Chance me for Berkeley Bio Engineering!

<p>Asian Male living in California</p>

<p>UW GPA: 3.750
W GPA: 4.417
UC GPA: 4.083</p>

<p>SAT I: Math 720, Critical Reading 680, Writing 650 = 2050</p>

<p>SAT II: Math IIC 800, Chemistry 760, US History 760</p>

<p>AP Tests: Calculus AB 4, Chemistry 4, US History 4, Physics 3</p>

<p>Job Experience:
International Radiation Detectors Inc. (Lab Technician, $9/hour, 12th grade)
Chemistry Tutor ($15/hour, 11th grade)
Elementary School Tutor ($25/hour, 12th grade)</p>

<p>Awards:
Boy Scouts-Eagle Scout, Bronze Palm
AP Scholar with Honors
High School Achievement Award Science-10,11
High School Achievement Award Math-11
High School Academic Letter-11</p>

<p>ECs:
Tennis 9-12 (Varsity 11,12)
School District Orchestra 9-12 (12 Section Leader, 1st Chair Clarinet)
Boy Scouts of America (Patrol Leader, Assistant Patrol Leader, Bugler, 150 hours+ community service)
Model United Nations 11-12 (Secretary 11,12)
Writer's Club 11-12 (Treasurer 11)</p>

<p>Please chance me for (Bio Engineering major):
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
UCI
University of the Pacific (Pre-dental major)
Cornell
Brown
Harvey Mudd
Stanford
Cal Tech</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

<p>Yea, you're gunna have a hard time getting in. Your GPA is slightly under average and your SAT is just about average. Your EC's aren't that extraordinary and remember Berkeley and UCLA are now hollistic meaning they look at the application as a whole now.</p>

<p>UC Berkeley Match/Slight reach
UCLA Match/Slight reach
UCSD Match
UCI Safety
University of the Pacific (Pre-dental major) Match
Cornell Reach
Brown Reach
Harvey Mudd Slight Reach
Stanford Reach
Cal Tech Reach</p>

<p>Class rank and size?</p>

<p>Rank 16/545</p>

<p>Slightly weak GPA but great rank, average SAT I, strong SAT IIs, good job experience, average ECs and honors/awards. I'd say:</p>

<p>Berkeley (engineering): reach
UCLA: high match
UCSD: match
UCI: safe match - safety
Cornell: reach
Brown: reach
Harvey Mudd: reach
Stanford: reach
Cal Tech: reach</p>

<p>If you raise your SAT score, your chances will be better. Your ECs/awards don't really make you stand out, which is necessary in some of these applicant pools. And your ECs doesn't show much passion/focus, which is why some of them, like Stanford and Caltech, are reaches. If you write really great essays, you'd have a better shot at Berkeley and probably some of the others.</p>

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Berkeley and UCLA are now hollistic meaning they look at the application as a whole now.

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<p>Er, doesn't "holistic admissions" mean they look at the applicant in context? That's what I've read it to be. (And Berkeley has had holistic admissions for a long time now; UCLA just recently changed to it.)</p>

<p>Mudd is a reach with those SATs, APs, and being a male. I say a 20% chance here.
Berkeley may be a bit more forgiving so I'd say slight reach for Berkeley.</p>

<p>I've also been named captain of the tennis team? Does that help much?</p>