Chance me for Berkeley

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Asian male from Southern California, large competitive public, class of 2012</p>

<p>UC UW GPA: 3.93
UC W GPA: 4.3-ish
Will probably have ELC
UW GPA: 3.90
W GPA: around 4.60?
Rank: top 10%; my school bases rank solely on UW GPA
PSAT: 222
SAT: 2310 (710CR, 800M, 800WR)
SATII: 800 US History, 790 Bio-M, 770 Math II (will re-take for 800)
AP's: Biology (5), Euro (5), Statistics (5) -- I have two more scores that will come in mid-August (US History and English Lang, predicting 5's)
Senior Schedule: five APs (APES, Economics, Calculus AB, Chemistry, and English Lit).</p>

<p>School Extracurriculars
-Amnesty International (11, 12) (President)
-FBLA (9, 10, 11, 12) (Vice President)
-American Cancer Society (9, 10, 11, 12) (Board of Directors)
-UNICEF (12) (Board of Directors)
-Interact (9, 10, 11, 12)
-California Scholarship Federation (10, 11, 12)
-Speech and Debate (11, 12)</p>

<p>Volunteer Work
-Co-Founder of a cyberbullying research/advocacy group, which will launch soon at my school and community – we will have people working under us as researchers.
-Currently serve on the board of directors of a local student-run nonprofit.
-Volunteer at a local hospital.
-Volunteered at a city-sponsored volunteer program for two years.
-Also have volunteer hours from school clubs (Interact, ACS, CSF, ect).</p>

<p>Internships
-Currently an intern for a professor at a Cal State University.
-Upcoming internship at a large online nonprofit organization.</p>

<p>Job Experience
-Private Tutor
-Kumon Learning Center</p>

<p>Awards/Honors
-National Merit Semifinalist (will receive letter in September).
-Currently hold several FBLA awards at the local and state level; also have a national award for top three in an event. I also have several awards in recognition of my FBLA accomplishments, including awards from a United States representative, a California state senator, a California assemblyman, and two city councils.
-President’s Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence
-Discus Award
-Two school awards for excellence in Spanish
-Certificate for Level 9 piano</p>

<p>Planning to get recommendations from my counselor, two teachers, and from a Cal State professor.</p>

<p>I intend to major in pre-med. I don't have any hooks.</p>

<p>CHANCE ME PLEASE!</p>

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<p>Very strong chance, nothing to worry about. I’d be very surprised if you were rejected.</p>

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<p>Wow, that seriously looks AMAZING!! Like the user above me said, I’d be very surprised if you didn’t get it. It’s good that you know what college you want to go to, that way you can start the application early (writing the essays, most importantly).
I think that maybe writing about your work with that cyberbullying group or your other board of director/officer experience with the other clubs would be good :slight_smile:
But, again, very strong candidate for Cal</p>

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<p>Thanks guys for the feedback. I truly appreciate it. And yes, I was thinking about writing my essays on those topics. :)</p>

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<p>Yeah, extremely strong chance; you’re significantly above the typical student that gets admitted, show strong leadership, and generally look like an excellent fit for the culture on campus.</p>

<p>Just a note: UC Berkeley doesn’t look at letter of recommendations, but the rest of your application should stand on its own extremely well. Also, there isn’t exactly a well-defined “pre-med” program, so you better figure out whether you want to do MCB, BioE, etc.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the feedback guys. I forgot that UC’s don’t need recommendations, so one less thing for me to do. :stuck_out_tongue: And as for the “pre-med” program, I will probably do MCB.</p>

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<p>Time to give back to Berkeley…
From what it looks like, you’ve got a really good shot to get into Berkeley.
Try for more reach schoools!</p>

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<p>Haha I don’t go to Troy.</p>