Can I get in?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Currently rising junior. OOS.
SAT: 2130 (1440/1600) Will try to break 2250 junior year.
Math: 790
Reading: 650
Writing: 690</p>

<p>GPA: 3.8125 unweighted (will try to improve to 3.9 by end of high school)</p>

<p>GRADES LISTED NEXT TO CLASS</p>

<p>9th grade (Freshman aren't allowed to take AP)
PE-(A)
Chinese 1 and 2 (Both A)
Honors Precal (A)
Honors Civics (A)
Honors Bio (A)
Honors Enviro Science (A)
Honors English 9 (A)</p>

<p>10th grade (AP exam listed beside it)</p>

<p>APUSH-4 (B)
APELA-4 (B)
AP Phys B-5 (A)
AP Music Theory-score delayed (A)
AP Calc AB-5 (B) (note: I had this class first semester and I transitioned to a new school where I was bullied a lot and such so my grades kind of suffered.)
AP Calc BC-5 (A)
Honors Turning Points in American History (paired with US History so essentially, I had US history for the entire year. School runs on block schedule.) (A)</p>

<p>11th grade first semester schedule (classes taken at nearby private college)
CTIS 210 (Intro to Computer Programming)
ENGL 100 (English)
PSYCH 211 (Psychology)
CHEM 111 (Chemistry)</p>

<p>Extracurriulars</p>

<p>Piano-10 years. Played in multiple contests and currently at level 10 (highest level) in the Royal Conservatory of Music Examination
Tennis-since 8th grade. Play competitively on varsity where I am around no. 5 to no. 3 seed. (We switch seeds every now and then to adjust to opponents). Top 120 in the state.
Chess-Achieved top 3 in multiple state tournaments. President of chess club in 9th grade and taught many kids how to play and strategies.)
Music-Co-President of Performing Arts Club at school.
Will join Model Congress, and Science Olympiad for junior and senior year.
Will attempt to qualify for the USA Physics Olympiad
Volunteer-Peer Tutoring-currently at 71 hours but will break 150 hours by the end of summer.</p>

<p>Will be able to get good recommendations and solid essays.</p>

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<p>This makes it sound like you’re only doing it to get into college, just FYI. Only participate in activities you really love, and which you can express love for in essays. Otherwise it just looks like filler, and the adcoms know. </p>

<p>Your SAT is good but not great. I’ve seen worse here though. Try to even out your scores a bit (get the R/W subscores above 700, ideally). Write good essays and get good recs, and you should have a decent shot.</p>

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<p>You have similar stats to our S that is starting this Fall. Shouldn’t be that much of an issue. It’s also dependent on what major you want to get into. More impacted ones are usually harder to get into.</p>

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<p>It doesn’t actually depend on which major, rather it depends on which college (L&S, engineering, chemistry, etc.).</p>

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<p>Recommendations are not included in the UC application in most circumstances. I would definitely recommend trying to raise your SAT scores in the reading and writing sections as well.</p>