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Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>College Classes:
-Political Science 101, "American Government and Politics," Summer 2011, 3 units, grade B.<br>
-History 100, "Growth of American Civilization," Summer 2010, 3 units, grade A.
-Theater Arts 175, "Theater Workshop" performing the play "Gunfighter: A Gulf War Chronicle," starring role, Fall 2005, 1 unit, grade A.
-Math 150/160 (in Progress)
-English 225 (in Progress)</p>

<p>AP:
-AP Classes:Grade:Score
-AP World History:A:3
-AP European History:A:3
-AP Language/Composition:A:4
-AP Physics:A:3
-AP Computer Science:A:N/A
-AP Chemistry (in Progress)</p>

<p>GPA:
W: 4.63
U/W: 3.9_
Rank: Top 5%</p>

<p>Scores: (My GPA is not inflated. My school had 14 Nat'l Merit Scholars, and I rank higher than many of them in GPA.)
SAT:
-620 Reading<br>
-650 Math
-580 Writing
-1850 Total
ACT:
-25 English
-31 Math
-24 Reading
-25 Science
-8 Writing
-26 Composite Score</p>

<p>Community Service:
-100hrs Bird Refuge</p>

<p>Clubs/Extracurricular:
-Chess Club 10,11,12
-Junior Statesmen of America 10,11,12
-Debate Team 9
-Future Scientists and Engineers of America 9,10,11,12 & President
-First Robotics Team 1717 Member 9,10,11,12
-Engineering Safety Committee, Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy, 2011-2012
-Press Relations Committee, Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy, 2011-2012
-Admissions Committee, Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy, 2011-2012
-Pneumatics/Electrical Team, Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy, 2011-2012
-SolidWorks Design Team, Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy, 2011-2012</p>

<p>Awards/Misc:
-Outstanding Performance Citation - GATE Algebra 4/Trigonometry 2010
-Outstanding Performance Citation - Pre-calculus Honors 2011
-Outstanding Performance Citation - Spanish 5 2010
-Outstanding Performance Citation - Spanish 6 2010
-Intermediate Programmer: Java
-Intermediate Programmer: Visual Basic
-Intermediate Design: SolidWorks
-National Honor Society 9,10,11,12</p>

<p>Athletics:
-Fencing 6,7,8,9,10,11
-2009: 1st Place, Senior Mixed Foil, Central Coast Unrated Tournament; earned "E2009" rating; earned "D2009" rating. 2010: Cornell Fencing Camp, Ithaca, NY</p>

<p>Hooks:
-I'm part Hispanic</p>

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<p>You really need to bring your SAT/ACT scores up!!</p>

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<p>I’m partially interested then.</p>

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What does that mean?</p>

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<p>All your ECs, awards, and leadership positions are really impressive, but I agree that your ACT/SAT scores need to go up a lil bit. I don’t know whether your ECs would kinda “cancel out” the lower test scores, but :slight_smile: yeah, gooood chance</p>

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<p>I’m taking a Princeton Review course to take the SAT one more time before I apply to colleges. On the practice tests, I’m hitting in the 2000ish range.</p>

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<p>Your ECs look a bit too… idk inflated.</p>

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<p>Your current test scores will not make you competitive at Cal, even with your URM status. Don’t give up, but you will need to raise your single sitting score!</p>

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<p>fwiw, my roommate was minority and got in with a 1750 :O. Her ECs, from what she’d told me, were mediocre. She obviously had good grades but said multiple times her school was cruddy.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback from everybody!</p>

<p>Yes, I am in the process of raising both my ACT and SAT scores.</p>

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<p>@mkapur; what’s your roommate?</p>

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<p>It looks like you do well in classes, but not tests, especially if you are getting A grades in a high school with good students and at community college, but only getting 3 scores on AP tests.</p>

<p>Although Berkeley favors grades over test scores, it still considers test scores, and your test scores are not competitive, especially for the most popular engineering majors. So try to boost your SAT or ACT score.</p>

<p>Note that you need to calculate your UC admissions GPA, which uses 10th and 11th grade course grades in a-g subjects, with up to 8 semesters of honors/AP/college courses with C or higher grades given +1. See [CSUMentor</a> - Plan for College - High School Students - GPA Calculator<a href=“this%20is%20for%20CSU,%20but%20CSU%20admissions%20GPA%20is%20calculated%20the%20same%20way%20as%20UC%20admissions%20GPA”>/url</a>.</p>

<p>Note that Berkeley College of Chemistry and College of Engineering recommend submitting SAT subject tests in Math Level 2 and a science: [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/requirements/examination-requirement/SAT-subject-tests/index.html]University”&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/freshman/requirements/examination-requirement/SAT-subject-tests/index.html]University</a> of California - SAT Subject Tests](<a href=“Cal State Apply | CSU”>Cal State Apply | CSU)</p>

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<p>Also, I’m in-state, if that matters…</p>

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<p>Ooops, I didn’t catch you were applying to Engineering. Not going to happen unless those scores go way up, regardless of your grades. Have you considered any other majors? Even if you get around 2000 I’d advise applying into L&S.</p>

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<p>That’s surprising, considering I’d have much more experience in engineering than nearly all of the other applicants.</p>

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<p>you might have a hard time in engineering at berkeley given your sat math score in the mid 600s.</p>

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<p>That’s surprising, considering your test scores are abysmal compared to all of the other competitive engineering applicants.</p>

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<p>It does seem odd to have such relatively low test scores despite A grades in AP courses at a [high</a> school with an API of 816](<a href=“http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2010GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=42692864231726]high”>http://api.cde.ca.gov/AcntRpt2010/2010GrowthSch.aspx?allcds=42692864231726) and a community college.</p>

<p>Might be worth trying to figure out why your test taking is significantly worse than your academic record, and to see how that can be remedied. Not doing well on certain kinds of tests may be a problem if a college instructor gives a test similar in format, or if you take other standardized tests like GRE, FE, etc…</p>

<p>What branch of engineering are you most interested in? At Berkeley, the engineering majors generally considered most difficult to get into are Bioengineering, EECS, and Engineering Undeclared. (If you are mainly interested in CS, then the L&S CS major is a perfectly good substitute for EECS, but L&S is generally considered easier to get admitted to.)</p>

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<p>Aerospace or Electrical Engineering.</p>

<p>I am also applying to Georgia Tech(#2 behind MIT in Aerospace), which is my first choice.</p>

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<p>Gotten in the 2000 Range on most practice tests for the SAT on October 1st</p>

<p>Assume these scores:</p>

<p>750 Math
630 Reading
620 Writing</p>