Chance Me! Class of 2019 (Hypothetical)

Hispanic w/ low income family

Unweighted GPA: 3.70
Weighted GPA: 4.04
Weighted and Capped GPA: 3.85
(UC GPA)
[Possibly higher GPA, I gave myself some room for potential B’s]

Extra Curricular:
Advanced Choir (audition only) - Freshman/ Sophomore years
Full Scholarship to leadership camp - Freshman/ Sophomore/ Junior years
Freshman Class President (Student Council)
Sophomore Class President (Student Council)
Junior Class President (Student Council)
Student Council Member- Senior year (Going to do Student body president instead of Senior Class President)
ASB Member - Junior year
(ASB) Student Body President- Senior Year
Academic Decathlon - Sophomore/ Junior/ Senior years
Part-time Job - Summer of Sophomore Year to Senior Year

SAT Reading and Writing: 700 (Added 50 from 10th Grade PSAT)
SAT Math: 750(Added 75 from 10th Grade PSAT)
Taking 5 AP’s total.
Taking College Classes that would give UC credit to the following classes:
CHEM 1A, CHEM 1AL, CHEM 1B
BIOLOGY 1A, BIOLOGY 1AL, BIOLOGY 1B
ENGLISH R1A ENGLISH R1B

Not sure what my class rank would be, but size is 794.

I would like to get into the Bio- Engineering program at UC Berkeley.

I think you have a pretty good chance. You have really good EC’s and your SAT score was really good. I think the only “weakness” in your app would be your GPA (unweighted) but admissions is holistic at Cal so best of luck to you.