Chance an out-of-stater for Berkeley?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I'm a white male from Arizona with an income of <60k
Chances for Occidental, the Claremonts, and UCLA would be appreciated too (Legacy at UCLA)</p>

<p>Here are my stats:</p>

<p>-GPA: 3.61 unweighted, 4.14 UC GPA
-10 Honors classes taken, 5 AP taken (all 4's and 5's on the tests)
-Will run college track if my times permit (14.91 in 110m hurdles, 41.09 in 300m hurdles), both indoor and outdoor</p>

<p>-Senior class president
-Founder and President of Philosophy Club
-Founder and President of Pyschology/Sociology Club
-President of Politics Club
-Diversity Club member- went on school trip to Canada, and hosted a student from Canada for two weeks
-Debate Club member
-"Friends of the Orphans" Club member- went on week long mission trip to an orphanage in Mexico during spring break</p>

<p>-Went on a mission trip to Tanzania for two weeks over the summer
-Went to study philosophy for two weeks at Oxford over the summer
-225 Hours Community Service will be completed upon graduation (of 125 required for graduation)
-Varsity Track for school (two years JV, two years Varsity)
-Run club track during the summer and off season (Track Athlete Year Round)-
-Went to the USATF Junior Olympics Nationals for 110m hurdles-- Got 20th in the nation for my age group
-Very, very good recommendations
-Graduating Summa Cum Laude from a prep school in Arizona
-School does not rank, but about 25 out of around 200 usually graduate Summa Cum Laude</p>

<p>-SAT: Math 710, Writing 780, CR 730, Total: 2220</p>

<p>-Wrote a very personal essay about my father's alcoholism, and how he took his own life when I was eight years old.</p>

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<p>Great test scores, low GPA.</p>

<p>what’s your intended major?</p>

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<p>Yeah I know, I’m beating myself up over those numbers (GPA).
Intended major is pyschology, philosophy, neuroscience, or a double major combining some two of the three.</p>

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<p>How will you pay or Berkeley? It is about $50K/yr for OOS students with no aid except Pell Grants if you qualify and Federal loans. So at maximum an OOS student could would have $15K in “aid” towards the $50K if you include lots of work study.</p>

<p>And unfortunately, UCs can not, by law, count legacy.</p>

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<p>Wow, Buzz Killington over here ^^
Where on earth are you getting your information? Berkeley is $20,600/year for OOS plus about $15k/year for room, board, books, and supplies. Supposing I can get about $10k/year in grants, it will not be a problem for my family to afford $25k with help from extended family, student loans, etc.</p>

<p>I honestly don’t understand your goal in pointing out that Berkeley is expensive and that I’m poor.</p>

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<p>take more honors classes and do well on your ECs to the point that you will excel in it. Your test scores are great (you’d fall in the upper 30% for Cal’s) but your GPA doesn’t look good. however, since you’ll be applying for L&S, I’d say your chances are good. But take note on my above note. Good luck. :)</p>

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<p>The UC Berkeley website lists out-of-state fees for this semester as $17,670.25. That would make the yearly total $35,340, not $20,000. Not sure who gave you your original information.</p>