<p>hey
im an asian canadian student considering going to US schools and have a couple of questions i want to ask</p>
<p>my first question is about UC admissions
do UC's (ie berkeley) consider canadian students differently from other international students when it comes to admission?</p>
<p>secondly, canadian highschools dont use the GPA system. This term i got 1 B and 8 A's (i take 9 courses) and have an average of 93. Would this translate to a 4.0 GPA?</p>
<p>and also, i scored 2100 (flat, 790 Math, 600 somethings on Reading&Writing) on my SAT I, right now im preparing to take Math II and Physics. I have 2 years of experience on my school's student council, as well as other leadership credentials (i dont just do these for admission). With these, what are my chances of getting into schools such as Berkeley, Columnbia, or Cornell?</p>
<p>Thanks alot!</p>
<p>ps. i want to do engineering
pps. forgot to mention that i am currently in grade 11</p>
<p>if you were a California student with those stats... you would have a great chance at getting in but because you are a non-Californian student.. the UC's will give PRIORITY to their own state students. chances are not that high</p>
<p>no, you are an international for UC purposes.</p>
<p>UC gpa is based on a 4.0 scale (no plusses nor minuses), plus up to 8 points for UC-approved honors/ap/ib courses. If all of your courses were college prep (equivalent), then no, your gpa would be (8<em>4)+(1</em>3) = 35/9 = 3.88.</p>
<p>College of Engineering at Cal is extremely competitive (much more so than College of Letters & Sciences), so you'll want a high 700 on Math 2.</p>
<p>UCs use a simplified GPA system. An A+, A, or A- is worth 4 points, any type of B, 3 points, and so on. For approved AP or honors classes you get an extra point. For classes that don't count on the A-G requirements you get no points. So, assuming your 9 classes were A-G requirements, your GPA for this term would be ((8x4)+3)/9 or 3.89. To get more info on what an A-G requirement is etc go to the UC website University</a> of California Systemwide Home. They even have a calculator to figure out your UC score.</p>
<p>Just from a view of another Canadian, I'll let you know what my stats were:
GPA: can't say exact figure, roughly 91% G9, 92% G10, 98% G11, ~98-99% G12
SATs: 800M/750CR/730W, 800 Math II, 780 Physics
ECs and Awards: Alto Sax in Jazz and Concert bands for 4 years, Reach for the Top Trivia 3 years, high scores on math contests including 4 AIME invites and gold medal on COMC</p>
<p>I was accepted at Cornell, CMU, Rice, and UCLA, rejected at MIT, Stanford, Caltech, and Berkeley.</p>
<p>In particular, I applied to Undecided Engineering at Berkeley, which was probably a bad choice, since it's apparently the most competitive program there, though applying to ECE would have been equally disastrous.</p>
<p>oh sorry, i will be taking the only AP course my school offers next year which is AP Calc, so that'd probably bumb my GPA to 4.0+
and thanks alot for the responses guys</p>