Can I get a rechance + explanation?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>Sorry for the confusing title, but over the last week I was rejected from LA (not too surprising), SD (ehh...), and just three hours ago, from Irivine. I was pretty surprised about Irvine because I know people with lower stats that got in. Now, I understand that "each applicant is unique" blahblah but I was really surprised about my rejection from Irvine.</p>

<p>I was wondering if I still have the slightest chance at Berkeley knowing that I was rejected from these three UC's already? I also was wondering if anyone had an explanation to my rejections?</p>

<p>My SAT is 2200, UC GPA is 3.7, weighted high school GPA was 4.13 (on transcript), unweighted on transcript is 3.54. I took a decent number of AP classes and got a 5 on Lit (Language?) and APUSH. Essays were decent and I had an explanation for my grade drop in sophmore year (moved to China for one semester). My grades went back up to straight A's in junior year.</p>

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<p>Thanks you guys for any replies.</p>

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<p>3.7 is really low for UC GPA… like over half the applicants to Berkeley have > 4.0 UC GPA so you probably don’t have much of a chance. You should try appealing to Irvine/SD and explain more, a lot of people do get in through appeals.</p>

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<p>well, my UC gpa was 3.7 (actually 3.69999~), and i got into UC Irvine, UCSD, and UCLA.</p>

<p>either i was super lucky or they really liked my essay/test scores. Or a bit of both (?)</p>

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<p>Is your rank still high? If not, that’s probably why. I calculated my UC GPA a couple of days ago and as an out-of-stater (meaning only APs count as “honors”) I still had a UC GPA of about 4.5.</p>

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<p>thanks you guys</p>

<p>flutterfly: don’t people appealing have to have “new information” to provide? Theres nothing really more that I could add. As for my GPA I thought my SAT would sort of off set it? Though I do realize it is really low.</p>

<p>mission: congrats, I wish I were you right now :P</p>

<p>rainbow: What do you mean out of stater? Aren’t “honors” only AP anyways? And my rank would be somewhere in the 20 percentile, we dont do rankings at my school.</p>

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<p>@Joshy, on the UC website it says something about honors also count as some like state approved honors class
[CaliforniaColleges.edu</a> - Calculating Your GPA](<a href=“http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/california-state-university-csu/gpa_calculator.asp]CaliforniaColleges.edu”>http://www.californiacolleges.edu/admissions/california-state-university-csu/gpa_calculator.asp)</p>

<p>EDIT: NVM i read it wrong

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<p>UGH here’s the URL I’m just confused LOL
<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/a-gGuide/ag/a-g/honors.html[/url]”>http://www.ucop.edu/a-gGuide/ag/a-g/honors.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Hopefully I can take a college course this summer giving me another honors point :)</p>

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<p>I know 2 people who got into UCSD but appealed to UCLA and got in and neither of them had any significant new information. Just submit your current GPA (if it’s high), talk about any awards/club things you’re doing right now and then just try to make an emotional appeal, restate your interest/passion etc. Make it sound like you should have gotten in and they just accidentally rejected you and can make up for that mistake now… or something :)</p>

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<p>wouldn’t it be easier just to wait til Thursday?</p>