Chance at UIUC and UC Berkeley for Computer Science

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hey guys, I’m planning on becoming a computer science major and need your advice. I’m planning on applying to UIUC and UC Berkeley (I know, they are both number 1 at computer science :stuck_out_tongue: ). Can you chance me at these schools?

My School is in the top 50s for best schools in California. Rankings are not given
Asian, Male

Languages: English, Korean, Took 3 years of Spanish in High School

Here are my high school activities:

GPA:
Unweighted GPA: 3.86 (I know that its kinda low)
Weighted GPA for out of state schools: 4.27 (I know that its kinda low)

Standardized exams:

ACT: 33, STEM Score is 35 (Math = 36, Science = 34), but my English score is low because English is my second language
SAT 2 Math - 800
SAT 2 Chemistry - 740 (Not turning it in)
SAT 2 Korean - 790 (Oops :stuck_out_tongue: )
SAT 2 Biology - 780

Ap’s and Honors (1st semester grade/2nd semester grade)

  1. Honors Precalculus - A / A
  2. Honors Chemistry - A / A
  3. Honors Algebra 2 - A / A
  4. Honors Freshman English - A / A-
  5. Honors Sophomore English - B+ / A-
  6. Ap Chemistry - A / A-
  7. Ap Computer science - B+ / A-
  8. Ap Us History - A / A
  9. Ap Statistics A- / A-
  10. Ap Biology B+ / A-
  11. Ap Language Arts - B / B (English is my second language)
  12. Ap Calculus BC - A- / A-
  13. Ap Psychology A / A-

Since UC does not look at Senior year GPA, I will not include them, but I took 4 Ap’s and 2 regular classes

Ap Scores:

  1. Ap Stats - 5
  2. Ap Chemistry - 4
  3. Ap Language Arts - 4
  4. Ap Calculus BC - 5
  5. Ap Computer Science - 5
  6. Ap Psychology - 5
  7. Ap Biology - 4

Extra Curricular:

  1. ACE Coding club - 4 years, treasurer and president position (50 hours of volunteering, teaching middle school students)
  2. Competitive Coding Club - 3 years, treasurer
  3. Game Design Club - 3 years, Teaching Director and President
  4. Liberty to North Korea Club - 2 years, Website Developing/Tech Director
  5. Tennis - 4 years (1 year in Junior varsity, 3 years in Varsity)
  6. Worked at a community tennis park for 3 years, promoted to highest student ranking (Gold)
  7. 250 hours of Volunteering at Chabot Space and Science Center, Internship position
  8. Bebo - worked with a company to launch a successful App on the app store and google play store, Built a server for my high school
  9. Badminton Club - 4 years
  10. With the money earned from teaching tennis, replaced old tennis equipment for the tennis team
  11. Hosted a Hackathon, and participated in many hackathons. 1st place in Game Design and 3rd in Website Design
  12. Part of 2 internships. 1 is a research program (unpaid), the other is building a website for the county(paid).
  13. Science Team for 2 years, went to states competition for Game Coding
  14. Created a science experiment that was presented to other children at a museum.
  15. Created 4 video games (totals up to 70 downloads)

Thank you in advanced! Chance me, and I will chance you back :slight_smile: put up your link

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Hi! Both of these schools are big public schools, so they will receive a wide range of applications. Your test scores are solid, and you have some interesting ECs that match your intended major. I believe you have a shot at both universities, but the only concern is that computer science is a very popular major, and you might face bigger challenge than people who are applying with different majors. Make sure everything pending at the moment (essays, recs, etc) are good. Good luck on senior year!

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@yyyakavon Thank you for your reply! I will take your advice into consideration.