i might get more chances here.</p>

<p>School Type: Public
Location: Texas
Race/Gender: Hispanic female - darn you berkeley for not having affirmative action and giving me an unfair advantage
Major: mechanical engineering
UC gpa: 4.3. maybe. i'm not good at the UC system
Unweighted GPA: 3.7
Weighted GPA: 4.1
Class rank: 13 of 332; top 5%</p>

<p>SAT I Scores(first sitting, second sitting respectively)
SAT I Math: 730, 720
SAT I Critical Reading: 730, 750
SAT I Writing: 690, 640</p>

<p>SAT II Scores
Math 2C: 760
Lit: 750
Physics: 710</p>

<p>Senior classes:
Calculus BC AP
Physics C AP
English Lit AP
Govt/Eco AP
Psychology (dual credit at community college)
Fundamentals of Programming (dual credit at community college)</p>

<p>Extracurricular Info
choir (section leader): 9, 11
dance team: 9, 10
NHS: 11, 12
NASA over the summer as part of the high school aerospace scholars program: 11
Uil academics: 11, 12</p>

<p>Work Experience
20-30 hours a week: 11, 12</p>

<p>Awards:
National hispanic scholar finalist
three other awards.. all for latin. haha</p>

<p>i make straight A+'s in math and science and B's in history/english.
so hopefully they'll consider that seeing as how i'm applying for engineering.
my essays are pretty good i think.
so basically. do i have a shot?</p>

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<p>SAT scores are kind of low especially for oos applying to the CoE...</p>

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<p>agreed, uw GPA is well below UCB avg of 3.93, and you're OOS applying to the best undergrad engineering program in the country...i'd put you at a reach, write some killer essays and good luck!</p>

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<p>Recheck your UC GPA, it's wrong. :P</p>

<p>@vc08: Cal's average UW GPA is 3.93? Are you sure that isn't a bit too high?</p>

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<p>Recheck your UC GPA, it's wrong. :P</p>

<p>@vc08: Cal's average UW GPA is 3.93? Are you sure that isn't a bit too high?</p>

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<p>no, it isnt too high; unweighted average of those just admitted for the fall semester is a 3.93</p>

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<p>A UW GPA of 3.93 means ~1-2 Bs.</p>

<p>The average UC GPA at Berkeley is 4.17. University</a> of California - Admissions</p>

<p>Does that mean the average student at Berkeley only took ~2 AP classes?</p>

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<p>Hi kcb- I'm an out of stater at Cal and I'm from Texas as well! What part are you from? Anyway, might I suggest applying to a different major than engineering? This is not to say that you are unqualified, but it's extremely difficult for even in-state students to get into the engin. major, so your app would have to blow them away in some regard. Have you thought about applying to the College of Chemistry? Great chemical engineering program.</p>

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<p>i'm from austin. i ended up putting mech engineering. i mean.. i don't really expect to get in too much. engineering is all i wanted berkeley for though. and i'm already in at UT austin. so i guess the way i see it is if it's not engineering it's not worth going all the way there from oos for. ya know? i'm applying to some other good schools that i have slightly better chances at, thanks to affirmative action.
anyway.. is it weird being around so many californians?</p>

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<p>^ I agree, you have a good deal at UT Austin, and IMO as a Berkeley engineering guy, there's hardly a difference. </p>

<p>I surmise that you want to go away to school, good luck at becoming a future Bear!</p>