<p>Asian Male(international) from very very small international school
Out of state
High school senior
First Language:Korean</p>
<p>UC GPA:4.0
GPA: Around 3.95
SAT1: M:R:W--770:650:690--2110(one sitting)
SAT2 Math:800 Chemistry:600 Chinese:630</p>
<p>AP:Micro Economics:3 Urgh...
ECs:
School Vice president(12th)
Class Rep(11th)
School Math Club founder(11th)
School Math Club president(12th)
School Soccer team(10th,11th)
Volleyball team (10,11)
Basketball team(10th)
Choir(10,11)
Newspaper(10,11)
some community service</p>
<p>Awards:
Canadian Mathematics Competition school champion
International school soccer champion(the team)</p>
<p>I am applying to 12 Colleges-duke,dartmouth,NYU,UCLA,Berkeley,Emory,Purdue,Boston U,Boston C,Carnegie Mellon, Harvey Mudd,IIT.
I got rejected by Cornell Engineering ED.</p>
<p>I think this is pretty much it.
Thanks
Applied to UCLA and Berkeley as engineering major.</p>
<p>I know that for Berkeley and UCLA that the GPA is definitely low, especially for engineering, and more so because you're OOS. I can't say anything for the other schools, cuz I only applied to UC's ;)</p>
<p>SAT is fine, big difference between SAT IIs though, I would have to say reach/slight reach for the UC's depending on the major (they're impacted). Also, class rank is important maybe you could include that here.</p>
<p>If there's something like 50 people in his class the rank is pretty irrelevant, and probably not even reported.</p>
<p>Hmm... your test scores and ECs are really... sporadic, is what I want to say. Good things, not so good things... Basketball only your sophomore year? Kind of odd.</p>
<p>I'm going to say reject at UCB/Duke/Dartmouth. Public schools want great stats, which you don't quite have, and private schools want a great package, which you aren't quite. UCLA is a tough call because of your iffy second SAT II... besides that you're just a little under their averages. I don't know the specifics on how competitive the engineering program is. I never guess right on NYU, so don't ask me there... and I know very little about your other schools.</p>
<p>I am sorry.T.T but I dont quite understand 3.95/4.0 is low for UCs.
My school is very small school, and Only offered one AP so I dont necessarily think 3.95 is that low? thanks:)</p>
<p>By UC GPA, you mean the weighted scores from classes like honors and AP, correct? 3.95 is terrific out of a 4 point scale but the 'average' Berkeley/UCLA GPA is along the lines of 4.3, with unweighted being around 3.8, and I know the quota for engineering applicants is higher. Unless your school doesn't offer any of those classes that's what I mean by being 'low', and I know you said one is offered that's why class rank is important here. They really look at grades in the context of your fellow students, so you may be anywhere between a reach or a match. Either way, admissions these days are ridiculous, I'm telling someone with a 3.95 that they're a reach...</p>
<p>...and don't rely too much on CC we're definitely not the best ones to ask in these situations, I was told I was a 'reach' for UCLA and Berkeley, and well, that wasn't the case lol. Congrats on terrific grades though!</p>
<p>The average UCLA GPA is something like a 4.10, which means half of all admits have a 4.1 or higher(!)... but obviously they will look at the opportunities you had in your school. I assumed your school offered a fair amount of APs because you managed to take the Micro Economics test (Econ isn't exactly the most common AP class available... usually if they have AP Econ they'll have Calc, US History, and English too).</p>
<p>But a 600 in Chem is 38th percentile and a 630 in Chinese is the 5th percentile. Pretty low.</p>
<p>You might have already seen this, but it's a good indicator for the objective factors that go into UCLA admissions, this is from my class...</p>
<p>UCLA</a> Undergrad Admissions: Profile of Admitted Freshmen, Fall 2007</p>
<p>DON'T WORRY ABOUT YOUR GPA!</p>
<p>UC schools will understand if you tell them only 1 AP was offered (which you took) at your school. </p>
<p>Anyone and everyone can take 10-15 AP courses, get mediocre scores, and end up with a 4.0+ weighted GPA.</p>
<p>UC knows this, and UC will understand if your school didn't offer the resources necessary.</p>
<p>My school offers ZERO AP and I'm a sophomore. Imagine how I feel. XD</p>
<p>I'm going to say reach at Berkeley, as you're an international applying to engineering.</p>
<p>Berkeley: reach
UCLA: slight reach/high match</p>