Chance me for Cal! GO BEAR!

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Citizenship: International applying from Canada (Dual citizenship - Taiwan and Canada)
Ethnicity: Don't think this matters, but - Atayal (Taiwanese Aboriginal)
Aid: Not applying for financial aid</p>

<p>Major: Letters and Science Undeclared</p>

<p>SAT: 680/750/730 (2160) I don't think Cal superscores. If superscored, my SAT scores will be 2190 (680/780/730)
SAT II: Math IIC 800, Chinese with Listening 800 (I heard Cal only looks at the two highest but I'll list the rest) Biology E 760, Chemistry 710</p>

<p>APs: AP Bio 5, AP Calculus AB 5, AP Chinese Language and Culture 5</p>

<p>GPA: UW 3.97 W 4.4X
Rank: Top 3%</p>

<p>I.B. Predicted: 41/45</p>

<p>TOEFL: 115/120</p>

<p>ECs:
1) Founder and organizer of school swim team
2) Regional swimming awards x 5
3) Freestyle Relay eligible for provincial championship
4) Red Cross water safety program
5) Life Saving Society of Canada</p>

<p>6) Kiwanis Music Festival in Vancouver awards x2
7) Co-founder of a non-profit program that "promote music appreciation among children in poverty)
8) Royal Conservatory of Music Practical Level 10 in Piano
9) RCM Harmony 3, Rudiment 2, Rudiment 1, Preliminary Rudiment, yada yada yada
10) Taipei's Cup</p>

<p>11) Youth Leader at local public library
12) Leadership awards x 2
13) Work at a private tutoring centre helping new immigrants with language acquisition</p>

<p>Academic Honors:
1) School I.B. Mandarin and Social Studies Awards
2) AP Scholar with Honor
3) Principal Honor Roll
4) Fermat and Euclid Contests Awards</p>

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<p>I would say you have a good shot!
but…</p>

<p>this ----> “International applying from Canada”
is going to be your downfall. Rather than a 50% chance if you were instate, I would say more of a 15-25% =]</p>

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<p>Yah killthefifi I know >"<.</p>

<p>Do you think the fact that the current Cal president is a Canadian and one of the previous Cal presidents was a Taiwanese will help me in admission process lol?</p>

<p>I am not applying for aid. Does it make any difference?</p>

<p>I went to the Cal’s admission website and it says the admission rates for internationals and for Cal residents are the same - 22%. I don’t know how accurate those stats are.</p>

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<p>Bump 10char</p>

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<p>1) No.</p>

<p>2) No.</p>

<p>3) And… GOOD NEWS! They’re really accurate.
Feel free to play with the UC Statfinder Tables found at [University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/]University”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/) if you want more precise data.
Internationals, like out-of-staters (myself included), are treated the same way, screwed. =]</p>

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<p>Didn’t the university make the plans to accept more OOS students that don’t require aid because of the budget crisis?</p>

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<p>That’s what I heard. That’s why the international acceptance rate was so high last year. I heard this year they’re opening up more spots for internationals and OOS.</p>

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<p>Yeah, the Intl./OOS acceptance rate was supposed to increase to about 12%</p>

<p>[UC</a> System Sees Continued Increase in Fall Applicants - The Daily Californian](<a href=“http://www.dailycal.org/article/104036/uc_system_sees_continued_increase_in_fall_applican]UC”>http://www.dailycal.org/article/104036/uc_system_sees_continued_increase_in_fall_applican)</p>

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<p>International acceptance rate was 22% last year and OOS acceptance was 17% last year. This year would probably be higher, or lower?</p>

<p><a href=“http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp[/url]”>http://students.berkeley.edu/admissions/freshmen.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>HIGHER!
=D</p>

<p>First off, the number of applicants to Berkeley from out of state or something decreased by .3%, and they’re increasing the number paying full tuition, so it turns out this year may be a better year compared to last.</p>

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<p>Nitpick: there’s more than one bear xP</p>

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<p>Not applying for aid “does not matter” on an app. </p>

<p>Personally though, I think it definitely does become a factor especially with the economy. And honestly, I believe that applying for aid and not applying has always been a part of the admission process with most colleges. (How true that is I obv. don’t know. And the only real proof/method to find out is to be become one of the people who reads the applications…=)</p>

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<p>I am just worried about my Critical Reading score. Is it too low for Cal?</p>

<p>iVinshe: Yah I discovered that after I posted this thread haha xd.</p>