Chance Me for UC Berkeley and UCLA

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi, I’m currently a senior looking forward in applying to UC Berkeley and UCLA. I attend a public high school in New Jersey and intend to major in Computer Science. Here are my stats.

Academics:
-UC GPA: 4:57
-Unweighted GPA: 4.0
-SAT: 2280(800M, 800W, 680CR)
-SAT IIs: 800 Bio E, 790 Math IIC
-AP Biology(5), APUSH(5), AP World History)(5)
-Rank: 12/246
-The following listed are the most rigorous possible courses offered to me at each given grade level.
-Grade 9: 4 Honors Courses
-Grade 10: 1 AP Course(APUSH), 3 Honors Courses
-Grade 11: IB English 11 HL, Honors Pre-Calculus, AP Biology, AP World History
-Grade 12: IB English 12 HL, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP GOPO, Honors Physics(no AP Physics in my school :frowning: )

ECs:
-Track(JV Team, should make Varsity this year)
-Cross Country(JV Team)
-Computer Club(Vice President)
-Peer Tutor(100 hrs)
-Summer: worked at a local Korean supermarket as a bagger
-Math League
-Art Lessons(started during 6th Grade)

Recommendations:
-should be pretty superb, especially since one of my teachers is an Ivy League graduate

Assuming that I do well on the personal insight questions, how much of a chance do you guys think I fare? I feel like my ECs are a bit sub par compared to the rest of the applicant pool… I don’t know.

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“In April 2015, UC Berkeley adopted a new freshman admission policy. Starting in fall 2015, some applicants to UC Berkeley will be invited to submit two letters of recommendation. This will be optional and not required.”

Although, I don’t think UCLA accepts teacher recommendations.

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UCB has not indicated if they will be accepting LOR’s from this year’s applicant and UCLA does not accept LOR’s.

Your stats show that you are a competitive applicant. If your EC’s and essays are well received, then you have a good chance at UCLA and UCB. As always, there are never any guarantees and Good Luck.

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As the previous poster has said, you seem like a very competitive applicant. Though both UCB and UCLA are tough admits, I think there isn’t much reason for you to get rejected by one of them or both. UCLA does not accept recommendations.

Good luck.

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@BannedTomato Your stats are superb. Your EC’s are also really good, certainly sufficient for UC’s. I think you’ll get into both schools. Out of curiosity, is the 4.57 your capped or uncapped?