Can I still get into Berkeley or LA?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a sophomore at a California HS who wants to get into UC Berkeley or UCLA.</p>

<p>My current grades for the first semester:</p>

<p>English 10 (required) - A
Newspaper - A
Spanish 3 - A
World History (required) - A
Chemistry Honors - A-
Algebra 2 Honors - B</p>

<p>The B in Alg2H stands out a ton, because UCs don't count it as an honors class, so it's a 3.0. However, I think the reason I'm getting a B is because it took me a long time to adjust and now I'm digging myself out of a hole. I don't have much concern about second semester, and I think I can get an A in Alg2H second semester.</p>

<p>My question: Will this B hurt me a ton in the long run and severely decrease my chances of getting into Berkeley, even if I get 4.0 or 5.0 in every class junior year (5.0 meaning an A in an honors or AP class)? I plan on attempting to get a 4.2 or 4.3 weighted UC GPA.</p>

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<p>naw. you’re fine. keep up the good work junior and senior year though.</p>

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<p>UCs don’t look at senior year, I thought?</p>

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<p>well for SR year if u get below a 3.0 or any Ds u might be effed</p>

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<p>you still want a good schedule your senior year. Something rigorous. Don’t slack off.</p>

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<p>^ You’re fine, just stay consistent junior/senior year</p>

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<p>If you take your school’s hardest courseload junior year and get A’s in all of them, I see no reason why Berkeley or LA would reject you.</p>

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<p>I’m planning on taking these classes Junior year:</p>

<p>AP US History
AP Biology
Trig/Precalc Honors
Spanish 4 Honors
English 11 Honors
Newspaper</p>

<p>Sports - Varsity Track and Varsity XC</p>

<p>If I get As in everything except AP Bio and TrigPC (just giving myself some leeway), my weighted GPA would be 4.3 including sophomore year. Hopefully I can get As in AP Bio and TPH too though.</p>

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<p>You pretty much have to get all A’s you’re Junior year since the applicant pool for Berkeley is very qualified. If you show consistently bad performance in math and in the sciences, your chances will be very low. Also, the number of honors credit (the extra GPA point) used for the 10-11 a-g UC GPA is capped at 8 semesters. You UC GPA will thus actually be lower than 4.3. </p>

<p>A very high SAT, however, might compensate for one or two B’s. It’s really pointless to give you a chance without knowing your future SAT scores.</p>

<p>Lastly, I’m a bit concerned that you typed “… the reason… is because…” even though you’re getting an A in English honors. Sorry about being a grammar Nazi here.</p>

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<p>Well, you had grammar mistakes in your post to.</p>

<p>“You pretty much have to get all A’s YOU’RE Junior year since the applicant pool for Berkeley is very qualified.”</p>

<p>It’s a forum, I never look at those things as a big deal.</p>

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<p>I knew I had grammar mistakes, hence why I apologized beforehand. I just didn’t bother to edit my post (my mistake is more of a careless typo than a genuine grammar error anyways). Your particular mistake just happens to be a pet peeve of mine so naturally I want the world to stop making it… =p</p>

<p>But this conversation is rather unnecessary and I noticed that you only responded to that part of my post…</p>