Any Shot At Uc-berkeley?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hey guys, I'm a Connecticut resident at one of the top high schools in the nation. I saw UC-Berkeley's acceptance rating out of state (11%) and became very discouraged about considering the school. I was wondering if I could get some advice if I have any chance of admission or if I am simply wasting my time.</p>

<p>My stats are as follows:</p>

<p>Weighted GPA: 4.05 (standard weighting scale)
Unweighted GPA: 3.9</p>

<p>SATs:
Math: 800
Verbal: 670
Writing: 760</p>

<p>Composite: 2230/1470</p>

<p>SAT IIs:
Mathematics 2: 800
English Literature: 700</p>

<p>ACTs:
Composite: 32 (first try)
Breakdown:
Math: 34
English: 34
Reading: 31
Science: 28
English/Writing: 34 (11 essay)</p>

<p>AP Courses:
9 total:
AP English Language: 5
AP English Literature: /
AP Physics C Mechanics: 4
AP Physics C Electromagnetism: 4
AP Micro Economics: 5
AP Macro Economics: 5
AP Calculus BC: 4
AP Statistics: 4
AP German Language: 3</p>

<p>Top 10% of my class (no known ranks, I am probably top 20 students out of 400)</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society
Phi Delta Theta German Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society
AP Scholar
Key Club
German Club
American Field Service Club
2 Years Varsity Golf
1 Year Indoor Track</p>

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<p>I am also seriously focused on an undergraduate business degree and would be applying to the school of letters and sciences with an undeclared pre-business and management major</p>

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<p>Your ECs are good, as are your scores (though the CR score could be higher). Do you have any honors/awards? Your GPA is also slightly weak (the W, that is), which, combined with your OOS status, will make Berkeley very difficult. I'd say slight reach - reach (50% or below), though it'll depend on your essays.</p>

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<p>Just out of curiosity, where did you get that figure of 11% acceptance rate for OOS students?</p>

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<p>It's actually 20% (despite the self-selection of OOSers). It's about 10% of the total admits.</p>

<p><a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>^ Yeah, that's what I thought.</p>

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<p>I think you got a good shot. Remember that after u get into Berkeley, u have to keep up really good grades ur first year and half because the acceptance to Hass business school ur junior year is separate and very selective.</p>

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<p>Ill supplement the ec list to ecs and awards and honors:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
National Honor Society
Phi Delta Theta German Honors Society
Spanish Honors Society
AP Scholar
4 Year German Award Winner
AATG German Exam Award Recipient 4 consecutive years
Key Club
German Club- President
American Field Service Club
Students for Organ Donation- Vice President
Peer Advisors
2 Years Varsity Golf
1 Year Indoor Track
Sophomore summer Spain Trip- Language Immersion
Junior April Break Germany Trip- Language Immersion</p>

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<p>anymore input? its been difficult thinking about the extremely low acceptance rate out of state.</p>

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<p>bump.....anyone?</p>