Chance me for UC Berkeley Civil Engineering! Will chance back!

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Stats-
White Male
From Austin, Texas
School Type - Public
GPA (weighted):
cumulative - 4.05
annual:
freshman - 3.4 (obviously slacked off)
sophomore - 4.24
junior - 4.42
senior (thus far) - 4.83
Class Rank: 19/410, top 5 percent
ACT: 34 (E-34, M-35, R-33, S-34 Writing- 9/12)
SAT II: Math II-780, US History-710
APs: English Lang and Comp (5), US History (4), World History (4)</p>

<p>Awards:
Summa Cum Laude (Gold Medal) on the National Latin Exam
National Merit Commended Scholar
Highest score in my high school on the AMC 12
AP US History Student of the Year (highest year average)</p>

<p>Hardest possible senior year courseload-
AP AB Calc
AP Stats
AP Gov
AP Economics
AP Latin
AP Eng 4
AP Music Theory
Honors Chamber Classical Guitar
Honors Advanced Social Studies</p>

<p>Essays:
One essay was the best I've ever written, worked on it for several months, very persuasive, received very well by my english teachers. The other was also strong... 9/10</p>

<p>ECs:</p>

<p>3 Years of Varsity Crew- 20hrs per week, took 3rd place last year at the central US championships (nine states competiting), Given the 'most valuable rower' award</p>

<p>I attend a fine arts academy situated within my high school, I am a classical guitar major.
My ensemble took 1st place at the Hill Country National Classical Guitar Competition, the largest high school competition in the US.</p>

<p>As a soloist I have received the highest possible ratings at 5 UIL and school district competitions, and I was featured on TV once.</p>

<p>I submitted a musical supplement.</p>

<p>Eagle Scout, 2 high adventure treks, served as crew leader and chaplain, large-scale eagle project for an elementary school
National Honor Society member
Founded a non-profit that collects household hazardous waste products from neighborhoods, collected 1329 from more than 200 people so far
268 hours of community service between boy scouts, my non-profit, nhs, and an environmental club
worked full time at a library one summer, worked as a key grip for a movie production during another</p>

<p>Many thanks</p>

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<p>Berkeley: Match</p>

<p>Is your GPA somehow not top-7%? Or you have other issues with UT-Austin Cockrell?</p>

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<p>You seem very qualified, good GPA, great ECs. I could say it’s a high match/low reach, but that doesn’t mean much. I’d say you’ll probably make it, I’d be surprised if you don’t.</p>

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<p>I’d say a high match, you’ll most likely get in. Good luck. Chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1586584-chance-me-some-schools.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1586584-chance-me-some-schools.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>@Catria </p>

<p>No, it is. I have auto admission to UT Austin Cockrell, but I’ve read/heard that Berkeley is better for engineering, and I would also like to go out of state.</p>

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<p>If it were anything besides Engineering, I’d say high match-low reach, but since it is, that bumps it up to a mid-reach in my opinion. Not because you’re bad, but because of how many people with similar stats are also applying. Good luck!</p>

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<p>match for Cal. Best of luck</p>

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<p>Berkeley is hard for out of state students. </p>

<p>What is your SAT score? Try for at least 2150+ to be competitive.</p>

<p>Make sure you have a clear reason why you want to study Civil Engineering.</p>

<p>Good Luck.</p>